Slouchy

Churchmouse Yarns sent out a newsletter this morning featuring their Slouchy Pullover knit in Rowan Tweed Haze. I started my blog post and put kits online. I had to call Lynn about something and she said ‘Hey, have you seen the latest Churchmouse newsletter? There is a great looking sweater’. Great minds think alike.

From Churchmouse Yarns & Teas

We wanted a weekend sweater that was relaxed and roomy, yet lightweight. This huggable pullover is what we came up with! The flattering, soft ‘V’ neckline and short-row shaped cuffs keep the generous scale from becoming overwhelming—a cozy wardrobe essential, indeed! 

We knit this version of our Slouchy Pullover in Rowan Tweed Haze, a bulky-weight blend of South African mohair and super-fine alpaca, supported by polyamide, cotton, and polyester. All along the bouncy, chainette-style strand, contrasting flecks peek out of a romantic, fuzzy halo. It lends a fun, floofy, tweedy touch to our relaxed sweater!

I have kits online.

I put together a few starter packs for the Seaglass Sweater. Some of these are discounted yarns or discontinued colours. A few are just colours I like together. I think that the sweater looks great with lots of colours and these kits could have colours that aren’t in your stash.

It’s cookie time.

Lamina

Marita sent me pictures of her finished Lamina Wrap. I am in love. Now I want/need to knit the shawl again. It is a great pattern.

As promised here are two pics of the finished wrap! I used 8 of the 9 mini skeins in the Cabochon pack (with some cutting and pasting of colours to blend the way I wanted) and about 80% of a skein of TML in Scratched Record.

The pattern is from Ambah O’Brien and you can purchase it on her website.

Let Lamina 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, holiday sets 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. Enjoy the updated version of the Lamina Wrap pattern with inclusion of the new Lamina Cowl option; choose between a short or long cowl and have fun creating with colour. 

Lamina includes both written and charted instructions for the lace.

Marita used Minikins from Freia Fibres. She chose a kit or you can choose your own colours. We have a BIG order coming from Freia very soon. Hopefully by the end of the month. There will be more kits and a lot more minikins.

If you don’t want to lay out the minikins and choose the order of the colours you can use a Yarn Bomb (more colours coming). You won’t have as many colours but the effect will still be amazing.

Boy was it cold here today. I will be introducing a new colour to my blanket tomorrow.

Temperature Blanket

I decided it was time to start my Temperature Blanket. I talked about it last January and even brought yarn home but it didn’t happen. I was pushed over the edge when I read a blog post from Modern Daily Knitting. I am going to use Rowan Felted Tweed like Kay is. 

There are a few reasons for choosing Felted Tweed

-I didn’t have to work out the number of stitches - Kay did that for me.

-Felted Tweed is beautiful to knit with.

-Felted Tweed has a huge colour range.

-We always have stock of Felted Tweed. You know that if you are running short of a colour we will have more for you.

I am going to use this website for my temperatures.

These are my temperatures so far. I am using the Max Temp.

I have put my colours on the website and will add more tomorrow and/or Tuesday.

This is Janice’s Pink Fizz. She knit the 2nd size in Biches & Buches Le Petit Lambswool and Le Petit Silk & Mohair - both in the colour Red Brown.

Great pattern and so warm to knit under it. Did 2.5” front hem and 3.5” back hem and 2” cuffs. Rust colour is beautiful. I did a plain stocking stitch back. Lace panels in the front.

Thanks for sharing Janice. Your sweater is beautiful.

Pink Fizz

Sarah has a stunning new sweater. Meet Pink Fizz by Andrea. You can purchase the pattern on Andrea’s website.

Pink fizz combines a mohair halo with beautiful lace and a relaxed fit that leaves you feeling a little bit glamorous and totally cozy! Knit from the bottom up and seamlessly except for the underarms, this sweater showcases a drop shoulder style with positive ease in the body and slim-fit sleeves. The lace pattern makes this sweater more advanced, please see below for a list of techniques used in this pattern.

Sarah used Le Petit Lambswool (white) and Le Petit Silk & Mohair (off white). When you get to the end of the post you will see some combinations that I put together. 

Pink Fizz size 3 because my personal opinion is that this sweater looks best a bit oversized! It blocked out beautifully. Such soft yarn once it’s been in Soak! I shortened the cuffs as I didn’t want to turn them back. 

The cable and lace panels are so beautiful. 

Sarah’s husband John has a new sweater. Sarah has been working on this for quite some time. Over 10 years. I’m glad to see it finished - it looks great on John.

These are some of the combinations I laid out this morning. I have put them online as a kit to make ordering easier.

There wasn’t time today to put together starter kits for The Seaglass Pullover. I will start making them on Monday. Football is on and I have time to knit while Beth is making dinner.

Stashbusting

The Seaglass Pullover is a new pattern coming from Wool & Pine. This looks like a fun knit.

You can preorder the pattern on the Wool & Pine website. 

Pre-orders receive a digital pattern prep pack with access to all video tutorials so you can start swatching & building a stashy color palette so you're ready to cast-on release day, January 19, 2022.  

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Sea Glass Sweater is an epic stashbuster worked seamlessly, top-down in the round featuring long sleeves and an easy to wear, relaxed silhouette. A super fun 1x1 colorwork pattern offers endless opportunities to use up DK weight scraps, minis and stash yarn. BONUS there are absolutely NO ENDS TO WEAVE IN (video tutorial included.)

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As you'll discover in the video tutorials included with your pattern pre-order, Sea Glass Sweater is all about the pursuit of ART, not perfection. Unleash your third eye, dive into your stash and explore the depths of your innate creativity!  We want to see your unique beauty and personality expressed in your color choices and their infinite combinations, don't hold back!

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Bust that Stash!

​Sea Glass Sweater is knit using DK weight stash yarn, leftovers and mini skeins. Have fun playing with color, build a palette that expresses your personality and embrace the random beauty of your stash! We can't wait to see the wearable art you create! 

Pattern preorder includes 7 video tutorials with tips on how to create your One-of-a-kind Sea Glass Sweater, Tips for Stashbusting & Building Color Palettes, Choosing the right size for optimum fit and more! For a preview of the fit video included with the pattern visit our linked website.

I took this from the Wool & Pine Instagram page.

For your one-of-a-kind, stashbusting Sea Glass Sweater, just grab 2 colors of DK and knit 1 stitch with C1 and the next stitch with C2, keep alternating colors all the way around then change either one or both colors at the BOR, et voilà.

Is your stash light on DK? Get Creative! The gauge & ease are forgiving so you can totally hold two strands of lighter weight yarns together for one color and a DK for the other or use a single strand of Sport or Worsted here and there to help boost your available yardage.

The sweater is knit in dk weight yarn. 

-Tosh DK

-Hedgehog Merino DK

-Zara

-The Fibre Co Lore

-The Fibre Co Aranmore Light

-Rowan Felted Tweed

-Tosh Wool + Cotton

-Primrose Roan

Tomorrow I am going to go through the store and grab discontinued yarns and odd balls and make up starter packs. These will be priced to sell. You can add these balls to your stash to make an amazing sweater.

Beth had to be on her job site all day today so I stayed home with the dogs. They were mostly good. 😘 

Before I go to bed at night the dogs come upstairs and play on my bed. There is a lot of room to play in our house but they love my bed.

Coming Soon

Kim Hargreaves next magazine should arrive by the middle of the month.

This collection of 14 womens knits from Kim Hargreaves blends classic styling with modern textures and details. Yarns featured include Felted Tweed, Kidsilk Haze, Soft Boucle, Alpaca Classic, Brushed Fleece, Alpaca Soft DK, Kid Classic, Pebble Island and Felted Tweed Aran.

From Blue Sky Fibers 

Meet Bramble & Fig and Fire & Ice. In 2019 we had added six new colors to our tried-and-true Woolstok Worsted palette, and now they have joined our collection of bundles.

The 2 new Woolstok Bundles should be coming next week along with a restock of existing colours. There will be 3 new patterns coming on January 10th for the Bundles.

Dad and Lucy came this afternoon. Dad made boxes and Lucy was just in the way. I had fun climbing over her to meet customers in the parking lot with orders.