Sunday, June 14, 2020

Walking a Beagle

There was a lot of knitting today and my Hug Shot is growing.

Our friend Kate Atherley has a new pattern. Walking a Beagle Cowl can be purchased on Ravelry.
A quick-knit two-colour brioche cowl. Ideal for a second brioche project, it uses some fundamental brioche increases and decreases, and provides a gentle introduction to brioche chart reading (although it’s all written out, too). A full explanation of the Brioche stitches is provided as a refresher, along with tips to make it easier. 
The variegated yarn used in the sample is leftovers of a skein that was custom-dyed as part of Knitted Wit’s Designers’ Dogs fundraising project. The colourway was inspired by our rescue dog, Dexter. He’s a mostly black-and-tan beagle mix with a splash of white, who wears a jaunty red collar. The motif represents the winding path that beagles like to take when walking – weaving back and forth, sniffing everything in their path. The three ribs represent our family: me, my husband, and Dexter. 
This yarn, sadly, is no longer available, but any combination of solid with a wild variegated yarn would work well. It would look just as good in two solid colours, as long as there’s lots of contrast. 
The basic design is very flexible; I’ve included suggestions for using other yarns, or making the cowl wider.

Pretend TNNA Day 2

There were a lot of booths visited today.
I met the ladies from Spincycle Yarn. The yarn is gorgeous and you will love it. It is handspun and hand dyed in Washington State.

I had to order these amazing Pom poms. The patterns are by Amy Opie and you can purchase them on Ravelry.
SweetGeorgia Yarns has introduced Party of Five kits. These are 5 mini skeins of Tough Love Sock. This shawl is Magmatic Boom and was knit with one kit.



You know that there will be a lot of colour in the Prism Yarns booth.

I love knitting bags and the Atenti booth did not disappoint.
Beth visited the Natural History Museum today. She also visited the National Archives but photographs aren’t allowed.
Both of us did a lot of walking today. We’re calling it a night so we can get an early start in the morning.

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