Summer Hazel

I received some lovely yarns this summer from Hazel Knits.

The June shipment was inspired by the sea.



The August shipment was inspired by the farm. And it included one of my patterns, Haystacks.

Summer musings

I am so glad summer is over. The kids are back at school and life returns to some kind of normal.

I did get some wonderful yarns this summer. First off was the June shipments from Cookie A, "Oh My Darling" from Hazel Knits



and Janel Laidman, Madelinetosh.



Then there were the August shipments from them too.
Metamorphosis in Sugar Jets from A Verb For Keeping Warm was the Cookie A treat.




And Socktopus, Sokkusu in A slice of Orange.



There is also my shipments from Hazel knit club. I still have to take those pictures. I will share later this week.

Knit Companion

One of my patterns, Twisted Mockery, was included in the trial version of Knit Companion. This is a great app for the IPad. You import your PDF patterns into it and use it as you knit.

The patterns become very interactive. You can highlight your charts as you work on them. You should really go check it out! I have been playing with it and can't wait to knit with it.

Summer Knits

I have been doing lots of knitting that is secret or boring. So I could not blog about it. I will have to put up some of my recent acquisitions.

I have finally finished a pair of socks that I can show. The pattern is Gush by Yarnissima for the Solid Socks group on Ravelry. It was a very fun knit, as I always love pages of charts.

Watershed

Here is one of the things I finished on my Blogging hiatus.

It is Watershed, by Amy Swenson. It is a cute little bolero made from Debbie Bliss Eco Cotton for my daughter.

Their dress code at school does not allow for bare shoulders so she wanted this to wear over some of her more interesting tank tops. I think she looks really adorable.

Catch up

The last few months have been very busy in our household.

I worked from Feb to April doing taxes. That kept me really busy and there was not too much time for anything.

I have managed to finish a few items. One of which was the first Cookie A sock Haleakala, from her sock club. Shipment three should be here later this week.



There have also been a few stealth projects that I might be able to talk about later in the summer.

Stash Enhancement

The last week has brought much stash enhancement.

I received the first shipment from the Cookie A sock club and the Janel Laidman Art and Sole club. I am very excited about both.

Here is the yarn from the Cookie A club. It is String Theory Caper yarn, which is a lovely merino cashmere blend. I am going to start the sock in March.



Here is what I got from the Janel Laidman Art and Sole club. It too is a merino cashmere blend, but this one is from Pigeonroof Studio.



The red was very pretty, but at sock club at Lamikins a friend of mine got a different color and we traded. So now I have Inkpot.




Then, of course, I was tempted at Hazel Knits yarns. I purchased 4 skeins even though I knew the Feb club shipment was on its way. Here is what I got, two skeins of Entice, her cashmere blend, in Blacklight and Vamp(Wendee sent me this for designing the mystery sock for her group on Ravelry. Isn't she amazing?) Then Artisan in In the Colver, and Piquant in Sassafras.



And of course I could not let out the LYS, Main Street Yarns. I purchased some Malabrigo and Mini Mochie.




I also finished a pair of socks. They are Gentian, the mystery sock I designed for the Hazel Knit group on Ravelry. They are done in the colorway Toad Lily.



There is more. I will have to save it for another day.