This month I’ve come across some new cool knitting things. I
guess I’ve spent too much time on Raverly. With my last blog post of the month,
I want to share some of those things with you.
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| We Are So Very Pretty colorway |
Yarn
Nerd Girl Yarns. I have a friend who loves Firefly, so when I came across
Nerd Girl Yarns, I couldn’t wait to share it with her. Nerd Girl Yarns names
their colorways with lines from Firefly. I read the names to my friend, and she
knew exactly what episode they came from. Beyond the moment of bonding I had
with my friend, the colorways are lovely. Nerd Girl Yarns is on my yarn bucket
list.
Techniques
Lifted Increase. This week, I learned how to knit a lifted
increase. It was pretty simple once I practiced a little. I needed to learn it
for the Skew socks I’m working on. Here is a video.
Overdying yarn. I think most knitters have a skein or two of
yarn that captured our attention in the skein but ending up being not so
exciting in the cake. I have a skein of purple sock yarn like that. I made a
pair of socks, but didn’t like the color pattern. So I, being the geek that I
am, researched overdying yarn. It was way more simple than I thought. I’ll be
making my attempt next week.
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| Miss Terry by Kyla Hurst |
Patterns
Miss Terry. What a cool name! My lovely knitting friend, Jill hipped me to
this pattern. It is so me. I love working on lace and I have plenty of DK in my
stash to work with. Can’t wait to start this. Isn't it every girl's dream to wear herself?
Raverly Groups
For the Love of Darcy. For those who don’t know, I am a huge Jane Austen fan. And
once again, my knitting friend Jill suggested the Raverly group, For the Love
of Darcy (Pride and Prejudice is my favorite Jane Austen book). Right now,
there’s a discussion of which Darcy (Firth or Macfadyen) looked better wet.
Hilarious!
What cool new knitting stuff have you come across?
2 comments:
I love your blog! In the spirit of books and movies and since my fave movie is Jaws I think I will search for some Beach inspired yarns that would help my knitting skills.
That movie scared me to death with I was little! I thought Jaws was going to come out of the drain and eat me in the bathtub :)
But I do love the beach. Let me know if you find some beach inspired yarn because...well, you can never have too much lovely yarn.
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