Let the sewing begin

It was just after midnight when I cast off my second sleeve. I threw it in a bucket of cold water and Yuzu Soak for 15 minutes...

...and got it laid out.

My bathtub is useless right now.

I'm worried that the sleeves won't be dry by the time I need them for sewing tomorrow. I did a little trick that Jared Flood shared at camp. I rolled the sleeve in a towel and then walked on the towel. It helps to get the excess water out.

We have a new sock yarn in the store.

Supersocke 4ply Jupiter Colour

75% superwash wool
25% nylon
with aloe vera and jojoba

420 m on a 100gram ball.

A colour for everyone.

We have added the pattern for Twisted Donuts on Ravelry. You can purchase it here...

Now it's time to sign off and start sewing. I've been putting it off for long enough. :)

Twisted Donuts

Twisted Donuts is an easy knit in worsted weight yarn, customizable as a stole, scarf or cowl.
The pattern is comprised of two separate cables representing donuts, éclairs and crullers!
Gauge: is not important for this project.
Yarn: Madelintosh Vintage or similar worsted weight Scarf: adult length 800 yards
Cowl or Child's scarf : 600 yards 

A customer (cdninswe on Ravelry) came in with this amazing scarf and asked if we would be interested in the pattern for the store. Of course we would be!

The green scarf is knit in tosh vintage. The colour is jade which we are out of but there are many great greens in the store.

The purple/blue cowl is also knit in tosh vintage - clematis. I really want the cowl! The decision will be the colour.

The multi coloured scarf is knit in double strand tosh merino light in every one's favourite colour - spectrum.

We're working out the pricing of the pattern now but I wanted to share the amazing pictures right away. I will have the pattern in the store when we open again on Tuesday. Tomorrow if Family Day in Ontario and we will be closed.

Dinner last night was great. A lot of money was raised for Honduras. We got home around 10:30 and watched two episodes of House of Cards. We were both too wound up to sleep. House of Cards ended and I asked Beth to flip to the Olympics to see how the men's curling was going. The skiing was on the channel that she flipped to and we were up for a few hours watching. Then we had to watch the end of the curling so it was 3am before I laid down. The bad part was that I was so tired I couldn't knit.