bamboozle colors!

The newest Bamboozle pattern is this gorgeous cardi in CinnamonBamboozle and the free pattern is here: lace cardi

Bamboozle is one of my favorite non-wool yarns. It's made a believer out of me - the sheen and loveliness of bamboo with the wonderful easy care of cotton - so now i know that cotton can be as much fun to knit as wool!
That's because of the wee bit of elastic, adding that nice behavior to the yarn, wee bit of memory, without being hard or weirdly stretchy.
You can see the diversity of bamboozle colors at this link; and some cute patterns here too!
This page bamboozle patterns takes you to the special free patterns for each yarn you are interested in!

blessings, L

what's new pussycat ??

The newest yarn out from Crystal Palace is the DK wt Panda Silk DK Panda Silk colors. This yarn is wonderful to knit with and you can have luscious silk socks in almost nothing flat!


We've put up some new patterns for your enjoyment too - a woman's cabled sock ladies cabled heel. A man's cabled silk sock pattern will be posted shortly for your gifting and knitting pleasure!

color me wild about this hat!

Sonia at peacefulknitter has knit this gorgeous hat with CPY Iceland iceland yarn card
nice work!

blessings, :L

Baby Burrito

There is a wonderful yarn shop in No. CA - called Purlescence - and look what one of their top patterns is!

Baby-Burrito

the yarn used is puffin, which is just amazing. i tried making a baby washcloth with it, testing it on myself after a trip through the washer/dryer and really liked it.

Puffin


blessings, :L

adorable - i want one!

This great shrug is knit with Kaya Kaya yarn card , and goes up to 1x. i love it, and really want one myself.
The free pattern is hereKaya Shrug Pattern

blessings, :L

Winners 4 for May, June, July !

Kenyetta with her gorgeous felted bag (find Kenyetta on Ravelry)

Lisa - with her simple sock Joans-simple-socks

Cathy (who did both of these socks)


and

Margit ! with her charming monsters!

if you see this before i come back, email me
drlauraAsirius@gmail.com

L

August - Blog contest HERE + OlympicSox2008

Well, the yarn color for your August knits is gold for hot sunny summertime.

future colors will be:
sept = fall herbs mix for fall colors
oct = orange for Halloween
nov = yellow for topaz (birth stone of Nov)
dec = red for holiday season

so anything you knit in "gold" using Crystal Palace yarns is eligible for prizes!

As well, we've just finished our TourdeSox2008 and had a number of great contestants, and gorgeous sox, and lots of winners.

About to open the OlympicSox2008 blog, so you can write me
[email to: drlauraAsirius@gmail.com or drlaura@siriusknitting.com or proflaura@firststepinternet.com]
to join and get contest info.

ps. will have the drawing and post our May/June/July blog winners shortly!

blessings, :L

ending the may, june, july contest

i tried to do this earlier and it failed.
thought i could pre-date a post and it would stay up at the top

bamboozle bambini

These are made with Bamboozle, which is a bamboo & cotton blend with a wee bit of stretch.
Very soft, and very nice to knit!
The pattern for the one ball baby socks will go up shortly, after i finish them and have the bambino test for fit!
You can see more Bamboozle HERE-Bamboozle colors

blessings, :L

Knit Pink for the Cure

These adorable Mossinette socks, knit by Kala "P"(oops- new name as she just got married!) are knit from a special pattern at the Knit Pink Site Knit Pink which is collecting to help with Breast Cancer.

Kala also used a wonderful yarn Panda Cotton which comes in so many fab colors, including some great manly ones too.

You can learn more about what keeps Kala going at her blog VeganCraftastic

blessings, :L

perky puffin slippers

wonderful puffin slippers!
designed and knit by kyleann williams - knittingwithkyleann &
KyleAnnsKreations

you can see all the pretty puffin colors here


and the link to the free pattern is here

Cotton chenille flower washcloth

This lovely flower washcloth is made with Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille- and the free pattern is in Canadian Living Knitted flower cloth

Lovely!!

sweet baby cardi

This baby cardi was designed and knit with Panda Cotton colors by Sue Hilger.

The free pattern is here baby eyelet cardi modelled on Princess Nadia - look at those curls!

inspired fingers! [entry #12]

I just adore these monsters!!

Margit fiberfiend did a wonderful job creating them with

using Fizz colors, Fizz Stardust colors and Iceland colors

i sense one of these guys coming to live with me!


blessings, :L

Maizy [entry #11]

these Maizy Maizy colors socks by Lynn
are on the SAM-5 KAL SAM-5 KAL
i've just joined to be in SAM-6... goal, 2 human socks per month.

more neat knits!! Entries # 9 and 10

These pretty socks are by Cathy S, whose blog is SaturdayKnitLive
It's a very FUN blog!!
First up is Panda Cotton in Fall Herbs... "using the slipped-stitch rib pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks."


The 2nd sock is the "brigit" pattern and Panda Cotton in Periwinkle - one of my fave colors! You can see more panda cotton colors here CPY

Also, Cathy used 2 different gauges for the patterns and commented that she was pleased on how well this worked out.




good luck Cathy!

L

Entry #8

This bag by Kenyetta is gorgeous!

Iceland-Fjord felted bag

you can see more details on Ravelry - look for Kenyetta!

she used both iceland iceland colors & fjord Fjord colors to knit the bag -
L

such beauty! [entry #7]

pKathleen DipNDip knit this smashing scarf with Merino-5.

her brilliance is not just in the knitting... she adapted a complex lace-weight shawl pattern to be 2 repeats with a more enjoyable knit [for me too!] using a worsted.... i'm so in love!

Hi! I'm Ellie! [entry #6]

Well, Ellie is certifiably adorable! Not at all cutesy, just huggable!!
you can learn more about Ellie on Kala's blog at Vegan Craftastic He's knit with Fall Herbs Bamboozle.


blessings, :L

simple elegance [entry #5]

I love this sock!
see how well it fits?

the free pattern is at Yarnomat .

It is Panda Cotton, and the pattern was written by Lisa especially to help first-time sock knitters! hooray!

ps you can also find it on Ravelry! Joans-simple-socks

blessings, :L