March 12, 2009
maplewing
inspired by the grand maples of new england, whirlygigs of light lacy panels descend from the shoulders of this shawl into a dramatic hem of swirling, richly carved leaf shapes. a tonal variegated yarn emphasizes the dancing lines of the motifs to perfection.
shown above: petite size shawl in woolen rabbit whisper merino lace, colorway, new england red. shown below, petite version knit in colorway, chiquita.
kit for shawl in two sizes and choice of five colorways available from the woolen rabbit
the beautiful heart-shaped pin shown with the shawls on this page was created by julie using healing stones and wrapped wire; see more in her etsy shop
to purchase pattern or view complete pattern information, please click here to visit the product page in the knitspot pattern shop.
my friend kim has been supplying yarn for the autumn shawl series ever since it was just a swatch and a little gleam in my brain a year ago; her inspired colorways have married so well with the concept, i wonder now if the shawls could be the same without them. i love teaming up with kim; she will email me in the night to show me new colors she is excited about—many a time we have commiserated at weird hours as only true fiber lovers can do. if you haven’t had the pleasure of working with her yarns, you must take a look at her wonderful shop of delights (and have i mentioned lately that she also blends the best hand creme ever??).
rachel really came through this week on proofreading in the middle of her travels; we bow to her diligence and good humor.
and we must thank my wonderful knitting friends who tested the pattern and gave us more colorways to dream on:
nan, who worked hers up in the oakmoss colorway (go see!), and emailed me with delight every few days
vanessa who has the fastest needles in the west, who knit the sample in the chiquita colorway, above
jocelyn who is working hers in a gorgeous cream color—totally different and exceptionally lovely
and hattie, also knitting in chiquita, who works, has kids, and knits like a fiend; how does she do it all?
and of course, david—it just wouldn’t be the same without fantastic photos, would it?
thank you one and all for your support and enthusiasm for another great team project completed.
let’s go crazy with pictures . . .
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71 Comments
March 12th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Wow, truly, truly gorgeous shawl. Your modeling shots are amazing! I can’t imagine a person not wanting to knit this piece of art!
March 12th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Oh my…………David did a fabulous job with these pictures! You are an amazing artist!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:01 am
What a beautiful shawl using Kim’s always great yarn. I might be tempted.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Absolutely stunning! Hmmmmm….I am definitely tempted! Congrats on another exquisite design!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Woo! Hoo!!!!! Vacation, here I come. Now, what yarn to use….. The pattern is printing right now.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:50 am
This is truly gorgeous. So delicate and and vibrant at the same time! I love it!
March 13th, 2009 at 2:21 am
What a beautiful, intriguing shawl, and the photos are lovely as always!
March 13th, 2009 at 2:32 am
Oh Anne, that’s just wonderful, once again you inspire me with your beautiful design work and such precise execution. …and look at you, you look just gorgeous.
have a wonderful weekend
best wishes
Helen
March 13th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Simply stunning.
Wow, what a blessing you have in design talent. How fun it must be to be you!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:20 am
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:38 am
lovely anne!
thanks
March 13th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Don’t you just love it?! It’s gorgeous. I love the color, and I love how it sways and moves. It’s really different from anything you’ve done, in my opinion! Truly amazing! Kim’s yarn sends it soaring!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:07 am
It’s truly beautiful, Anne, and the color is amazing.
Wonderful work.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Can’t wait now to get my kit! This is such a gorgeous design (again!). You and Kim are two of the finest artists around!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Anne- It is so dramatic, yet understated. Does that make sense.
I don’t think you can go wrong with any of Kim’s yarns- and I agree about the handcream.
Is it me, or are you wearing a new shade of lipstick? You look fab!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Whoa!
That’s just gorgeous.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Love all the pics! It’s so beautiful. I never remember to link my blog either lol. Anyway it’s here: http://yarnophilia.com/blog .
March 13th, 2009 at 8:29 am
This is my all time favorite. And I actually have the yarn I want to do it in, a lovely smokey blue gray merino laceweight. Don’t know when I’ll find the time to knit for me, but this is the one!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:56 am
OMG Anne…how can you stand yourself?? It’s incredible.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Love it!! And that’s the petite size? How tall are you anne? It’s looks like the perfect size but I’m wondering what to make for me…
Off to order the pattern and I already have the yarn from Kim!!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am
So very beautiful!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Time to clean up the keyboard. I just drooled! Can’t wait till my “kit” arrives!!! Lovely job.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Stunning. How do you DO that so fast?
March 13th, 2009 at 9:53 am
It’s a beautiful shawl, and I love the pictures. As I scrolled through, I had to wonder what the neighbors think…is she out there dancing some right of spring? LOl!
Well done!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I always love your shawls & patterns, but I have to say also that I really appreciate that you show your pins and let us know where to get them. I am a fine-tuned yarn hunting machine, but I’m always at a bit of a loss for pins. Thanks!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:13 am
You are the most amazing woman. So inspiring! Thank you for your wonderful talent that you so lovingly share with us fiber addicts!! If only I could knit faster…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am
so very, very, very lovely. definetely going into the queue of “when I am a better knitter”, right next to Icarus!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Utterly stunning. This is an amazing design which looks even more amazing in these gorgeous yarns. Congratulations. And I think I just saw a challenge in front of me in the shape of this shawl.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am
pattern arrived this morning,
now waiting for yarn,
need to finish so many other projects first,
how to hold back??
Jocelyn’s work in progress is very pretty in the cream color. Hers may end up looking like magnolia blossoms, perfect for a southern spring.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Weird, my comment didn’t show up! I’ll link my blog this time lol, I’m always too lazy to do it.
LOVE all the pictures. It really does remind me of autumn and the leaves in the fall, my favorite time of the year for foliage.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Gorgeous, gorgeous! I love it in all of the different colorways, and it is SUCH a fun knit! Have I mentioned that when we were kids visiting my Nana, we used to play with those maplewings by splitting the seeds and sticking them onto our noses? Our moms taught us that trick…
(And I love Linda M’s comment about the cream colored maplewing looking like magnolias — she’s right!)
March 13th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I do not know if you clearly, really, realize that you are a knitting designer genius. There is no, not one of the pattern you publish that I wouldn’t like to knit..
Frankly you should be amazed at yourself.. and we are happy that you dropped everything you did before to engage in that creative venue.. that was a very clever move on your part.. Congrats !
March 13th, 2009 at 11:13 am
How timely a design, considering it is Maple season back here at home…pretty!
March 13th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Absoutely stunning, the shawl, the photographs and the model!! Kim sent my pattern, and the yarn (pussywillow) is on its way . . .
March 13th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Anne, you have outdone yourself this time. Absolutely stunning! (off to buy me a copy)
March 13th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I not only love the lace – especially the delicious swirls of the lower border – I love the shape of this one. Somehow a semi-circle seems more modern and wearable than a triangular shawl (though I knit and wear those, too!).
March 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Anne, among all of your gorgeous designs, I think this one must be one of my favourites! I love those little samaras swirling down the shawl!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
You know, I voted for the other name for this shawl, but now I can’t even imagine it as anything other than Maplewing. Truly beautiful! You should be proud!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Sob! Epic pdf download fail. I’ve sent you a message of help.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
This is my favorite of all your shawls I just can’t stop drooling over it. I think I have the perfect yarn in my stash. I’m so glad one of my hearts worked out with this pattern. You’ve really outdone yourself with this!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
AHHHHHHHH!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
now that i’ve seen the whole thing, blocked and modeled…maplewing IS the perfect name. this is such an inspired piece. it looks exactly like leaves falling from the tree. beautiful.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Just Marvelous, absolutely Marvelous
March 13th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I bought this pattern and I’m not even a lace knitter! It’s gorgeous.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
This is beautiful. This is next up on my knitting queue after I finish a few things first.
Absolutely lovely.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Anne,these photos made me gasp. I ordered the
kit from Kim in Oakmoss (and couldn’t resist the Norwegian Woods for something else) so I can wear
this breathtaking shawl all year.Kim’s dyeing skills are magnificent!
You know,I think it should be named Anne’s Masterpiece. But I also know (because I have every pattern you have created-I am SUCH a fan) that you will top this.So,Anne’s Latest Masterpiece. Bravissima,Anne! Brava!
And thank you for working so hard to create such
beauty for my life.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Simply beautiful!!!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
OOOOO LA LA!!! Simply beautiful. Thank you David for the gorgeous pictures. Of course having the perfect model doesn’t hurt.
I’m going to attempt to do this shawl because of it’s beauty and design and also because Kim’s yarn is the PERFECT fiber to do it in. Anne, your designs and Kim’s fiber are a match that was made in heaven.
Thank you for another fabulous design.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
already bought… i am so in love with this pattern, thank you Anne
March 13th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Oh, my! It looks like mothernature has her very own super-hero cape! Truly wonderful!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
This is so beautiful I had to run right over and buy a kit. I’m going to go with the Pussywillow colorway because for me it is the most wearable color. I love this. Although casting on 600 stitches has me a bit nonplussed.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Love, love, love. Great knits, great pictures, great yarn. What’s not to like? Adding to the queue… thanks!
March 13th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Okay, I bought the yarn yesterday, I ordered the pattern today.
Even though my house will explode, I’m definitely casting this one on.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Lovely! I’m looking forward to purchasing some yarn from Kim as soon as I finish up a couple of things. I do drool over the colors quite often already!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
absolutely gorgeous! i’ll have to keep this one in mind for a fall project. kim’s colors are all so beautiful too, and so many of them would work well with this pattern.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Anne you amaze me, it is exquiste!!! Where do you find the time?
March 13th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I’ve never ever ordered a kit before it was released before.
Just got my email with the pattern today from Woolen Rabbit along with notice of the yarn having shipped!
Joy!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Wow Anne, you have really outdone yourself with this one! Its S T U N N I N G!!! I just got the pattern and can’t wait to get started on it.
March 13th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
The last photo reminds me of a superhero! I guess we all know what your superpower is.
Beautiful job!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
^^^ what they all said! Seriously, it’s just glorious. I adore the sculptural quality of the lower pattern and how its curves are echoed in the upper pattern. At the moment, my only problem is I can’t decide on a colourway…
March 14th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Applause, applause!!!!!
March 14th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Wow Anne, that is really really beautiful. I LOVE the edge. It really does look like those little whirly gig things that float down from trees. . . .
March 14th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Beautiful, I love the bottom edge especially. I finally got past my anxiety about blocking and with blocking wires and those foam floor puzzle pieces I received for Christmas, blocked 2 shawls I had made last year. It did amazing things to how they look and especially to how they feel. I had no idea. Now I can understand why you love the blocking process so much.
March 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
oh that is beyond gorgeous and the woolen rabbit yarn shows it off to perfection.
March 15th, 2009 at 2:08 am
ah! so very pretty. i love the sculptural edge. perhaps i can finally get married – i may have found my shawl.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
My new favorite, along with Irtfa’a
March 15th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
OK, maybe it’s the color, but I think this is the best thing you’ve ever done, still think you need a d——book for posterity! Nevertheless, I’ll be purchasing the kit. What is it about orange?! Congratulations on a stellar design. You can never have too many shawls…xo
Wendy in South Carolina
March 17th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
ok, I have to have this one, too! in pussywillow, although I was very tempted by chiquitita …
btw the link to the kits is now http://www.thewoolenrabbit.com/products/Maplewing-Shawl-Kit-.html
(because it’s no longer a “pre-order”)
-Audrey
March 18th, 2009 at 2:51 am
OK, I’m going to say what most everybody else is probably thinking:
Not only is the shawl impressive, so is your rear end. I know how much work I’d have to put in to finish such a beautiful shawl but I have no idea how hard I’d have to work to make my butt look as great as your’s…
March 20th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Absolutely stunning. Both the color and the pattern, as per usual
March 20th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I saw Jocelyn’s (knittinglinguist) knitted up and came here to see the original. As I said to her, it’s a marvelous interplay of name and patterns–just exquisite. You have the most incredible talent.