Bob bob bob

Amazingly fun!!
Nicole the knittinggoddess knit some Bob's.
Nicole
using Crystal Palace Iceland.

I think Bob needs to visit the pyramids!

L

Pretty Panda Silk

Wait until you see this!

The gorgeous baby shawl is being knit by Radka, with Panda Silk. Isn't it lovely?

I'm sharing all the pics for two reasons -
1 is that i love seeing "progress" as something goes from start on to finish,

and

2 is that it's just so fascinating to get a peek into how something as detailed as this is made.

i love the care and attention you see here - and ooooh my this is gorgeous!

blessings, :L

wow! Blue is for April

Look at this smashing jacket!! it is the Taos Diagonal Jacket, done in Taos 04, Mirage.
The knitter is Laura A and she's done a smashing job! of course I love posting things by another "laura" too!

Good luck in this month's contest!

Pretty Socks by Susi

Hi,
wanted to share some nice socks, and a nicer sentiment.
Mom (Susi) knit these for daughter Isabella - who was already the lucky recipient of Valentine socks! Hmmmm... do you think i should send her my foot size? LOL

I bet you recognize the Strawberries-Limes colorway of Panda Cotton!
The design is called Twisted Cables.

blessings, :L

Blue Tuesday

Here are some nice Baby/Child-related items in blue Crystal Palace Yarns to share.



baby blanket


baby blanket



log cabin



child's pullover

blessings
:L

New Panda Cotton Colors

I love the idea of "with men in mind" as these colors really hit the mark for
my own husband!

blessings, :L

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

mak


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