• Off the Needles
• Brainstorming
• Knitting in Passing
• In my Travels
• Events
• Contest, News & Notes
• On a Happy Note
• There is some bonus audio of my niece Millie and I chatting at the end! Enjoy!

Off the Needles

• Yarn: Knits4Comfort Merino/Silk in the Beach Shade Colorway (438 yards of fingering)- used 80 grams
• Yarn: Valley Yarns Huntington- used 42 grams in a medium gray
• Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm)
• Pattern: a new, original design that will be called the Emelyn Mae shawl after my niece who goes to knitting festivals with me and helped me pick out this skein of yarn from Knits4Comfort

• Yarn: Koigu KPPPM in Color 6156 & Louet Gems Gingering Weight (burnt orange)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• OMG Heel by Megan Williams

• Yarn: Mirasol Tuhu- DK weight yarn
• Needles: US 5
• Provisionally cast on 60 stitches, knitting in the round. long tube that kitchener together to make a long infinity cowl.
• Random striping- gray, aquamarine, chartreuse, cream, hot pink and tangerine
• Kitchener in the Round Tutorial: I used this video to help me kitchener this cowl together.
• Final result: 54 inches long and 5.5 inches wide

• Yarn: Various Scraps
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams (knit cuff down)
• Video Tutorial I created for the join I use for these socks
• So much fun! I have 3 total now. Can’t wait to make more to mix and match.

• Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Kaleidescope colorway
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams (knit cuff down)
• First Knit Picks experience- this yarn had 3 knots between the two 50 g skeins. Not the ideal first time around, especially for self striping. I did my own color management and made this best of it. I’m still totally happy with these, the yarn is super soft. I think it is great for gifts.

• Yarn: Cascade Eco Alpaca (worsted) in Nature & Burgundy
• Needles: US 6: 4.0 mm
• Pattern: Santa’s Ho-Ho Hat by Jacquelynn Vance-Kuss (free)
• Saw this at knit night, friend Jenn Sheelen knit one and I wanted one! So happy to have this finished

 

Stash Dash 2016 Total: 11,351 meters in 40 FOs (16 started before Stash Dash)

• 1 blanket
• 1 doll blanket
• 1 hat
• socks- 15 pair
• legwarmers- 1 pair
• cowl- 1
• shawl- 4
• sweater- 1
• candle cozy- 1
• doll dress-1
• dishcloth- 13

Brainstorming 

• I want to knit a week’s worth of Christmas socks. Do you have ideas of yarn I could buy? Tell me about it in the Ravelry Group.
• My next scrap yarn blanket will be with Crochet Hexagons. Maybe with a gradiating gray border. What do you think of that idea? Here’s a tutorial I found on the crocheted hexagons in case you’re interested: Tutorial that might help.

Knitting In Passing 

In My Travels 

Red Sox Stitch and Pitch: super hot but we had a lot of fun!

Fiber Revival in Newbury MA on Saturday 8/13.

• Project bag from Stitched by Jessalu
• Yarn from Spunky Eclectic
• Mini Skeins from Pinestar Studio

Events

•  Check out the Prize Thread in the Ravelry Group.
• Our list of Sponsors is almost finalized. Click here for a link but check back soon for the FINAL list.
• Some of our amazing sponsors have offered up Coupon Codes. Check them out before you start shopping!
•  The Pre-Season chat thread has already started. Want to strategize, meet some new friends and catch up with the ones you made last year– click here!

On a Happy Note 

• Custom orthotics might be the answer to my heel problems! Fingers crossed
• Lisa & I went to a Jazz concert by a Berklee Student at the Boston Public Library for knit night a few weeks ago! SO fun!
• Family time! Sleepovers & my grandmother’s birthday. Always makes me happy!