hand dyed lamb’s pride and snapdragon fingering going up in the shop!
and, of course, there is also one skein of blue fingering that missed the photo shoot.
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katie’s peaks island
February 19, 2012i love this.
i want one for myself.
so warm and squishy and seed stitch.
this pattern by ysolda. made for my mother-in-law. the yarn is 50% alpaca / 50% wool. i only got the one photo. raveled here.
new colors!
February 13, 2012of all the yarns, going up in the shop as i get them photographed. exciting!
Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet
February 7, 2012this is a whopper of a festival this year… friday, saturday, and sunday. i’ll be there along with the 150 new skeins i’ve dyed up… and the baby. here’s a sneak peek.
hope to see you there!
jeremiah’s very warm hat
February 5, 2012elizabeth zimmermann pattern from the opinionated knitter. every year i challenge myself to make an even warmer hat for jeremiah. he’s a great person to knit for. he wears whatever i make him and currently has a hat for most temperatures in fairbanks. but 40 below, that’s a hard one.
so here’s an attempt. side one – colorwork. the orange is autumn house farms 50% wool/50% alpaca, dark blue is my hand dyed lamb’s pride, and lighter blue is snapdragon worsted.
side two – stripes. same blues as above and some commercial wool (maybe cascade 220?).
ben claims that this hat is super duper warm and, when you think about it, it should be. bulky yarns are warm because they only need to be loosely spun to be yarn and that leaves a lot of room for air in the yarn. this hat is warm because it’s a double layered hat with space in between the layers for air. i wonder if this style of hat would be warmer than a bulky hat? also, it has a bit of alpaca and mohair in it, so that helps. raveled here.
p.s. here’s this month’s newsletter!
fairbanks hat
January 28, 2012i’ve been asked many times to see this hat on a head… but i didn’t have one to model it until now! here are my attempts of a good photo of it. it probably would have fit him better had i used a true worsted rather than aran weight, but ah well.
i still love it and he wears it all the time. i hope this shows adequately enough how it fits and how adorably pointy it is!
speaking of hat fit, i’ve seen for myself now how different hat shapes look on different shaped heads on mostly bald babes. the difference in head shapes is amazing and totally effects how different hats look on them. malachi has a wide head and two of our girl babe friends have heads that are shaped more front to back. malachi looks great in square hats, but the girls look a bit silly. and in adults, i’ve noted it on folks who tried on hats at my craft fair booths… and there are all of those folks who say they look horrible in hats. i stand by that they haven’t tried on enough styles. for instance, i look very bad in basic fitted round hats. but that doesn’t limit me ;)
my version is raveled here.
orange crush
January 26, 2012i still take selective commissions over here at cosymakes. this one goes to a very special family. the gentleman has bought numerous hats from me over the years. his first was from my very first handmade arcade here in pittsburgh, then he moved away and continued to buy.
mama version – raveled here
baby version – raveled here
so when he and his wife recently had their first baby, he requested a matchingish mom/baby duo – round hats with an orange base. i also made the baby one so it can roll up for the rest of this winter, and roll down and fit better for next winter. having just had a baby myself, how could i refuse!
the color is a recent falkland fiber club colorway with an tiny bit of a couple extra colors spun in. the charcoal brim is some commercial wool and the embroidery is recycled sweater wool/angora. the baby hat also has hand dyed recycled sweater yarn stripes and commercial wool stripes.
here’s an out-take of malachi and i modeling them when i had the first idea down, without the thicker swirls and snowflakes. not the most attractive picture, but it’s in focus! and he looks cute ;)
baby hats!
January 24, 2012well, i’ve decided to spread the love! i’m going to give away all of the hats… including the two i accidentally included that are the larger size (6-18 mo. whoops!). i’ll email everyone and let them pick which they would like, so it may be a bit of a process, but you’ll be hearing from me! i loved hearing about who you all would wrap in woolie love. so sweet. it also makes me sad i can’t give all of you baby hats.
because it needed a picture! this hat also never sold, but it was destined for my little beanling
12 – angela
2 – stephanie
3 – robin
15 – beth
4 – rachel
11 – ashley
6 – sarah
i’m also going to run another giveaway, but am not ready for it yet today. so you’ll have to wait until i get the studio cleaned up a bit more and find some stuff i want to clean out.
bonnet winner and baby hat giveaway
January 16, 2012first, the winner of the bonnet is… number 16! annie :) i’ll be in touch about how to claim this prize.
second, today is the last day to get in on the falkland fiber club!
and lastly, this week i’m giving away 3 baby hats to 3 different people. each of these hats should fit somewhere in the 0-6 month range. all are one-of-a-kind and made with hand dyed, handspun, recycled sweater, hand dyed and/or commerical yarn.
in order to enter this one, you need to comment on this post, letting me know who the hat you get would be for. as always, get your comments in before friday at 8 pm eastern time and i’ll announce the winner next monday… along with another giveaway. the first person drawn gets first pick of the hats.
falkland fiber club feature
January 12, 2012or, rather, featuring Amy and her amazing spinning and knitting! amy has finished a lot of projects from my fiber club and i love watching them come about… especially since i don’t have time to spin and knit every colorway myself!
go see her ravelry pattern page for much much more lovely knit handspun. so inspiring. and note that she is super organized and has pics of the fiber and the handspun usually! i love that.
p.s. and speaking of, there are still 3 slots in the falkland fiber club left! they’ll be up until monday if you want to nab one.
