it was a hard choice, socks or something new? when the box arrived, i knew it would be something new. yep, it is half crepe from mountain colors and I’m making a one skein shawl. easy, lovely colors, nice drape. If Susan doesn’t have the other colors online yet, she will [...]
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It’s still snowing so we are allowed to knit, felt and decorate with snowmen, right? We just restocked all of Marie Mayhew’s patterns and the snowman really works well with Galway white. But if you prefer to ignore the snow, you could start on the cute bunnie or chicks for Easter or her newest pattern, Woolly [...] Thank you Tom for giving me warm feet in between working on George. I am surprised at the difference between the feel and warmth of galway and shepherds wool. Shepherds wins hands down. We’ll compare wear factors as the winter progresses. Your thoughts? More about George later. Is that because she will turn 17 next year? Anyways, number 17 was . . . drumroll please, Nancy Wilson! Nancy receiving her winning book, Knitted Gifts And here she is just sitting down after a hard day of teaching. We have just gotten new stock (and re-stocked a few colors) of Galway Worsted and I am reminded once again of how much I like this yarn. There is definitely a place in my knitting for the lofty, super-soft merinos such as Shepherd’s Wool, but Galway is what I want when I desire something a [...] Our supply of Jojoland Superwash Melody is dwindling as well as the Swirl Shawl patterns and I found myself wondering why. Hmm, the Yarn Harlot has posted! She is now knitting the scarf version of this: Once you get going with the pattern, its a fairly easy knit. Just buy 5 balls of Superwash Melody from: [...] Thanks to A Warped Knitter for posting a picture of her Zauberball and Trekking XXL socks on her blog. I wish I had two new pair of socks to wear for winter . In order to actually get several pairs of socks knit though, I’m going to have to knit mine on the machine. I just got a Silver [...] makes the cutest things.  That’s right, just one skein makes a baby sweater: One skein is 396 yards of yarn and its only $13.95. Choose to knit either pattern, the polo pullover shown above or a v-neck cardigan and yes, the ball of yarn includes the pattern and buttons! You might want to pick up another ball and make [...] and I’m taking stock on what I was able to get done and don’t want to think about how much I need to go . . . a couple rows of Cassidy, which actually is a huge accomplishment considering that I’m knitting a huge size and I combined the fronts/back. I did maintain some decreases at [...] before I put them back on display <ewwhhh>, but I couldn’t help myself. My feet were COLD this morning and I don’t have a pair of socks at home to wear since they are all at the store so I swiped a pair off the display! Here they are:  And, on the foot, in the shoe: And, [...] |
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