Carefree KAL

On the Carefree KAL blog CarefreeKAL, there have been some gorgeous items posted.
these are a few pics of those done with CrystalPalaceYarns

Maria knit these lovely socks with Panda Cotton

Kadezmom knit these pretty socks- which has a great pic i've tried to upload 3x now.
i think blogger is in a bad mood so will try again later yeah!

these are Cocoa Mint socks by Cathy - whose blog is SaturdayKnitLive

More pretty socks!

The model socks were knit by Samantha F - she's fast as well as a talented knitter!

The greeen sock is in the color design called "fern rainbow" and the other sock is in "tapestry rainbow".
the new soft and wonderful mini-mochi yarn is now being shipped out to various stores so you should be able to find some for yourself soon!
in fact if you go to the Crystal Palace website CrystalPalaceYarns you can see a list of the many stores who carry the yarn!

coming soon!

these are "teaser pics" of a stole just finished by Andrea P.
it uses the new Mini-Mochi yarn and is looking just gorgeous!
we will have the pattern and etc info up on the CrystalPalaceYarn site soon! keep an eye on the top section marked "what's new" !

Migrating cables

These hats were a LOT of fun to do. The free pattern is here Swirling cables
Cabling and pretty yarn, and then a wee shift to make the cables dance

it came about b/c my dh wanted a new hat but couldn't choose the colors! so voila - two colors.
of course the hat would be equally lovely and handsome with only one color.
the quasi-bulky Kaya makes this a quick knit and if you too have cold weather a warm hat is just the thing!
you can see the Kaya colors here Kaya color card

cute new design!

this is the People Collar - by KyleAnn Williams using new Mini-Mochi

The collar pattern is here - mini-mochi Collar and more about the yarn is here Mini-MochiColors
more fun designs are here at WhatsNew

mini-mochi shawl coming

These are preview "sneak peeks" by RadkaC- of a shawl using a Jackie ES Heartstrings pattern called Ivy Trellis Lace Stole

and new mini-mochi colors in Fern
i think the contrast of the lovely shawl and the snow is amazing! good photo Radka!

wristers

these pics are of bamboozle free http://www.straw.com/cpy/free_pattern_yarnssort.html#bamboozlemitts/wrister pattern [see
wristers by Kala designed by veganCraftastic

inauguration bag

am calling this my inauguration bag ... has peace, love, and hope symbols.
used two slightly contrast colors of KAYA - kaya colors and simple charts. will post pattern shortly once Susan at CPY gets the bag to photo.

puffin baby hat & new Psup

the pretty baby is Nadia - almost a year old. the puffin hat is one i designed, and the dog is Kaya.
puffin colors are here puffin colors



the new superwash Panda wool is here in this gorgeous Man's (large women's) sock. the colorway is TrailMix knit by Deb W and designed by Kala. LOL the design is named Trail mix too!
the yarn colors are here PandaSuperwash and the pattern is here free pattern men's socks

new MM winner

Hello all,
well the exciting news is that 3 of the winners have been in touch and their two [2 !!] free balls of new Mini-Mochi yarn mini-mochi colors will soon to be packed and en route.

good holiday gift, hmmm?

however, one person has never emailed - yes i checked the spam filter - so we've drawn another name! and i've just given Diana thesocknittinglibrarian the same one week to reach me. after that will find another someone.
if you know Diana, ask her to email me!


who'd thunk it'd be so hard to give away free yarn?

in case it's YOU whose address i need
email me at proflauraATfirststepinternetDOTcom
not clickable - you have to fix the AT and the DOT

L

not fair

i have a zillion "to do's" and UFO's on my list! in fact we're going to have a UFO-KAL starting jan just to rescue me
and now Susan at CPY has put up a scarf i have to have! now!
rainbow scarf in mini-mochi
... lol, and i am lucky enough to have a ball of mini-mochi mini-mochi colors in tapestry rainbow right here...
but wait, there's the fern rainbow! ooh... maybe i will have leftovers of flame rainbow from
the baby hat and sweater?!
help!!

yummy kid merino & pretty panda cotton

The pink socks are by Cathy aka SaturdayKnitLive and were knit with CPY Panda Cotton. panda cotton colors


The cocoa mint socks are Panda soy. panda soy colors
I love the patterning! this is cocoa mint colorway.



This lovely treasure is a scarf in Kid Merino, knit by Debi whose blog is speedknitter
the pattern is a free one from CrystalPalaceYarnskidm-mist-lace-scarf and the yarn is one of my faves -seriously soft and cuddley. kid merino - substitutes well for Rowan silk haze.

and the winners are......

Here are your random numbers:

91
60
39
102

Timestamp: 2008-12-04 01:44:06 UTC

so email me, proflauraATfirststepinternetDOTcom

and give me your addy info!!

congrats!

more about the winners

each will get TWO [2] skeins of new Mini-mochi, but sorry no color choices.

here's who they are!

91 - Shelly
who said "Ok, this is so perfect for a scarf, your yarns just keep getting better and better . . . yep, I know it's sock yarn, but if you haven't seen a scarf out of sock yarn . . . just send it off to me and I'll be happy to show you one! Then I'll give the scarf to charity."
http://theyarntart.blogspot.com

60 - LSK
who said "Beautiful colorways. Thanks for the chance to win some." lsk@myway.com"

39 - MLJ1954
said"... Oh, please, please, please . . . I have feet that would really like to be encased in socks made with this . . . and I am on a yarn diet but any yarn gifted . . . heh, heh . . ." http://isnoacompletesentence.blogspot.com/ mlj1954@hotmail.com

102 - karenhuntz said
... "Can't wait until this yarn arrives, please enter me in the drawing" Karenhuntz
Karenhuntz at aol dot com

Pea-Soup for socks??

LOL, the new sock yarn by CrystalPalaceYarns is superwash Panda wool ... and our nickname is Psup. giggle. so in my brain it's delicious and nutritious as well as yummy knitting.

seriously, now here are some smashing knits and their pics! This pretty is Niblets, a design by Nancy Wild, with the free pattern HERE
niblets pattern
The wonderful model knitting was done by Debi Woods, whose blog is here Debi-doodles and be sure to look or ask for zygo pics too!


the mint print sock is a ladies' large/man's small in Psup colors Panda superwash and was designed and knit by KyleAnn williams - blog is knittingwithKyleAnn
and i think??? it's a toe-up design.

adorable

wow! this is a winner for sure!
This cardi was knit with Bunny hop and the free pattern is here Big collar
Bunny Hop is a wonderfully soft yarn - with a whisper of angora for this marvelous softness-
colors here yarn colorsBunnyHop
and then there's Mr. Adorable, whose Name is Kenny. He's close to a year old now!!

yummy colors too!

this cute bolero and hat are both free patterns Bolero-Hat set - something you might be able to zip up just in time for the holidays - or plan for an early spring gift!
the yarn is bamboozle, which is part bamboo - with it's plethora of natural properties, including
softness and being fun to knit!
you can see more color options here bamboozle colors