No, your eyes are not deceiving you. That really says 123 colors. Four large boxes came late Tuesday just brimming with TML. The new spring colors are included and more of those colors will be arriving soon. Here’s a preview of Envy above and Cathedral below. You can see them all here. Hope you like [...]
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Knitting interruptus – part 2
Follow up to Knitting Interruptus Part 1 The pallets, what to do with the pallets? Firewood came to mind, but no, I could put them to a more constructive use. My husband loves to barbecue and always complains that he has no table to use for food or utensils. Over the years, much of what [...]
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Knitting interruptus – part 1
About two weeks ago I had a craft attack that really took a bite out of my knitting. Actually, it took a bite out of everything – the house was a mess, bills weren’t paid and if my wonderful husband didn’t feed the family, we all would have gone hungry. I was obsessed. It’s out [...]
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Homemade Butter in 10 Minutes!
So this is not a knitting post, but something I thought you would enjoy. Last night my husband decided to cook dinner. He brought home fresh pasta, fresh butter, Italian bread, heavy cream and parmesan cheese to make fettucini alfredo. Not too healthy, but definitely delicious. I was curious to try fresh butter and found [...]
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What’s on my Needles
I am working on a new shawl design and am really pleased with how it is turning out. Honestly, that is not always the case. Sometimes the yarn is great but the design doesn’t gel or vice versa. Here I am loving both. There are a couple of firsts here. This is the first time I have [...]
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Madelinetosh Mania
The month of April is Madelinetosh Mania at Whitknits.com. You can special order yarn in full bags, typically four skeins of one color, in any currently produced MT yarn at a savings of 20%. If you prefer, you can special order individual skeins of TML, Vintage, Sock, DK and Pashmina at a savings of 10%. All in-stock Tosh is [...]
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Five shawls for five bridesmaids
When you write a pattern, you never know how the finished item wil be used. I released Ocean City Shawlette in January 2011 and just recently learned that lizziwhizz, Ravelry name, made five of them for her cousins wedding party. The pattern is written for fingering weight yarn, but by knitting it in DK yarn, [...]
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Laura Aylor has a new pattern – Enamored!
“I was so enamored of some of the techniques used in Fabergé that I wanted to use them again,” says Laura. And are we glad she did! Enamored includes directions to knit a bottom-up shawl in fingering weight yarn or a parallelogram-shaped stole in sport weight yarn. Both begin with a pleated ruffle, then a row of [...]
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Laura’s newest pattern!
Check out Laura Aylor’s newest pattern called Faberge. Isn’t it lovely? It’s an incredible shawl pattern that comes in two sizes. Beads have been added to the middle section, but are difficult to see in the picture. See more of Faberge here.
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New Laura Aylor Pattern
I just added a new Laura Aylor vest pattern to the site. This is part of a series that she is doing named after her Aunts and they all have great names. This one is called Ardys. You can read more about it here.
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