Finally I can share something from my list!

10.    Finish design & mail said design to one of my all time favorite yarn companies for upcoming webletter...check.

 

It was so much fun designing this little neck wrap for Classic Elite Yarns. I love the Soft Linen and even though light pink is not a good color for my complexion, I will be picking out a color soon and knitting one for myself. Let me know if anyone thinks a particular color would be nice for me. You can find the Soft Linen colors here.  I can't wait to see what you think.

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Coming soon...


in this book...


I am so excited that these mittens are in this new book. Cascade 220 is such a great yarn and these mittens were really fun to design. Sixth&Spring Books is currently taking preorders, so check it out!

I was able to have a reunion with the mittens at TNNA recently and I am looking forward to knitting another pair soon for myself.

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My own #27



Pattern:     Vogue Knitting, Fall 2009 #27 Fair Isle Collar Jacket
Yarn:         Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed Chunky 4 sks #03 cobalt
                 Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed Aran 3 sks #15 charcoal and 1 each of #11 moss,
                 #21 magenta, #19 midnight, #7 natural
Needles:    US 10 1/2 (6.5 mm) 32" & 16" circular and US 8 (5.0 mm) 24" circular

My own #3


Pattern:   Knit Simple Magazine, Holiday 2009, #3 Cabled Shrug
Yarn:      Cascade Venezia Worsted  2 sks #174 Mulberry
Needles: US 8 (5.0 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm)

I used a worsted weight yarn for my shrug and held it single instead of double and it only took 2 sks. I had the hardest time trying to find something to go with this dress. It was so hard to find the right color. I love this yarn and the color is just perfect!

A pile of beautiful yarn awaits me. I have decided to knit another #27 in the light blue that I could not leave the shop without, but I think I may modify it a bit in a bit. Submissions are calling and new designs are brewing in my head. Back to work.

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Well, I'm a Cover Girl! I never thought in a million years that I would be on the cover of a magazine, but here I am! Well, it's not exactly me, but it is my design.


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I am very proud and excited to announce (hence the announcements camp song in the title) that one of my designs has been published in the latest Vogue Knitting Magazine, Fall 2009.

Here it is!

Pattern:     Vogue Knitting, Fall 2009 #27 Fair Isle Collar Jacket
Yarn:         Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed Chunky 4(5,6)sks #14 yellow
                 Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed Aran 3(4,4) sks #6 eggplant and 1 each of #11 green,
                 #21 magenta, #5 grape, #& natural
Needles:    US 10 1/2 (6.5 mm) 32" & 16" circular and US 8 (5.0 mm) 24" circular

I am currently in the process of knitting my own #27 as the one featured in the magazine now belongs to Vogue Knitting and gets to travel around in the Fall 2009 trunk show. Oh, the places it will go! As soon as Sarah brought the yarn into the shop, I picked the color I wanted for the main body of the sweater



and the colors for the collar. Of course, since then, I have gone through about 10 different color variations for the collar!

I also have helped several friends and customers at the shop pick out their colors and can't wait to share photos of all the jackets when they are finished. And yes, I am extremely flattered that all of these people want to knit my design.

Back to my jacket though, because really this all about me, right? My color is all picked out (blue of course), I complete the main body of the jacket (as shown in the picture above), change my mind about the colors for the collar again and finally ask Sarah to order more colors of the Aran, so I can have more choices than the 50 that are already at the shop (ok exaggeration). Now the jacket sits, waiting for the new colors to arrive, so I can be completely satisfied that the right choices have been made.

And then, the backordered colors of the chunky come in and in the mix is this color that is so tempting that I fell down on it right away. My knitting friends and I never say, "Hey, I bought some new yarn today and I just love it." Instead we say, "I had an accident at the shop today and fell down on some yarn and luckily was unharmed, because the yarn cushioned my fall." 

Here is the new color. Notice it is also a shade of blue. Shocker, huh!?



Hmmmm, what to do? Rip the first jacket and buy more skeins of that color, so I have enough to knit something else and then knit #27 with the new color that I just cannot live without?

or knit both of them, so that I have two #27 jackets?

What to do? What to do? Thoughts anyone?...

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