Derby – Sport Weight Superwash Merino

Lady In Waiting – Fingering Weight Merino

Sloane – Merino Fingering Weight

Grace – Merino Wool Superwash Fingering Weight

These and lots more updated in the shop tonight.

 Thank you!

Thought  I would let you know that I am having a little sale over at the shop today  - select skeins on sale and a few new skeins listed. To make it the shopping  easy, I put all skeins in a Sale section. Thanks for looking! Yep, time to clear the shop out a bit, as I am expecting new yarns over the next couple weeks, including a new base yarn – 80% merino, 10% cashmere and 10% nylon – super squishy, lovely twist and durable. Really think you will like it!

And, just because Sam hasn’t been posted in a while and I didn’t want a pictureless post.

Yep, I was serious  about the camera. I  adore  Amazon – not only are they super fast, but they have a fabulous selection and great prices. What’s not to love?  

What’s that on my head you ask? Why that is the beret! Can you believe it? I knit something!

• Pattern: By Kat Coyle  from Greetings from Knit Cafe
• Yarn: Blue Sky Alpacas Sport Weight – Color 525 – Deep Green
• Needles: Knit Picks size US4 16″ Circulars (2)

And, because I promised to show more pictures of the test knits (and I wanted to  test out the new camera…..here are a few more pics of test  knits they had yet to make their appearance….).  

Mad Color Weave by Mai – Yes, you’ve seen these before, but here they are modeled on my feet – See Mai…. they fit!

Knit by  Anna, Anna of the Flying Fingers fame. Please see Anna’s post for lovely modeled shots, but I couldn’t resist playing with the macro setting. It’s the Diamond Fantasy Shawl – so pretty!

And then we have the Easy Flame Lace scarf knit by Rachel  and the Opera Scarf knit by Nicole. Thank you ladies!

And, one more FO for Plucky Girl (took one Grey’s episode and 1/2 an ER). Just your basic drop stitch scarf with fringe. Yarn by FeltStudioUK – Retro colorway.

Recently I have had quite a lot of people ask if I had a mailing list to notify of shop updates. If you are interested in having your name added to  my mailing list, please leave me a comment to that affect and I will add you to the list that I will be making up this weekend. Please rest assured I will keep your information strictly confidential.

So you’ve just finished a huge project. Finally have some time to sit, think, relax. What is the first thing you do? Well, the first thing I did was, well, buy yarn. Seriously, couldn’t help myself. Now I have to get to knitting. And because dark olive green stockinette is hard to photograph and, well, a little dull to look at until it is finished, I will spare you from an inprogress shot of the beret. We’ll just wait for a modeled shot when it’s finished, ok?  

And, because it’s been a while since I’ve posted a picture of S (How cute are they? Plucky Girl and her friends) I thought I would share this picture.

This is what she was up to while I was at the open house. I would have taken her to help…. but she had other ideas. You know how it is…..  weddings  to attend, friends to visit, dancing….. just love her new dress. And check out those bangs (yep, cut them myself).

How fun is that chevron scarf?   (Hmmm, must work on my posture….)   Were it not for some very unseasonable temperatures I would have been modeling the scarves (I had my outfit all picked out so that it would match both the chevron and the opera scarf and I could switch on and off) but, for fear of completely expiring due to excitment, a touch of stress and total heat exhaustion, I had to stick with just displaying them.

Yarn-y goodness up close courtesy of Paula and her super spiffy new camera (actually, all photos in this post are courtesty of Paula and her spiffy camera).

Phew! That was a busy, busy place to be on Saturday. I met  so many  talented and fun knitters…. there was Mick  and Holly  and so many more…. (if you were there and we met, please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you!).

Ok. Now for the links to the patterns used for the test knits and the lovely and generous ladies who knit them (in no particular order):

• Mad Color Weave Socks  knit by Mai.
• Anna’s Socks and Anchillea knit and designed by Kirsten.
• Anchillea knit by Paula.
• Saartjes Booties knit by Amanda.
• Vine Lace Baby Hat  and Saarjtes Booties knit by Jodi.
• Fingerless Gloves knit by Maleana.
• Easy Flame Lace Scarf knit by Rachel.
• Chevron scarf knit by Emily.
• Baby Rib  socks knit by Meadow.
• Neck warmer based on the Aspen Cowl knit by Macoco.
• Opera Scarf knit by Nicole.

Again, I know I’ve said it before and I will say it again – there is no way, no how I could have done it  without your help. And, as soon as I find my camera (or, better yet, get a new camera) I will post more pictures of the rest of the test knits and I even have a couple that are still en route….. a Baby Surprise Jacket knit by Jenn  (a crafty scientist who works with Mr. Plucky), a Diamond Shawl from Anna.

And last, but certainly not least, a super big thank you to the ladies at Stitching Memories. They couldn’t have been sweeter or more helpful. Mary, Kelly J., Kelly “Y” and all the rest of the ladies (please forgive me, I am drawing a blank. Your name will come to me when I least expect it!).

Now that that is done, I was even able to cast on for a cute beret.

Up next: A contest (you know how I love those!) and more knitting content.

 Plucky Yarn Display

Full post tomorrow with super kicky pictures courtesy of Paula. And, also thanks to Paula I am now completely obsessed with owning one of these.

The test knits were huge, I mean a huge hit. So, also in tomorrow’s post I will do a complete run down and link to all the patterns that were used for the test knits. Also, will post the pictures of the rest of the completed knits tomorrow. They couldn’t possibly have turned out any lovelier than they did. I can’t thank you all enough.

I’ve just completed a pretty large etsy update, including several skeins of 100% cashmere laceweight, silk merino lace weight and lots of BFL/Suri Alpaca, BFL Superwash and Merino Fingering.  Sorry, but I have been holding out on you all….. this is yarn I have been stock piling the last two months in prepartion for the open house at the Stitching Memories yesterday.

 Rum Raisin

 Silver Moon

 Farmer’s Market

 Oak Creek Canyon

These and lots, lots more are now in the shop.