Making a list and checking it twice

It's only 3 more sleeps until the Knitters' Fair. That means 2 more sleeps until we set up. I have many lists going and I hope that I have it all.

Customers have been asking what we are taking. Here is a partial list.

madelinetosh ASAP

Freia Bulky

Kits for Gale

Mountain Color Perspective kits

sweetgeorgia party of 5 kits

Freia Fingering

Mrs. Crosby Hat Box

Fiberstory Fave Sock

Dream in Color Classy with Cashmere

Yarn and Soul

Shawl Pins

tosh merino light

Dream in Color Jilly with Cashmere

Wow. I hope it all fits into the van. :)

Holiday Weekend Knitting

My secret project. I knit Auburn Wave in tosh ASAP on 15mm needles. Yes, there were a few changes to the pattern - minor ones. I eliminated a few rows. My shawl took 2.5 balls. Talk about a quick project. If I had really tried I could have finished it on Sunday. One day for a shawl. Awesome!! I think there could be another one in my future once Camp is finished.

Dream in Color Classy with Cashmere knit into a great cowl. This took two balls on 5.5mm needles. Some of you might think that the pattern looks familiar :) It's the Technicolor Cowl.

Beth knit Jet-Setter in double strand Misti Chunky on 12mm needles. She thinks she would use 10mm if she was to make another. Any why wouldn't she? It looks great and knit up in an evening.

Beth is chomping at the bit for me to hurry up. America's Got Talent is on. I've been doing the last minute printing for the weekend and getting ready for Camp.

Boxes are being filled in the store. We have to be careful though. Some boxes are for the Fair and some are being shipped to Camp on Monday. I'm not sure if packing for two events at once makes life easier or harder.

Pictures

It's a holiday Monday and we need to keep my dad busy. He can't sit around with nothing to do. We asked him to come over and start hanging our pictures. Last night Beth and I laid out these little ones to get an interesting order for putting them on the wall.

If you are wondering about the sock in the middle of the floor. Melo loves socks. He carries them around. He doesn't chew on them. Just likes them in his mouth. Then he drops them and finds others. He is not allowed to touch the hand knit socks. Just the bargain 6 pairs for $10 socks.

The powder room is nice and bright.

There wasn't a post yesterday because I was very busy working on a new project. It is almost finished and I should get it done this afternoon while watching the Ticats and Jays games. Pictures tomorrow. Then I have a few hours of work on the last things for the Fair.

Yarn and Soul

Lynn brought in her recently finished shawl. It is super soft with great drape.

Pattern: Ishbel (purchased on Ravelry)
Yarn: one skein of Yarn and Soul
Needles: 4mm

All colours are currently in stock. Coming to the Knitters' Fair? We're taking Yarn and Soul with us and will have a few more samples finished by then. Cathy finished a shawl that I'm dying to see. She's blocking it this weekend and I'll post pictures when she brings it in.

My cowl is growing. I'm using the Classy with Cashmere. The colours are amazing. And the yarn is so, so, so soft. My hope is to finish this weekend and then we'll bring the yarn to the Fair. Getting a picture was hard because it is going to be a long cowl that you can double around your neck. It's much longer than the 80cm needle that I'm knitting with. The picture is more about showing the colours.

It's my night to make dinner so I better get going. Beth can be a very grumpy person when she is hungry.

Shawl Pins

At the last trade show, Bonnie Bishoff debuted new shawl pins in wild colours. Mr. Canada Post just brought in a box full of them.

I loved them and asked her if she could use those colours in bigger shawl pins. She did and they look amazing!

I am the only shop in North America who has the large shawl pins in these colours.

There are new pewter pins as well.

I forgot to bring my knitting with me today. Seriously. This has to stop. I used the time to finish a scarf that Beth knit. There were ends to sew in. Some day she is going to learn how to do it. But probably not. It's easier to have Cathy, Lynn or myself do it for her.

Pattern: Fernanda Circular Scarf (pattern purchased on Ravelry)
Yarn: 2 balls of Freia Bulky

We decided to leave it as a scarf and not join into a cowl.

Since there wasn't any knitting today, it's time to do some now.

Gale

Mr. Canada Post brought in a box from Lynda this morning

Pattern: Gale (purchased on Ravelry)
Yarn: Charly Print Melange from Filatura di Crosa
Needles: 5mm and 6.5mm

Our model is the smaller size and took 12 balls. If you choose the larger size you will need 14 balls of Charly. Not a fan of a multi-coloured yarn? Charly also comes in solid colours and tweeds.

I was going to ask Lynn to put the poncho on for pictures but it was a little warm. Feels like 38. Ugh. I'm sorry for everyone who had to work outside today. I'm sorry that I complained about the heat when I was able to work inside.

The yarn from Fiberstory arrived. I've decided that the colours really aren't that nice so the yarn won't be going on the shelf and it's all going home with me :) The colours are more beautiful than I remembered. The yarn will be available in the store this week and the beginning of next week. It will be packed up Thursday to head to Kitchener.

It's double eviction night on Big Brother. Always a good evening. Plus we have The Amazing Race from last night to watch. More knitting for me. I'm working on a cowl in Classy with Cashmere.

The yarn is super soft and the colours are amazing!

Party of Five

The Party of Five kits from sweetgeorgia yarns are on the way from Vancouver. I think that they could be in the store tomorrow sometime.

These five-colour gradient sets are currently available in Tough Love Sock. Each set contains five 105-yard mini-skeins for a total of 525 yards.

What will a kit make? How about Magmatic Boom (pattern purchased on Ravelry)

This is sweetgeorgia's sample from TNNA. They added beads for a bit of bling. I have finished mine and it just needs to have the ends sewn in. The Tough Love Sock is amazing to knit with. And Felicia's colours choices are great.

In case you missed our newsletter that went out yesterday, some of the sock yarns in the store are on sale.

For the month of September, all in stock, commercially dyed sock yarns are on sale. 

20% off

10 or more balls 25% off

20 or more balls 30% off

• Regia

• Opal

• OnLine

• Noro

• Lana Grossa

• Austerman

• Berroco

These are the self-striping or self-patterning sock yarns. 

These yarns are a blend of superwash wool and nylon. 100grams will make a pair of ladies socks.

Not included in the sale - madelinetosh, Mrs. Crosby, Lorna's Laces, Malabrigo, Manos, Fiberstory, Prism, SweetGeorgia, Mountain Colors, Dream in Color, Classic Elite, Freia Fibers and Zen Yarn Garden.

September Dream Club

The September Dream Club has arrived.

The colour is amazing!

The yarn is Jilly. 100% superwash merino. 400m / 440 yards

The pattern

Something Autumnal,  a shawl by Romi Hill: a beautiful, traditionally German, “Handtuch” shaped shawl with a slight curve to the edges which fits gracefully over the shoulders. 

The cost is $29.75. This is for the yarn and a Ravelry code to download the pattern.

 

Also in the box from Dream in Color

Classy with Cashmere. There are 12 colours, 2 skeins each.

The cowl is finished. Yes, I even sewed in the ends (all two of them)

Pattern: Jetsetter (purchased on Ravelry)

Yarn: Freia Bulky - one ball - I used the colour Nautilus

Needles: 12mm, 60cm circular

Our football draft went fairly well last night.

Our team is Girls Rule. B isn't too bad. I think we received a D last year so we're moving up.

I'm sitting in my sewing room/office working on a blog post, Camp, updating the website and the Knitter's Fair all at the same time. There are two computers on and my printer is humming. I'm trying to finish up quickly so that I can see the Jays game. There is also a ball of yarn calling my name. Of course I brought home some Classy with Cashmere to try.