Boxes of Fun

Mr. Canada Post brought in 2 boxes of fun this morning.

The first was patterns from BrooklynTweed

Grettir
Men's and women's Icelandic Pullovers

Knit in worsted weight yarn on circular needles. You have many yarn options
-Berroco Ultra Alpaca
-Tosh Vintage
-Cascade 220

Boardwalk-Layering top with mitred neck detail

Lynn and Sarah are knitting this to wear to the Knitter's Frolic-both are using tosh merino light.

Knit in fingering weight yarn on circular needles.

Stowe
2-Way Waffle Rib Cardigan

Knit in worsted weight yarn

Hudson
Twisted Rib Turtleneck

Knit in worsted weight yarn.

There are more patterns in the box. Pictures tomorrow.




The other box was from Mountain Colors. It is hard to write their name without the 'u' in colours.

There are new colours of Bearfoot sock yarn-Harmony Aspen (greens), Harmony Dusk (blues with a touch of green), Harmony Storm (purples and greys) and Harmony Sunset (reds and oranges)

Our soft, strong, and washable yarn. Perfect for socks and great for other projects. 60% superwash wool, 25% mohair, 15% nylon.

And three kits for Plum Perfect from the Knit Swirl book. Here is the description of the jacket from Ravelry. The original pattern was knit in purple-see the picture here.

Tucked within the folds of this velvety soft jacket lie narrow bands of jewel toned, hand painted yarn. Their opulence is rivaled by the deep, resonant plum color that takes center stage. Not to be outdone, the jewel tones make a concluding statement in the tufts that adorn the back of the slender collar.

Semi-fitted, sleekly tapered and mid-length when worn in the usual manner, this design can also be worn upside down and fastened to create a waist length jacket with a gently gathered shawl collar of dramatic proportion. Plum Perfect is perfectly luscious either way.

I took pictures of the kits but I don't like them so we are going to try again tomorrow. I would like to go outside but we are having snow squalls right now. Where is the snow coming from??

I didn't make it thought Hell's Kitchen last night. I'm not sure all the people who come on the show are actually chefs-Beth says they come from central casting. How can you be a chef and not be able to cook a signature dish? You must have something that you make really well. I think that Gordon would rather you make a simple dish really well than a hard dish that is undercooked and tastes awful.

Survivor tonight. I hope we have lots of fighting. It makes for a good hour of TV.

Levenwick

A package came from Lynda yesterday but in all the tosh excitement I didn't get a picture. I should have waited for this picture until the buttons were sewn on but that could take a few days.

Pattern: Levenwick
Pattern Adjustment: The pattern calls for reverse stocking stitch but we did the body in stocking stitch
Yarn: tosh vintage
Colour: isadora

You can buy the pattern online from Brooklyn Tweed or we have printed patterns in the store.

After work Beth and I made a quick trip to Toronto. Dinner at Panera Bread. Why can't we have one here in Ancaster?? Then into Square One to buy more bubble bath at Lush. Once you've used the stuff from Lush you can't use anything else. I dropped Beth at home and continued onto Chapters. It was crazy busy there. I think everyone was hanging out waiting to head to the movie theatre.

It's time to wind some tosh. I decided on dk in the new colour Heuchera. The picture is sock. The dk is a bit darker in colour.

The last decision will be which pattern-I've narrowed it down to two.

More almost finished projects

We had a much better night last night. Roko slept beside me all night and didn't fidget. Now they are lying like angels on the floor. They have me pegged for a sucker though. They keep asking to go outside. They don't really need to go out but when they come in they get a cookie. What a game.

Last night while watching the football game I pulled out another project I have been working on. It is knit and sewn together. I just need to do the borders on the sleeves and around the neck. I hate the sweater. Could be the worst fitting thing I have knit. I decided to block it and see if I like it better. If not I have a feeling there is a plan to make it better but that means ripping out. The bottom of the front and back is stocking stitch and it flares too much. I will take it out at the top of the stocking stitch and knit down. The thought doesn't make me happy but at least I can wear the sweater.

At half time I pulled out Phil, my bottle of Soak and wet the sweater. It laid in my bathtub overnight wrapped in towels to get most of the water out. Now it is lying out.

While going through my bedroom I found another almost finished project. This is Noro Taiyo. One front, the back and both sleeves are finished. I am almost to the neck shaping (a V-neck) on the second front. Now I'm thinking that I can get this done for TNNA. One small problem. I am taking a pattern that is for a thicker yarn and doing some changes so I can use Taiyo. I can't find what I did for the neck shaping. Now I have to count out the rows. Seriously. Write things down!!

I have many boxes laid out in the kitchen ready to do mailing labels. There are going to be some happy knitters later this week when their yarn arrives. Boxes are also being packed for Wannietta and Lynda.

Wannietta is getting Wildflower from Coast Knits and will be using tosh pashmina.

We are sold out of the book again-hopefully it will be back in stock this week.

Lynda is getting Levenwick. A pattern from Brooklyn Tweed that we are going to knit in tosh vintage.

A customer came in yesterday wearing this and it was beautiful. She changed the pattern a bit and we are going to do it too. The body is done in reverse stocking stitch and we are going to change it to stocking stitch.

For both garments I am asking the ladies to use two balls at once. Two rows of ball A and then two rows of ball B. Then back to A. The yarn is carried up the edge and won't be seen when the garment is done. The yarn is hand dyed and there can be variation between balls. This isn't just madelinetosh-it is something that should be done with all hand dyed yarns. If you don't do this then you might have a line where you ended one ball and started the second.

Football has started and I have my decreases worked out. Only 6 rows until I start. I'm further than I thought I was. It's knitting time.

Wool People

I need a break. I have been in front of the computer for hours doing accounting. HST is due at the end of the week. Sometimes it is a bad thing that I have a degree in accounting. Instead of sitting down weekly and keeping things up to date, I sit down when something is due and then there is lots to enter into the computer. Luckily my bank balanced to the penny. I hate it when I need to find out where the missing pennies are. I'm not sure who is having a worse day-me and accounting or Jane in the store unpacking the boxes from The Fleece Festival.

Mr. Canada Post stopped by this morning with patterns from Brooklyn Tweed. These are from the new collection called Wool People.

Perry

Levenwick

Sullivan

Shadow

Seraphine

Back of Seraphine

Holl

Allegheny

I'm starting to feel better after looking at these great pictures. I love Seraphine!!

Circus 205

And a bit of my own knitting. Here is the start of my Kidsilk Haze Stripe scarf. There was a lot of channel flipping yesterday between the many football games and the Nascar Race. I was lucky to accomplish as much as I did.