The Rosy Lotus Shawl is a triangular shawl worked forth and back in one piece from the top down.

The Red Berries Shawl is a triangular shawl worked forth and back in one piece from the top down.

The French Maple Shawl is an extra wide crescent shawl worked forth and back in one piece from the top down.

The Winter Weather Zigzag Shawl is intended to represent the winter weather: the gray rainy days (in light gray color with blue beads as raindrops), the dark nights (in jeans blue color with white beads as snowflakes) and the lighter but icy cold days (in ice blue color with snowflakes and raindrops, also meant as a general winter mood).

This triangular shawl is worked forth and back in one piece from the bottom up.

The “Diamonds and Crystals Wrap” is a rectangular wrap with I-cord edgings on both ends. It is worked back and forth in one piece.

The idea for this shawl came during a stay in London (2022). It was only July, but it could just as easily have been September or October. Due to the terrible drought that summer, many trees in the parks and streets had already lost their leaves and the meadows were dry and yellow. It was a haunting sight and it affected me.

This pattern is inspired by nature. I love all the trees and flowers and bushes out there - I get sad when I see the consequences of the drought in summer and I hope for every tree and every bush and every flower that they survive the summer. That’s why this shawl is called “Leaves of Hope”.