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Huacachina is an oasis in the middle of one of the driest deserts in the world. This small Peruvian lagoon is surrounded by bars and clubs, and has increasingly become a launch point for adventurous sandboarders!

This fun three-color shawl takes a traditional half-pi shape and adds in short row elements to stretch the shawl in a wavy and undulating fashion, not unlike the many mirages you see when visiting Huacachina.

Choose any two funky colored fingering weight skeins, and one skein of your favorite mohair and get knitting! If mohair isn’t your style, just grab about half a skein of another fingering weight yarn of your choice!

For my sample, I used Superstition by Forbidden Fiber Co in Electric and Jewelry Boss, and Fairytale by Happiness Yarn Co in Blaze.

Sedona Sunrise is my absolute favorite shawl. I was inspired to design this shawl after a girls trip to Sedona, Arizona, that I took with my college roommates to escape our busy lives and reconnect for a few days. We stayed on a horse ranch and hiked to our heart’s content. Now, almost a decade later (after not seeing each other for about five years — aren’t adult friendships interesting?), we will be meeting up again next weekend to celebrate a wedding. With two young kids, I almost never get a chance to travel solo — needless to say, I can’t wait for a mini adventure!

This beautiful, oversized, three-color wrap reminds me of the gorgeous sunrises that awaited us every morning in Sedona.

The shawl is worked from the center out, and mosaic work makes the complicated easy — only one color is worked at a time! Happy knitting!

The pattern has written instructions for the garter stitch sections and has charted instructions for the mosaic sections, and there is a schematic to help guide the knitter. The pattern is available in both English and German.

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Nami Island near Seoul, South Korea is one of the most romantic and picturesque locations I’ve had the pleasure of visiting.

If you take a stroll around this enchanted island in the fall, you’ll find vibrant red and gold foliage, picturesque tree-lined lanes, wood bridges over clear pools, museums and artist booths, and small stands selling warm drinks and delicious food.

This crafty circular shawl invokes the fall colors of Nami Island, while the colorwork pattern is reminiscent of the bridges, walking paths, and florals that can be found on Nami Island.

I used Croft Fingering by Red Stag Fibre in Bordeaux, Antique Linen, and Antique Leather — they were such a joy to work with!

I had the pleasure of calling San Angelo, Texas, my home for about a year. This small Texas city is steeped in rich history and a surprising art scene. While living there, I fell in love with mesquite artwork inlaid with turquoise. There is something magical about this combination.

This week, I want to introduce San Angelo. This gorgeous shawl was designed for the Mad Tosh Studio series, and it is one of my favorites. It features short row stripes that are a cross between tiger stripes and my favorite turquoise embedded in mesquite wood. Check out the Ravelry project pages to see some of the fun color combinations other knitters have discovered!

This fun triangular shawl is worked from the center out featuring short rows, wrapped stitches, and a fun mosaic colorwork motif.

Meet the Pacific Grove Shawl.

As a young lieutenant in the Air Force, I was absolutely spoiled to be stationed in the central coast of California for my first assignment, as a student at the Naval Postgraduate School. While there, I met my husband, an Army captain — we sat next to each other in class for almost an entire semester before we worked up the nerve to talk to each other… And I guess you could say, everything else is history! We are celebrating our 10-year anniversary this year and have two cute kiddos who consume all our free time. This shawl would have been perfect for all the cool evenings that we spent walking along the coast in Pacific Grove.

This fingering-weight pattern is full of garter stitch, simple stripes, mosaic colorwork, and finishes with a gorgeous i-cord bind-off. I used La Jolla by Baah Yarn in Blue Winged Teal and Coral Bay, and my testers used some other very unique color combinations if you are looking for inspiration!

The long-awaited Tucson bandana cowl is finally available for purchase as an individual pattern! This lightweight cowl is perfect for cool fall evenings, and I promise as you knit you’ll want to keep knitting just one more round to watch the mesmerizing stranded paisley motif emerge. It’s colorwork perfection! To achieve the classic bandana shape, you’ll start the cowl working flat and then will join in the round for all the colorwork, and then you’ll bind off with a stretchy Icelandic bind off.

This sample features the silky smooth Merino silk blend Paloma by Less Traveled Yarn in one skein of Cabinwood and one of Devil’s Bridge, but be sure to check out the Ravelry project pages for other color combination inspiration.

This pattern was originally featured in the book Handmade: Slow Fashion Inspired by Arizona’s Five Cs, and I’m thrilled to be able to offer it as a single pattern for you!