The snow has started falling and it remains to be seen if the predicted blizzard develops as they promised. We are set to outlast it with our knitting projects lined up. I’m working on an Easter basket from one of the Fiber Trends patterns, alternating that with the shrug and vest. Gotta keep a lot of them in the works. And to lift our spirits considerably, the winter jasmine we brought in last week has opened up along with the pussy willow and red bud. The red bud looked absolutely dead and took a day or two to start swelling but now we see color. But the jasmine has been gorgeous. So, perk up, spring is coming!

Giving your hands a break

Thank heavens for being able to switch back and forth between large and small needle knitting. I am knitting a little shrug out of Rowan’s Lenpur Linen on a size 4 needle, casting on in excess of 100 stitches for the back. WHEW! And of course the edging was on a size 2 in seed stitch. Loved finishing that edging. Sweet to change to the Rowan Colourscapes yarn on these lovely size 8 needles and only cast on 49 stitches for working a side to side vest. The color changes are terrific by the way.

The completed afghan is blocked and ready to go to some lucky graduating senior. 

Melissa added the knitted border chosen from Nicky Epstein’s Knitted Embellishments. What an incredible amount of information is contained in this book.

Sock Yarns with Stretch are the Best!

I love working with this Megaboots yarn. The stretch in the yarn makes it fit perfectly on ankles and the rest of your foot. And who would have thought that this ball of yarn………………. would turn out this sock??? Usually I work two socks at one time on the addi turbo needles using the magic loop method but for some reason I only cast on for one sock. BLAH! I hate doing the second sock! But I do like working with this yarn so it shouldn’t be too hard.

If you would like to try out the Megaboots yarn, it is our featured product until the end of Feb. which means you will receive a special price on it. It is normally $16/ball (only takes one ball for a pair of socks) and as our featured product, the price is $12/ball. To receive this price simply enter the word - megaboots - in the coupon code box on your shopping cart. We know you will enjoy knitting and wearing socks with this yarn.

Brioche Stitch Cable Scarf

We have developed an interest in cables recently especially reversible cables. What a cool scarf you can make if it doesn’t matter which side is out. Lily Chin has several patterns developed with this technique. Scouting around on the internet, I found this pattern on FireFlower Knits and gave it a try. It is a reversible cable scarf with a brioche stitch cable. I think it is a knockout if I do say so myself. The yarn is from Fiesta Yarns called Watermark. The brioche stitch makes it a little more complicated than it needs to be to just make a reversible cable but it turned out lovely. This has hooked me but good! If you want the web address to get the pattern, email, and I’ll send it.