Organic Cotton Worsted

Yesterday we received a big restock of Organic Cotton Worsted from Blue Sky Fibers. Blue Sky recently released this great looking sweater pattern for the cotton.

Knit from the top-down in soft organic cotton, this beautiful sweater has subtle allover texture. Easily adjust both the body and sleeve length to your desired fit.

You can purchase the pattern for the Shady Hollow Sweater on Ravelry.

Environmentally friendly and naturally soft making it ideal for baby knits and your favorite sweater. A worsted two-ply yarn in a robust line of colors.

Perfect in any baby’s room—whether modern, retro, romantic, or eclectic—this wee patchwork ‘blankie’ will always be a beloved gift. It’s simply knit in garter stitch strips (totally beginner-worthy!) so it’s an easy project to tote along and straightforward to assemble.

This adorable baby blanket is plush and wonderfully soft in Blue Sky Fibers’ Organic Cotton Worsted. Cotton is soft by nature and this fiber lets all that natural softness bounce right through its loose, 2-ply twist. With a springy-ness that’s reminiscent of wool and a fantastic range of deeply saturated colors and artistic, printed speckles (Printed Organic Cotton Worsted!), it’s 100% certified organic cotton and environmentally friendly.

Churchmouse knit their Garter Blocks Baby Blanket with Organic Cotton Worsted. They also added in Printed Organic Cotton Worsted.

You can purchase the pattern on Churchmouse’s website.

We also received a restock of Lang Jawoll.

Jawoll - tried and tested a million times and for many years a sock wool classic - including reinforcement yarn for heels and toes to extend the life of your socks! LANGYARNS JAWOLL is the Rolls Royce of sockyarns. The wool is sourced from Corriedale sheep: for JAWOLL we only use wool of the finest provenance from Chilean Patagonia. During shearing the best parts of the fleece are selected and sorted out. The average thickness, the diameter of the fibre, is just 25 microns (1 micron = 1/1000 mm) so the wool feels very soft and is very comfortable to wear. The Corriedale sheep live all year round in the natural wilds of Patagonia. Because of the scant food supply, their wool remains white and grows to an average staple length of 10cm. This makes it take dye well, the colours are brilliant and the finished yarn is highly resistant to pilling (knot forming). In every 50g ball there is a spool of reinforcement yarn for knitting in to strengthen heels and toes. This will increase the lifespan of your socks. Due to the superior quality of the fibres JAWOLL is also excellent for baby or toddler knits and for men's knitwear.

Brian Smith has a new pattern on Ravelry that is knit with Crazy Zauberball. Knitting with a self-striping yarn is always fun. The shawl is a great shape. Diana needs a knitting project - I think I’ll play with colours tomorrow.

Worked sideways in stocking stitch, this design creates triangles that slowly grow in size. Using short rows to shape and add interest, with a garter ridge separating sections.

Brian used one ball of 2428 with two balls of 2429. 

You can purchase the pattern for A Change of Scenery on Ravelry. 

We made up some new kits for Andrea Mowry’s Inclinations Cowl this morning.

I was looking at some of the finished Ranunculus sweaters on Ravelry. I can’t show pictures but here are links to some that I like. You need to be signed into your Ravelry account to see these.

Knit in Zauberball Crazy Cotton - take a look at the bottom edging

Knit in BC Garn Lino

Knit in Rowan Cotton Cashmere

I’m almost halfway through the increases on my Ranunculus. There was a bit of knitting last night during Survivor. Hockey is on and it’s time to move over to the knitting chair. I’m torn - Inclinations Cowl or Ranunculus???