Call of the Siren

About the Knit Along

Will you heed the siren’s call? Call of the Siren is an adventure filled knit and seek mystery knit along in the same style as Hunting Sasquatch and Nessie Expedition, created and hosted by Lattes & Llamas. This is a shawl project that combines mosaic and double knitting, which will be delivered in five parts:

~May 25th – Clue 1: Our odyssey begins in the coastal town of Ocean City as we cast on our shawls and check in with Dr. Persephone Kore, the head of the Aquatic Division of Lattes & Llamas Society for Knitterly Cryptid Studies. – Released! Chapter One: The Feather

~June 1st – Clue 2: Our first siren sighting as we begin the first double knit section of our shawls. – Released! Chapter One: The Queen

~June 8th – Clue 3: Texture abounds as the plot deepens on the disappearance of Dr. Persephone Kore. – Released! Chapter One: The Song

~June 15th – Clue 4: Our second siren sighting as we begin the second double knit section. – Released! Chapter Four: The Guardians

~June 22nd – Clue 5: The odyssey in Ocean City concludes. – Released! Chapter Five: The Wings

 

Important Pattern Information

The pattern/clues will be emailed to you in five parts on the dates above unless you provide a Ravelry user name in the “Order Notes,” which will be located in the billing/shipping address section at check out. If you provide a Ravelry user name, the pattern will be added to your Ravelry library. If you purchase a Call of the Siren Kit after the odyssey begins, all prior clues will be sent to you. If you purchase a Call of the Siren Kit after our odyssey has reached its conclusion, the pattern will be sent to you in one PDF.

 

About the Kit

The Call of the Siren kits come with everything you’ll need in order to knit the shawl, excluding the knitting needles:

~ Two specially dyed skeins of Vacation Yarn only available in this kit, designed to give you all the excitement of doing color work with a bazillion mini-skeins without any of the pain and heartache of weaving in the ends. ‘Himerope’ fades from a dark orange to a sandy beige while ‘Thelxiepeia’ shifts from a bright turquoise to a dark brown-black.

~ Three beaded stitch markers that embody the theme and match your yarn

~ A PDF of the pattern (see pattern information above)

~ BONUS: Order before May 15th to receive two of our new Yarn Bras before they go on sale! Made with stretchy mermaid fabric, Yarn Bras give your cakes the support they desperately need. No more having the outside tail come untucked and getting tangled. The Yarn Bra keeps everything where it should be! Also, it looks super cute. This offer is valid while supplies last.

 

Prepare for the Odyssey

1. Purchase the Call of the Siren kit to get everything you’ll need for your adventure. The last day to order that is guaranteed to ship (in the USA only) before the start of the MKAL is May 15, 2018.
2. Meet the other cryptozoologists from Lattes & Llamas Society for Knitterly Cryptid Studies on the Lattes & Llamas Ravelry forum.
3. Check out the inaugural post about the mystery knit along HERE.
4. Come back to the Lattes & Llamas blog on May 18th for in depth lesson on mosaic stitch. You’ll learn how to carry your yarn up several rows and how to work elongated stitches into the rows below.
5. Cast on May 25th when the first clue is released!

 

About the Yarn

While we try to keep the kits in stock and ready to ship, this luxurious yarn may be dyed to order. Depending on our current volume, it may take 3-12 business days to create your hand-dyed lovelies. Please note that sometimes colors and textures look different on your computer screen than they do in person. If we had the power to fix this, we’d probably be billionaires. And we’d totally still make yarn.

 

Content
Vacation: 75% Superwash Merino/ 25% Nylon

 

Care
Machine Wash Gentle Cold, Dry Flat

 

Weight/Yardage
Vacation: 100 grams/ 463 yards per cake
200 grams/ 926 yards total

 

Gauge
7-8 sts = 1″ on US 0-2

 

Knitting Weight
Fingering

 

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