Knit-Team in Action!

Andrea is working on a baby sweater using Panda Silk. The pattern is called Baby Bobbles
and thought you'd like to see!

Andrea is also the knitter who did the smashing jacket a few blog pages back!

blessings, :L

Blue Hawaii

This lovely Panda Silk sock - the design is Kilahuea by Adrienne Fong - was knit by Barbara M.
So guess who's in the April contest!!

The free pattern is here Free Sock Pattern
blessings, :L

Panda Silk & Suzi!

Lovely new sock design by Suzi Suziknits
in Panda Silk, and the Nutmeg colorway.

blessings, :L

March Winners

I can't believe i forgot to blog this! i sent the notice to the socklist...

Hi folks,

the random drawing winners for our "Aqua & Green for March" blog contest for Crystal Palace Yarns are Noella with her "I Love Gansey" socks in Ultramarine Panda Wool; Deb B with Panda Silk socks, and Julia -whose blog is with her Thuja Blues socks in Merino 5.

please contact me <drlauraasirius@gmail.com> so we can arrange to send your prizes!

Don't forget, "Blue is for April", so if you've knit something blue with Crystal Palace yarns, send me pics and your info and we'll post your pics and enter you into our contest.

blessings, :L, laura

Sarah's Travelling Vines

Very nice... Entry for the "Blue is for April" contest - by Sarah C.
This pattern is "Travelling Vine", and the yarn is Panda Cotton, in the blueberries-grapes colorway!
great knit!! thanks for sharing, and good luck!

blessings, :L

Blue blue ... bags & hats

Popcorn Hat



Lace Hat

totefolioFree Pattern

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

Blue is for Bianca's Baby Hat

This sweet baby hat was made with only one ball of Crystal Palace Bunny Hop, by Bianca B.

You can find the free pattern HERE-BunnyHopHat

The adorable model is Wietse,
who just had a birthday i think? I know his Mom did, and his older brother too....

Bianca's blog is Lansingerland

blessings, :L

ps i also put in a picture of the "all blue" potatoes we planted.
the compound making the color is the same as that which makes blueberries blue, and it's a healthy antioxidant. i'm so curious to taste them, and can't help giggling thinking of a 4th of july - red/white/blue potato salad!

Counting down to baby socks

That's not actually what Veronica calls them - on her blog ItchyStitchy
but there's this wonderful "baby meter" there.... so the countdown stuck in my brain.

They are Monkey Socks, in Panda Cotton, colorway Fall Herbs

Veronica is another entry into this month's BLUE contest

blessings, :L

Lazy Maizy

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Wait until you feast your eyes on these pretties!
they're by Kala whose blog is VeganCraftastic and it's a new pattern she's designed called "Lazy Maizy".

The yarn is Crystal Palace Maizy, and Kala made them to be comfy "Lazy" socks.

I must confess i was thinking about Kala today, as i was making curried lentil burgers.

Crock pot of lentils, with seasoning and bay leaves; rice cooker of brown rice with some
kashi grains. sauteed 1/2 large onion with 2-3 tablespoons! (that's right) of curry powder; sauteed 3 minced celery stalks. (it's important to heat the curry powder in skillet - kind of frying it takes the "edge" off or makes it better - and not bitter- in recipe).
mix 2 cups whole wheat bread crumbs, 2-3 cups of DRAINED lentils - the draining juice is a yummy soup!, and 2-3 cups of rice, plus the onions and celery. make patties and cook in black iron skillets on stove.
yummers! and beats $4 for commercial veggie burgers!

blessings, :L

ps this is my own adaptation of the spicey black bean burgers you can find at veganagogo

New! New! New! !!!

Ooooh, can you tell i'm excited?

I get to tell you about the wonderful new Panda Soy yarn - pictures here PandaSoyCard

and here PandaSoySwatches
and then this handsome fella! This is Ian in new Panda Soy socks knit by our Alaskan Knit Team member, G'mom Beth! Her daughter, Ian's mom, gave us permission to show off this Cutie! what a smile!!

I think he likes the socks too!

You will find out that the yarn has a wonderful "hand" and feel as fabric. It doesn't feel like cotton, or like Maizy [which i think has a velvety feel]. It is rather silky, and has that nice Bamboo sheen... i think you will love it!

We should have a pretty summer sock to show you some time soon.

Ps more surprise news coming!

blessings, :L
don't forget to send me pics of BLUE Crystal Palace knits! for april contest!

Green or Light Aqua are for March

Hi
this post will be at the top of the blog for all of march 08, reminding you about the contest!
anything you have knit in crystal palace yarns, in aqua or green, is eligible!

the sarong above was knit with Waikiki and you can see the sample card HERE=link
blessings, L

how's this for dedication?

Deb B has this gorgeous sock going!
we're not supposed to look at her toes, LOL.
pretty, humm?


this is the final entry in the "Green & Aqua for March" CPY contest.
we do have several entries... so will draw names once the month ends!

next month, April, is blue!

blessings, :L

Julia's Thuja Blues

Julia, whose blog is FairfaxKnitter
knit these pretty Carolina blue socks with Merino 5.
Can you guess what team they're rooting for?

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

oh my! yummy!

Isn't this great?! lovely photo really sets it off artistically.
this creation is by Kala, who's blog is Vegan Craftastic
the egg uses Crystal Palace Panda Cotton
and don't you just loooooove the bunny?
Designed by Cathy L, he's Calorie-free
go see more! there's a pattern there for chicks too!
oh the bunny was made with Crystal Palace Merino Frappe

i confess to having a hard time finding either sugar-free candy or dark choc for our easter baskets. we wanted a dark choc bunny.... wwwahhh!

andrea's bag

Andrea P just knit this lovely Taos bag, designed by Terry Ross.
and it's the right color for this month's contest too!

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

Daffodils!

Seeing this sock has just made my day/week/mood! it's grey here or cold... and not much is stirring - well, a few birds. we're having a dry spring, which doesn't help things come up. and some of my trees are looking thirsty.

This lovely sock "Jacobean" is by Elizabeth - in Panda Silk. It is part of a Sock-Knitters Pentathlon blogpost here.

You can also see more interesting goodies at Elizabeth's store - www.riverknitsyarns.com - i typed in the link and blogger is being bad, keeps telling me it's not a blog, which i know! trying again RiverKnitsYarns where i'm going now to poke around!

blessings, :L
ps the color card for the panda silk is HERE Panda Silk
as elizabeth said, panda silk is not expensive although it's so exquisitely luxurious it seems so!

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

Winners! Pink is for February Contest

We have 3 winners!

Kala has won 2 pink sk of CPY yarn, her choice.
Adrienne has won Vicki Square's new book "knit kimono"
and
Susi has won a priority mailer of knitting magazines [some older] from my stash

do look at their lovely knits below!

blessings, :L

Pretty Pink Puffin

The story of these slippers can be read HERE-KyleAnn's blog ... a generous gift to a cold-footed new mom!

Puffin is a very intriguing yarn- soft flannel strips with a good body so it can handle difficult or heavy structural elements. I personally enjoy how it feels to touch and to knit and of course it's fun to work on something that's quick too!
You can see more colors of puffin HERE at Crystal Palace Yarns

Pink is For February

Hey Folks,

we are going to have COLOR contests here on the blog for all of 2008.
Pink is for February
Aquamarine & green are for March
Blues are for April
& Lilac is for May. (White is for June, but not using white ink! LOL)

anyway, will keep this post at top of blog until midnight 3/1. Adrienne just reminded me that it's Leap Year! so you have an extra day to send in those entries!

How to enter? email me pics or links to pics of your knits with the colors of the month in Crystal Palace yarn!
Prizes for this month are sock yarn and knitting books and magazines with a drawing from entrants. [We have our first one already! Susi S. using the pink Panda Silk she won in a previous contest!!]

So here are some items featuring Pink and Crystal Palace yarns.
do email me DrlauraAsirius@gmail.com with any pics you have of your PINK knitting with Crystal Palace Yarns - and send me a link to your blog or Flickr or whatever!

This gorgeous bag is just one of many you can find at Crystal Palace yarns FreeBagPatterns
This wonderful design is by Terry Ross, who is also author of a great book called "Twelve Bags Fulled" Terry's book info

Now, this sweet baby hat is one i've just finished knitting, using 2 colors of Puffin. You can see more of the colors here Puffin color cardis just amazing to knit with - like flannel strips - it is soft and warm and comfy and fun and you just love the recipient will love it - and be adorable too!


My Merino-5 Merino-5 Solids chemocap is a kind of almost pink, being burgundy, and i thought
it counted when i went looking... i mean Dark Pink is still pink, yes? and this color makes me think of Roses, Merino-5 printed colors so how pink can you get? Merino-5 is an amazing yarn - so soft and wonderful but with a really good "hand" so you get great stitch definition, as you can see by looking at the cap i made.


Finally, you've seen this sock in previous blogposts I think - made with 2 colors of Panda Silk. Panda Silk colors

What you can see if you look closely, is that the sock is called "ribbons" because of some novel vertical striping - that's not hard but is a lot of fun!

So Think Pink!
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

ooooh! yummy!

Here is our 6th entry into the Pink is for February lottery! [er um, i will count to be sure]
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This is Crystal Palace Panda Silk PandaSilkColors in pink, and soo nice!
Adrienne Fong's newest creation- notice the pink Marguerite daisies too!


I have very little green here - maybe the evergreens? and the seeds and stuff in the house. So this is a double joy to see. Don't you think Adrienne should pick some flowers and wrap them in wet paper towel and then plastic bag and mail to me??? LOL

Oh yes!! you can find Adrienne's blog HERE.
This lovely pattern will be posted on the Crystal Palace website in the near future! Keep an eye out for it

blessings, :L

Kala knits!

Found some great new "show and tell" for you at the VegancraftasticBlog blog.

Kala has knit the gorgeous Quant headband using Crystal Palace Panda cotton Panda Cotton color cardin Sable , and is also knitting boyfriend socks in Panda Cotton using the chocolate almond colorway.

nice knits hmmm?!

blessings, :L