ravelry and instagram roundup
Come August, you can definitely feel a change happening here in Maine. The nights and mornings are cooler, the days noticeably shorter, the summer vibe waning and folks settling into a more relaxed state of mind before the busy-ness of fall kicks in. However...the last few drops of summer are still plenty hot to keep the heavy-duty knitwear safely stowed and off of bodies and needles :)
Linen is still going strong on Ravelry! Check out Mel Ski's now completed collection 6 Bits: Wander, which focuses on both Sparrow and Kestrel (even combining the two into one design!). Here are some new and so lovely designs in our linen yarns:
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1. Shelter Cove Cowl by Lee Juvan in Sparrow |
2. Waterfront Dress by Cecily Glowik MacDonald in Kestrel (photos by Carrie Bostick Hoge) |
3. Edie Tee by Isabell Kraemer in Sparrow (photos by grasflecken) |
More and more sweet hats are popping up!
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4. Edgewater Tam by Elizabeth McCarten in Lark (and...if you're wondering about those adorable mitts, Elizabeth says they are due for release on Rav in a couple of weeks! |
5. Little Sprout Bonnet by Melissa LaBarre in Osprey |
6. Pixie Filigrane Hat by Elizabeth Brassard in Puffin |
And, Quince is getting some love in print as well: from left to right, these designs are being published in knit.purl, pompom quarterly, and a new book by Romi Hill, New Lace Knitting: Designs for Wide Open Spaces.
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7. Tweed Scarf Jacket by Deborah Helmke in Owl Tweet |
8. Oak Crest Hat by Maisie Howarth in Lark |
9. Oak Flat Road Shawl by Romi Hill in Tern (it's a big shawl. I could only get in this little detail, my favorite part...) |
On Instagram, I'm loving the stash shots! I do love playing "name that color", especially since lighting, screen settings, and camera lens can really affect what the color looks like on any given device...
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1. @apicturebookmind So much potential! Chickadee in Clay one of our most popular colors, Clay. |
2. @frida_bre Tea and Tern, perfect. Looks like at least Syrah and Popham are represented there at the bottom of the pile... |
3. @pineapple_phi Honey in 4 of our wool bases (L to R): Puffin, Lark, Chickadee, and Finch. |
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4. @thecolormustard Chickadee in Gingerbread. |
5. @kalleerin Willet in Dinghy. |
6. @kacielu This Finch is destined for this project...can't wait to start seeing the WIP shots of this!! Looks like Egret, Clay, Bosc, and...Kittywake? |
If all of these stash photos make you as hungry as I am for a new project, we have a KAL happening right now on our Ravelry group! You can still join our Top Down KAL, which runs through October 1st. As always, your FO may win you a $50 gift certificate to quinceandco.com, we end up with a large crop of newly knitted goodies to drool over, and of course we connect and share tips and ideas for making our projects wonderful. Don't forget to tag your projects! #topdownkal2015
See you there!
xoxo, jerusha
