Tangled Thoughts

Thoughts, Tips and Inspiration!

Category: Shawls

A close up on the border of a mosaic knit shawl. It is knit in white and red yarn with a brickwork pattern on the body and herringbone pattern border, displayed on a black mannequin.

Building Bricks

17 August 2023

When I set out to design this shawl, I knew I wanted to use two colours, but I didn’t really want to do stripes or something I’d done before. So

Rose Trellis

15 June 2023

This shawl is the epitome of “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. I absolutely loved the idea for this shawl when I came up with it. A

Beautifully Braided

10 November 2022

Ever since I made Tuinn Bheaga I’ve wanted to make another shawl like it. Last year I was too busy working on syncopated brioche but this year I knew this

Dewdrops and Garter Stitch

25 August 2022

This was a pattern that grew out of another idea. The original plan had a couple of problems I couldn’t figure out but I love what it became! Driùchdan is

Shoormil – Yardage Calculator

26 May 2022

I’m going to preface this by saying that there is no pattern support for the spreadsheet. If you follow the instructions on the spreadsheet you shouldn’t have any problems! Skip

Sand and Sea

26 May 2022

Way back in January, I was really excited when Claire of Cookston Crafts reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in working on a collaboration with her.

Honey and Wool

8 July 2021

When I started this design, it was just meant to be a cowlette. I wanted something that would be quick to design, quick to knit and quickly let me move

The corner of a shawl hanging down in a spiral showing the garter stitch lace edge

Cream and Fluff

13 May 2021

Meet Cranachan! I had so much trouble coming up with a name for this pattern. I kept thinking about clouds, but I wasn’t finding anything I liked as a name

A blue garter stitch shawl with a rippling cable pattern down one side wrapped around a mannequin

Rippling into Autumn

29 October 2020

I’m so excited to share Tuinn Bheaga with you at last! It’s been very popular on Instagram over the last couple of weeks so I hope you’re as happy to

A purple and grey striped shawl with lace panels draped around a mannequin

Loidhne – Lines

14 May 2020

This is the shawl I was knitting when the schools closed and the lockdown was announced. It carried me through the first couple of weeks was a really fun knit.

I’m Liz and I'm a Scottish Knitwear designer! I design and write knitting patterns for accessories, produce tutorials and write about what I do!
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