Life in the Long Grass

Mr. FedEx brought in the boxes from LITLG this afternoon. The colours are amazing. I took pictures of the DK Twist and Haze Lace. I will photograph the other yarns tomorrow.

These are DK Twist. Gorgeous. The first thing I thought of was a Comfort Fade Cardi.

Another way to fade! This open cardigan is super cozy with its garter shawl collar! The Reverse Stockinette makes a stunning canvas to fade on for the most unique cardigan in your wardrobe!! This cardigan keeps me feeling cozy and stylish all in one!

Photos © Andrea Mowry

I think you could work the colours in either direction. Purple at the top or purple at the bottom.

Dusky
Crush
Reflect
Shield

Another project that comes to mind is Hipster.

We have two Hipsters hanging in the store. From Joji

I confess not being able to channel my inner hipster too often… But sometimes I knit pieces like this warn and fuss free shawl and I can feel myself instantly transported to the coolest, little known coffeeshop in town… 

Do you have an inner hipster? 

And if you don’t, do you have a bit of time and some worsted yarn around you? I promise this is the coolest quickest shawl you’ll ever knit. 

I knit this one and would definitely make it again.

And how about Joji's Odyessey Shawl?

Photo © Joji Locatelli

Odyssey is a way for me to give back to the knitting community. 

You can download it for free, forever, but it is not a free pattern… 

The making of this pattern was paid by all of you, knitters, as a community. By supporting me and my family, you are allowing me to do a job I love and I am giving that love back. 

And by supporting I don’t only mean ‘buying my patterns’. Support also comes from all the love you send me with your messages. I couldn’t do it without you. 

Therefore, because you are a member of this community, this is a pattern from me to all of you. 

I started the design of this shawl during a trip to Canada, inspired by the green colors of the landscape. It was the perfect easy project to keep me company on a trip that turned out to be quite an adventure! 

Today, I am again traveling with my family and we feel so blessed and so grateful that we want to send something to all of you, so here’s this Odyssey for you to knit and enjoy. 

Odyssey is a crescent shaped shawl in 3 colors of medium-weight yarn. Medium weight means DK, or worsted, or even Aran! The good news is that you knit it up super fast.Each color section ends with a lace band that features striking big eyelets and wavy texture. 

It works with MANY yarn weights, and with ANY yarn! You don’t need to buy any special yarn for this design. Check your stash and see what inspires you! Or ask us if you need advise choosing super luxurious budget friendly yarns.

The Haze Lace is beautiful.

From the top
Winterview
Dusky
Space Ash
Reflect

New Hand Dyes Coming Soon

I received two exciting emails today about yarn. Steffi at Uschitita has started dying our order. I hope we see it by the end of April. There will be 16 colours in the order including

Bouquet

Doctor Dyery

Mr. Vain

Unicorns Never Die

Viking

Most of these colours are brand new for spring.

The second email was from Life in the Long Grass and an order is on the way. I have the FedEx tracking number and we should see it next Monday.

We have Haze Lace in the order. This is 72% Kid Mohair and 28% Silk. There are 450m on a 50gram skein. Pictured is Haze Lace and Singles in the colour Cactus Moonsoil.

I can't wait to see the Haze Lace. We will have the following colours

Cactus Moonsoil
Crush
Dusky
Harbour
Moorlands
Reflect
Shield
Space Ash
Winterview

This is Dusky. It is a brand new colour. Check out the colours of LITLG Singles that we already have in stock. These will match the colours of Haze Lace coming in the boxes. This could mean another Love Note for me. Or maybe Birds of a Feather (pattern purchased on Ravelry).

Photos © Andrea Mowry

Starting at a single point and growing and shifting from ethereal mohair to silky smooth single ply into a piece that begs to be wrapped up in.

The shawl would look beautiful in Harbour.

Or maybe Reflect.

Winterview?

Shield is beautiful too. Now I can't wait!

New Colours

This morning I received a very happy email from Hedgehog Fibres. There are new colours. I am going to do an order today so that Hedgehog will have it when they get to work on Monday morning. I would guess that we will see the new colours at the beginning of April.

Here are a few of the colours. I am in love!

Orion - this is a good one! Heavy multi-speckle doused with navy. High contrast stunning skeins!

Danube - clear blues and sharp speckles, this one was inspired by the river that flows through my hometown.

Damsel - faded greens and mauve, layered with speckles. 

Comeback - light purple base with tons of speckles!

Potion - rich and sultry, speckles and layers of colours make these skeins a masterpiece. 

Then another happy email. This one from Life In The Long Grass. We will have new colours coming in March. Here are a few that will be in our order.

Dusky

Lush

Fig

Mythical

I really like the colours for my new Throwback. I'm about to start the big colourwork section. That can lead to 'just one more row before I go to bed because I want to see how the colours look'. And then you look at the clock and it is 2am. When I opened the store there was more than one Friday night that I would knit from the time I closed the store until it was time to open the store on Saturday morning. The things you can do when you are young.

Kaffe does it again

Be still my heart. This is gorgeous!!!

This cardigan combines a lush, massive floral motif with a comfortable oversized fit for the perfect winter sweater!  

Designed by the legendary Kaffe Fassett, this cardigan is knit in one piece from the bottom back hem up to the neck and then down each front for an almost seamless finished garment. Stitches for the sleeves are cast on at the underarm, and the sleeves, hem and neckline are finished with a garter stitch border. Minimal shaping means that you can focus on the challenge of stranded colorwork and intarsia for each flower motif. 

We hope you enjoy this iconic sweater from Rowan's collection.

The new Knitty is live. The minute I saw this I emailed Amy and asked if I could use her pictures. This pattern is free! Can you believe it? Thank you Amy for this.

The cardigan is knit with Rowan Felted Tweed.

Ask any Rowan fan for their favourite yarn and there's a good chance it'll be Felted Tweed. Spun in a light DK weight, with a beautiful tweed effect and an amazing 40 colours to choose from, it's a Fair Isle knitter's dream. But that's not all. The magical combination of 50% lightly-felted wool, 25% viscose and 25% alpaca makes it supremely blockable and a gorgeous option for lacework as a result. Or knit it in garter stitch for a drapey, squishable fabric that is cosy, but light and easy to wear. Choose from nature-inspired shades ranging from cool watery tones to warming cherry red and fiery ginger and prepare to fall in love! Now available in special colourways chosen by world-renowned designers Kaffe Fassett and Dee Hardwicke

Make sure you check out the whole issue. Kate Atherley has a great pair of socks.

Lynn and I finally got all the Life in the Long Grass photographed and the website is updated. Yummy.

Our next order is on the way to us from Malabrigo. We'll have more colours of Rasta next week. All 'Out of Stock' colours are in the box except for Piedras which should be coming in the next shipment (arriving just before Christmas).

Arco Iris

Azules

Indiecita

Whales Road

Beth and I are putting together cookie tins for Beth to take to work tomorrow. They are looking really good. Of course we are trying the different cookies to make sure they taste good - she can't give out bad cookies😘