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The store will be closed from July 9-27 for vacation. No orders will be shipped until we return. We have been very busy the last couple of months knitting new items for the store, with some of the new yarns that have come in this past season.
This is a baby vest made from the new and improved Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake chunky. This yarn was very popular a few years ago, though quite a few people hated working with it, since it was a bit sticky and tended to sort of cling to your fingers. They have greatly improved it, and it is much more pleasant to work with. There are several cute baby patterns available. I don’t have them on the website, but if you are interested, you can see tall of the Sirdar leaflet patterns here. I can order any patterns that I don’t have in stock. Please email me for more info.
The one on the right is a baby vest made from a new Snuggly yarn which as you can see is self patterning. It is Snuggly Baby Crofter, one of the latest yarns in the Snuggly line, it is 55% nylon and 45% acrylic, which makes it machine wash and dry. It knits up to a DK tension on 4 mm needles. It was a pleasure to knit with.
I’ve also done some adult summer tops. The one on the left is an adaptation of a free Ravelry pattern called Buttercup. If you are not a member of Ravelry, you will have to sign up to get the pattern, but membership is free, and there is a lot of information available there. I think all knitters should at least be a member of Ravelry, if only to get inspired by what other people are knitting The yarn I’ve used for this is Berroco’s Origami, which is a blend of acrylic, linen, nylon and cotton. It is an interesting yarn to knit with, since it feels a bit stiff and uncomfortable in the skein, but once you start knitting with it, it actually feels quite nice, and probably will feel even nicer after a few washes. The top is made from the top down, so it was easy to adapt to the difference in gauge from the pattern, and I also added some bust darts. I found a great site here where you can calculate how to knit the darts. Was very helpful and the darts turned out well fitting.
Will update some more in the next couple of days. In the meantime we are re-arranging the store so that we can have a ‘discount’ room instead of just a wall. Lots of new stuff coming in the next while, so come in and see what is being added I have just added several things to the clearance wall. Several things are listed here. Other items are not listed on the website, and there are quite a few books on sale as well. Come and check it out in the store! I found a video on Youtube that showed a different way to do short row wraps. I really like this one, since there is less distortion in the stitches with this method. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hTXDl5LVrM Just found a great ongoing tutorial on how to choose and adapt knits that fit and flatter your figure. Go check it out here:http://www.stashknitrepeat.com/f2f/. It will be in 10 parts, and part 3 has been posted. Started this post back in march, got interrupted, and never got back to it. Hopefully I’ll be better from now on…. We have received quite a few new yarns in the last couple of weeks, and I have added several of them to the online store. From Sirdar we now have Baby Crofter, a self patterning snuggly dk yarn, and we also have Crofter Chunky, which is a slightly different content, with some wool and cotton added to the acrylic. Another fabulous addition is Flirt, which is the same yarn as the great Baby Bamboo, but in more adult colours. Very nice to work with, I am trying to decide what I want to knit with it. We also received more colours in the Big Softie, a super chunky yarn that knits up quickly for hats and scarves, though it is also great for quick sweaters or even coats. And there are some new colours in the Escape, a bit brighter than the ones we had previously. Finally, everything seems to be working as it should. Tomorrow I will add a post about some of the new stuff that has arrived in the last week or so, once I have added the things on the website. For some reason I can’t get the about page working right. I am also having trouble with the pictures, so it will be a while before I can start doing regular posts… Finally managed to get the blog up and working. I am still working on some things, so it doesn’t look or work quite right yet. Keep checking…. |
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