Just in time for summer, two publishers have released books of lace shawls. Today, I'm reviewing “Mystic Shawls” by Anna Dalvi, which came to me as an ebook from Cooperative Press. The print version ...

EUGENE -- With his large, well-manicured hands working the tiny needles and even tinier cotton thread, Gene Beugler stands out from the rest of the regulars at the local yarn shop. Even if you know ...

So I'm starting this lace shawl. And I'm trying to be sane about it, which means I'm swatching like a good girl who doesn't want to stab herself through the heart at the end of her project when she ...

It's been a while since I reviewed a shawl book, but this one is worth the wait. "Inspired shawls, 15 creatie patterns for year-round knitting" by Laura Zukaite has patterns for many skill levels. The ...

This sophisticated if challenging debut by knitter Freyer shows how to knit a variety of garments using Japanese-inspired designs, which the author suggests are defined by “unusual lace patterns with ...

Editors of The Knitter magazine. Fox Chapel/Design Originals, $17.99 paper (104p) ISBN 978-1-57421-447-5 The editors of Knitter's Magazine have assembled a collection of 23 sumptuous patterns for the ...