snow pixie...

it started with a skein of 100% angora--a 10 gram ball of fluff that I simply couldn't resist...

...how could I?

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the snow pixie...a hat for baby

just in time for the holidays, this wee pixie cap knits up quickly and makes the perfect gift for the snow pixies in your life...

it takes just two skeins of plymouth yarn's angora!

pattern will be available december 7th

look for it on ravelry

or at the mendocino yarn shop

oh! the colors!

my little coastal garden is filled with color inspiration these days...

I have been marveling, in particular, at the common alstroemerias that grow like weeds along a rustic fence just outside my kitchen door...

most of them are pink, but occasionally we get one that is gloriously orange...

and with that blue, blue, blue sky of early summer?

even these ordinary lilies become breathtaking...

of course, the temptation to knit with these colors was too great...

isager alpaca merino 2 from 

my favorite yarn shop...

pretty darn yummy, eh?

instant baby sweater...

the pattern for the 

wheeee...instant baby sweater

is almost ready!

pattern will include two sizes and a hat...

this is a fabulous 

instant gratification project

look for it soon!

wheeeeee...

there's a new yarn at my favorite yarn shop...

ushuaia, from the spanish company katia,is a super-bulky, thick-and-thin yarn that is wildly fun...

not my usual style, this yarn, but the happy colors were calling out, "knit me!"

and so, that evening, I made a baby sweater...

at a gauge of 2 stitches per inch, 
it flew off the needles...

thus, the name...

wheeee

pattern will be available soon!

cotton with wool...

a new yarn has arrived at my favorite yarn store...

Geilsk

 bomuld (cotton) og (and) uld (wool)

had to give it a try...

though I am making a hat as a sample,

I do think a sweater is in order!

this yarn seems to be ideal 

for our coastal summers...

a lovely, light cotton fingering

tempered and warmed by the 

magic that is 

wool