The Knaughty Knitter

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I finished the pair of mittens from Fall Interweave Knits - True North Mittens.  These are made with Plymouth Tweed .  I love making the Latvian Brain at the bottom and am thinking how to use this in some other things...

 I finished this on Monday and blocked it Wednesday.  Wasn't sure I liked it until after it was blocked and now I love it.  The green part is some single ply Merino I dyed,the brown is luscious Blue Sky Alpaca and the coral is Alpaca Silk.  It was fun to make though.  I adapted a pattern by Yumiko Alexander called Ripples and Waves.  I only changed the weights of the yarns, hers was fingering weight.

There are some new colors or ruffled yarn, and earlier this week I ordered some sparkly ruffled yarn that should be here today or by Tuesday anyway.

Here are some dyed yarns

 
 

Happy Weekend Y'all

Wow

The UPS Guy just brought in a new magazine - Knit Wear, Simple Handknits for the thoughtful knitter and it is really nice.  This is the first issue and it is full of wonderful classic and wearable designs. 

I dyed a bit yesterday and have some very happy silk hankies and sock yarn with alpaca in it (well there is is roving too, but I am having a hard time letting go of that one and may have to spin some up instead of selling it.

No pictures today, I'm kind of mad at my new camera (very slow, it is)  Maybe tomorrow (cause I have several new things done)

Finished Objects

Here's Sagittaria - the shawl Abby and I were knit alonging

 This was made with Fiesta Baby boom on 10.5s, went pretty quickly.  Abby did hers out of lace weight yarn and it is lovely.  I just am not up for lace weight yarn at the moment.
And I finished my summer purse (now that it's Fall)

 

This was just some stash cotton yarn - I think I will carry it anyway for a while and then let it hold knitting til next summer.

Knit Simple Holiday magazine came today - it has the cutest little fairies to knit - each in their own little flower pouch (also to knit).  If you have any little girls on your Christmas list this would totally take care of them.

New this week...

Some Books....Knitting Pleats has some differently constructed and interesting knitted things in it.  They look very fun.

Playful Little Knits has a pattern for a sewn doll and then the most adorable wardrobe of outfits and costumes you can knit for her/him. 

60 More Quick Knits from Cascade is here.  It is full of hat, mitten and scarf patterns to make out of Cascade 220 Sport.  They are awesome.

There are the new colors of Noro Silk Garden in....and a few new colors of Cascade 128.   Did I mention Link from Berroco - I only got one of the many colors of it I ordered but it is pretty cool stuff.  It is sort of an I cord yarn and knits up on #35 or #50 needles, It is very fun.  There is more in that Berroco box that I might actually be able to get to next week.

I was supposed to be working on

Saggitaria - a knit along shawl that is almost finished....but I got distracted

 These mittens are from the new Interweave Knits.  I love the fact that it is worsted weight yarn so I got this much done yesterday and the Plymouth Tweed is pretty yummy to work with too.  The Latvian Braid at the bottom is pretty cool too (I taught that to the person who came to learning group yesterday).

I added a couple of classes to the schedule yesterday for October.  A beginning hat class and a fair isle tam..check em out.

Tonight is Learning Group

Monday evenings from 4-6 is Learning Group.  Bring that project you need help on or the technique you want to learn and we'll work on it in group so everyone can learn along with you and you can get inspired to try new things.

I have finally figured out a clue about October's Secret Scarf....Double trouble means double the fun.

And for this week's Blog Reader's Special.....Today and Tomorrow only Mohair (Over 39%) yarn is 20% off.  Tell me you read it on the blog and get yor discount.

And those of you participating in Secret Scarf tomorrow....bring stitch markers, #5 or 6 24" circular needles, a crochet hook (size B to F will work)

Some of the classes at Fiber in the Boro are filling up, if you were thinking of taking one, don't wait til the last minute.  Do It Now!

And Today There is.....

Jojoland Baritone in 15 or so colors.  This is a 100% wool yarn in DK weight, perfect for fair isle knitting and many of the new patterns in that weight yarn.   There's lots.....

 

For September's first blog reader's special - Mention that you saw it on the blog and I will take 20% off any prepackaged (meaning it is already weighed up and priced) Spinning Fiber  or Fantasy Naturale yarn.  This is good Thursday and Friday this week only.

and I want to highlight a class that is coming to the store - Color Knitting with Jennifer Adair - Saturday October 1st from 2-5pm.

Here's a picture of the sort of stuff she teaches.  There are some basic rules and techniques and then you can play with any yarn and put things together you might not ordinarily think to do.

 

Yesterday's Yarns

 
Well just a couple...Wildfoote from Brown Sheep - an oldie but goodie but new to the store.  And A LOT OF Lanaloft - a sport weight woolsingle in the usual Brown Sheep Company vibrant and intense colors - we have 18 colors and boy was it messy (sorry no before pictures, but trust me it still isn't quite not a mess)

Here's a scarf - the Double Potato Chip...... It was easy.  Made from two skeins of Lanaloft.

 

And I have a couple of other scarves....this is Aloha that came in the other day...

 You don't even have to know how to knit with this one.....

And my new favorite cowl is Evita  - That is fake fur. No critters gave up their life for it.

 
Yes I am cold already......

Today's Yarns

There are boxes and boxes of yarn...

Today I unpacked these

 
So right here on the far left - Evita Merino - soft merino thick & thin yarn with poofs of fake fur...I am making a cowl.  Only 4 in the store....

In the middle - some pretty new colors of Opal sock yarn (Hey Carole)

and on the right Aloha - a new yarn from Katia that doesn't even require knitting just finger chaining and you have a cool new scarf or last miniute gift.  I wore the one I made all evening Saturday so I could be warmer...

In the backround - Rustic and Eco Alpaca are barely visible, but I think Eco Alpaca causes yarngasms.....

Yeah Rain

I love this weather - it could do this for a long time before I got tired of it.  Great day for sitting inside and knitting, cup of tea and a warm cat and it's perfect.....

Here's the beginnings of a silk bracelet I am doing - knitting with silk hankies I dyed.  I'll be demonstrating knitting with silk hankies at Fiber in the Boro.  It is fiddly because the silk is sticky, but the results are so pretty. 

 

And there is new yarn Rustic from Cascade is out on the shelves and so is SUPER SOFT Eco Alpaca

Here's a cowl I made with the Rustic (free pattern with purchase)

 
Here's a close up - it is hard to teel but there are leaves all around the edge....

 
The Rustic is beautiful - a mix of wool and linen that turned out pretty nice.  The eco alpaca is just undyed good quality alpaca in a worsted weight.  (I say "just", but OMG you should feel it, dyes really make yarn harsher to touch)