I am a yarn addict. I have purchased yarn across places far and wide, and one of the fun places I shop is Eat, Knit, Sleep, a cool online yarn store that lets you search their inventory by color, which is all sorts of awesome. They have a great selection, a physical location in Georgia, and if you order, they send you cute kitty extras. Imagine my surprise when I saw this on Facebook.
I won’t lie, I’m terribly flattered. Now I want this yarn.
Speaking of yarn and things that it might eventually become, I finished a sweater.
The sweater is going to Kid 2. She loves green. The color is actually a little bit more saturated, a pretty green, but it is overcast outside today.
The pattern is Capulet Blouse by Fabel Knitwear.
The yarn is stash yarn, unlabeled. Not sure where I got it but it feels like cotton and a bit of synthetic fiber, maybe?
The original pattern has what the designer called a rushed princess neckline, and I tried it, but it didn’t look quite right. Perhaps it might be better in person. I will try it again when Kid 2 gets here to pick the sweater up.
So next project. No idea what to make. Hopefully something that uses up my enormous stash.
What are you working on?
I’m have multiple projects going on right now. I like designers from PetitKnit and My Favourite Things. These are very simple stockinette pullovers and cardigans that are excellently structured to showcase the wonderful artestry of specialty dyed yarns from independent dyers. I am a big fan of Miss Babs out of Tennessee and Madelinetosh in Ft Worth Texas. I also recently discovered “new” dyers, Ruby and Roses for gorgeous brights and Pigment and Ply out of Essex, England for moody/broody brights. Also Zakami from Great Britain has some great bases with light, delicate colorways. Love them all.
Don’t forget Knitting for Olive in Sweden. They have some great coordinating yarns to add more dimension to your indie dyed yarns.
Your sweater is beautiful. K2 will be happy.
Ooooh, that’s a great sweater! Would Kid 2 consent to model it for the Horde?? (If not, of course the Horde will respect her privacy!) Thanks for sharing a yarn-y post. 🙂 Also I loooooove that someone paired yarn with the special edition, omg, yes. I hope she shares her finished project!
I just finished the Ellen Scarf (Nancy Ricci) that had been languishing in my UFOs for several years, knit in Jade Sapphire. I have about 6 ends to weave in and I need to wet-block it to relax the yarn – it’s my first time working with a linen blend and I’m excited to feel how the yarn changes (it’s a linen-cashmere blend and it feels rough right now but I’m hoping it will relax into absolute lusciousness).
Now I’m back to working on the Crown Wools scarf (Casapinka) and the Squared Up Jacket (Urth Yarns). I’m at a complicated section on the scarf so it’s nice to have the round-and-round simple crochet of the jacket when I need something mindless.
If you embroider and want something challenging, try the double running Holbein stitch. It is reversible, the same on both sides, no knots. If you find a pattern you like, and want to embroider on a square (like a tablecloth or handkerchief) turn the corners using a mirror on the pattern. It takes a little planning but looks amazing.
If you want to use up your yarn stash—I once used up mine by making a gigantic blanket. I just kept tying one skein onto the next. I tried to balance weights, but it was colorful and MINE!
I am knitting Katmandu by Linka Neumann, stranded knit with 3 colours of worsted yarn per row in the round, no good where you live as it would be way too hot and also knitting a button down vest/waistcoat that is from Drops, using some yarn I picked up from an indie dyer when I finished riding the Otago Rail trail and that is in a variegated yarn of reds, oranges and yellows. I do have sitting waiting for me to start the hat from this years Shetland Wool Week, I have some Jamieson and Smith in my stash.
Wildlife rescue operations are often looking for knitted nests of various sizes, especially this time of year when babies are in abundance. But, perhaps your yarn is too nice for this purpose.
Lovely sweater. Lucky Kid2! I’m making yet another baby blanket in Caron’s One Pound acrylic. Something a baby can mess up with impunity. You must be on cloud 9 with that FB review.
I’m crocheting a baby blanket from Daisy farm crafts. I’m super slow but will get there
I’m still working on scarves, since those work best to get tension constant. Using a nummy sport weight silk from Darn Good Yarn. Unfortunately I put it “someplace safe” to keep it away from the kitten and visiting puppies. I’m pretty sure it went into the pocket dimension that lives at my place and I won’t find it until I start another one…
I got my books and now I want the yarn and my stash is huge.
A Shetland Wool week hat, in preparation for a knitting trip in Shetland to learn Fair Isle knitting
ohhh… would like to come along on this one 🙂 Have great fun!
Have fun!
My mom learned to do Fair Isle knitting from one of her knitting books where the author was from Scotland. I watched her work the pattern, looked at her, and said better you than me. She laughed.
From knitting socks and miffs for over 25 years I have a 125l bag full of left-overs… I am knitting them in little patterns with the idea to make a knitted stained-glass-window quilt out of them. Will be a long time to get finished, though, I think. But it is nice to work on between all the normal projects like knitting socks and miffs 😉
I really know the feeling of being a yarn-hoarder, and I like the colors they chose. So…
I’ve been sculpting a bit more lately. I have shows in June. Washington State provides an entirely different vending experience than Florida! I moved from Florida last year. Anyway, following the Zooly Weekly Art prompt and then making things I hope will be popular here. I can’t do anything with yarn but I certainly enjoy seeing the beautiful things.
So pretty! Both of the covers and all of the yarn are lovely.
Just finishing up a Tunisian crochet sampler blanket (Annie’s kit) because I want to do more Tunisian projects.
I’ve put down the round mosaic blanket I’m making for a Christmas present because my circles always start rippling after a few rows and it’s frustrating me.
Now I need a crochet project for the gorgeous Malabrigo yarn in my stash. This is for me, so if anyone has a good suggestion I’m open!
I just finished a cotton (Berroco) short sleeved summer top, pattern ‘Sorrel’. Knitted in the round, once you finish the decorative stitches you turn the sweater inside out & knit the body – once finished the knit side is reversed and frames the decorative yoke stitches.
I have just been released from a 3 mo ‘no craft’ time after wrist surgery for arthritis. I have eight different skeins on my table trying to find one that will work on a new pattern.
I love to craft while listening to audiobooks. Listening to a good book again is better than tv or listening to a new book that is a dud.
Blankets for my grandchildren…just got back into crocheting. Two weeks of working on my projects…and my closet is almost full of yarn already…yarn has become a bit of a problem…
Now I want to see Erra pick up knitting as a hobby while she listens to supplicants. Just sayin’…
Making a crocheted Temperature Blanket helped me make it through the Covid Crisis period; and I’ve made a different design each year since then. This year I went through about 4 designs until I found one that works for me, and now I’m catching it up. Kudos to anyone that can knit or crochet wearables!!! My various projects can be seen on my MicheleDenise Ravelry account.
I’ve been having so much trouble getting back into crocheting since I moved to the south from up north where it actually got cold. it’s just too hot and i don’t have the nice train commute that was perfect for getting projects done
I’m making Swifty Voter bracelets that I give away.
The purple letter beads that I favor don’t have many vowels so I spell Swifty with a y.
I’ve given away 1500 bracelets so far.
I’ll be a Mississippi DNC Delegate in Chicago and am striving to make 1000 pretty bracelets with me.
I’ve been making rings out of tiny seed beads and fishing line (peyote stitched). I have quite a few of them started that I need to finish…
Laura, this sounds very interesting. Is there a place to share with you? Or are we not allowed through this blog?
That sweater is really cute! And those yarns very pretty. I’ve recently revived my knitting and it’s been really fun, if not very good for my budget~~
Finishing up knitting a popcorn polo cardigan (stuck on sleeve island) and I have a million little crochet side projects I keep getting sucked into. Most recent one is a rainbow crop top for one of the kiddos. Before that it was around three (maybe four?) different crochet bags and then before that it was crochet water bottle holders for the kids. I finish projects for myself very very very rarely. Love matching the yarn to the books- I literally am out of room for yarn though, need to use up some of what I have before I get any more!
the capulet blouse is my next project! baby hats, and toddler hats are this month’s projects before the blouse.
I have this skein of Paton’s artistry dye or what ever in this pale white grey with flecks of orange and gold and I call it my Curran skein. I haven’t found anything that screams Kate yet,but when I do, they will be a pair of socks together 🤣
A fine compliment.
My son – and only child- graduates from high school today. That has been my main focus for the last month. I have never been a knitter. The sound of the knitting needles is a sensory integration issue for me, but I love the outcome!
My choir is preparing for our last performance of the year (and my last one with them at all as I am relocating 300 miles away in the fall).
Is it all knitting needles or does the material matter? I can’t handle the noose of the metal ones. Drives me up a wall.
Maybe try bamboo or laminated birch? They do still make a sound, but softer than the metal, and much nicer in your hands.
Thanks – it is the clicking sound that makes me crawl up the wall- like someone tapping on a table nonstop. I know some find it soothing or hypnotic, but it bothers me much more than fingernails on the chalkboard.
Love the yarn colors. And that’s such a lovely tribute to the Collectors Edition.
I love buying yarn but fail to use them so I’m guilty of accumulating a stash. One of these days, I will actually learn to knit rather than just crochet.
As they say, aquiring yarn and using it are two different hobbies!
oooh, I might have to get some of that yarn! I like ESK , although they are a bit expensive for me.
I’m trying to get I Am Dragon II by Alexandria Davidoff (spelling?) of my needles so I can swatch a sweater for my dad. this is the most frustrating pattern with the most interesting results I’ve done so far.
I have a yarn problem and *adore* Eat.Sleep.Knit. Right now, I am working on a Hemlock Ring Blanket. Those outer rows eat up a lot of time.
I’m crocheting a car seat cover in trinity stitch. It is a yarn hog and takes me forever but it’s so pretty!
I’m crotcheting one gigantic granny square meanwhile 140 cm x 140 cm about one and a half yards length and width. It should become so big that I can cut and sew a kneelenght cardigan. The middle starts with red gradually becoming dark blue. I love it but it really needs a lot of yarn.
I’m waiting on some yarn to start an April camisole. It’s hot here.
I really didn’t need to know about another great yarn source…
I finally finished my 1st pair of socks and I have 3 more pairs in progress. (Cuff down, knitting in pairs). My progress was slowed by an incident involving chewed up bamboo double points last month. I know which cat did it, but she hasn’t confessed! I woke up this morning thinking of the next pair and now I want the sock yarn in the photo lol
wow those yarn matches to the book covers are great.
At the moment my main way of using up yarn is weaving with it. but at the moment the weaving work is on hold… So the stash just seems to go forever.
it heard the words “live long and prosper” and has brainwashed me into being is stash building slave🤣
Though I’m using the off cuts from those projects as well as general sewingvoff cuts to do crazing quilting patching, to try to use up all of the little scraps I save up. so a slightly different stash is reducing…sort of
I love to see all of your knitting projects. I liked to listen to all your books on audio while I knit. I am working on a blanket by Tin Can Knits.
Congratulations on the mention! Very cool! The sweater is awesome! It’so impressive! I’m sure Kid 2 will love it. I can’t wait to see what you create next!
Currently working on, one Oslo sweater, one Lovenote sweater, one April Cardigan and a sashiko sampler. Jumping from one project to the next as the motivation arrives 🙂
I’ve been on a hat kick – I’m in two groups that knit for charity – and finished my 11th hat yesterday and will finish a 12th one today, If you are on Ravelry, you can see the hats here, https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/52-hat-challenge/4311414/51-75#53 (I’m AsMezgeja on Ravelry).
Just finished three art quilts that I started in workshops last month.
Honorary BDH!!
How nice that Arly and Kinsey recognize great books and lively yarns!
I have been looking at FabelDesigns on IG, but haven’t pressed into. her retro esthetic as yet; but that top looks fabulous! Am finishing up an Ixchel cowl in honor the solar eclipse (and to gear up for making the Ixchel sweater) both are Catherine Clark designs.
Love the sweater, especially the cable tummy band. The princess scoop band looks nice, too. My daughter would love it! (Wonder if I can fake it without the pattern? But thanks for sharing the pattern origin.) And how amazing to have yarn colors to match your book covers!
The sweater is beautiful! Currently I am working on a self striping prayer shawl and a bias shawl with scrap yarn. Not to mention the 30+ dishcloths I knit every year as gifts. That is mindless knitting when I need to zone out.
As a member of the BDH I am anxiously waiting for the next book. Any series!!
Beautiful sweater! I’m working on a cross-stitch for my partner that says “you’re awesome, keep that **it up” and adding his name at the beginning and maybe some other flourishes to the design. (a small lift of the imagination will fill in those **.)
Not a yarn addict, but decided to try this: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/1897-butterick-cycling-sweater-victorian
So far I’ve finished the front!
I just bought a skein of light blue cashmere lace weight yarn as a splurge souvenir on a trip to Italy, and now I need a pattern. I think it will be a small shawl. I haven’t knit lace in a long time so I’m a little scared. Also, I have collection of shawls that I’ve made over the years, and while I loved making them, I never wear them. Maybe I need a different idea? 🤣
I just finished a couple of sweaters and some blankets in different sizes for my niece who just had a baby. It came almost 3 weeks early, so I had to get things shipped out soonest. Still intend to make a stuffed animal with clothes from the Little Cotton Rabbits collection, probably a rabbit or badger. I love making those. Funny story–I made a blanket 10 years ago for another niece and just as I finished making it, she changed her nursery colors, so I had to make a different one. Good news, the colors fit right in with the newest baby’s room! Good thing I held onto that blanket for 10 years. I knew it would be perfect for someone some day!
The sweater is cute and I like the ribbing. Is that a cable pattern in the ribbing? I’m knitting the Mey Camisole by Creadia Studios (for Mom).
Beautiful work! I admire people who create beautiful knitted items. I’ve tried to learn a few times, but my ‘creations’ just end up big yarn messes! That’s ok though…I can scratch my creative itch with drawing, painting, or cooking. I still love hand-knitted items though…as long as they weren’t created by my hands! 😂
Thanks for asking – yes yes yes. Knitting is the best. It gives me active hands and frees up my mind. I’m also a fan of knitting along with Netflixing, listening to audiobooks, or straight-up reading my Kindle when it’s miles of stockinette.
Right now I’m on the home stretch with Dingly Dell, a rugby tee pattern in fingering weights of pink and orange (aka carnation and pumpkin). The dark navy Kumulus tee is on hold while I decide whether to make it long-sleeved. It’s in Holstgarn Coast held double, and now the body is complete, I’m certain it’s too dang hot for Atlanta.
The most fun is swatching for a light and dark gray stripe cardigan. I’m on swatch #5 and I think I’ve found the perfect Goldilocks combo of yarns – the right weights and colors in the correct amounts; Camper superfine in Graphite Heather, and Sunday Knits sport Angelic in Smoke.
Same with possible patterns. Under consideration are ShipShape and Livresque.
I’ve been listening to The Wilmington Years and Emerald Blaze and watching The Night Agent. Love that a home state yarn company was inspired by your work!
I have multiple projects in various stages. I fall out of love with a yarn, but hope the spark will reignite in cooler weather, or I need a break from a frustrating pattern, or when I know I will have to frog it but want the project to be cold before I rip it back. It’s less painful.
I’m all about the cardigan. Living in the deep south, I have had to learn to avoid worsted, no matter how gorgeous, though my daughter in Taos gleefully wears those knits.
TL;dr: hooray for HA inspired yarns! Knitting is magic. I’m making summer weight tees and swatching for a light winter cardi.
Just finished a shawl from Expression Fiber Arts yarn in the softest, softest wool. Feels great to knit and wear. Mostly do hats for Warm Up America charity in knit or crochet. Just now learning Tunisian crochet. Very fun. And I love the books and the yarn. Simply gorgeous. The sweater you knit – beautiful!