Brooklyn Tweed has a new look book out

Brooklyn Tweed has a new look book out.   This is always a happy day for me.  

Looking at one of these is like going on a small vacation.   The photography and styling of the knitwear take the viewer away from the small frustrations of daily life to a magical land of beautiful scenery existing only to frame even more beautiful and WEARABLE knitwear. 

Lately, I have been knitting accessories for myself as I want to be smaller before I do a sweater.  There was a shawl...and a cowl that drew me...but there was also at least one sweater that I really thought about for me.  

Do yourself a favor.  Take some time.   Take a look at the new book....and heck..some of the older ones.   Your psyche will thank you.

The Hand Clinic is Working Magic

The hand clinic is working magic.  I am doing a little knitting and not hurting.   I will have pictures of a new project as soon as I have something to I want to show.  I am working on the audition baby blanket a bit.

Phil's slippers are coming along nicely.....

The Rosebud Sweater is Finished

The little rosebud sweater is finished.    This was an example of blocking making the sweater much better.    It was also my first use of my dedicated knit washing tub that I had picked up on Craftsy.  These buttons make me smile.   I had used them on a sweater for my niece Mal a while ago.   They were the perfect choice here too!

Beautiful New Sock Yarn!

Knitpicks has a new and really lovely sock yarn.    I had said NO MORE but then, then I saw

this.....    The Ladd's Addition colorway really grabbed me.  That is the skein with the flash of orange...and the ball that is wound.  I bought another color to see what the blues and greens were like.  Today, while waiting for an appointment, I will swatch for a sock.

These colors glowed in the catalog and did not disappoint in person.    I am waiting to see what the fabric knits like.

Got to Love Self-Patterning Yarn!

Ana Rose Pasek arrived six weeks early...and she is tiny.   She is a beauty.    Languishing in the stash, 

I had a couple of skeins of Bernat Baby Floral Jacquard.   The right project had not come along for me to test drive this yarn.  Now it has.

This year turned up in catalogs four or five years ago.  I was intrigued.   Self patterning yarns are one of those magic gauge crucial things.   If the gauge matches the math behind the dying of the yarn....exciting things happen.

This is the project I am diligently doing my PT so that I can work on.   Watching the bands of flowers grow out of the knitting does not cease to thrill me.     I have not been able to knit a lot, but have been enjoying every moment of this project.   My next challenge on it is to figure out where to pick up the color run to make the sleeves look like I want the sleeves to look.

The buttons will be a lovely green...hope to have this to the baby soon.



   

Blocking.....best information I have read about for quite awhile

Sadly, my knitting is largely languishing as I deal with an "arm issue," I am reading a lot and trying to learn more. 

The Yarn Harlot's March 27 post on blocking was excellent....and a good read if you are even tempted to skip the step.

Her photos are a wonderful illustration of how blocking transforms a project from slightly tatty to truly lovely.    

It is a good remember to do things...the right way!