The following was in my email box this morning. It is so much fun to see my work emailed back to me!
Of the following pictures, I designed the fisherman sweater (on the cover) and the red, white and blue liberty cap. Both are easy projects, but fulfilling to knit and wear. I encourage you to follow the links, check out the issue and order it today!
Travel from the South Pole to the North Pole with Knitting Traditions Spring 2015View in browser »
Welcome to the Amazing Adventures edition of Knitting Traditions! It's all about explorers and adventurers--some were attempting to reach the North or the South Pole, others to circumnavigate the globe. Not all of them were men.
Join Angharad Thomas as she examines the exploits of a number of famous explorers, including Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton. You will learn about explorer Josephine Peary who traveled with her husband, Robert Peary, to the Arctic in 1891. Travel back in time with Jackie Ronne who became the first American woman to reach Antarctica, with knitting needles and yarn in tow.
And then there is the simply incredible Jeanne Baret. This brave woman circumnavigated the globe during a sixteen-month journey. Many other compelling stories and twenty-one stand-out projects-socks, sweaters, mittens and gloves, hats and balaclava, a scarf, and a shawl-await you.
This project has been cooking a looooong time. But, finally, it's time has come!
Next Friday, Heather Ordover's knitting book Defarge Does Shakespeare is being released digitally, with the paperback copy being released two weeks later. I have two patterns and two articles in it! It is a super fun book, chock full of a side variety of knitwear patterns and geeky Shakespeare stuff! If you sign up for the email news blasts, you will receive freebies and keep up to date on the release info. It is found at: http://eepurl.com/ER0hT
My two patterns (test knit by Marcy Prochaska and Anna Packer)
Petard Pants
Petard Pants, 2
The Ravel'd Sleeve of Care
Ravel'd Sleeve of Care, 2
Aren't they all sweet? If you follow the link in the text above, you can view ALL the patterns in the book. I'm so excited. Join me on the newsletter list, and please like the patterns if you are on Ravelry!
Despite being a foot down and bleary brained, it was good to finish up some lingering projects. The biggest was a quilt I had started quite awhile ago. The top is finished now (with one more border beyond the one pictured), and I have taken it to Julie Boldry to be quilted. She is in the process of opening a new quilt shop in the area named The Scarlet Thread Quilt Company. It is four miles east of Caston High School.
All pictured here except the last border.
My first I finished, however, was some lovely yarn I spun at the Spinning retreat in Ancilla.
Just plying my time
a merino/tencel blend, two-ply yarn
Since then, I've finished up a third skein. Now to decide what to do with it!
Thankfully, I was also able to finish a shawl I've had on the needles for quite awhile. It is a gift for a dear friend's daughter. Haruni, and found on Ravelry.
Also, a pair of angora bootees for a sweet young couple with their first baby girl.
One hour bootees from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
And now, I should go read the book I saw at the library... Toodle-oo, campers!
