holla!

so, i went completely insane and started the green shawl over - again.  new yarn and completely new stitch pattern for the bottom half.  after all that extra work, i thought i should include some charts with the pattern just to make myself go totally bonkers.  it’s working by the way and the pattern will have to wait until the end of next week.  puhhh.

you know what isn’t waiting until the end of next week?  MEETING POINT.  she’s the soft little babe in the bottom left corner there…

(Holla Knits Spring/Summer Collection 2013)

allyson pulled together an amazing collection and it will be released on monday, april 15th on ravelry - check out all the delicious details at holla knits! or at allyson’s home blog, the sweatshop of love.

happy weekend xo

ravelry link time!

riga sweater

shrinking cables shawl

baume socks

pat baby vest & soaker

margareta

maxfield cardigan - is this the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen!?

cat’s mane - HA!  for the boy….

botanical garden shawl

link - not a new pattern but, MAN!  i love it.

good weekend, all! xo

this is a weekly list of recently added items to ravelry.

i link them because i love them.

i look for articles with superb fit or drape & clever shaping, textures, and patterns. my hope is that i connect a knitter with a fantastic pattern they may not have noticed on their own as well as offer support, encouragement, and yes, even some free promotion for the hard working designers.

enjoy

ravelry link time & link swap folks

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boardwalk

575

643

645

fledge shawl - i actually loved this so much i knit it this week!  check out mine here

yana’s lace shawl

a quartet of headbands

this is a weekly list of recently added items to ravelry.

i link them because i love them.

i look for articles with superb fit or drape & clever shaping, textures, and patterns. my hope is that i connect a knitter with a fantastic pattern they may not have noticed on their own as well as offer support, encouragement, and yes, even some free promotion for the hard working designers.

enjoy

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have you checked out some of the banners over there ——->

you should if you haven’t yet.

first of all, if you’re into cute & crafty chicks who are brave enough to make avocado ice cream and eat it, you really must go visit kristin.  i’m falling in love with her beautiful blog Kalanag.

i was blown away when i visited the pink weasel shop, too.  that cecile is an amazing illustrator & her blog is gorgeous.  i could spend hours browsing her goods… magnifique!

ravelry link time!

there is a phenomenon with us humans. in art it’s called a movement. i call it a universal consciousness . it’s really quite fantastic when you think about it & no matter how different or isolated or geographically displaced from each other we are, sometimes it happens and there is a global click.

i had seen a lot of little girl’s dresses with these longer backs and i said to my dear friend mare, “i want to knit a sweater sort of like that. you know, not as big and stuff ‘cause it would be a sweater.” and she said “that’s a great idea! i’ve seen those, too. you should totally do it.” (i’m not sure what we actually said, but this is pretty close.)

so, i did & i even wrote the pattern and took some goofy pictures and sent it off into the inter-web-space & BAM! everyone loved it because maybe everyone was thinking, “i wish i had a sweater that was sort of long in the back like all those little girl dresses i keep seeing, but not as much because it’s a sweater.”

then, i get on ravelry every day because i make it a habit for my friday links and i don’t want anything super fantastic to slip through the cracks and i start seeing MORE sweaters that are longer in the back (or on the side in one case) and i giggle and chuckle and laugh at the heavens because we really were all thinking that. how silly.

kittiwake socks

twist pullover (how gorgeous is this!?)

new tower

occitan

mille pertuis

baby track shorts

god’s eye mitts

longitudinal (i already knit my test sock and have yarn on the way for the real deal. this pattern is fantastic!)

zippy

worship

sunshine top

on off shawl

universal consciousness sweaters:

good sweater

5200K

spencer

… and i’m sure there are more on the drawing boards & soon to come.

this is a weekly list of recently added items to ravelry.

i link them because i love them.

i look for articles with superb fit or drape & clever shaping, textures, and patterns. my hope is that i connect a knitter with a fantastic pattern they may not have noticed on their own as well as offer support, encouragement, and yes, even some free promotion for the hard working designers.

enjoy