Here is my schematic for the Tosh DK dress. I’d much rather have a dress that fits me after all this knitting!
And here are the colors and the knitting again but I need to really fix my light box because it’s not working that well right now!
Malabrigo, Claudia and more 15%-40% off!
It’s week three of The February Rotating Sale at Whitknits.com and you will save 15% – 40% on all yarns by Malabrigo, Claudia, Cherry Tree Hill and Ester Bitran. Just a reminder that week three ends at midnight east coast time on February 21 and then there will be all new sale items for the last eight days of the month.
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Mad Tosh DK Norwegian Dress has begun
When I first placed my order for Tosh DK in colorway Composition Book Gray (one of the many tosh dreamy colors) I figured I’d whip up a cabled sweater. Shocker, I only have like five cabled sweaters to choose from currently. Then I thought “you know, I want to show off the yarn, not the stitch.” This yarn is so beautiful I want to just wrap myself in its color, not spend time doing fun crazy things with the stitch work.
I have two gray sweater dresses that I simply adore so I thought wait a sec, what if I made a dress with a beautiful yoke in another tosh DK color?! So, that was decided. Now, I’m figuring out the pattern.
I seem to be combining two Drops patterns plus copying a dress that fits me really well from Brooks Brothers.
Here is my thought process:
116-3 tunic with raglan sleeves in ”Karisma”
I’m just not a huge fan of the huge Xs across the chest. Seems kind of mean, right? Like don’t come near me, I have Xs across my body.
So, then I saw this one.
133-15 “Autumn Flurries” – tunic with short sleeves, round yoke and Norwegian pattern in Karisma Superwash
And with those two, plus the actual dress below, I think I should have a dress that fits me in the next few weeks.
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New February Sale Items
For week two of The February Rotating Sale, you will save 15% on Madelinetosh, 25% on Ella Rae and Debbie Bliss, 30% on Araucania and 10% on Eucalan.Please keep in mind that this sale will go through midnight, February 14, east coast time. Enjoy!
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Whitknits.com has a jingle!
My son wrote this jingle for Whitknits.com. Let me know what you think. (If the video doesn’t play, click here to watch it on YouTube.)
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Fun and Fast project
I just completed the Dwarven Battle Bonnet for my son. It was fast, fun and a free download on Ravelry. The pattern includes suggestions and directions for a couple of variations, and there are many more on Ravelry project pages. I didn’t felt mine, but could have. This was the first time I used Debbie Bliss Fez and I really liked it. It’s a merino/camel blend that was a pleasure to knit and my son really appreciates the softness. The bonnet took one skein of each color, brown and silver, and I used up all but a couple of inches of the brown. Let me know what you think!
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Madtosh DK
This is the swatch for the Norwegian dress. I think I need to put the chart in excel and figure out what I want to be yellow and what I want to be pink. I don’t want too much pink and I don’t know if I want big Xs across my chest.
Today the plan is to wash the swatch and then get a good gauge on it. I’m also hopeful that I can get the chart transferred into excel so I can see what colors I will use in the charting.
The Madelinetosh stock is so gorgeous right now. If you’ve ever wanted to knit with this, take a look at what the shop has here.
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Noro Kochoran just arrived
- Kochoran #82
Just unpacked a small order of Noro Kochoran and it is gorgeous. This is a new yarn for Whitknits so it’s exciting to add it to the shop. You can see it here.
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February Rotating Sale is on now
Dream in Color Classy in Absolute Magenta
One month a year, I try to have a sale that rotates throughout the month. February is that month. Every week the sale items will change and by the end of the month everything in the shop will have been on sale for at least one week. To start off the month, yarn by ShibuiKnits, Lorna’s Laces, Elsebeth Lavold and Dream in Color are marked down 20%. Just remember this sale will end at midnight on February 7 east coast time. This sale get a great response each year so I hope you enjoy it!
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New stock on Silk Garden Sock yarn
A while back, Knitting Fever, the US distributor for Noro yarns, decided to stop offering Silk Garden Sock. Yarn shops and customers alike were quite upset so Knitting Fever decided to bring back the most popular colors. I can honestly say that Silk Garden Sock is back by popular demand and I just finished unpacking a box of out of stock colors. With only one day left to the Noro Anniversary sale, there is still time to get 15% off on all 21 colors in the shop.
Silk Garden Sock #304
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