Saturday, May 22, 2010

Feeding my obsession for stitch patterns

Yesterday I walked into the Chapters downtown with my nephew who was looking for books to read on his long flight to Crete.  I had to go wandering into the crafts section and I found this wonderful little book of stitch patterns.  The first 100 pages are about the basics of knitting which would be useful for beginners.  She then classifies the various stitch patterns by Easy, Medium and Difficult within each category (knit and purl, rib, cables,  lace and bobbles,  lace edgings and twisted)   All stitch patterns are charted only which I prefer.


Look forward to seeing some wonderful new creations in my shop; ideas are already buzzing around in my head.


Saturday, May 8, 2010

Berroco Comfort Yarn has arrived!

The Berroco Comfort yarn I ordered from Herrschners has arrived.  I wanted to knit this yarn into wonderful hats but seeing it I'm not so sure, it's just gorgeous and soft.  I will probably have fun with it trying different stitch patterns and come up with something gorgeous for sure.  Working with a wonderful yarn helps a lot.