Techno!

Techno is an awesome new yarn from Blue Sky Alpacas ! I was lucky to get to design a project with skeins hot of the presses, ah, I mean spinners! You can read more about the yarn here in Blue Sky's first bluesletter(aka blog). I really loved knitting with it. It's unique construction, baby alpaca shot through a silk mesh... yeah, techno... makes it super soft, bulky (read: quick) and light! Bulky and light rarely go together, right? Finally, a way to knit a sweater fast... that's wearable, warm, hip and not heavy. I just want to keep knitting with it! 

To celebrate Technos launch, Blue Sky will be giving away a pattern and yarn to 10 people! Go to this blog post and make a comment to enter the contest! 

My design for the collection is below.

Happy knitting and good luck!

Pile of hats...

I'm still obsessed with sewing, but just a little less since the i-cord border has entered my life. I can't believe I've never done it before! It makes such a nice, clean edge to these hats and a super cute way to add a splash of color. The black and white hat on top is made with bulky yarn and is quite helmety, but I'm into it. I added string ties to one of them and was thinking I'd eventually do it to the rest, but I'm not sure. I like how they look without ties, but it's certainly more practical to have them... for keeping the ear flaps in place and all. Hmmm...

Regardless, I have to decide which one I want, then I'll put the rest in my Etsy shop. I'm hoping to write patterns for them too.

Coming Soon!!

I'm not sure if anyone will remember the post I did a while back (was it summer?) about knitting for miles. My wrists took a beating for this one, but I sure am happpy with the result! Here's a sneak peek at the upcoming pattern for Blue Sky Alpacas!

Three fabric tablecloths with knit or crochet edgings. They are reversible and have awesome fabric on both sides and the middle one has sequins! Plus, all three styles come on one pattern, so that's like getting six tablecloths! (I sound like an infomercial)

I totally had to brush up on my sewing skills for this one and unfortunatly made a lot of silly mistakes, mostly with measuring. It's one thing to just follow a pattern with a few cobwebs on your sewing machine (and sewing muscles)... It's another to go at it alone!  I'm glad I stuck with it and figured it out though because I really like how they turned out!

Here's a close up of the fabric combos: