Highlands and Slippy Vs

Stephen West has a new pattern.

This top-down sweater is knit with fingering weight yarn. The sample features one solid main color and one self-striping contrast color. Alternate between bands of stockinette stitch and slipped stitches for a beautifully textured fabric. You can easily customize the length of the yoke, body, and sleeves of the sweater by knitting more rounds or fewer rounds of the pattern. Try our West Wool Bicycle yarn and Schoppel Wolle’s Zauberball Crazy or dive into your stash to curate your own unique Slippy V Sweater palette!

The Slippy V Sweater pattern can be purchased on Ravelry. 

Stephen suggests a fingering weight yarn with Crazy Zauberball. You can also use Dyed in the Wool for the contrast colour.

Photos © Stephen West

Tina from Freia Fibers has a new scarf pattern. You can purchase the pattern for the Highlands Scarf on Ravelry.

The Highlands Scarf is inspired by the expansive views of the infinite rolling hills in the Berkshires where I live as well as my memories of travels through the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. That these mountains and valleys were linked a hundred million years ago is no surprise given their similar appearance. 

As shown, the scarf calls for 9 minikins with the color sequence listed here first as color name and then starting color end:

Main Color / MC:

1. Aswan (green),

2. Mist (blue),

3. Cloud (light grey),

4. Sobek (black),

5. Oyster (yellow),

6. Damask (tan)

Contrast Color / CC:

1. Canyon (brown),

2. Woodsman (blue/grey),

3. Harvest (brown)

Scarf size is easy to modify by adding or subtracting repeats.

We have all the colours in stock except for Woodsman. I’m sure that I can come up with something else. 

We have a shipment coming tomorrow from Madelinetosh with a brand new yarn.

Dubrovnik

Woolcycle is Madelinetosh's first foray into a 100% upcycled product. Spun in Peru from remnant top, Woolcycle brings a soft, washable yarn to our line in a weight perfect for baby and children's garments, shawls, socks, & lighter sweaters. Woolcycle Sport delivers strong stitch definition, bright colorwork, and pleasurable stitching.

Woolcycle is a sport weight yarn. The two colours shown are the colours dyed on Woolcycle. The yarn takes the dye beautifully.

Well Water

Also coming

Aura

Dirty Panther

Oak

Saffron

Whiskey Barrel

I want to say that this will be online tonight but it is banana bread night and then Survivor. I’ll try tomorrow.

Andrea is back

Andrea Mowry has a new pattern. You can purchase the pattern for the DRK Everyday Cowl on Ravelry.

I love having patterns that I can return to time and again. Those special designs that work as a blank canvas so that you can add your own special touches - handspun yarn, stripes, fading, using up odds and ends to create ever-changing, unique knits. A pattern you can relax into as you knit it again and again. For me - that is the DRK Everyday Cowl, with its soothing garter stitch and polished slip stitches and I-cord edges. I’ve already knit 5 myself, and have no plans of stopping anytime soon! 

This cowl is knit flat, on the bias, and seamed at the back neck to create a cowl that wears like a triangle shawl (with none of the fuss!) This pattern includes sizes for the whole family! 

BONUS 
As mentioned above, I’ve knit quite a few of these - including a couple faded versions. I thought it would be fun to include my fading notes, as a fun bonus for you in the pattern itself! I created my fades by diving into my stash for fingering weight yarn that I held double for a marled fade! You can check out my project page here!

For this cowl I chose a DK weight yarn, as that tends to be a common yarn weight we have kicking around in our stash, but also because we can hold 2 strands of fingering weight yarn to easily achieve the same weight! 

Photos © Andrea Mowry

I started my day packing orders but Mr. UPS didn’t arrive. I’ll get the box tomorrow. 

There are 2 colours of Dyed in the Wool in the box - Rosy Maple and Shades of Earth.

I ran quite a few errands today but there are more to do on Monday. I didn’t get money or meds. Those are the two most important things.

Now a bit of knitting and early to bed. There are lots of boxes to pack in the morning. Thanks to everyone who read the newsletter. Didn’t receive the newsletter? That means you don’t have a store account that accepts marketing. Please email me and I can get it set up for you.

Tiffany Waves

Hedgehog Fibres has a new pattern. This is Tiffany Waves and the pattern is free on the Hedgehog website.

Lovely two colour shawl with a beginner friendly lace border. The 'Oh So Fine' yarn is dreamy soft and is perfect for shawls and accessories that feel luxurious and plush.

Yarn: 2 skeins of Hedgehog Fibres Oh So Fine (100% Merino, 425m/100g), one colour each. Pictured in Kelp (A) and Taffy (B).

 

Needle: 4.5 mm/ US 7 or to obtain gauge. The shawl is worked flat.

Gauge: 20 stitches and 40 rows = 4’’/10cm in garter stitch, after light blocking

The shawl was designed in the new yarn Oh So Fine. The shawl can also be knit with Hedgehog Sock or Skinny Singles.

I was in the store briefly this morning to pack orders. Then I had an emergency dental appointment - I cracked a tooth on Friday. I really need to stop grinding my teeth!!!

Tomorrow morning I will be back in the store packing orders and hoping to meet Mr. UPS. There is an order coming from Spincycle. We have new colours of Trine coming. This is 82°.

Here is 11°

And 17°

I have errands to run in the afternoon. It’s under 2 weeks until Beth and I go away. Don’t forget that the store will be closed on Wednesday April 5th.

Happy Saturday

Tanis Lavallee has a new pattern called Terranova that you can purchase on Ravelry.

The name of the game for this sweater design is simple, comfortable, easy to wear, flattering shape elevated with a touch of elegance through simple details. The cables start at the neckline and travel down the raglan all the way to the hem. The knitted on cable edgings all around the pretty boatneck and cuffs are such a neat alternative to ribbing. Simple details that add up to a perfectly elegant yet easy to wear sweater. 

This sweater is knit seamlessly from the top down. The neckline is shaped with short rows and then the yoke is knit in the round. Sleeve stitches are set aside, underarm stitches are cast on and the body is completed. Sleeve stitches are then picked up and knit down to the cuff. Lastly, stitches are picked up around the neckline and the neck edge finishing is worked.

 

The sweater is very size inclusive.

The sweater is knit in DK weight yarn and you have many options. Here are all the yarns we have that would work.

Sarah is making progress on John’s sleeve. She commented that she wishes she was knitting it for herself and not John. I have a feeling she will be making another one when she’s finished.

There is a bit of green peeking through in the garden. I bet they wish they were hiding today. The wind here is cold. They will be happier next week when the temperatures go up.

Lots of Colour

I played with colours this afternoon for Ambah O’Brien’s Grevillea Shawl. It was so dreary today that I opted for bright colours.

I haven’t been to Alex’s yet so mine is hanging in the dining room.

I forgot to bring the list of colours home (not very smart) so I can’t tell you what these combinations are but if you send me an email I will let you know when I get to work tomorrow.

Della Q posted a picture on Facebook that I borrowed. It looks like we are going to see a new colour this fall.

Our box of Atenti Hope Baskets left California today. My guess is that they will arrive at the end of March. It just depends on how fast the postman is and how fast Canada Customs puts the box through.

Top Chef, my chair and my knitting are waiting for me.

Metamorphic

Sarah has a new sweater. This Andrea Mowry’s Metamorphic (pattern purchased on Ravelry). Sarah used Close Call Dyed in the Wool with Time & Tide Versus. The sweater is gorgeous - I really want to make it!

Sarah sent the pictures and later in the day I received a surprise visit. Sarah and Cathy came down for yarn.

Sarah is going to knit Spice for her husband John using Cascade 220 Heathers and Noro Ito. John’s last sweater took over 10 years. I hope Sarah knits this one quicker 😩

Here is Stephen West’s newest pattern.

Choose four colors and fade them with simple stripes to knit this garter stitch shawl. The expansive shape drapes generously over the shoulders and doesn’t fall off thanks to the angular eyelet increases. I-cord edges frame the wingspan edge and border of the shawl. This pattern is beginner friendly and includes a cast on tutorial video, showing you how to cast on this beautiful design.

The pattern for the Eyelet Burst Shawl is available on Ravelry. 

Photos © Stephen West

I was looking for something this afternoon and came across these 3 skeins of Dyed in the Wool. They are all Ranunculus - the same colour that I used for my shift. The kit is online (#109) and I think that will make a beautiful Shift. The skeins are very different.

It’s time to start making dinner. I’m really early tonight which means more knitting later.