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

Peek-a-boo! Guess what's New ??

These top pics are some of the new colors of Panda Silk. Just so dreamy!
(ER um - McDreamy would look good in a couple of these). There are also solids
- blogger snitched the pic i just uploaded!

Learn more at CrystalPalace Yarns

You know, am having that "morph" feeling again, wishing i had 8 arms and hands like an octopus just to be able to knit more things at once!!


These are the new colors of Taos. Lovely!! I am already brain=storming on the Cacao Menta- almost as good as chocolate! you can see more info about Taos at Crystal Palace Taos info HERE






The Kaya is beyond wonderful too. Veritably makes my hands itch wanting to pet all the colors
Kaya-info.

blessings, :L

Hot Salsa! [entry #4]

These gorgeous socks are by Sandy - and are crocheted! You can see more of her gorgeous work here at Sandy'sHook.



They are just soooooooooo smashing!!

She used panda cotton, colorway Nasturtium PandaCottonColors ... and they are sooooooo smashing!!

Sandy is the #4 entry in our contest for May&June&July.

good luck!

Another Entry into the contest! [#3]

These gorgeous!! Taos socks were knit by Julia S.
and are based upon the wonderful new book by Cat Bordhi
ooooh!

Julia says they are "Sunrise socks".

blessings :L

lovely yellow baby blanket

This lovely blanket, knit with Bunny Hop, fits right into the May is Lilac or Yellow theme, and the design fits with today being summer solstice. apparently this is the earliest solstice since 1896... you know it specifially relates to the orientation of the planet in the universe, in relationship to the sun.... go GOOGLE and find out!
anyway, the wonderful free pattern for the blanket is HERE

off to try some curried onion and spinach lentil soup!
L

in the summertime

ha

it's going to be 89 F here today & our air conditioner is not in top condition.
so am thinking summertime... and saw this lovely pattern for a summery shell in bamboozle.

crystal palace yarns free pattern Bamboozle cabled shell

this is very pretty isn't it?

we have a quail family in our yard... i was out looking and picking flowers - like the colors in this shell! and saw daddy quail on card and 8 tiny little ones about the size of a leaf! they scurried away with mom and were soooooo cute! imagine grass less than 2 in high, and one went into the grass and i couldn't see it!

Candy Toes!

These wholly adorable little shoes were knit with Panda Cotton Cinnamon by Catherine M,
whose blog is yogurtandgranola








of course the same yarn was used to make adult socks....


and... there's a special 2nd picture with the shoes. can you figure it out?
hint... see the blog.

Catherine took a web pattern and tweaked it - i think the results are wonderful!

blessings, :L

Bamboozle Ruffles

I think this is gorgeous... and wanted to share. The sweater
is knit with Bamboozle - cotton and bamboo blend-which is very very yummy and soft, as well as machine-washable! The free pattern is
CrystalPalaceYarns Free Bamboozle Ruffled Jacket

you can see how the jacket ruffled front plays off the yummy print colors.

blessings, L

Lilac for May (entry #2 in the May-June-July contest)

These lovely lilac socks were designed AND knit by Monica J. at worksforyarn

They're called "Step into Summer" -

The yarn shown is Panda Cotton - gorgeous !!

You'll be seeing Monica again soon as she also designed and knit some June socks ...

but i wanted to give her another entry instead of both on one page!


good luck Monica

ps - did you know i wear size 8?

... the cobbler's kids have no shoes, the designer has no socks... waaah! LOL

blessings!

0-6 Mo Free baby sock pattern

Adorable Ian again, in his cute panda soy baby socks (color is Cocoa Mint) .














Also shown here are the same socks in Maizy Earth color.




and now you can knit the free pattern Crystal Palace Baby Socks

by the way - Ian in the photo is 15 pounds and 5 mo old... grandma Beth, member of the Crystal Palace Knit-Team, said that the socks were perfect as there was even a little "room to grow".

blessings, :L

ps the pattern is designed for fingering-wt sock yarns, such as Panda Soy, Maizy, Panda Cotton,
and i think Panda Wool and Panda Silk [knitting those now]. You can easily knit it with #2 us needles, or #1.5 depending on what you need for gauge.
remember, babies don't walk! so their socks don't have to be super-dense to stand wear...
just need to be adorable!

............. hmmm. the socks could be plain - the babies are the adorable ones!

blessings, :L

ps there is also a pretty lacey panda silk baby sock on the site at www.straw.com - free patterns!

White for June - entry #1

Here's our first entry already!

The gorgeous hat is by Susi- and the beauty is Isabella in her "blumenhut" - that's
"blooming hat" or "hat with flower blossoms"....

Susi used Merino-5 to make this hat.

i love it!

that roll-brim shape is lovely on many people, but being young and gorgeous makes it even better!

blessings, :L