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As I was knitting along on my Chain Link Hat this past weekend it suddenly occurred to me that I was making smiles all across my knitting. Seeing those happy smiles emerge while also watching my project grow so quickly made me so happy. In one afternoon I made myself an adorable, very warm hat! The pattern also includes a cowl, so I can use two skeins of my main color and one skein of contrast to get a matching set. You can also get a hat and opposite cowl from just two skeins if you swap your main color. It’s a fun pattern called Chain Link Hat and Cowl by Marin Melchior and it’s available on Ravelry.

I used the colors Dusk and Sunday Morning for my project, and Marin knit a set using Emerald and Washed Ashore. The webshop is loaded with several mix and match colorways that are perfect for mixing and matching. If you need help choosing a pair just drop me and email and I’ll be glad to share some suggestions.

Some of my favorite combinations are:
Dusk + Sunday Morning or Sassy Ballerina
Electric raspberry + Sunday Morning
Emerald or Dusk + Washed Ashore
Emerald + Sassy Ballerina

Have fun choosing your own favorite pair, and watching those smiles emerge.
Happy Making! XX, Heather Jane

It’s almost time for my EPIC annual sale! I’ll have some really fantastic deals for Black Friday this year, and I only have one sale like this each year. Beginning Friday 11/27 at 12 noon MST you can find the following discounts on my website.

* Seconds Bundles 30-40% off
3-4 skeins of yarn per bag including colorways that didn’t turn out correctly or yarn that wasn’t perfectly behaved. Descriptions will be included in each listing.

* Dreamy MCN DK 20% off
I love this base, but I love my Delightful DK more. I’ll be discontinuing Dreamy MCN DK. A really nice selection of colorways will be listed individually.

* DK Tweed Bundles 15% off
3-6 skeins that need to be sold together from the ends of batches of larger dyeing projects.

* Perfect Pairings 15% off
Pairings for cowls and shawls when I only have a few skeins left of colorways. Including Superfine Sock, Delightful DK, Bouncy Fingering, Magic Mohair, and Springy Sport

No codes needed. All discounts will be listed clearly on the website.

Hello, friends.

Looking for comfort?

This week the Sew Happy Jane webshop will re-open after a two week long summer holiday. I’ve been resting and working behind the scenes to prepare for what promises to be a busy fall. So many decisions to make, and so many unknowns. What I’m craving the most right now is comfort, and I bet you are, too. I long for cozy days where I can cuddle up worry free with my knitting, my books, and my tea. As I was searching for inspiration for the 2020 Advent Calendars I realized that “cozy” is just what I’m craving.

The Let’s Get Cozy Advents will feature 13 minis (a baker’s dozen) in my hand painted/speckle technique, and one full coordinating tonal skein. The kits will include some comforting extras that I know will make you smile and feel loved. These special boxes will ship the first week of November, and will be packaged with a winter theme. Open them every other day during the month of December, or choose a special holiday to treat yourself to a little extra love. They’ll go on sale at 9 a.m. MST on Saturday, August 1st.

I hope you are well and finding peace and joy in your creativity.

Happy Making,
XX Heather Jane

This summer is definitely not going the way we planned, but we can still have some magic in small ways. Electric Beach is a new design created by Shellie Anderson of Shel Knits Designs. She used one skein of Electric Raspberry Merino fingering, and one skein of Agate Beach mohair to create this dreamy new shawl.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a fan of whimsy and stripes, so this shawl hits all the right notes for me. Choose from a selection of colorways in my Magic Mohair Bundles or Featherdown Suri Bundles and pretend you’re knitting on your favorite beach. *Yarn and pattern sold separately.

Also included in this week’s update is a new tweed fingering base. A blend of Superwash Merino and tweed neps, this new base would make such a perfect striped or colorwork summer tee or cardigan. I have my eye on the Weekender Light by Andrea Mowry, but I could also see myself knitting up a striped Rock It Tee by Tanis Fiber Arts. Choose from a sophisticated collection of mix and match hand painted or tonal colorways to create your perfect project.

10% of profits from this weekend’s sales will benefit the Idaho Black History Museum. Thank you so much for your support!

Happy Making!
Xx, Heather Jane

This week in the webshop you’ll find a fresh batch of Perfect Pairings and a lovely crop of Delightful Tweed DK ready for the picking. 10% of profits from sales this weekend will go to The Loveland Foundation. This foundation provides support for Black women and girls by helping them access therapy through a voucher system.

Perfect Pairings take the guess work out of matching up colorways and get you creating without the stress. Just choose your favorites, browse your pattern library for the perfect two-skein shawl, and cast on. Of course you can also shop the Bouncy Fingering Ready To Ship category and put your very own pairing together from a scrumptious selection of colorways.

Delighful Tweed DK is a relatively new base yarn for me, and I’m dreaming of knitting up a cozy tweed cardigan or a classic pullover with this handsome base yarn. The color palette just works so well together that I can’t help wanting to add a colorwork element or some stripes to make a splash!

Rustic, crunchy, non-Superwash.

Have you see my new line of non-Superwash wool yet? This mix and match collection is making my heart so happy. It’s perfect for sweaters, hats, felting projects and colorwork.

Preorders are open through May 25 for this beautiful base (as well as my other two DK bases) and will ship by June 15.

100% Peruvian Highland Wool is everything you think of when you think of traditional wool. It’s earthy and full of life, and I’ve chosen 10 colors that mix and match well to introduce this lovely new base.

If you’re considering the 4 Day Knitalong with Marie Greene of Olive Knits in July, this would make a beautiful choice. At $18 per skein, the price point for Rustic Highland Wool makes an affordable and beautiful sweater. Details about the measurements and yarn requirements for the 4 Day KAL are all up on my website along with three base yarn options.

Happy Making!
Xx,
Heather Jane

Saturday, May 2nd Sew Happy Jane will be kicking off the Virtu-wool fiber festival hosted on Facebook. You can find a link to the event on my website. The webshop will be updated with fresh new colorways, and many of my best selling colors from the past. Come and visit me Live on Facebook at 10 a.m. EDT for a preview of colorways, a look at some samples, and a Kool-Aid dyeing tutorial you can try while you’re stuck at home. Shoppers who attend the live event will be entered for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the Sew Happy Jane webshop.

Did you see the beautiful PRIMA shawl by Shellie Anderson last weekend? Shawl bundles sold out so quickly that I had to hurry and order more mohair so I could offer more. My website is now re-stocked and all bundles ordered by Saturday, April 11th will ship by Wednesday the 15th. The pattern must be purchased separately and is now available on Ravelry.

Don’t like mohair? There is now a Suri Alpaca option available! And pssst…you can use these bundles to knit any mohair project you’ve had your eye on! Love Note anyone?

Shellie and I are excited to offer a KAL starting April 20th that runs along side the Indie Untangled KAL happening now. If you purchase yarn for the PRIMA shawl from my shop you’ll qualify to enter both events!

PRIMA knit along details can be found on my website.

Light as spun sugar, this shawl was inspired by my popular Sassy Ballerina colorway. Designer Shellie Anderson and I met while I was vending at Stitches Salt Lake and we instantly connected. Her fresh, classic style drew me in immediately, and we knew we could make magic together. Just last month we re-connected at the Rose City Yarn Crawl where she fell for Sassy Ballerina and its parter Ballerina (mohair). She headed home and immediately cast on this dreamy shawl in a fit of COVID-19 stress knitting. When Shellie shared the photos of PRIMA with me I couldn’t hardly wait to show the world.

The PRIMA shawl pattern will be available Friday morning on Ravelry and I’ll have yarn bundles in the original Ballerina colorway as well as several other confections perfect for spring.

PS: Enter code FREESHIP50 for free shipping on orders over $50. Applies to all ready to ship collections. Take a peek at my scrumptious selection of Silky Cashmere while you’re shopping!

Shawl photos are courtesy of www.sheldesigns.net