Blueberry

The Harvest Cowl is a new pattern from Jennifer Steingass. You can purchase it on Ravelry.

The Harvester cowl is knit seamlessly and in the round. Brighten your day and keep warm with this simple yet elegant knit.

The cowl is knit in fingering weight yarn.  

• Le Petit Lambswool
• Practically Perfect Sock
• Hedgehog Sock
• Malabrigo Sock
• SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock
• Lang Jawoll
• Spincycle Dyed in the Wool
• Crazy Zauberball
• Lang Wool Addicts Footprints

You have many options. Jennifer uses Dyed in the Wool for the leaves. You could use mini skeins to make your own fade.

Mr. UPS stopped by yesterday and brought in a box with these beauties from Atenti. I am in love with Blueberry. If you preordered a bag it is on the way to you. Mr. UPS picked up the boxes this morning.

Atenti hasn’t taken a picture of Bonnie made with Blueberry but I snapped a quick one yesterday. I would have taken it home yesterday but then it has to be moved. If it’s here in two weeks then it’s coming home with me. If you need the bag it is available online and in the store. I can order another one for myself.

I spent a few hours last night doing more packing. I have a lot of shoes!! I’ve tried to label all the boxes with specifics so I can find them in the new house. The movers are going to wonder who Stuart and Donald are. I even found two brand new pair of UGG slippers. I wear them every day and there are pairs scattered throughout the house. I’m happy to find back ups.

My closet is almost empty. The movers will take all the clothes on hangers in special boxes - thank goodness.

Next is my sewing room. I didn’t think I had a large yarn stash but apparently I do.

Beth has quite a puzzle collection.

Some days posts are harder to write than others. I have so much to show that I have posts written for tomorrow and Saturday. After finishing my post I received two emails about yarn that is on the way. I now have posts for Sunday and Monday as well.

I could be a few minutes late opening tomorrow morning. Beth and I are signing papers with the bank. It all depends on fast it goes.

Footprints

We have new colours of Wool Addicts Footprints as well as a restock of existing colours.

FOOTPRINTS is a phenomenal sock yarn. With a length of 400 metres, you can create the most beautiful socks. The quality consists of 45% cotton, 42% virgin wool superwash, and 13% polyamide. This means that the socks are breathable, easy to wash and extra strong.

Footprints will work great for scarves, shawls and garments as well. 

Here is a link to a Shifty (sweater by Andrea Mowry) knit in Footprints. Andrea’s Traveler Cowl would look great in this yarn. 

I found a few more garments on Ravelry

Friday Tee by Petiteknits

Cumulus Tee by Petiteknits

So Faded Pint Size by Andrea Mowry

Sea Glass Tee by Wool & Pine

See all the colours of Footprints that are available in the store and on the website.

I spent some time this morning rearranging finished garments.

Pattern: Woven Checks Shawl by Stephen West (pattern purchased on Ravelry)

Yarn: 2 balls Crazy Zauberball (1699) and 2 skeins of Emma’s Practically Perfect Sock in Mom Jeans

Needles: 3.5mm 

Kits are available online and in the store in additional colourways.

Jackson taught Fred to carry around shoes. Little brat!

New Project

I was in the store very early this morning to ship boxes which have been dropped off at Purolator and UPS. A bag of yarn came home with me because I need to start a new project. It’s two weeks until the move and picking up a partly finished project isn’t in the cards right now. I’m going to knit Elah again. This time I’m going to use Le Lambswool (Soft Blue Green) like we used for our store sample that Lynn is wearing.

You can purchase the pattern for Elah on Ravelry.

Elah is worked seamlessly from the top down. Fronts are worked in lace pattern, while the back is worked in Stockinette stitch. Knitting starts with the provisional cast on of the shoulders for the fronts (you will first work the right front, then the left front). Once the short row shaped shoulder slope is done, the front is worked flat to underarm. Shoulder stitches are picked up from the provisional CO of both front shoulders to work the back to the same length. At underarm both fronts and back are joined to work the body top down back and forth to the bottom hem. As the front ribbing is built in, there is no finishing required. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the arm openings to work the sleeves in Stockinette stitch top down in rounds to the cuffs.

Lynn used Soft Dark Grey for her cardigan.

Two years ago we did a KAL for Elah and everyone who knit the cardigan loved it.

Isabell Kraemer writes a great pattern and understands sizing. I love the fit of my Elah.

I even swatched this afternoon to make sure I was on the correct size needles. You read it here. I SWATCHED!!!! That doesn’t happen very often so I’m proud of myself.

It’s a good thing we have a big parking lot at the store because it shrunk over the weekend.

Dinner is finished and it’s time to knit. Dad was supposed to pick up boxes from the movers today but he forgot. I can’t pack without boxes so I might as well knit. 😘

Packing boxes

Today was spent packing boxes and shoveling snow.

There is a pile starting in my room.

We had a crazy amount of snow yesterday and then the winds came up today. The backyard is filled with drifts. Boscoe and Jackson don’t want to spend time outside - there is too much snow and it’s too cold.

Unfortunately the city didn’t plow our road until 3 this afternoon. That was the first time since the snow started on Saturday. There was a lot of snow on the road and the plow pushed it back into the driveway. It took a while to make it so we can get out in the morning.

There was a bit of knitting this afternoon. I’m caught up on my Temperature Blanket. 

Now it’s time to get back to my tape gun and boxes. The official moving date is March 6th which is going to be here before we know it.

Linen Traveler

We have another Traveler Cowl in the store. 

Yarn: 2 balls of Lang Linello

Colour: 56

Needles: 3.5mm

Pattern: Traveler Cowl purchased on Ravelry

Linello is a beautiful yarn made of linen, cotton and just a small percentage of viscose. The composition is not only breath-taking but it’s also a very breathable material. Perfect for hot summer days and balmy evenings, this yarn features beautiful long stretches of colour. 

40% Linen, 32% Cotton, 28% Viscose 

Machine wash cool, lay flat to dry.

It is a much lighter version and would be perfect for a spring evening. We hear knitters remarking that wool is too warm for them so a Linello version would be perfect.

I took a quick picture outside of my Traveler Shawl. Now the colours really show up.

Jackson took one of Beth’s shoes out into the snow. Carrying around a shoe is the best thing in the world.

Lying in and eating fresh snow is awesome as well.

Dad made muffins after dinner.

I hope everyone had a good day. We had a crazy amount of snow here. The roads in our neighbourhood haven’t been plowed yet. Our driveway is going to be a mess again when they do. Now it’s time to relax and knit a bit more. There wasn’t much knitting today because I took a long nap. A lazy Sunday afternoon is the best.

Tomorrow I’ll spend some time on the website - we received a few boxes on Friday and I need to put the yarn online.