Wool & Honey

Yesterday I showed the new Uneek Sock Christmas sock kit. There were 4 more kits in the order. They are all available in the store and on the website.

My right hand hurt when I got home last night. I spent way too much time updating the website yesterday. And it's only going to get worse. I need to start working on the fall Rowan. Everything except Rowan Magazine #66 has been shipped and will be in the store on August 1. Here's a little teaser.

Rowan Cashmere Haze

Wool Local is here. We've been looking at fingering weight sweaters on Ravelry. 

Photo ©Andrea Mowry

I think Wool & Honey from Andrea Mowry is the winner.

Meet the five new colours from Mrs. Crosby for fall. These skeins are all Train Case.
Tango

Texas Two Step

Electric Slide

Waltz

Seungmu

Mr. Canada Post came in this morning with three huge boxes. Our needle felting supplies are here.

The needles are sold 7 to a pack in a cute tube.

There is a big box for Beth - she is going to be so excited. She needle felted an aquarium. I don't have a picture of it finished but here is a work in progress. It is time for her to get back to her needles. It's a great way to get out your frustration.

The evening got away from me. We watched Big Brother and I finally finished Clue #2. There won't be any knitting tomorrow night because we are having dinner with friends. When Beth and I were younger we played competitive fastball. Very competitive. A group of us are getting together along with our parents. Our parents never missed a game or a tournament and it will be great to see everyone again. 

Boxes

Today was a day of boxes. Lynn and I packed 14 boxes to go out this morning. Then Nick (Mr. Canpar) brought 2 boxes, Mr. FedEx brought 2 boxes and Mr. Canada Post brought 2 more.

We're hearing a lot about Christmas in July. We have new Uneek Sock Kits in a special Christmas colour. It is limited so don't wait too long.

The Uneek Sock Kit range is hand dyed, full of vibrant colours and soft to the touch. Each kit is individually boxed, and contains two pre-wound matching 50g balls

We have been asked about yarn that looks like Sock Monkeys. We finally have some from Estelle Designs.

The yarn is 50% acrylic, 40% wool and 10% nylon and is worsted weight. 18-20 stitches = 4" in stocking stitch. It is perfect for socks, slippers and kid's sweaters.

We just added more colours of Jawoll Superwash to the store (and I have started adding them to the website). The balls are 50grams - 75% superwash and 25% nylon. These are perfect for colourwork patterns asking for fingering weight yarn. Lynn uses hand dyed yarn for the body of her socks and then the Jawoll Superwash to give the socks some pop in the toes and heels.

Jawoll - the sock wool classic, tried, tested and approved for many years - includes heel re-inforcement yarn to strengthen heels and toes to lengthen the life of your socks!

We have two brand new colours of Erika Knight's Studio Linen.

The Sundowner Cardigan is a great pattern for Studio Linen.

My gardens are loving our weather. Not too hot. A bit of rain.

Now a few hours of knitting. I need to finish Clue #2 of my Perfect Blend MKAL.

Bookbound

We will have Rowan Magazine #66 in less than a month. There are two sections to the book, the first being Bookbound.

Bookbound is one of the latest design stories to feature in Rowan’s Magazine 66. For this story, Rowan took to the streets of Cambridge to showcase the latest designs using Rowan’s premium yarns.  

The county town of Cambridgeshire, home of the world-renowned University of Cambridge was the iconic setting to our story, Bookbound. On this photo shoot, we explored the landmarks of Cambridge, including the King’s College Chapel, the river Cam and the Corpus Clock to name a few. You may recognize some locations yourself!  

This collection includes some of your favourite Rowan yarns; Felted Tweed, Alpaca Soft DK and Kidsilk Haze. Featuring 24 classic yet modern, timeless knits, with garments and accessories for both men and women. 

I mentioned yesterday that Namaste was discontinuing a few bags. Today's better news is that there is a shipment on the way with new colours of existing bags.

The Backpack is coming in brown.

Our Maker's Backpack was mindfully designed for those who are on the constantly on the run. With plenty of room for your laptop or tablet, your latest reading book or planner, and several knitting projects, the Backpack is ideal for those who want to have all their tools at their fingertips. Crafted from vegan leather and including knitting specific features like our Lotus Yarn Feeder (turns your handbag into a yarn bowl), a key leash (doubles as a tape-measure), and a decorative tassel (equipped with an emergency stitch marker), the Namaste Maker's Backpack is designed to help you find Crafting Nirvana wherever you are.

I carry my backpack every day and love it. Right now it's blue (like the one pictured below) and in the winter I carry teal. Alex carries the petal backpack.

It is perfect for traveling. You can fit a lot into it. I have my iPad, wallet, glasses, medications, knitting, phone, headphones, passports... It fits perfectly under the seat in front of you on an airplane.

The Train Case is now available in black.

The Maker's Train Case, which fits conveniently under most airplane seats, was designed with the wanderlust maker in mind. When the case is closed, you can still knit or crochet - just feed your yarn through the metal opening on the side of the case. When the case is open, you can easily read your pattern as it's held in place with magnets against the lid. 

I was up early this morning and started working on the website. I kept flipping to see the report for the newsletter that just went out. How many people have opened it? What links are they clicking? It's a bit of an obsession. I'm not sure why but I take it very personally if someone unsubscribes.

It's still early (9am) and now it's time to get dressed and start my errands. Stop #1 is Home Depot to buy light bulbs for the store. Dry cleaners. Drug Store. The Needle Emporium. If time permits I'm going to visit Terra. There is a plant in the island that didn't make it and maybe there is something to put in. That's sort of an excuse to visit the pretty flowers.

Imagine having planters this big.

We just got back from dinner at The Works. We met up with a friend of ours from high school that we haven't seen in about 20 years. What a great time. Now I need to knit. Clue #2 of Perfect Blend isn't finished yet and Clue #3 came out today.