Wolle's yarn

Some of the members of the Wild Ramp Knitting Group are either buying or working with a very fine yarn that they buy from a lady on-line.  It is quite lovely.  I tried to find it via Ravelry, but I was unsuccessful.  However, a google search brought her products up on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WollesYarnCreations

Just did not want to loose this thought.  Below is a photo of the scarf that Sally is working on in this yarn.  It is on relatively small needles:

In July Sally wore a scarf that she had made in pale colors in the Wolles from a pattern called Reverse Psychology.  I found the pattern on my computer using the name.  Sally said that she made it on size 7 needles which is larger than the pattern calls for.

I also found a pattern on Ravelry called

rmyers' Winterfell MKAL

that was particularly pretty and gives a feeling for the color change.

Another pattern that caught my attention with the Wolle's is

PrlngGurl's Ingrid's Inky Wolle's Shawl

on Revelry.

and

punk conformity's Shaelyn

also on Ravelry

and Siesta Sand using the pattern Frisson by Brittany Wilson.

Jaunt to Lexington

I traveled to Lexington, Ky today with Sally and Kelly.  I only hope that both of them had as much fun as I did.  It was very special.   It was a knitting extravaganza.

First stop was Magpie Knitting shop.
513 E. High Street
Lexington, KY 
859-455-7437

The class was on Brioche Knitting.  I definitely found the class to be worth the time to have help in interpreting the terms that were used.  I loved the yarn that I bought from Jane (the owner) for the project.  It is a Rowan yarn:

One skein is golden while the other is a darker brown.  I chose them for their softness as we were making cowls.  Below is a photo of what I knitted during the class.  Both skeins were somewhat variegated.....well at least not solid in color.  I am using size 10 needles.  I just bought my first set of Addi Turbo needles because the needles that I was using caught at my yarn in the spot where the needle joins with the plastic cording.

Jane's store is lovely.  She has organized it in a way that is very appealing.  For example in the wool section, the top bins are very fine wools working down to the third bins which are worsted weight and on down to the floor bins that are the heaviest wools.  Then each section is organized by color.  So it is very easy to choose yarns that will work well together.  

I found a couple of baby sweaters that I particularly liked.  Jane does not carry patterns at all since everyone is getting their patterns via Revelry and on-line sources.  But she helped me to locate the pattern for one of the sweaters:

Puerperium Cardigan by Kelly Booker and Beyond Puerperium found on Ravelry

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/puerperium-cardigan

Here is Jane's version:

There were a couple more baby sweaters that were charming.  We didn't talk about the patterns nor the yarn.  I believe that I recognize the patterns.

There was one more yarn that I looked at that I want to note.  It was a heathered yarn that was on sale for 40% off.  It was quite lovely.  I can not remember the name.  But Jane had a sweater knitted in the yarn and it was quite soft.  

And one last comment on this shop.  Jane had a cardigan on that I liked a lot.  She had knitted it from yarn from Quince.   Here is probably the best photo of it on Ravelry:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/featherweight-cardigan

I found myself looking all day at yarns that might be pretty knitted in this pattern.

Next we visited two other yarn shops in Lexington.  Both were very nice and each had their very own special attributes.  I did not buy much.  I liked both shops.  Google Yarn shops in Lexington to find addresses.  I did buy shawl closures in The Stitch Niche (180 Moore Drive  859-277-2604).  Kelly was our champion shopper in ReBelle (225 Rosemont Garden  859-389-9750).  Probably my very favorite thing in this shop was the darling skeins of yarn displayed as flowers in flower vases....wish I had taken a photo of them!

Next was lunch at Joseph-Beth Booksellers....good choice.  Although our waiter was a bit "spacey"....

And the day ended up with a visit to a yarn shop in Nicholasville:

I had to hold onto my check book to keep from buying an entire basket of yarn in this store:

This photo does not do this basket of yarn justice.  They are GORGEOUS!  All of the yarns in the basket are natural colors from Kentucky yarn sources.  Oh, my gosh!  I wanted to buy the entire basket to set on my coffee table!

Some of the other yarns that enticed me were as pictured below.  I have been on a buying spree all winter or I would not have had the self control to have gone home to think about the purchases.  

And below a very nice yarn that Sally bought that is similar in use to the Noro yarn that we have been buying for the twined hat, but is less expensive and equally pretty:

A very pretty baby sweater that I liked:

The photo of the specs did not turn out very well...however I remember that the sweater was made from Berroco Comfort....a easy care non-wool yarn.  

And a couple of more yarns that I liked in this shop:

Great Day!  Lots of ideas!  

Scarf for the Twins

This pattern just made up from yarn leftover from the sweaters that I had made them before....knit every row to measure ....can't remember how many inches....add here..... and then added fringe....

Possible projects with the Cascade Souk yarn that I just bought

I bought some yarn from a website this weekend that is sold by Cascade Yarns called Souk.  I bought two skeins .....each skein is 220 yards.  I have chosen some projects on Ravelry that may be appropriate.  I tried but could not figure out how to make this easy on that site.  These are all projects that use size #8 needles:

Moose River by Stephen West
Colormatic by Michelle Hunter
Simply Knit Moebius
Calm Seas Cowl By Julie Witt
Tanner Cowl By Amy Christoffers
Bajada By Berocco
Downtown Cowl
Spring Mobius Cowl by Haley Waxberg
Fisherman's Cowl by Carol Sunday
Easy and Awesome Scarf
Feels Like Fall
Half Linene Stich-ish Cowl
9 drops scarf by Katie Rempe
Cables and Ribs Cowl by Kim Voison
I stopped on page 20 with a list of about 40 pages that came up when I used the description:
scarf/needle size 5mm/weight worsted

Prayer Shawl

Our knitting group agreed to make prayer shawls this fall.  I am almost finished with mine.  I am not that excited about the finished product.  It is too heavy for my idea of a shawl.  But I am going to finish it and turn it in.  The next time that I make such an article, I would either like for it to be prettier or at least not so heavy.  We were given directions to follow that are below the photo

I plant to add a crocheted border in green....and if this happens, I'll post the finished product at the end of this blog post.  

The project calls for 555 yards of yarn and needle size 11 or 13.  

Cast on stitches in multiples of threes....54, 57, 60..

First row K3, P3 to end.  Second row:  knit the purls and purl the knits.  

Knit until the piece measures 57 to 58 inches long.  Bind off with a knit row. Finish with fringe. 

Peru

I almost certainly will be going to Peru in the near future.  In preparation for a trip to Lima and environs, I am going to start adding ideas.

Martha Hood sent me the following information about a store/yarn that she purchased in Cusco.  She says that the store has high quality ready to wear as well as yarn.

Stash

My stash is CRAZY!  We who knit or do hand work always have a stash.  It is the opposite of organized.  Here are some hints to make using up the stash easier:

Love Knitting sent an e-mail today with a link to a way to check the yarn weight of any and all yarns in the stash:

http://blog.loveknitting.com/how-to-figure-out-yarn-weight/?utm_content=12&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=071015_HALLOWEEN_NA&utm_source=Loveknitting&omhide=true