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When you were a kid, you know how your imagination was able to turn
your hand into a T-rex? Or a fierce lion? Or… anything? Or how your
dad’s old sock could transform magically into a sea monster, just by
putting it on your hand?
Well, I sure do! Bring that magic to the young’uns in your life with the Critter Mitts kit!
When Kerin and I were faced with the challenge of designing fun,
playful kits for a kid-and cotton-themed catalogue, we decided to
imagine ourselves as kids again and figure out what kinds of things we
would have wanted knit for us. It wasn’t much of a challenge, really.
Sweaters??? Bo-ring! Scarves? Suh-NORE!!! The kids in us wanted
something that would be really, truly FUN to play with, especially in
the warming days of springtime:
This has been a rough few weeks, trying to hide this giant sweater
from hubby! But after putting the sleeves on holders and deciding to
steek the chest, it went much faster.
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said that in the last year, I have been
bit by the dyeing bug HARD! Today I want to share two more of my
food-dyed yarn experiments with you, and discuss how different put-ups
of yarn can make the colors appear different.
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When I finished dyeing up my Rainbow sock yarn that I last blogged
about, I was really really excited to start knitting with it RIGHT
AWAY! But you know how it goes with socks..I had to get one of my
billion sock projects finsished before I could think about casting on
another one. So while I waited for a free set of needles, I wound up
the hank, to better admire the color combinations:
There’s one kind of food-grade dye that I really like to use, but it
can be a little hard to find. Usuallly it’s only available in stores in
the spring.
Easter Egg Dyes!
Read more »Well, I’ve made a little progress on my hubby’s sweater. Not nearly
enough, though! I spent all my knitting time this week charting out the
shaping and design of the top, and almost none of it knitting. So it’s
not as far as I’d like it to be!
In my previous job life as a bookstore girl (where I lovingly took care of the knitting section), I remember when Toni Carr‘s book Knockdown Knits was released. I immediately snapped it up – it was so much fun to read & such great projects, even for those who aren’t roller girls like Toni. (With my incredible clumsiness, I would be a danger to myself & to others!)
Imagine my delight when I started working on IDP and discovered that Toni was already a part of it! Of course I had to do an interview!
How long have you been knitting? I started seriously knitting about 9 years ago.
What motivated you to learn to knit?
In all honesty, my Grandmother lived all by herself, way out in the country. I knew she was lonely and could use some company, but the fact that she is deaf caused a communication …
We are throwing ourselves a little party in Portland to celebrate our new spring yarns – and you’re invited!
If you are in the Portland OR/Vancouver WA area on April 7th, please come join us at the Ecotrust building from 7-9 in downtown Portland!
We are going to have samples of our new yarns available to play with (so bring your needles & hooks!). All attendees will be entered in a raffle for fun Knit Picks’ products (new yarns, kits, needles sets) and, while we won’t be selling products at the event, the first 200 guests will receive a coupon good for 10% off of their next online yarn purchase. We are also going to have a panel discussion with local area designers, moderated by Kelley!
Plus you can meet all us crazy Knit Picks people in person!
It’s going to be a lot of fun & we hope to …
