Peacefully Knitting

It has been exactly a week since I attended the TNNA convention and I’m still can’t believe that I had the good fortune to go.  On a late Thursday evening, I received a message from someone asking if I was attending as she wanted to meet me in person.  That someone was Cornelia Hamilton.

Cornelia has been such an inspiration to me, not to mention encouraging, generous, giving and so very kind.  I was trilled that we were going to finally meet and that I could show her in person the scarf I designed using her beautiful Heaven’s Hand in Wool Classic !

Even after a week has gone by, I’m still so very excited that I got to meet this remarkable and talented woman.  Even if she doesn’t realize it, she has made a huge impact on my life and has been such a huge motivating factor for me to try to succeed in the knitting world.  From the bottom of my heart, thank you Cornelia!!!

Cornelia Hamilton

About:  Cornelia Hamilton’s career started in New York where she developed her talent during the early 80’s. There she designed for the better knitting magazines and to a private clientele. The high point of her time in NY was a handknit collection under her own label that was sold to select boutiques in 20 states from Florida to Alaska.  A move over the Altantic to Mariefred, Sweden has given her the peace and harmony to live with her family and develop her artistic creativity even further. Here she has a small boutique, runs her business Hamilton Design and writes articles on knitting for American and Scandinavian publications.

For those who would like to know more about Cornelia’s Heaven’s Hand Classic Wool, please visit Clara Parkes, Knitter’s Review, where Clara did an in-depth review of Cornelia’s yarn.  You can find Cornelia online at Raverly, FaceBook and online at her website, Hamilton Designs.  I personally can attest that this yarn is quite lovely to knit with, holds it’s shape and is soft to the touch!

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The scarf I was designed based upon the sand paintings created by many of our Native American Indians, especially those in Arizona.   Unique in design, this scarf is completely reversible. One side gives the appearance of cables with a touch of lace, while the other side echoes a raised textured design mimicking designs of the southwest.   This scarf is created in two panels and then grafted together using the Kitchener Stitch.

This pattern will require approximately 300 yards of Cornelia Hamilton’s Heaven’s Hand Wool Classic ( or any worsted weight to match a gauge of  22 stitches = 2 inches in stockinette), a pair of  US  size 8 (5.0 mm) and a tapestry needle.

Finished size: 6”/15.2 cm x 70” /177.77 cm (fully blocked)

This pattern is available for $4.50 USD