HKF

It's handspun Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits are you wearing today?


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's handspun Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits are you wearing today?


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's handspun Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits are you wearing today?


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Beadlemania craft fair, kumihimo lanyard, & handspun Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits are you wearing today?


Kumihimo Lanyard


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's handspun Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits are you wearing today?


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing my go-to cardigan and socks knit with handspun yarn.


Basket Stitch Cardigan
Project details on Ravelry


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

On this second HKF of 2012, I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn and a hemp cardi.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry


Basket Stitch Cardigan
Project details on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

On 11.11.11, I'm wearing socks knit with hand spun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with hand spun.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun. They're very comforting.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

HKF

It's Hand Knit Friday! What hand knits do you have on today?

I'm wearing socks knit with handspun yarn.


Mars Mission socks
Project info on Ravelry

Where's the snowman? There's the snowman!

Remember the Snowman Illusion Mitts?


Palms


Backs


Snowmen!
Project Details on Ravelry

I was knitting them for Margit for a photo shoot and look where they ended up--in a KnitPicks Mitten Class video!



The pattern is available from the KnitPicks Independent Designer Patterns - $1.99 series: Snowman Illusion Mitten.

The mittens were quick and easy to knit and the pair used less than a skein of Palette in each color.

Interested? Click here: Snowman Illusion Mitten Pattern.

Stitches West - Friday

I'm pretty tired so here are the highlights.

• Miss Babs, 4 oz. Merino / Bamboo / Tussah Silk
  
  
  Miss Babs - Rockwall
  
  Miss Babs Hand-Dyed Yarns and Fibers
  Booths #98 & 99


• Creatively Dyed Yarn, 150 gm. Superwash Merino
  
  
  Creatively Dyed Yarn - Spirit
  
  Creatively Dyed Yarn
  Booths #819 & 918


• I helped out in the Fiber Fiend booth in the afternoon. I was happy to give Margit a break so she could finish her shopping. I talked to the shoppers as they came through and sold a few of these and a box of those. :)
  
  Fiber Fiend
  Booth #940


• It's pretty cool that so many knitters read this blog, but when I blogged about the Louet Gems on sale at Discontinued Brand Name Yarn yesterday, I didn't expect that you'd almost clean them out in a day. When I stopped by in the afternoon they asked, "Did you blog about the Louet?" I said I did and they told me that person after person came in looking for the Louet they read about on the blog. When I left today there was still some red, yellow, and a bit of orange/gold. Good job everyone!
  
  Discontinued Brand Name Yarn
  Booths #627 & 726


• Lisa, Chris and I went to the fashion show with some friends of Chris. There were some nice pieces. Swing, drape, and trapeze were recurring themes. You can image our commentary during the show--code word: "wow". Needless to say, we had a good time.

Tomorrow:

• 3-4PM: Fiber Beat Meet-up in the dining area, around the corner from
  A Verb for Keeping Warm
  Booth #1040


• 6-9PM Bobbin's Nest party
  Bobbin's Nest Studio
  1171 Homestead Rd, Ste 130
  Santa Clara

Stitches West... bring it on!

I'm excited. Can you tell??

I'm excited that I'll be around people like me, who speak my language, and who appreciate the care and effort that goes into creating, designing, teaching, and learning about all things stitches. For me, this once a year event that started out as a shopping trip has morphed into a social and learning weekend with just a tad of shopping thrown in. Just a tad.

If you're planning on visiting the Market, visit your LYS for a coupon for $2 off the admission--handing it in is a vote for your shop. If you can't get to a LYS in time or they don't have any left, you can print one out here.

Here are a few things that might not have been on your radar... until now.

• A Finn-ish sock will be on display in the Purlescence booth, probably near the Cascade Heritage yarn.
  
  
  
  Purlescence Yarns
  Booth #830
  
  Its mate will most likely be in Susanna Hansson's Lapland Hand Garments class on Friday.



• The hand-dyed, handspun Beat the Blahs hank will be for sale in the KnitWhits booth with the rest of the Humanity Handspun yarn. Look for it and give it a squeeze, it's very squooshy.
  
  
  Beat the Blahs: hand dyed fiber -> 3-ply handspun
  
  KnitWhits and
  Humanity Handspun
  Booth #96



• Friday afternoon I'll be helping the Fiber Fiend aka Margit in her booth. Stop by and say hello, she has nice hand-dyed yarn and fiber as well as a new crop of patterns for this year.
  
  Fiber Fiend
  Booth #940



• On Saturday, stop by A Verb for Keeping Warm booth to see WonderMike during the Fiber Beat Meet-up.
  
  A Verb for Keeping Warm
  Booth #1040
  Fiber Beat Meet-up from 3-4PM



• Saturday night is the Bobbin's Nest party.
  
  Bobbin's Nest Studio
  1171 Homestead Rd, Ste 130
  Santa Clara

It's Stitches West 2010--let the games begin!

FO: Snowman Illusion Mitts

A few weeks ago Margit asked for some assistance in knitting one of her designs for a photo shoot. Seeing as I had nothing else to do (said with tongue firmly planted in cheek) I volunteered.

Well, this was a fun little knit and allowed me a bit of rest from my other hand garment project which is a tad more involved.

In no time I had a pair of illusion mittens:


Palms


Backs


Snowmen!
Project Details on Ravelry

I used a new-to-me jogless jog method and it worked like a charm:


Jogless jog

I found a link to it in a discussion group on Ravelry--

Rnd 1 with new color: Work as instructed.
Rnd 2: Sl1wyib, then work the rest of the rnd as instructed.

What's going on here?

Only HKF posts with an occasional weaving post? Bad blogger.

Actually, work was overwhelming for weeks. Our year-end was at the end of October and the madness started a few weeks before and continued for a few weeks after. So one month out of three is a trial and year-end is the worst.

Work is still stressful, but not as crazy as it was before. And what's up with Thanksgiving being next week? Goodness I'm not ready for the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's rush because guess what comes after that? Quarter-end!

I have been knitting though. It's necessary in order to retain a shred of sanity through all of this.

Here's what's been happening on the knitting front--

• 1 new pattern knit in 2 sizes and submitted for publication.
  *fingers crossed*
  


• 4 chemo caps--a beanie, a hat with fold up brim, a slouchy beret, and a turban. Patterns for the first 3 need to be finished.
  


• Another FO which cannot be shared at this time.
  


• Snowman Illusion Mitts designed by Fiber Fiend
  
  Snowman Illusion Mitts
  

4 chemo caps? Yes, unfortunately. I'm knitting them for friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

More about Halloween and kitchen crafts coming soon.