Fair Cotton Craft

I love an unusual self-striping situation, and the new organic Fair Cotton Craft form Katia is just that. The pretty combination of pastel stripes and the natural base initially caught my eye, and then I looked into what the yarn does!

Pic borrowed from Rav project page.

Katia has a few patterns available for download, including the sweet freebie Just-One-Cake Baby Blanket that uses...yup, just one cake. There is also this free (but not Katia) crochet blanket that would be perfect in this yarn.

Pic borrowed from Rav project page.

I am also wishing that I still had a child small enough to justify knitting this Just One Cake Kid's Sweater, which is written for size 6. This pattern is not free, but I think it's only a few dollars to download. Maybe I'll knit it anyway and find a 6 year old who needs a rainbow sweater.

Pic borrowed from Rav pattern page.

Rainbows and organic cotton...this would be a perfect summer project!

Eye Candy

Socks on the brain! Check out the new self-striping stuff from Lang.

Each ball has a little spool of nylon reinforcing thread for the toes and heels. How thoughtful! Check out those cool stripe patterns.

Eye Candy Monday

I'm loving these single row stripes in garter stitch. Almost done with my third little hat in Cotton Supreme. These cuties will be at the shop soon!

Socks on Tiny Needles

The sock knitting has begun. We have some 9" circular needles in small sizes (US0, 1, and 2) to get you over that hump of starting a sock. No DPNs or multiple needles or magic loop to juggle! Just like starting a hat or a sweater or anything. I am very excited to see this sock progress. I think we have all the colors in the shop now.

There is also talk of some crazy combinations for the Rose City Rollers sock pattern. I'm not sure what the final verdict was, but there will be crazy toes with a (maybe?) less crazy body.

Who knows what the crazy knitters will do, but the tiny needles have us starting socks!