This eBook includes the first 10 years of Tour de France KAL shawls from Natalie Servant.

For the last few years I’ve been visiting Canadian Art Deco buildings, taking pictures, and using those pictures for inspiration for my designs.

These stranded hat & mittens are covered in flowers. I was inspired by stunning floral dress I saw in a Poirot episode.

Lace Revelations contains a total of 3 reversible lace shawl patterns with tessellated lace. These patterns are shown off to their best advantage with a shiny yarn, which is why I chose Fyberspates Scrumptious Lace (50% merino/50% silk).

An e-book of 4 shawl patterns inspired by fields in France. All 4 patterns are available.

The Tramways Building in Montréal was the source of inspiration for these designs. The curvy patterns are so beautiful! I knew that Roositud work be perfect. Roositud is an Estonian technique for doing colorwork in the round on a small part of the garment, and it’s fully explained in the pattern. It typically uses a yarn that is slightly thicker than the main color of yarn being knit.

This stranded reversible cowl was inspired by the designs on a French door grille.

This modular blanket was inspired by looking at the patterns of black and white marble squares in the courtyard of Versailles. I wanted color, so I used a collection of 12 partial balls of Briar Rose Charity in light and dark colors. You can used 2 colors or as many as you like!

Looking for a simple and satisfying knit? This scarf combines a single 100g skein of fingering weight yarn with a similar yardage of lace weight yarn to make a cozy reversible garter stitch scarf with a scalloped edge.

These mittens were inspired by the patterns on some silver bowls found at the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial site in England. There’s also a matching cowl pattern.

These picot snowflakes require only a few skills to make: knitted cast, on, knitting, and binding off. Sew the centre circle together, then use glue or fabric stiffener to form an ornament.

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This was my 11th Annual Tour de France KAL shawl.

25 days of instructions, each with a small bit of knitting or assembly to do. You’ll end up with 1 complex ornament to hang on your tree or to gift to friends! Or you could end up with 2 present toppers. Or…well, there could be other options, but you’ll decide later in December!

This nature-inspired mosaic shawl is only worked with one color at a time. The color shifts come from the sample using a mini-skein set plus a solid color. The dark & light reversal of colors means that it uses approximately the same amount of the dark and the light colors.

This top-down triangular shawl was inspired by the dazzling stained glass windows in the small church of Sainte Chapelle in Paris. The tall narrow windows dominate the richly-decorated chapel.

This 100% reversible pattern can be made as a cowl or a scarf. It’s easy knitting, because it’s mostly garter stitch. The pattern is made with stockinette stitch and reverse stockinette stitch triangles at regular intervals.

25 days of instructions, each with a small bit of knitting or assembly to do. You’ll end up with 5 different stuffed ornaments to hang on your tree or to gift to friends!

This cowl was inspired by the patterns on some silver bowls found at the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial site in England. There are also some matching mittens.

This hat was inspired by an artifact in the Staffordshire Hoard: a golden eagle grasping a fish. The hat shows off the two textures in the eagle’s feathers. Matching mittens to come!

The inspiration for this shawl were some of the amazingly rich gold and garnet cloisonné objects that are part of the Staffordshire Hoard as well as the similar shoulder clasps from Sutton Hoo. The garnets in their regularly-shaped golden cells appealed to me and I thought that mosaic knitting was a natural fit to represent these ancient Anglo-...

Marie Curie is the source of my inspiration. Born in Maria Salomea Skłodowska Poland, she was a brilliant pioneering scientist focused on radioactivity. The picture that I used as inspiration was taken for her 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.

This cowl is warm wearable jewelry. The glass beads give the project weight as well as the shine of a necklace. Match the beads to your yarn or create high contrast for a more dramatic look.

This Advent Ornament KALendar is a little present for you. Pair it with a Pretty String Advent calendar set, an Yvieknits Yarn mini skein set, or your leftover sock yarn.

This easy bottom-up garter stitch shawl has scalloped edges highlighted by stripes. The curves and stripes were inspired by the lines of Streamline Moderne architecture. The colors of Streamline Moderne buildings range from simple monochrome schemes to the more brilliant examples seen in Miami Beach, and so can the shawl!

This shawl is inspired by Chantilly Lace. Chantilly Lace typically has a background of hexagonal mesh with more solid design sections that are often floral, and the border is typically wavy and has an eyelash edging. In knitting, I’ve started with a stockinette background with diamond lace accents followed by a open mesh background with diamond...

These stranded mittens are covered in flowers. I was inspired by stunning floral dress I saw in a Poirot episode.

This stranded hat is covered in flowers. I was inspired by stunning floral dress I saw in a Poirot episode.

This shawl is a quick knit and includes a few fun techniques to keep your interest. There is a bit of lace, intermittent garter stitch stripes, and a border that can either be done in stranded knitting or double knitting.

I came up with this simple twist on seed stitch using some slipped stitches when looking for a fun way work with a gradient set. I wanted the colors to almost melt into each other.

This easy necklace and earring set is perfect for using up remnants of fingering weight yarns. The necklace takes advantage of the spiral effect of purled I-cord to show off the sparkly beads. The beads, in turn, give the jewelry added weight.

This reversible skinny triangular shawl uses beads and seed stitch to highlight color-changing yarn. You can completely change the look of the pattern with the selection of your beads.

This top-down triangular shawl was inspired by a trip to PEI. I loved watching the ripples that water makes when a wave goes up a beach, then trickles back down over pebbles and shells.

These quick & simple cuffs are great for a wee bit of dress up. They keep you warm and look fierce!

Sassy fingerless mitts in stretch twisted ribbing. Pattern includes charts in 4 sizes, fitting a wide range of hands.

This skinny reversible trianglular shawl is worked from the tip out, so it’s easy to resize. It was designed for a single skein of sock yarn.

This shawl was inspired by the carvings found on stones in the Neolithic tomb on the island of Gavrinis in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. These detailed carvings reminded me of fingerprints. I knit the motif described as a “shield”.

This Art Deco-inspired lace pattern is worked from the bottom up, starting with a few stitches and increasing. It can easily be adjusted to the amount of yarn you have on hand.

This rectangular reversible lace shawl is knit from end to end and the reversible lace pattern forms V-shapes that resemble knit stitches. Both the width and length can be varied to suit your needs. It is the third in a series of 3 lace shawls that are formed with reversible tessellations: Lace Revelations.

This reversible lace shawl is knit from the top down. The rectangles of lace triangles at the front and back are separated by increasing triangles of seed stitch. This shaped shawl sits nicely on the shoulders and can be fastened at the front with a shawl pin to keep it perfectly in place.

This simple reversible lace shawl is knit from the bottom up, increasing in steps to form little hexagons. It is the first in a series of 3 lace shawls that are formed with reversible tessellations: Lace Revelations.

This shawl was inspired by the ornate ceiling of Commerce Court North in Toronto. The expansive blue and golden ceiling in the banking hall is overwhelming.

This fingering weight stranded hat has a repeating motif taken from an Art Deco railway station in Philadelphia. It starts with twisted rib and launches into the stranded colorwork. There is also a matching mitten pattern which is part of the e-book set.

These fingering weight stranded mittens have a repeating motif taken from an art deco railway station in Philadelphia. They start with twisted rib and have a thumb gusset with the pattern centred on the thumb. There is also a matching hat which is part of the e-book set.

This stranded pillow pattern is the final release in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy this pattern individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

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This stranded mitten pattern is the eleventh release in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy this pattern individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

This double knit hat pattern is the tenth release in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy this pattern individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

This stranded reversible cowl is the ninth release in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy the cowl individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

These Roositud mittens are part of a set that is the eighth release in a series of 12 patterns that will form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy the Tramways Set individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

This Roositud hat is part of a set that is the eighth release in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy the Tramways Set individually or as part of the Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book.

This trapezoidal lace shawlette is the seventh in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This semi-circular shawl was inspired by the ceiling of the Henri Labrouste reading room of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. I first read about the room in a book about French ironwork, but when I looked for more pictures online I fell in love with the finished ceiling.

This reversible crescent-shaped lace shawlette is the sixth in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This rectangular lace shawl is the fifth in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This color-blocked scarf is worked in 3 different garter stitch sections. Only one color is worked at a time.

This stranded hat is the fourth in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This lacy square handkerchief scattered with strawberries was inspired by Desdemona’s handkerchief. Although Othello describes the handkerchief as being made from silk, I chose to use a light cotton and linen blend because that seemed more like handkerchief material to me. It can be worked in plain white and left plain or dyed, or it can be wor...

This reversible double knit scarf is the third in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This design came out of a request from Suzanne. She wanted a long infinity scarf/cowl that she could wrap twice around, in red, with “cables and stuff”.

This textured reversible scarf is the second in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This reversible triangular lace shawl is the first in a series of 12 patterns that form my Canadian Art Deco Knits e-book. You can buy them individually or as part of the e-book.

This semi-circular shawl is inspired by Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The lace patterns include brocade-like bands that might have appeared on Lucy’s dresses when she was a queen, arrows because she was an excellent archer, and crowns, both because she was a queen and because she loved to play chess.

This cowl is worked in 2x2 ribbing and garter stitch to make a squishy reversible fabric. It’s the perfect quick knit for a gift.

These fingering weight stranded mittens have a repeating leafy motif. They start with twisted rib and have a thumb gusset with the pattern centred on the thumb. There is also a matching hat which is part of the e-book set.

This stranded hat has a repeating leafy motif. It can be made as a close-fitting beanie or as a slouchy hat. There are also matching mittens which are part of an e-book.

This semi-circular shawl is inspired by the riders of the Tour de France. The lace patterns show the different shapes that groups of riders take during the race: diagonal lines in a crosswind, a pointed arrow when in hot pursuit, and a long winding string when climbing tough mountains. The shawl finishes off with bicycle wheels (adapted from Ba...

This top-down triangular shawl with its simple zig-zag lines (in texture or lace, your choice) is a quick an easy knit. The beads in the border give it weight, and you can choose a contrasting color for an extra zing.

Morgaine was inspired by The Mists of Avalon. The shape and colour are taken from the crescent that Morgaine received on becoming a priestess. The lace border is inspired by Celtic knotwork.

This reversible ribbed scarf or cowl has an attractive asymmetrical cable. It’s worked in super bulky yarn, so it knits up very quickly.

This cushy reversible scarf is worked on the bias in stockinette and reverse stockinette. The fabric bunches up like an accordion to form a warm and cozy fabric.

This pattern was inspired by some handspun gradient yarn. I wanted to use all of the yarn and show off the colors, and so this V-shaped shawl with a modified feather-and-fan pattern was born.

This triangular shawl was inspired by gates in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. It is both a charted and written lace design, with lace knitting on every other row. It can be knit in any weight of yarn.

This lacy scarf / stole uses intarsia to accentuate its wavy lines and can be made in anything from lace weight to sport weight.

This bottom-up shawl would have appealed to Marilla Cuthbert’s (of Anne of Green Gables) practical nature. You can work it in any weight of yarn and you can tailor the size to the amount of yarn you have on hand. I used a wool lace-weight yarn, which is what I imagined Marilla’s black lace shawl would have been made from.

This scarf was born from a desire to play with shape and color but also to keep the design simple and fun. I also love a good squishy scarf! Undulation is a striped garter stitch scarf worked lengthwise. An undulating center section worked in short rows gives the scarf curves.Knitters can bring their own sense of style to this pattern with thei...

Inspired by a woven scarf spotted in the grocery store, this pattern came to me complete with a name, so how could I not knit it?

This cozy scarf/cowl pattern is completely reversible (the same on both sides) and has a stitch pattern that is easily memorized.

This reversible shawl starts at the bottom edge with a double knit motif inspired by the Manhattan Bridge. The rest of the shawl is worked in garter stitch that quickly decreases to give a V-shape that sits comfortably on your back.

Hand paints with highly contrasting colors are shown off to great effect in this simple reversible scarf and cowl pattern.

This design was inspired by the golden bees uncovered in the tomb of Childeric (king of the Franks ~457-481). I’ve added a few flowers at the top of each bee.

With a lucky four-leafed clover at the middle, this pattern can sprout into a V-shaped, square or rectangular shawl depending on which instructions you follow. As usual, this pattern is both charted and written.

A ribbed scarf design with a few twists (literally). Twisted stitches enable the transition between single & double ribbing and keep you awake while knitting a warm & squishy scarf.

This scarf has a simple body that leads into decorative raindrop ends. Two of the raindrops are edged with beads so they almost look like they are running down the scarf.

This shawl is the fourth of the 4 designs in my Summer in Provence e-book. The full pattern is now available either by itself or as part of the e-book.

With vertical lines branching from the decreases at the crown, this double knit hat is reminiscent of the hanging branches and leaves of weeping willow trees.

This shawl is the third of 4 designs in my Summer in Provence e-book. The full pattern is available either by itself or as part of the e-book.

This shawl is the second of 4 designs in my Summer in Provence e-book. The full pattern is available either by itself or as part of the e-book.

This reversible hat and cowl pattern is easier than it looks: there are no cables! The design is formed with increases and decreases. It looks great with either side out.

This shawl is the first of 4 designs in my Summer in Provence e-book.

This garter stitch scarf is based on the traditional Feather and Fan pattern, but with the eyelets removed. It is knit lengthwise and the stripes are created by changing colors every 2 rows.

Fast Forward is a scarf suitable for just about anyone! It’s a 2x2 ribbed scarf with a unique cabled motif at either end. The 2x2 ribbing knits up quickly and the cables turn it into something very special.

This sculptural scarf is made with yarn in two different weights: lighter-weight yarn flows in ruffles on the edges, while the heavier weight yarn is gathered in folds in the middle for extra warmth. This attention drawing scarf can be knit in similar colors or contrasting colors for an extra punch.

This elegant scarf is mainly in garter stitch, with a lace edging of “pearls” that start small, increase in size to the middle of the shawl, and then decrease in size again. The scarf itself also starts small, increases to the middle, and decreases. The ends have a long triangular shape, with a rectangular center section. The pearls form a scal...

This flattering shawl begins with a provisional cast on at the neck and increases regularly to create eight segments that are separated by occasional beaded diamonds. The border is knit on from side to side, both at the bottom edge and at the neck, for an attractive finish.

This triangular shawl was inspired by lace-like details on the Eiffel Tower. It is a charted and written lace design, with lace knitting on every other row.

This elegant rectangular shawl pattern with a mesh appearance is inspired by the Art Deco design of the crown of the Chrysler Building in NYC. It is a charted lace design, with lace knitting on every other row.

This is a recipe for a felted tote bag with cabled corners, applied I-cord edging, and handles that are knit into the bag and then grafted in the middle.

This is a one-skein scarf that can be made from something with drape, like Oasis or from something warm & luxurious, like Lorna’s Laces Lion & Lamb. It’s a slightly ruched scarf and is knit on the bias.