You may have noticed something new… I’ve changed the name of my blog! I won’t bore you with details…suffice to say that I like this much better. I’m happy as a clam.
Here’s another ‘Something New’. I’ve been looking at this yarn on the shelf for a few months now thinking “meh”. I don’t generally care for woven yarns so I found it entirely uninspiring. With Twist coming up at the end of the month, I figured I better whip up a sample, inspired or not. I nipped over to Quince & Co. and found this: Hudson. I pulled out a few skeins of Kestrel and started in. Surprise, surprise! I love it!
It knits like a tape rather than a woven (which makes me happy) and the drape is wonderful. It is 100% organic linen and when knitted at a slightly-looser-than-normal gauge, has a soft, supple hand. The colors are amazing, which is true of all Quince’s yarns. Turns out, our shop is to be one of Quince’s Canadian flagship stores! I’m pretty excited about that…I’ve been dying to try the Puffin and the Owl.
I’ve been gradually re-vamping my poor down-trodden Ravelry page, one little bit at a time. I’m still waaaaaay behind with regard to projects, but I do have 3 new patterns! The latest is my sock recipe, “Super Socks 1-2-3” which I published yesterday. Born of much trial and error, I’m hoping it will take some of the ‘scary’ out of sock knitting.
I’ve got a package waiting at the post office! I know it’s my Ella Rae Sport, which I’ll be using for my new Moonstone cardigan. Of course, I’ll have to wait til 5 to pick it up…can’t wait! Have a great weekend 😀
Nicky
Change is good so cheers to the new blog name! 😀
Cheryl
Thanks! I think it will be fun 🙂