dk panda silk inspiration

Already we've got several really nice new free patterns for you to try with the NEW Panda Silk DK yarn. I love the hand, the look and the zippiness of this yarn. it's gorgeous, but i can finish something quickly too. I love fingering sock yarns, but it's so nice to make gift socks or baby gifts quickly sometimes too!

All of these patterns can be found listed here DK Panda Silk Patterns and you can see more colorways here colors of Panda Silk DK

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