Beautiful Sock Yarn & Wool for Your Next Project
Free-range knitter is a humorous mix of articles on knitters, knitting and related topics, by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
This is the second book of knitting essays by New York Times best seller, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, who is also known as the Yarn Harlot in her popular blog of the same name. Her first also is called Yarn Harlot. Although I have been a keen reader of her blog, this is the first time that I have reviewed any of her books.
Reyna Shawl is a lovely pattern designed by Noora Backlund. I think it is an amazing shawl and hard to believe it only used one skein! A perfect project in every way…
It is designed to use one skein of sock yarn in a variegated colourway. I decided to knit my Reyna Shawl using a ball of my Indulgence hand dyed gradient. Indulgence is our lovely new hand dyed gradient 4ply yarn. I think it shows off the delicate analogous colour scheme in this gradient perfectly. All our gorgeous gradient yarns are unique and have a long gradient of colours making it the perfect choice for this style of shawl project.
It was an early start on Friday 25th May as we set off to the first Woollinn, Dublin’s Festival of Yarn 2018. I had taken their advice on the website and paid for the Dublin Airport Red Car Park. I’d also bought our tickets, so we were all set.
We had an uneventful journey to ALSAA, situated beside Dublin Airport, and arrived just after 10am! Of course, we started with a coffee, then I took a first meander around the marketplace. I hadn’t booked into any of the workshops but I had very much hoped to go to the lecture Smartphone Photography for Yarn Lovers by Kate O’Sullivan of A Playful Day but unfortunately, I was too late to get the tickets for this.
So I had to content myself with the Marketplace… lol… 
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Hello, I'm Nicolette Kernohan. I love sharing unique knitting projects, exploring colour & inspiring your creativity. Knitting Squirrel sells knitting wool & sock yarn in glorious colours & fibres.
