While I'm organizing the post for the voting of the Summer of Color contest, I realized I should let you in on of some new things in the store this week. First off is a really cool new bag from KnowKnits that's part of the GoKnit pouch line. There's a spankin' new faux fur option for this bag, and it's super cute and soft.
Clara Parkes recently wrote about the new accessory in Knitters Review, "Few accessories prompted quite as much excitement as the new faux fur GoKnit pouches from KnowKnits. The fabric is actually quite soft and silky. It weighs almost nothing yet when filled with a project, takes on the feel of a cuddly teddy bear." I agree and have already snagged one for myself.
I also have for you a restock of the popular Continuum striping yarn from String Theory Colorworks. Included in this is the most popular color, Dark Matter (shown above), as well as three new colors: Graviton, Ion Propulsion and Witch Head Nebula, shown below.
The cool thing about Graviton is that it stripes with a thick brown stripe, and the alternating stripe is a variegated plum and mulberry. Witch Head Nebula stripes similarly- a thick black stripe alternating with a stripe that is a variegated gray/lilac/pink.
I'm now carrying Cookie A's sock patterns in the store. These are superbly designed socks, some challenging knits, some simple with a big impact. I highly recommend snagging some for knitting with Simply Sock Yarn or Lorna's Laces Nearly Solids, which will really show off the nice patterns. Ooh, Alchemy's Juniper in the Elements would be awesome too. Or Kitchen Sink Dyerworks. Ack- I'd better stop daydreaming or I'll never get the Summer of Color voting post finished!
Shown above is the Mingus pattern using Dream in Color's Smooshy sock yarn color 210-Beach Fog.
Is it just me or does that sock bag look like it needs snuggling?
Posted by: susan | July 27, 2010 at 06:11 PM