Jane Vanselous

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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This large, crescent shawl provides a lot of texture using fairly simple knit and purl combinations. Choose soft and muted or bold and contrasting colors to reflect your personality. Instructions are given for both Sport and DK weight yarn options.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Combining the colors and textures of these 2 dk weight yarns produces a thick, soft fabric. Designed for four colors, this could easily be adapted to just two, while still maintaining the interesting cable stitch detail.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A simple, yet sophisticated, design makes this an easy to wear favorite accessory, while the extra fine merino and silk blend of Lunar makes it cuddly soft. Make it uniquely yours by choosing either similar colors for subtle texture, or high contrast for a big pop of color.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A simple concept of overlapping rectangles, combined with Shibui Pebble yarn, produces a sumptuously soft, lightweight wrap or scarf. Go bold with strong colors to make a statement, or choose soft neutrals for understated elegance.
Knitting: Cowl
This is a very versatile, chunky cabled cowl. Easy to slip on for a little extra warmth, and not so large as to be overwhelming.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
The stitch design on this wrap is equally beautiful on both sides, so no need to worry about which side is showing! It is not too bulky, and can also be worn as a scarf.
Knitting: Poncho
The perfect pairing for a crisp fall day, this capelet design provides several wearing options. Keep it high on your shoulders with the neck rolled down or wear it longer, pulled snugly around your shoulders, providing a little extra warmth as a funnel neck.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
The diamond shaped lace patterns in this shawl begin as a very open mesh and gradually change to a solid. It may be knit in a single color, but combining it with the color gradations in the Cheshire Cat mini skeins produce a pretty ombré effect.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is knit from end to end. Shaping occurs by increasing stitches along one side in the first section, maintaining stitch count in the center, then decreasing stitches in the third section. It may be blocked straight (as knit) or crescent shaped.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl begins with 5 stitches and gradually grows by beginning each right side row with increases and each wrong side with a decrease. Interspersed at regular intervals is a contrasting garter ridge with a series of short rows at one end, creating a lacy diamond wedge. A long, graceful spiral is the result of using this combination of incre...
Knitting: Poncho
This poncho is knit as a flat rectangle, with i-cord edging and a simple, 4-row repeat lace panel that runs up each side. After knitting, the bound off edge is seamed to one side near the cast-on edge.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This yarn creates a wonderful drape, ideal for this wrap! It has a nice sheen and interesting texture, which adds to the design. The lace pattern has been modified to make it reversible.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl requires 2 skeins of Berroco Ultra Alpaca - 1 skein of each of 2 colors. Gauge is especially important to obtain, in order to ensure that you will have enough yarn to complete the shawl. In my samples, I finished with less than 3 yards of color B.
Knitting: Poncho
This lightweight, airy cape is based on the Feather and Fan stitch.
Knitting: Cowl
This pattern provides 3 options for knitting a bulky cowl that uses 2 skeins of Debbie Bliss Paloma, a wonderfully soft, alpaca/merino yarn.
Knitting: Scarf
This is a very simple scarf to knit. The design really shows off the beautiful color gradation of the yarn.
Knitting: Cowl
This cowl is knit in the round from the top down. The lace pattern expands at the bottom, causing the cowl to flare and sit comfortably on your shoulders.
Knitting: Cowl
I love this yarn! It is incredibly soft and the manner that it is dyed really highlights the stitch pattern.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
The construction of this soft, feminine shawlette is largely made of chain stitches that are formed into little lotus flower patterns. The design begins at the bottom of the triangle and is worked upwards for 50 rows. The shawl is then turned and the double crochet edge pattern is worked, finishing with a simple picot combination.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless gloves will become your favorites! They are so comfortable and very affordable to knit, as they use only 1 skein of yarn.There are no seams, so the only finishing is to weave in the yarn ends.
Knitting: Scarf
This is a very easy scarf or cowl pattern that uses stockinette to show off the colors and texture of this yarn.