July 6, 2007

MYSTERY STOLE MADNESS

The madness has already begun, but it’s not too late to join… umm, at least if you can CLICK ON THIS LINK by Midnight tonight!! The “Mystery Stole 3” knit-a-long is definitely worth checking out. It opened June 29th, and already has over 2300 members working on the first “clue” of Melanie’s sure to be beautiful lace stole. “Clues” (charts and directions for the project) are made available every Friday, so sign on today and download your first two clues if you can! I just found out about this myself from a wonderful spinner (thanks Sharon for this info and the impromptu lesson on Navajo Plying) hence the short notice. But last minute or no, I really wanted to get the word out. This is a very user friendly group, with a week off given for the knitters to read the new Harry Potter book!!

BAMBOO AND COTTON AND HEMP, oh my!

Of course plant fibers are always more popular for Spring and Summer knitting projects. But we are finding more and more of our customers choosing these yarns for year round wear. We are enjoying the Hemp from Lanaknits a great deal. Lana is a very talented designer, who writes all of the patterns herself using circular knit construction (thank-you!!) Hemp is a renewable fiber that you can wash and dry with abandon, it only gets softer each time.



Lindsay recently finished the lace nightie, a free pattern from the lovely folks at Interweave magazine, using Eden Bamboo. From the photo (above) you can see what a great job she did.



With Rowan Bamboo Tape, I made this BabyDoll dress (above) for Katie. The directions will be posted as a free pattern soon!