Lovely Radka knits

Hi
the shawl is Panda Silk, a baby shawl, which Radka has just finished knitting, and blocking.
We'll have some more pics of it soon, but it's soooooooooo luscious.!!

The other knit is the sleeve of a baby sweater. Just looking at Radka's attention to detail
and careful work makes me happy... i can see it's just gorgeous and going to be a nice
baby knit!

blessings, :L

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

Blue is for April

Hi folks,

well this month is blue ... for april showers!! so first here is the panda silk color card with pretty blues!!

Next up is Adrienne Fong's new sock in Panda Silk
Kilauea

and here below are some lovely free designs you can find on the www.straw.com site!!





gorgeous ruffled shawl
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/scarves/merino5-ruffled-shawl.html

blessings, :L

Blue is for April- more knits!

Waikiki Vest - nice and springy looking! lovely stitch detail. Find the pattern HERE and look at the pretty yarn choices HERE

Taos Squared Vest - the Free pattern is HERE
and the yarn choices, including the neat new ones in earlier blog post! are HERE

I love the look of these Rainbow Kid Merino Socks.. and really want to pick some colors and
knit a pair for myself!
the pattern Cathy used is HERE. All the pretty colors are HERE...
if only i could choose!!
hmmm i think i'd like a Kit!!
:L

CarrieBee & Maizy

CarrieBee has these pretty Maizy socks on her blog ... done 2 at a time! [no dreaded SSS here!]

she's also got some great info about hemp knitting... appreciate, thank you!

pretty panda cotton

These pretty panda cotton anklets are one of the entries in the Blue is for April
contest
and they come from the blog InsanKnitty where you can see a knit Golden Snitch, and a Sirius Black cloth and more!

you can see more colors of panda cotton, including the new menswear colors for fall HERE

blessings, :L

New Colors for Fall

Aren't these gorgeous? ! I am very eager to try them all, but i confess that it is Carlsbad
that i most want to knit to see what it does... then next.... hmmm Santa Fe is gorgeous, but so is Cacao Menta, and so is Turquoise 'n Copper! that littleE bit of green there is like Malachite too, also often found in copper mines - famous one in Wales that's well over 5000 yrs old!

The Taos line is HERE

I confess it makes lovely socks, and i need to share a picture of one with you. Other wonderful Taos patterns are HERE

blessings, :L

yummers New yarn!

This is the new Panda Silk DK wt.

oooh this is nice. have a sock on the needles now,
in this luscious color... "meadow mist"
you can see more of the pretties, closer up with labels at the link here



PandaSilkDK-colorcard



i think it's fun to change needle sizes and do a quicker knit... like socks, scarves, or ....
who knows??

AND of course w/ a DK wt there are silky shells and all sorts of fun ideas to anticipate!

Loopy's adventures

These are some pics of Loopy. One is a sneak peek of Loopy and the May blog contest for Lilac and Yellow, so you will see him again soon!
The others include Loopy with Panda CottonPanda Cotton colors in Sable.
Loopy is hinting that he wants sox too? I would personally distract him with his own Sable scarf!

Loopy's "Mom" and her knitting adventures can be found at the
SaturdayKnitLive

sure is cute!!

Blue Panda Cotton Contest Entry

These Monkey socks in Panda Cotton PandaCottonColors are from the blog ShutUpImCounting

which has some lovely prom pics too!

unfortunately the socks went to a wedding so no further progress info!

anyway, be sure to look at the new "Men in Mind" Fall colors for the Panda Cotton!

L

i love how the colors look!

Bunny Hop girls' sweater

Talk about adorable!!


This is a new girl's sweater done in Bunny Hop Yarn colors

The yarn is a joy to knit! it's the wee bit of angora- adding the most incredible softness!

isn't it wonderful? of course the beautiful model helps too!
there's also a baby version of the same sweater!
Bunny Hop Baby Ruffle


blessings, :L

lovely kid merino scarf

This is a great blog - a real "page turner"... or is for me! photos & photo-quality are both just marvy!!

I-like-lemons

and then the Kid Merino scarf is gorgeous!!
you can see more Kid Merino colors HERE-kid merino colors
and more patterns knit with kid merino HERE-kid merino patterns

blessings, :L

Erin & the "yarn harlot"

wow... Erin's sock is spectacular -
Entrelac in two colors of Panda Silk.
With this kind of gorgeous knitting it is only "fitting: for Erin to get a great pic of herself - AND her sock - with Stephanie Pearl McPhee, the Yarn Harlot!

Erin's blog is Gradschoolknitter

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