Thank You

Beth and I want to thank everyone who has emailed, called, stopped by the store and left messages on the blog. It feels great to have so many people thinking about us.

Mr. UPS brought a huge box from Emma’s today. All LYS Day yarn will be available online Saturday at 8am and at 10am in the store. Right now the store is closed next week but I have scheduled pick up from 11am-2pm on Monday. Once we see how things are going I will try and add more pick up days during the week. There could be some time when the store is open as well. Keep watching the blog.

This is the Theme Pack dyed on Practically Perfect. I put it together with a skein of Practically Perfect Sock for Ambah’s Grevillia. I think Lemongrass looks amazing!

Sprout

Love + Leche.

Dad Update

There was a bit of improvement today. Beth went down this morning and the physical therapist was there. They got dad up and went for a walk. He walked on his own slightly leaning on the physical therapist. He is allowed soft food and fed himself breakfast. Yogurt which he has never eaten before but he ate it. I went this afternoon and he was a bit more responsive than yesterday. His eyes were brighter and he spoke a few words. Beth is on her way home from the evening visit. She got dad’s TV hooked up this afternoon. He was asleep when she arrived but when he woke up he was fascinated by the TV. The Leafs are on and that will keep him occupied tonight.

Now a bit of knitting before bed. There is hockey and baseball on. We also have The Amazing Race, Survivor and Master Chef. I will not stay up late. I will not stay up late. HA HA. It’s going to be late.

LYS Day

Here is the Casapinka LYS Day pattern for 2024. I will be putting together kits and they will be available to preorder on the website. Here are the first kits with more coming all week.

This is the LYS Day Cowl. It requires 2 skeins of fingering weight yard and is simple. I used two 400 yard skeins of fingering and this version uses about 2/3 of a skein of each color but directions will be included to use it all (just continue on with the repeats.) I used one variegated and one solid color.

Anyone who purchases 2 skeins of fingering weight yarn on Saturday and everyone who purchases a kit will receive a download code for the pattern. The pattern must be downloaded on Saturday April 27th or Sunday April 28th. If you don’t download that pattern on those dates then it becomes a paid pattern. 

Emma shared pictures of the LYS Day colour on Instagram this afternoon. These will be going live on the website at 8am on Saturday and we will have them in the store at 10am Saturday morning.

We will have Practically Perfect Sock in half skeins (Practically Perfect Halves). The complimentary colours are also coming in Halves.

The Theme Pack that is coming in Practically Perfect Sock, Super Silky and Simply Spectacular DK.

I am going to ask for everyone’s patience for the near future. Last night my dad had a stroke. He is in Hamilton General and they are taking amazing care of him. We don’t know what the future holds and I don’t know what I will be needed to do for his care. He has been moved to the Stroke unit and they start therapy tomorrow. We are still going ahead with LYS Day. I was supposed to go to Chicago next week to see the fall yarns. I am cancelling the trip but I am not sure what days we will be open. Everything is up in the air right now. Please keep reading the blog and I will provide updates.

LYS Day Pattern Suggestions

Last year for LYS Day we brought in Emma’s Yarns Super Silky 2 Colour Combos. These were well received and we have new combinations for this LYS Day. 

These are perfectly paired combos of Emma’s Yarn Super Silky. Made from 80% Superwash Merino Wool and 20% Silk, this yarn has a gorgeous drape and elegant sheen that looks and feels so soft! One 2-ply skein is 100g and 400 yards making it the perfect yarn for a fine-gauge wrap or shawl! Each skein is hand dyed with love and care by Emma.

Here are some pattern suggestions.

Good Vibes

Breathe and Hope

Hug Shot

Kitation

Ambah’s Delphinia

Ambah’s Kallara

Soundwaves by Laura Dobratz (pattern purchased on Ravelry)

This is Ambah’s Striation Scarf that can be knit with 2 skeins of Super Silky or 1 skein of Super Silky and one skein of Marvelous Mohair. WHAT?? We also have some kits coming that are one skein of fingering with one strand of mohair/silk.

These combinations are not available on the website yet. I will get them up for preorder this week.

We have a new Theme Pack coming. The colour is still a secret but here is a pattern suggestion.

Grevillia

You will need one full skein of Practically Perfect Sock and a Theme Pack. I loved making this shawl. I really need/want to make it again.

I started this post yesterday but then Blogger decided it was taking a break in the afternoon. It was finally working again at 8pm by but that time I was nicely knitting in my chair watching hockey and baseball.

There is another hockey game on the TV so it’s time to say goodnight.

Edition 3

We received a big restock of Edition 3 from Schoppel this morning. We finally have all the colours back in stock.

Edition 3 is a DK weight yarn. 

Wait until you see how many projects you can make with this 100% Extrafine Superwash Merino! You’ll be addicted to the slow, gradual color change in each ball!

150m/164 yards on a 50 gram ball.

 

This is 2594. 

2598

2513

We knit The Shift with 3 balls of Edition 3 - one ball each of 3 colours. There are kits available on the website.

Alex spent some time in the store with me today and we put together kits for the cowl and made a Shift (Edition 3) display in the front room. A few of the kits are different colourways than what I’ve shown online. 

Here is a link to the 17 pages of The Shift from Ravelry that are knit with Edition 3. 

If you type a colour number in the search box it will show you the cowls that used that colour. This might help narrow down the colours you want to use. There are so many great colours in Edition 3.

I’m working on the decreases of my Traveler Cowl. This is Light Years and I love the colours. I’m hoping to have it finished for LYS Day. 

Don’t forget that I’m going to Chicago just after LYS Day to go yarn shopping. I’m so excited! 

Lynn’s Knitting

Joji Locatelli has a pattern called the Emery Vest and Pull. You can purchase it on Ravelry.

Emery is a timeless classic, with two versions: a sleeveless vest and a long-sleeved pullover. Both versions come in 10 sizes and are worked seamlessly from the top down (yay!). 
This design uses a light worsted yarn (Shelter) together with a strand of mohair. You can substitute this combination with a traditional heavy worsted yarn. 

I wrote this pattern inspired by a book character. She is strong and powerful, a gentle warrior, with a fierce heart.

The sweater and vest are knit holding a worsted weight yarn with a mohair/silk blend. I would suggest Le Lambswool from Biches & Buches or Cascade 220 for the worsted weight yarn. For the mohair/silk you can use Rowan Kidsilk Haze or Biches & Buches Le Petit Silk/Mohair. 

Photos © Joji Locatelli

Lynn has been knitting away on her Calypso Worsted and it looks amazing!!!

I was ready to hit Publish but something told me to look at Ravelry one more time. Kaffe Fassett has a new pattern. You can purchase the pattern for the Large Scale Tumbling Blocks on Ravelry.

Kaffe Fassett’s famous Tumbling Blocks designs have delighted knitters for many years and his latest interpretation doesn’t disappoint. Kaffe has upscaled his iconic design, using seventeen shades of Felted Tweed. Two shades are held together at any one time, whilst the large blocks are achieved using the intarsia technique. The long-length jacket, with flattering three-quarter length sleeves is knitted all in one piece and is trimmed with a contrasting band. A timeless classic.

This is the yarn required if you are making the 36”-38” jacket. Make sure you look at the finished measurements because there is quite a bit of ease in the jacket.

If you’ve knit a Temperature Blanket with Felted Tweed then you probably have leftovers. You could make up your own colour combination to use what you have at home. 

Jane knit this Tumbling Blocks blanket for me. It is the most amazing piece of knitting. You can see that Jane used lots of colours in each block.

Beth has started Master Chef. I need to say goodnight and go watch.