0-6 Mo Free baby sock pattern

Adorable Ian again, in his cute panda soy baby socks (color is Cocoa Mint) .














Also shown here are the same socks in Maizy Earth color.




and now you can knit the free pattern Crystal Palace Baby Socks

by the way - Ian in the photo is 15 pounds and 5 mo old... grandma Beth, member of the Crystal Palace Knit-Team, said that the socks were perfect as there was even a little "room to grow".

blessings, :L

ps the pattern is designed for fingering-wt sock yarns, such as Panda Soy, Maizy, Panda Cotton,
and i think Panda Wool and Panda Silk [knitting those now]. You can easily knit it with #2 us needles, or #1.5 depending on what you need for gauge.
remember, babies don't walk! so their socks don't have to be super-dense to stand wear...
just need to be adorable!

............. hmmm. the socks could be plain - the babies are the adorable ones!

blessings, :L

ps there is also a pretty lacey panda silk baby sock on the site at www.straw.com - free patterns!

May news!! New Kits coming!

What do i have OTN: "on the needles"?
I am doing another version of the sock in these exciting new kits!!

These are pics of the NEW Crystal Palace kits called "Crazy8".
This one is Panda Wool, and is my own knit.
This is a picture of Samantha's model in Panda Cotton.
And this is a picture of Beth's knit model also using Panda Wool.

The plan is to make kits with Panda Cotton, Panda Wool, Maizy, and later Panda Soy!!

The kits will include 5 Crystal Palace DPN plus and 1 full skein of the MC, and enough of 4-5 coordinated colors wound off to make ANY woman's size, and a man's small-to-medium size!!

And i promise it is fun fun fun!!
blessings, :L
ps i also posted this on my own blog SiriusKnitting

What's New and Blue?

Panda Wool colors

Cute Marcelo in new vest

wonderful shrug with great details


All of the pictures here are from the "what's new" page at CPY -
What'sNewatCrystalPalaceYarns
so you can go check them out.

Once i finish putting up "blue blue what's new" - i will move among the various free patterns
found here Free Patterns at Crystal Palace Yarns and show you socks and shawls and sweaters and hats and bags and ... you name it!

blessings, :L

Kay's socks!

Hi -
this colorway is just gorgeous, isn't it?
Kay (TMM14) knit them with ultramarine Panda wool.
The pattern is by sockbug, and is called River Rapids

Good luck Kay!

I Love Gansey

Another entry for the March contest!!

This pretty thing is by Noella - panda wool, ultramarine, and it uses the "I love gansey" pattern from the "Six_Sox" knitalong group.
If you want to see more - look for Noallitin on Ravelry or on Flickr!

blessings, :L

horcrux

This pretty sock was knit by Adrienne Fong with Panda wool.
see blog bellybuttonknits

Adrienne is a talented designer who's pretties are on the free sock pages at
CrystalPalace.

ps this is entry #3 for march

bianca's 2nd march entry

This sock is a design by Bianca Becker, and uses Panda wool


This is the sock design that will be in the next Friendly Socks book.
Bianca's blog is Lansingerland

Bianca's socks

Hi folks
this is entry #1 in the March is for Aqua [or green] CPY contest.

The sock is by Bianca Becker, whose blog is lansingerland!

The lovely design is called "Jerry"

Bianca's sock was knit with Panda Wool Panda Wool Color card

blessings, :L

the countdown on Pink is for February Lottery so far

1. Susi S, with panda silk socks

2. Kenyatta, with dragonfly in bamboozle

3. KyleAnn, with kid merino shawl

4. Adrienne, with her Menehune socks in PandaCotton/Panda Wool

5. Rachel and the fuchsia PC socks for her daughter

6. Kala and her sable PC headband

7. Adrienne's newest sock with the pink daisies

** 8. coming soon KyleAnn's pink puffin cabled socks

***9. another Kala - strawberry-lime PC socks [asking permission to post now]

blessings, :L

Pink is for Patternworks and Adrienne Fong

These pretty "Menehune" socks Menehune socks Free pattern were designed and knit by Adrienne Fong Bellybutton Knits, using Panda Cotton and they work equally well with Panda wool.

What's even neater is that the socks were featured in the most recent patternworks catalog on the 2-page crystal palace spread and i'm so happy they picked her! (maybe my turn will come one of these days ... slightly off-topic but WHY is "envy" green?)



Adrienne is entry # 4 in our Pink is for February contest!

blessings, :L

More Socks .... Thinking Pink!

These first two pics are of the Menehune sock (featured in the newest Patternworks catalog!) and designed by Adrienne Fong for either Panda Wool or Panda Cotton.

The lovely Crystalline Lattice socks by Janice Kang are knit in Panda Wool
The Peppermint Panda sock here is my design (Laura A- SiriusKnitting) featuring Panda Cotton in one of the newest Dotty Pink colorways
Finally, here below is a mini-cable sock in Merino 5



The white model is one I knit; the other was knit by Bianca Becker.

More PINK- and hints for coming month's contest colors

The lovely "model" in the pretty pink panda silk sock is Susi's daughter - for whom these socks were a valentine's gift!
how nice is that? !

The lovely Panda Silk Socks shown here were knit by Susi S. - with yarn she won in our Panda Silk drawing! They are to be a surprise valentine's gift for her daughter, so will soon have more pics to share.
Anyway, Pink is for February - contestant #1 is Susi S!!

The 2nd sock is my own design, Panda Cotton/Panda Wool Scallops [have used both for this pattern]. scallops sock and it won the "knitter's seal of approval" in being one of the last sock patterns knit by my beloved friend Debra Chinn.
blessings, :L

ps if you are paying attention - am going to tell you that
"Aquamarine is for March" [pale aqua] and
the color for April is "light blue greens or blue mix for April Showers"
and for May "lilac for spring flowers"
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Amy's Monkey's!

Very neat ... cartoonist does socks !!
don't miss the giggle at the top of her blog!
socksmaniac

this color of panda wool is just smashing... i hope i still have some languishing in the drawer so that it can come out and hug my toes!

blessings. :L

pretty socks!

pretty socks too. they're panda wool and just a lovely colorway!
what i love about seeing socks knit up, besides the stitch patterns, is that often the yarn is even prettier on the sock than in the skein

This is an enjoyable blog to explore... wish i lived in the seattle area, as i'd love to take lessons!
seattle yogini

Sally's Black Bamboo Bangas

Giggle, i love the name, i love the socks, and Sally's DH Carl loves the socks too!

this is black panda wool, and i love panda wool [i love panda silk, i love...]

you also get to see the steps of a toe-up sock too!




Interesting details and more at BigSkymind

Thanks Sally!
ps folks, write me and share your pics ... i love putting up blog pics of anything you want to share with Crystal Palace yarns... so boring to show you my stuff all the time
[yes, i'm serious... er, um Sirius]

blessings, :L

Crosshatch Panda Wool Socks

Outside there is "white stuff" falling from the sky and it looks like over 2 inches. so that makes me not only enjoy the beauty but also think of green and so these socks qualify.

there's also the lovely Crosshatch Lace and the wonderful Panda Wool.

these are just some of the treasures to be found at

Pat'sKnitting&Quilting

blessings, :L

Panda Wool

These pics are of a sock design i'm playing with, using 2 new colors of Panda Wool. One is called Neptune, and the other is Night Shades. The honeycomb with Night Shades behind the Neptune works well (towards the bottom) but the rows above don't show off the Neptune inside the Night Shades. So the knit is working out differently than my vision,
but now i see how best to do it.... This is a man's sock, and so far DH loves it. The colors are just smashing!







The sock below is Panda Wool "Circus" and is knit by Debbie. More details at Embellishknits


Debbie's gorgeous knitting! so even and pretty!

You can see these colors and more at http://www.straw.com/

blessings, :L

Panda Wool Sock Visions - Part 1 Aug. 22

This first sock is a Panda Wool anklet CrystalPalace Yarns-AnnNorling.

Next is this gorgeous sock by Janet B, and she's used the Circus colorway of Panda Wool found here . The design by Nancy Wild is called tumbling blocks and can be found with the many

other FREE patterns at the Crystal Palace Site http://www.straw.com/).

This yarn is a joy to knit with - and i love the colorways.

The spectacular design below is by Janice Kang and is called Crystalline Lattice. Next is another Ann Norling pattern, in the pretty Basil Curry Colorway.

The inset is a fun sock i'm working on "in my spare time" that uses 3 different colors of the panda wool.

You can see the lovely cinnamon reds and the fern green and the white. I had to set the sock aside at this point, where heel is next.

Did you know that the Panda Wool is also available in natural hanks for those who want to do their own dyeing!?

blessings, :L, laura