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Doesn't everyone spend their lunch break hand-embroidering gifts for their pilot participants?
04/06/2026

Doesn't everyone spend their lunch break hand-embroidering gifts for their pilot participants?

My work bestie Stacey. When we hired her, I was prepared to hate her. She was beautiful and new and talented. And I trie...
01/28/2026

My work bestie Stacey. When we hired her, I was prepared to hate her. She was beautiful and new and talented. And I tried. I really tried to hate her. But over our three years together, we've formed a bond that is unbreakable. We laugh together, we cry together, we bitch together, we read trashy books together, but we never JUST work together.  It's very easy to love her, and, as I learned, very hard to hate her.

I've said it before...remote work is hard. And I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of a global team that cares about each other even through the distance.

Yarn:
YarnArt Flowers Yarn #290
https://a.co/d/96tglBr

Pattern:
Juliet Shawl (with some added lace at the bottom per the original pattern)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/juliet-shawl

Shawl name:
The Very Pink of Courtesy


This year's Christmas hamper is here! Looking forward to knitting this up!
12/20/2025

This year's Christmas hamper is here! Looking forward to knitting this up!

Ombre lace is my favorite.
12/12/2025

Ombre lace is my favorite.

I knit this shawl as a holiday gift for my manager Kath Price, who lives and works in the UK.  She's such an amazing coa...
11/25/2025

I knit this shawl as a holiday gift for my manager Kath Price, who lives and works in the UK.  She's such an amazing coach, friend, and human.  I would not be who I am professionally if not for her guidance and support.

Remote work is hard. And I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of a global team that cares about each other even through the distance. But since we don't get to have a holiday party in December, we are gifted a "hamper" of our choice from the company. My choice was this beautiful yarn and mug set by HaldeCraft HandDyed. 

This post contains pictures of the finished shawl and the hanked yarn (not my images).

Yarn:
One Hit Wonder on Yolen by HaldeCraft HandDyed
https://www.haldecraft.com/


Pattern:
Winter Rose Shawl by Marie-Elyse Dugal
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winter-rose-shawl


- context from the creator: "Inspired by roses and the everyday joy they bring: surprising us with early buds in spring just when we thought a little bush might not come back after a long winter, delighting us with delicate petals in every colour throughout summer, hanging on in autumn with exquisite late blooms! And in some places, though not here in Canada, even flowering in winter against all odds! I hope this shawl brings you moments of simple joy too, as you create it, and then wear it, whatever the season might be."

Shawl name:
Precious and Unusual

- the name of the shawl comes from a lyric from the song "Winter Rose" by Karliene
https://spotify.link/InMigRFfXXb

Michele Shrum is one of those coworkers who you meet by happenstance, but stays with you. She started attending my lea...
11/07/2025

Michele Shrum is one of those coworkers who you meet by happenstance, but stays with you. She started attending my leadership classes one by one, and when I suggested she join one of my year-long cohorts, she eagerly agreed. We've had some amazing talks and forged a friendship across the miles. Michele was diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and I wanted to send her a hug...so I knit her this shawl.

Knitted in the separate parts of the shawl are pieces from the Fellowship of the Ring, which tell the story after the Fellowship leaves Galadriel in Lothlorien, home of the wood elves.

Galadriel's ring of power was called Nenya.

Yarn:
YarnArt Rosegarden (319) in green ombre
https://yarnart.info/en/rosegarden/rosegarden-319/


Pattern:
Lothlorien by Mark Roseboom
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lothlorien-5


Shawl name:
Nenya Elfing Business

Incredibly thankful to my amazing company for this lovely holiday hamper! Just the thing for Christmas knitting! ...
01/08/2025

Incredibly thankful to my amazing company for this lovely holiday hamper! Just the thing for Christmas knitting!



I knit this shawl for for her high school graduation. She's spicy, she's sassy, she's taking things by storm...much lik...
10/15/2024

I knit this shawl for for her high school graduation. She's spicy, she's sassy, she's taking things by storm...much like the Material Girl, Madonna.

The name of the shawl comes from a lyric in the Madonna song Alone With You.

Yarn:
My very own hand-dyed yarn "Material Girl"

Pattern:
Shawl of Solitaire by Mari-Liis Hirv
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shawl-of-solitaire

Shawl name:
A Convenient Entrance

I'm a . The pattern is just a simple garter stitch, knit on a diagonal bias. But it contains the scraps of every sh...
06/21/2024

I'm a . The pattern is just a simple garter stitch, knit on a diagonal bias. But it contains the scraps of every shawl I've ever knitted. I like to think it's pieces of the love and hope and heart I put into shawls I sent all over the world to people who needed just a little bit of comfort.

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