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Malibrigo Sock

The new workshops just went up for the months of February and March.

I'm thinking that learning how to knit socks from the toe up makes an awful lot of sense given that I've got a pair of socks with a toe undone for more than two years.

And in a shade of this new Malibrigo sock yarn......

Jennifer's First Japanese Sweater

Jennifer took Gayle Roehm's Understanding Japanese Knitting Patterns at Stitches East in the Fall and got started on this sweater as soon as she got back from the weekend.

Because she's Jennifer she finished it very shortly thereafter.

I'm very excited that Jennifer now shares my great admiration for Japanese patterns because ever since Lucy introduced me to crochet patterns for flowers and other ornamental projects,  I've been determined to master them.

I've done lots of experimenting on my own, followed lots of leads on the internet and enlisted the help of a Japanese neighbor whose dog plays with mine.

Have you knit or crocheted something using a Japanese pattern?  We would love to see it and hear about your experience with the pattern.  Please join us on Facebook and share what you're made.

Freia Fine Handpaints - Ombré Worsted

I love being in the shop after the shelves have been restocked and the yarn's neatly arranged.  This ombre looks specially luscious with waves of color within each skein placed in piles which in turn create waves of color.

Here's the Triangle Entrelac Shawl illustrating the compilation of colors within each skein.

Jennifer's Babette Blanket

Kathy Merrick's Babette Blanket pattern is one of those projects on most of our To Do lists.  

As soon as your eyes settle on one, you begin to feel that all is right and warm and balanced.  

Somehow the combination of 17 colors and several different sized squares results in a whole that feels anything but chaotic.

Artyarns Supermerino in Stonewashed Colors

The same soft beauty of Supermerino in even more intense and saturated colors.  

Come in and see them for yourself.

I've already got quite a bit on my needles but I'm definitely going to make a hat out of one of these right away.  

What color should I use?

Sky Scarf Kits

We've had increased interest in our Sky Scarf kit.  Here are three packed and ready to go.

Can't wait to see the results.  The orders came from near and far so the skies will no doubt be different.

I'm still thinking about a kit for a baby blanket based on Lea's concept of recording the passage of a significant time in one's life in knitted (or crocheted) fabric.

Come on into the shop and we'll be happy to help you figure out a baby blanket project.

You could do nine squares, with each square recording a month of skies or knit nine panels (scarves) along the same line.  I think granny squares would also work nicely as a means of combining the different colors of sky while also allowing each color to stand out.

The possibilities for expression of this concept, as evident in all the examples sent to Lea here, are endless.

Dogs Have LYS's Too

And here we have Missy in her Feather and Fan.  She came in to wish Peanut a Happy New Year but forgot that Peanut doesn't come in on Mondays.