Fancy Jaunty

Diana stopped by the store just before I closed with a Juanty for me. 

The shawl is knit holding one strand of Emma’s Practically Perfect Sock with one strand of Emma’s Suri Silk. For the sock we chose the September 2025 Crazy Beautiful Club colour. The Suri Silk is the same colour. 

Here is a link to Emma’s Yarns

The shawl is huge and I love it. Diana used almost the 3 full skeins of Suri Silk I sent home with her and just went into the 3rd skein of PP Sock. If you want a smaller shawl 2 skeins of Sock would be more than enough.

Here is a close up. It is soft and will be great on a really cold day.

Before I left for the day I quickly snapped this combination. Crazy Beautiful Club from January 2026 with Suri Silk in Bell Bottoms. What a great combination.

You can match colours or use slightly different colours for a bit more variation.

Have a great evening. We’re watching football and hockey. Maybe a bit of knitting thrown in.

Unpacking Boxes

This is the Lite Bright Loop from Wool & Pine. It is another of their Stashbuster patterns that is on sale. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

New Year Stashbuster Sale: this pattern is 30% off right now.
No code needed. Discount applies automatically. Sale ends Monday, January 5 at 11:59pm PST.
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Lite Bright Loop brings all the playful color blending of our fan-favorite Lite Bright and Extra Lite Bright sweaters into a cozy, wearable cowl. This is a stash lover’s dream: grab your leftovers, minis, handspun treasures, or the ends of your sweater fades and turn them into a colorful accessory thats super fun and easy to knit.

Using a simple stranded colorwork motif (no floats), Lite Bright Loop lets you mix shades in a way that feels organic and expressive. Fade boldly, knit softly shifting gradients, or go full confetti explosion, every loop becomes one of a kind.

Theme Packs from Emma’s are a great option for the cowl. We’re are adding DK weight Theme Packs and more will be coming at the end of the month.

Add some of your ‘scraps’ from home or a brand new skein to give yourself enough yarn for the cowl.

You can also use the fingering weight Theme Packs and double stranding the yarn.

Lynn and I were in the store early today to meet Mr. UPS. He brought us boxes of needles. One had Lantern Moon, Knitter’s Pride and Clover accessories. The other box had Addi needles. 

Later on a 3rd box arrived. The new colours of Ito. These are online and in the store.

The new colours (okay the purple) prompted me to make up new Nightshift kits. These are also available online and in the store. Yes I would be casting this on tonight but we only have 3 balls of the lighter purple and my supplier doesn’t have stock.

We had a box of Emma’s sitting here since Tuesday that we didn’t have time to put online. It’s all there now.

• New colours of Practically Perfect Sock and Practically Perfect Halves
• A restock of Practically Perfect Smalls

Now for a bit of relaxation. Beth made a long list of movies this afternoon so we’re going to work our way through it.

Wayfinder Scarf

Happy New Year. We’re wishing you and your family all the best for 2026.

January 2026 is a winter wonderland for your needles & hooks! 

A blustery blend of blues on a silvery gray base. 

Perfect for a snowy day cast-on!

The yarn is available online and in the store. 

Wool & Pine has a new pattern that you can purchase on Ravelry.

New Year’s Stashbuster Sale
Every New Year’s we celebrate with a brand new stashbuster design and 30% off all stashbusters. It’s our favorite way to ring in the new year: clearing out the bins, casting on something fresh, and starting strong with yarn you already love.
No code needed. Discount applies automatically. Sale ends Monday, January 5 at 11:59pm PST.
Shop all stashbusters →

Meet Wayfinder Scarf

Stashbusters, this one’s for you. Wayfinder turns minis, leftovers, handspun, advent sets, and all those single skeins into a bold chevron scarf with amazing drape. Knit entirely in garter stitch in easy modular blocks, it’s the kind of project you can pick up, add a new color each day, and watch your scarf grow.

There’s no purling, no seaming and no sewing. You join as you go, so the scarf comes off your needles finished and ready for pompoms if you want them. Video tutorials are included to walk you through the join as you knit steps, so you can feel confident as you knit. Keep your palette light and earthy or go full kaleidoscope. Wayfinder makes color play feel intentional and fun.

Simple stitches, joyful color, zero fuss.

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Design Details

• Easy to customize in both length and width
• All garter stitch for squishy texture (no purls)
• Join as you go construction with tidy pick ups
• Optional pompoms for a playful finish

Great for advent minis, handspun, funky skeins, leftovers, and handdyed yarns.

There are some ideas running through my head. One is to pull out my leftovers of Dyed in the Wool and try using them up.  

This is Newleaf by Jennifer Steingass. Lynn and I are fans of her patterns. Currently they are 50% off - no coupon needed. She doesn’t give an end date so stock up while you can. Here is a link to her patterns on Ravelry.

Lynn and I will be back in the store tomorrow a noon. Did I start a new Jaunty for the KAL? Not yet but maybe on the weekend.

Here is a link to our Jaunty KAL if you missed the posts.

Have a good evening. I might get the knitting finished on my Nightshift tonight. Probably not the cast off because the I-cord bind off takes time.

Low Hanging Wire

Stephen West has another free pattern - this time a hat. You can download it on Ravelry. Photo © Stephen West

Choose one color of DK weight wool and hold it together with a coordinating strand of lace weight mohair silk. The mohair adds a frothy halo to the hat while you work the beautiful lace and cable pattern. This quick-to-knit hat makes a perfect gift!

You can knit this hat without the extra strand of mohair for a simple DK weight wool version. 

My shawl has grown and I should have it finished by the weekend. I would like to say that I’m going to knit tonight but my bed is calling. Thank you to everyone who visited today and shopped online. Lynn and I had a great day. We’re both tired. Mr. UPS picked up a lot of boxes (a lot of boxes) and the rest should go out on Friday.

Yesterday afternoon Janelle sent me pictures of a low hanging wire in the parking lot. She had pulled in and luckily they saw it before driving through it.

I blocked the driveway this morning and we emailed our electrician to come and see if it was a live wire or if it was a cable line. They were off this week. Then I tried Alectra (Beth suggested playing the helpless card) but they were busy and couldn’t come for 6-8 hours. Beth called in another favour to get an electrician here. Alectra came almost right away and they informed me that it was our Fibre line. It was safe to touch but they said not to cut it. The electrician came half an hour later and tacked the line for us. We can use the parking lot but it’s a mess. Normally the lot is plowed but my landscape company couldn’t get in the driveway last night because of the hanging wire.

Don’t forget that we are open from 11am-2pm tomorrow (Wednesday December 31st). 

Knitting Sunday

Jaunty is finished and I’ll send it home with Alex next week.

I used 5 skeins of Dyed in the Wool Poppy for this shawl on 3.75mm needles. I don’t normally wear red but it was time to knit with a different colour. I really like how the colours came out and I have a puffer vest that the shawl will look great with.

Here are my skeins before I started knitting. I laid the balls out and tried to figure out the order to knit them in to make sure that the colours flow. I didn’t want a ball to end with purple and the next ball start with red. You will have to look very closely at my shawl to figure out where one ball ended and the next ball started. As it turned out I ended up knitting each ball from the outside. It could happen that you knit some from the inside and some from the outside for better flow.

Don’t forget about the Jaunty KAL starting on Thursday. Here is a link to my blog post about the KAL. Come and join the fun. I really enjoyed knitting the shawl and will be making another one for the KAL.

Then I pulled out my Nightshift. I’m using the new Noro Ito colours - 76 and 91. There isn’t much yarn left. I hope to finish it by next weekend. It was a lazy day at my house and I was able to knit a bit.

I am supposed to be open tomorrow but it will depend on the roads in the morning. What crazy weather. If I can’t get to the store I will post on Instagram and put something on the front of the website.

Free Sock Pattern

Stephen West sent out a newsletter this morning. Hurry - the pattern for the Dustland socks is free until tomorrow (December 28th).

Photo © Stephen West

Here is a link to the sock pattern on Ravelry.

Big news! 🎉 For the next 24 hours only, you can snag my Dustland sock pattern completely free!

Just pop over to my website or Ravelry and the discount will be applied automatically - no code needed 🙌

But don’t wait! This little treat disappears tomorrow at 18:00 (CEST). Grab it while you can and cast on something fun! 🧦✨

We survived Christmas dinner. Everyone had a great time. People have asked how we were going to have 40 people for dinner. There were 3 tables on the main floor and then another dining table downstairs.

Our turkeys turned out and we ended up with way too much food.

Things got a little wild when the game started. 40 very loud people all yelling and laughing. I’m sure the neighbours could hear. I was downstairs while they were playing because I forgot to set up the website for Boxing Week. It wasn’t easy to concentrate.

My plan was to go into the store yesterday afternoon but Mother Nature had other ideas. I stayed home and knit (my Jaunty is almost finished) and napped. This morning I was out the door at 8am to pack orders. My truck ran for 30 minutes before I went out and then I needed another 15 minutes to try and melt the ice. I took the long way to work so I was on main roads - thankfully they were all plowed and the store driveway was clean when I got here. 

Thank you to everyone who ordered online and visited today. I’m posting early in the hopes that everyone sees it in time to download Stephen’s pattern for free.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas. I hope you and your families have a great day. Santa was generous at our house - I hope he spoiled you as well.

Lynn called me last month and she was very excited. She applied for a test knit and was accepted.

These are the Fidda Mittens from Zaneteknits (pattern purchased on Ravelry).

If you’re looking for a quick project, these cosy mittens are just the thing. Designed for bulky weight yarn, they’re perfect for chilly weather and knit up super fast, especially handy if you need a last-minute gift for someone special. 

The design is simple, worked from the cuff up with a thumb gusset, and features an easy 4-stitch geometric colourwork pattern. 

The pattern includes three sizes and is also perfect for stashbusting as you can combine different yarn weights to achieve the bulky gauge. But the colour-changing yarn makes them especially addictive to knit.

This is Lynn’s first pair. She used two strands of Rowan Alpaca Classic and one strand of Le Petit Silk & Mohair for the background and Spincycle Plump for the contrast.

For her second pair she used two strands of Alpaca Classic with two strands of Le Petit Silk & Mohair for the main colour and Malabrigo Chunky (Piedras) for the contrast.

Both pairs look amazing. 

We are expecting three new colours of Noro Ito in the new year.

I have a few minutes of downtime while dad and Beth are having a short nap. Two turkeys are cooking. It’s our first time making turkey. The house is smelling good. The dishwasher is going and the toilets have been cleaned. I’m trying to be quiet and will start getting ready again when they wake up.

Have a great day.