Category Archives: Finished Objects

Say “HI!” to the New Stroll Tweed

Check out our new Stroll Tweed yarn! Once, a few years ago we had a yarn with the same name, however we've gone back to the drawing board when it came to the tweed nepps since then and I'm delighted to show you what we've come up with! I love the rich color palette we've chosen and the new natural-colored flecks. I love using the Stroll family for washable fingering weight projects (especially baby sweaters!) and Stroll Tweed. The minute we opened the box of our photography samples I grabbed a bag of the Indigo Heather (the prettiest purple-blue I've EVER seen!) and got to work picking out a pattern.

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Feather and Fan Crochet

So, as I've mentioned before that I have an incredible amount of lace weight yarn just lurking around in the shadows of my yarn stash. Everyone else in the office seems to have learned their lesson (aka that they just won't ever get around to knitting with lace weight yarn) so they steer well clear of it whenever a stray skein winds up in the office. I, on the other hand am more than happy to snap each and every one of them up and take them home with me. Well... almost anything, and by anything I mean just the blues! This means that I'm always prowling Ravelry, our own pattern section and all the available books in the office for lace weight patterns. ANYTHING to put this lovely, light yarn to good use. Eventually I found A. Westbrook's free crochet Lacy Feather and Fan pattern on Ravelry. I loved how open the pattern was, the simple two-row repeat and that I could really easily turn this into a cowl. SOLD!

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Vanessa Antiopa Socks finished!

When Hunter Hammersen sent me a preview of her new book, The Knitter's Curiousity Cabinet, Vol. II, I was drawn to her Vanessa Antiopa socks. I liked the geometrical design. And, it turns out that it makes the pattern very easy to follow. I knit them using Gloss Fingering in Tranquil.

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Palette Galore!

I think that by now, we're all pretty familiar with the gorgeous shot of the Palette family that's been in the catalog and on web since September of last year. I know it particularly well because Kerin and I are the ones who sat down and sorted each ball into the lovely color order that you see here and I'm the one who sat down AGAIN and resorted it after the photography department was done with it in order to label each ball correctly in catalog. I can't tell you how long this took, only that I'm getting pretty good at spotting the differences between Thicket and Briar Heather!

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image of Nanette Blanket
Nanette Blanket

A riff on the Babette Blanket This blanket was inspired by the Babette Blanket, and by my stash. I love the bold, multi-color splashiness of the Babette Blanket, and I had some Chroma worsted samples to play with. I've called it a "Nanette Blanket" after my middle name (Nan), and the bumbling character from the musical "No No Nanette." This was definitely my typical, bumbling experimental project!

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Knit & Crochet in Public Week: Knittin’ Out in the Open

Crafting started as something fun to do once in a while, like during a rainy day or on the odd vacation weekend. I have a few memories of making massive collages of tiny horses cut out of magazines, or sorting through a giant jar of buttons. That was all before I picked up a pair of knitting needles late in high school. From that moment on I needed to craft. It became a lifestyle. I knit in class, on the bus, during movies, on car rides to the store and especially in parks on nice days.

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Two New Stroll Hand Painted Colors!

One of my favorite parts of my job here at Knit Picks is picking new colorways for Imagination and Stroll Hand Painted. It's always fun to make twenty or so different colorways pulled from some of my favorite photographs, natural formations or time periods. Then we all get together and cull the herd of possible yarns down to two, three or however many we need to round out the existing yarn line. We only needed two new faces for Stroll Hand Painted this time and I'm really pleased with what we decided upon!

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Imagination socks in Atlantis
New socks for my mom

Our new colors of Imagination are now available! We have four new shades: Galactic, Treasure, Magic Wand, and Atlantis. Atlantis is definitely my favorite with its rich blue-greens and the bright shot of red as an accent. When the samples arrived at our office, I grabbed two skeins and got to work on a Mother's Day present for my mom, Marilyn. I can finally show you pictures without ruining the surprise!

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