In the mood to knitalong with others, sharing our photos, patterns and encouragement? Then check out the Fans of SSYC board on Ravelry to see the KAL that will start on Feb 1 and end at the end of Feb. Want to join in? Great! Just join the Fans of SSYC group (you'll have to create a free Ravelry account to do so) and cast on your project with yarn purchased from SSYC no earlier than Feb 1. To clarify, the yarn can come from SSYC at any time, but you should cast on the project no sooner than the beginning of Feb. and finish your project by the end of the month.
Here's a button to share on your blog, and you can link it to the Ravelry SSYC group so that others can keep up on the cool things we are all knitting. Just right click on the image above, save it somewhere to your computer, and use it on your blog or website.
I haven't yet decided yet what I'm going to knit for the KAL, but the nice thing is that I have a few more weeks to hem and haw and mull it over. Here are some of my picks, though knowing me I'll change my mind at the last minute: Alchemy's Juniper in the Clarita colorway, Simply Sock Yarn in Tuscany, or Garden Party- the special colorway from Pagewood Farm from our last sock yarn club (shown below). What do you have stashed or in your shopping cart for the KAL?
That Pagewood Farms colourway is gorgeous!!!! Sorry I missed out on that one!
Posted by: Pamela | January 08, 2010 at 09:41 AM
I have the Pagewood Farm yarn that was part of the sock club and I love it. Have any ideas for a pattern that would work well--pretty but not so difficult that I can't work on it during the Olympics? My default pattern is always the monkey socks.
Posted by: Nancyd | January 08, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Nancy, If you haven't used the Spring Forward pattern, I've knit that with PF Denali before and really liked it.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/PATTspringforward.html
It's a really simple pattern- one that you really can't lose your way in, so it owuld likely be really good for Olympic watching.
Anyone else have any other suggestions?
Posted by: Allison | January 08, 2010 at 04:02 PM
Thanks Allison, I just pulled that pattern (had already copied it) and think it would be perfect. I am all set for Feb 1.
Posted by: Nancy | January 09, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I have some SSYC Alchemy Juniper Rio, Aquamarine, Joshua Tree, Amethyst, and Jade stashed. But I'm going to use the Rio for the knitalong. Just copied the button and will be posting it to my blog soon.
Posted by: Virginia | January 09, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Hmmmmmm. I too have that yarn & love it. But I am in the mood to knit something other than socks. Perhaps a small triangular shawlette or scarf. I have a nice small triangular scarf that is fairly simple to knit. I'll have to check to see how much yarn it takes. If I don't have enough of the PF maybe I'll use some if the DIC Starry or the Butterfly. It has to be fairly simple because we are going on a family (extended - the 2 of us, my 2 daughters, son in law & the 3 grands) for a week next month. We are going to Legoland & environs. So there won't be much knitting time during that week!
Posted by: Donna | January 10, 2010 at 07:27 AM
Allison, thank you very much for the idea of Spring Forward. I might try it: it looks lovely :)
Posted by: betty | January 12, 2010 at 06:48 PM