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The wee Austin Hoodie I was working on is finished.
This booth sample debuted last weekend in Connecticut.
This was a fun little project with interesting details.
In addition to a healthy amount of stockinette this design includes a woven stitch band and 1 x 3 ribbing on the yoke and cuffs.
It's topped off with an adorable hood also in 1 x 3 ribbing.
The yarn is Dirty Water DyeWorks Lillian, colorway Ribbit. Lillian is a 100% Superwash Merino fingering weight yarn that makes a versatile, easy-care sweater - perfect for little ones. The wee Austin Hoodie Kit is available in 4 sizes and a range of colors. Note that the Ribbit colorway is currently exclusive to the kit. As soon as there's a break in the action, this kit will be available on the website.
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We've had some much-needed rain this past week so it's only fitting that my color inspiration photo for the week includes raindrops.
The promise of pink.
The fiber community in Rhode Island is gearing up for the second annual Great Rhody Yarn Crawl this coming weekend. Over a dozen Rhode Island yarn stores are participating in the Crawl that runs from Friday to Sunday. The weekend includes prizes, raffles and store specials. You can find additional information about each store on Ravelry.
The weekend festivities end at Slater Mill on Sunday afternoon where there will be an Indie Fiber Arts Marketplace and culmination ceremony. If you're in the area, don't miss out on this weekend of fiber fun. It's a great opportunity to get out and explore some of Rhode Island's yarn stores. Print out your passport and get ready to crawl.
Once again the organizers are collecting donations for the Rhode Island Food Bank. Check here for a list of items the food bank needs. Last year the Crawl donated 1100 pounds of food. The goal for this year is 1500 pounds. Donations can be dropped off at the yarn stores or Slater Mill.
Dirty Water DyeWorks will be vending at Slater Mill on Sunday. I've been busy getting ready to head to Rhode Island but have squeezed in some knitting time.
The wee Austin Hoodie is a tangle of cables and ends right now. The left front and back are finished, and I'm working my way up the right front. After that I'll join the shoulders and whip up the sleeves. It won't be long and I'll be choosing buttons.
I've happily been working away on my newest knitting project. As so often happens with new projects, I can't put this one down to work on anything else. I'm sure at some point the novelty will wear off, but for now I'm enjoying each and every little stitch.
This lovely little bit is the wee Austin Hoodie. I said I would knit only the boring stockinette section and then I would pick up one of my languishing projects. I began knitting the body of the sweater and all too quickly reached the prescribed length.
But that wasn't enough - the pattern pulled me in with something different. To keep things interesting I've now changed needle sizes and the stitch pattern. You can't see it in this picture, but I've also bound off to divide the sweater into two fronts and the back. In general baby sweaters move right along, being so small and all. This design incorporates three different stitch patterns and is barreling along at super speed. At this rate there's no telling how far I'll go before I even consider one of my other projects, but it's safe to say I'm not going to stop at the divide.
It's not every day that one of my teenagers gifts me with flowers. Since the event is so rare, I'm marking the occasion with my color inspiration for the week.
Peachy.
