New Purple

Ms. Canada Post brought in a big box from Autumn & Indigo this afternoon. We have Comfort Fade Cardi kits in purple again. And what a beautiful purple. Now I might need to do another purple cardigan - it will be different than the one I have.

We received 6 new colours of Single Sock.

Aubretia

Grey October

Patina

Weathered Barn

Melted Copper

Covered Bridge

We used Autumn & Indigo Single Sock to make Powder and Dust.

Lace like little cat paw prints on dust and a lovely neutral, fading color palette make this shawl perfect for every knitter. Easy triangle shape and squishy garter stitch are relaxing to knit, but the lace and the fade add more interest to your shawl.

Choose your favorite 3-color fade and cast on!

I am asked a lot about taking knitting needles on the airplane. I just saw this on twitter.

I always have knitting with me when I fly and have never been questioned about my needles. I am flying between Canada and the US or within the US. I have heard stories of people having problems with needles in Europe and in the Caribbean. One suggestion is to use less expensive needles when flying in case they take them away from you. Have your good needles in your suitcase for when you get to your destination.

The tosh merino light grid wall went up this afternoon. I put up a few colours and was going to call it a day. 

I couldn't stop. I would still be there but dad, Beth and I went out for dinner.

My post is finished and I'm going to knit. For about an hour and then bed. I want to get to work early to play with colours. 

More Mini Skeins

Cathy used a new Mini Skein 8 Pack and a skein of Mary-Ann to make Lamina (pattern purchased on Ravelry). She had enough yarn to add a few extra pattern repeats.

Let Lamina Wrap be a strata formation of all your oddment end balls in your stash, revealing the past in the form of projects knit and loved. Also perfect for mini skeins and unicorn tails.  

Alternately Lamina can also be worked in a single colour, gradient or full skeins of your favourite colour and contrast – so many possibilities. 

Lamina includes both written and charted instructions for the lace.

When 5 Mini-skeins just aren't enough, we now have a selection of 8-Packs for all your larger or mix-and-match project needs!

Mary Ann sock: 118 yards per 1 oz. skein, 944 yards total 

I used 2 Cheshire Cat mini skein kits and 2 skeins of Cheshire Cat to make Lamina.

I like Cathy's random stripes. I might need to revisit the pattern. It was fun to knit. Ambah writes a great pattern that is easy to follow.

My first sleeve is finished and I'm knitting the cuff on the second one.

We still have irises in the back yard. It's hard to believe with the cold weather. We woke up to a bit of snow on our cars this morning.

The baseball game is about to start and I need to get back to my cardigan. My goal is to be working on the yoke by the end of the week.

Spincycle

I spoke with the lovely ladies at Spincycle yesterday and we should see more yarn in two weeks. I'm having them ship it by UPS so that it gets here quicker. We will have lots of Dyed in the Wool coming to make The Shift. There should be 17 colours in the box.

This cowl is the perfect all-the-time accessory! And the answer for all of those knitters out there who love to knit shawls, but have a hard time styling them. A fun and engaging knit with shifting colors, that looks like an asymmetrical triangle shawl, and it only takes a fiddle-free second to throw it on as the finish to every outfit!

Robin's Egg

All of our wool is grown, processed, dyed and spun in the USA. Our superwashed wool blend consists of Rambouillet, Targhee and Merino breeds, raised primarily in South Dakota and Wyoming. 

The sheep that supply us with our wool are 100% non-mulsed. 

The color transitions are slow and dramatic, and each skein is unique. When planning larger projects requiring more than one skein, allow for nuance. 

sport weight // 100% superwashed American Wool // 200 yards per skein // hand wash or machine wash cold, lay flat to dry // suggested gauge: 8-5 sts per inch on US #2-7 // MADE IN THE USA FROM SHEEP TO SKEIN

Rusted Rainbow

Wallflower

The Family Jewels

The Saddest Place

Neveruary

Overpasses

We should also be receiving
Tell-Tale Heart
Verba Volant
Stay Ready
Ruination
Nostalgia
Mississippi Marsala
Melancholia
Idle Nights
Frosty Night
Burning Sensation

These are ready to go but we are waiting on Dream State.

Dream State is the thicker version of Dyed in the Wool that we used for the contrast in Tensho.

We should be receiving
Devilish Grin
Salty Dog
Heart Sigh
Pussy Willow
Stay Ready
Robin's Egg
The Family Jewels
Nostalgia
Neveruary

In late December we should be receiving
Deep Bump
Rusted Rainbow
Shades of the Earth
Nostalgia
Mississippi Marsala
Melancholia

My sleeve is growing. A few more inches and then the next fade. The baseball game is about to start so I have a few hours of knitting ahead of me. I didn't make it to the end of the game last night. It ended late - actually early this morning. I hope that tonight's game is only 9 innings or I won't see the end.

Chevron Shenanigans

Rita came in this afternoon with her Chevron Shenanigans. This is a Stephen West pattern that you can purchase on Ravelry. Don't forget about his birthday discount this week.

Select a palette of fading colors to knit this top-down garter stitch shawl. Short rows with chevrons create the unique aymmetrical shape. The small size features four colors and the large size uses five colors fading from light to dark. I-cord edges decorate the clean lines of this classic Westknits shawl.

Rita used 4 colours of Uschitita. She kept telling me how easy the pattern was. It knit fast. She enjoyed it so much. Now I'm going to have to cast one on. I love this shawl and Rita did an amazing job on hers.

I tried to keep the shawl. It was a great match for my new shoes.

I pulled out some skeins that I have at home but think I'm going to wait a few weeks. We have GarnStories coming in November. Qing should be coming in November. This afternoon I ordered new colours from Life in the Long Grass and we will see those in December.

Here are a few of the colours that Caroline has added to the LITLG range.

I made it to the armholes on my Comfort Fade Cardi and started the first sleeve last night. I started it many times. The pattern says to do the cuffs on 3.75mm needles. I didn't have a 40cm circular at home so I used a 4mm - the needle for the sleeve. The stitches were cast on but there was no way that I could join them. Then I cast on with my long 3.75mm with the intention of doing magic loop. I mulled it over and decided to knit the cuffs flat (they are garter stitch) and then join in the round when I start the reverse stocking stitch. I will seam the cuffs at the end. After knitting the first two rows I realized that I had too many stitches. I started again and am on my way.

7:45 might be a bit early for bed so I'm going to knit and watch a few innings of the World Series. I'm pretty sure that I won't see 9.

Wrist Ruler

©Stephen West

Between teaching Brioche at Camp and the Brioche projects that Alex has finished I'm itching to do a project using it. Stephen West brought out Suriously Holey in July. He just added new pictures that caught my eye.

©Stephen West

Choose two colors of yarn for this top-down brioche shawl. Massive increases shape the semi-circular fabric as they suddenly explode and create a big hole from a single stitch. Increases and decreases form the final wavy border. Use two fingering weight yarns or try Qing Fibre’s Baby Suri Apaca yarn as the contrast color for a Suriously Holey project.

©Stephen West

You will need approximately 600m each of two colours.

©Stephen West

These pictures of my Comfort Fade Cardi show the colours better than the inside shots I took last night. I'm pretty sure that I have my measurements worked out and can start on the sleeves.

Good news. Our Wrist Rulers should be on the way to us by the end of the week. We have lots of colours coming.

Wrist Ruler is a leather wristband with engraved inch and centimeter measurements. If you find yourself always needing to measure things when you’re on the go, this is the perfect product for you. 

Sizes are based on wrapping around your wrist twice. Give it extra length depending on how loosely you want to wear it. Please allow an extra 1/2 inch for the stud closure.

Now a bit of knitting during the football game. The weather is perfect for the Comfort Fade Cardi but I don't think I should wear the same one every day so I better get this one finished soon.