Author: Allison

This is one of my favorite times of the year. Perhaps most of you would not agree if 1) you are snowed in until April 2) your garden looks like a slushy, sad mass of brown or 3) the holiday season is over and it feels like the doldrums are kicking in. BUT for me, I absolutely love the freeing feeling of no-obligation-to-knit-gifts February!!! Which brings me to a quick little treat you might make for yourself or (if you happen to not mind still knitting gifts) for a sweet friend. Joanne Turcotte’s Traveling Cowl takes one lovely skein...

Lately we see a trend of using interesting dye techniques with easy to knit patterns. The simple patterns show off the yarn in the best way- making sure that the specialty of the dyers handiwork is paramount. Our Happy Feet Splash yarn is just that- a fun sprinkle dyed yarn with speckles of many different colors throughout. Shown below in a design by Sue Hilger. The color is best described as… blue oreo! Sue’s design is a nice garter and yarn over circular scarf, with a fun twist at the end- you get to drop stitches on purpose! Check...