What to stash this week: Leave your heart in your knitting
Julia of Pandia’s Jewels has kits for her gorgeous I Left my Heart in the Highlands Wrap available to preorder until until July 16. Each Highlands Knit Kit includes five skeins of her Aran Tweed yarn, a shawl pin and a copy of the pattern, with a big, smooshy cable. There are two different kits available: The Highlands, which moves in a gradient from gray to dark green and Heather on the Hills,…
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caterpillargreen giveaway winner
I received 42 comments (the answer to life the universe and everything) for the caterpillargreen giveaway and the winner is…
Jessica H, who is planning to make Stephen West’s Boneyard Shawl with her prize.
Congrats, Jessica! And thanks to everyone who participated. I really enjoyed getting to know Catherine more and hope you did, too. You might also want to check her out on Instagram,…
Untangling the Untangling kit
I’m not a sock knitter.
I certainly don’t have anything against handknit socks. The one pair I have, which a friend kindly gave me during a purge at Rhinebeck of FOs that she no longer used, are a godsend in the winter. I will probably knit a pair someday, but, for now, I enjoy making things that are more easily show-offable.
Which is why, when I approached Michelle of Berry Colorful Yarnings about a project using her self-striping sock yarn,…
What to stash this week if you’re not at Rhinebeck
Michelle of Berry Colorful Yarnings — whose yarn I have the honor to sell at the pre-Rhinebeck trunk show tonight — will be having a very fall-themed update next Thursday, Oct. 23. It includes plenty of self-striping yarns, as well as overdyes and tonals. There are even football team-inspired colorways.
To celebrate Halloween and the final book release of her favorite book series,…
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What to stash: Get your sharp little needles ready
OK, so I might not be quite so obsessed with Wes Anderson that I would drop over a grand to go on a Grand Budapest Hotel-themed cruise cruise (no, I did not make that up), but I am super excited about the Canon Hand Dyes Wes Anderson updates. The first one is happening TODAY at noon PDT, and it will have six-color self-striping skeins and six-color gradient sets inspired by the movies Bottle Rocket and Rushmore….
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What to make with self-striping yarns
Sock knitters looking for a fun project should pre-order a skein of “Despicable Me”-themed self-striping yarn from Berry Colorful Yarnings and join the Despicable Socks KAL on Ravelry. You might also want to head over to the Invictus Yarns Etsy shop, where self-striping yarns in a bunch of bright colorways are available.
If, like me, you’ve resisted the temptation to start knitting socks (getting stuck on “sleeve island”…