Sunday, August 29, 2010
WRAPUANA!
Hannah wears the wrapuana in the garden
I know summer's on the wane when the hydrangeas begin taking over the garden. I confess, I'm a bit free-range as a gardener, too: plant and let grow, resort to trimming only when said plants narrow the paths and stairways to a small tunnel suitable for squirrels and birds. After watching my friends get drenched just by passing a dew-soaked holly lining our stairs, I knew pruning time had arrived. Still, it takes that much to galvanize me into action.
But, I degress. This entry is about the Wrapuana, finally ready for purchase. As you may recall, I knit this one as a way to indulge myself in the colors of Santa Fe but the resulting wrap has turned into quite a cozy fall cloak perfect for Northern climes. It's wide enough to form sleeves with fronts perfectly happy to be tossed over a shoulder while bits of short rowing here and there sparks up the interest along edges and the yoke. Use it as a cloak for chillier days. It's a definate hybrid: not awrap and not a ruana but a combination of both. Think easy to knit with three rectangles and a pick-up-and-knit yoke. Dispense with the short rows and go with garter or drop stitch. The options are limitedless.
Note hydrangeas encroaching everywhere
The back yoke
Posted by Jane on 08/29 at 08:56 AM
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Monday, August 23, 2010
NOVA SCOTIA YARNSCAPING
A KINGSPORT, NOVA SCOTIA, YARNSCAPE
Yarnscaping is an idea I had a few years back based on the concept of making little kits of gourmet yarn centering on a specific theme, scene, concept or evocation. It is, after all, the way I knit and knitters keep requesting the exact yarns used in a certain project. To compile all the yarns I often use, which sometimes equals as many as 25 different kinds, would be so labor-intensive that no one would ever be able to afford the results. Winding all those yarns into delectable little balls takes time. And then there's my gourmet tastes in silks and diva yarns to consider…..
But, I thought, what if I offer starter kits? If you recall how the art of baking sometimes features starter recipes for cakes where all the cook need do is add their own staple ingredients—milk, flour, eggs—and stir for the magic to happen. My new Yarnscape Starter Kits work on the same principle. I'll be offering tasty yarn kits of mostly Fleece Artist yarns, hand-picked in evocative color combos along with beads for embellishment, enough yan for a large scarf or a small wrap or even a vest. Just add your own plain yarns and—voila! The kit can expand to nearly anything you want to make with all the knock-out yarns available to lift your knitting from the ordinary to the extraordinary!
Burnished Grape with amber and amethyst
Each kit contains up to approximately 350 yards of yarn and contains mostly silk plus combination yarns of my own creation. We're still working on getting them ready but they should be on sale here soon!
Posted by Jane on 08/23 at 07:32 AM
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