7.26.2010

Monster Parts





If you guessed that I was making the Daphne and Delilah monster pattern
from this blog post, you are correct my friend!
I am now done with all of the knitting. All that is left is the sewing up.. sigh...


7.22.2010

The Fibre Company Drawing Giveaway!



Would you like to sample The Fibre Company's products?

Enter to win these beautiful skeins of The Fibre Company's Road to China Light and Savannah (provided by Kelbourne Woolens and The Backwards Loop) along with the beautiful Frukttradgard hat pattern by leaving a comment under this blog post.

The Frukttradgard pattern is just lovely. I'm working on my second right now,
but click HERE to see pictures of the one I've completed.

Winner will be announced here on August 1, so be sure to check back and see if you've won!

As a reminder, please include contact information in your comment so that I may notify you if you are the winner.
Also remember only one comment per person please. Thanks!


This drawing is now closed! Congratulations to Chantal B. the winner! :)


7.18.2010

Never Not Knitting For Tiny Ones


My friend Leslie has one of the cutest granddaughters ever and the other day Leslie's daughter kindly let me borrow her for a photo shoot. I recently had a bunch of my spring/summer patterns knit up in a 6 month size for my second trunk show.
I'm so happy to have such an adorable model to show them off!

Meet Adelaide..


Isn't she sweet? As you can tell she started the photo shoot pretty happy. I think she liked wearing Chloe and the sweater looked adorable on her! This sample was knit up out of Spud and Chloe Sweater yarn in
one skein each of the Watermelon, Popsicle and Rootbeer colorways.
This has been a very popular pattern this summer!


Next up.. Haltermelon!

I think that this little halter top looks especially adorable in the smaller sizes!

Adelaide at first seemed very happy to put this outfit on. It was nice and comfortably cool on a very warm day.
But as you can tell, she quickly became a bit concerned...

Perhaps she doesn't care for watermelons after all?


Hmm... doesnt look like it.. When we put the Watermelon sweater on her, we had a little "Watermelon Overload" incident on our hands.

"Watermelons all over me! Ahhh!"

Once the Watermelon situation was dealt with, Adelaide was very happy to model the
Spring Garden Tee for me. I found this beautiful soft blue (Rowan Calmer color #463) to be a wonderful color for her.

On my blog I recently shared pictures of this tee on an older girl, but its fun to see how it looks on a baby as well.
It really is a versatile pattern!



Thank you again to Adelaide and her Mom and Grandma for making this photo shoot possible.
And don't worry Adelaide.. Ill keep that Watermelon sweater far far away.. It will never bother you again.

Thank you also to my fabulous sample knitters CeRae and Yaena.
The garments turned out beautifully!

If your local yarn shop is on my trunk show schedule, you'll get to see these beautiful samples in person.
Have your yarn shop owner contact me to be added to the list! nevernotknitting@gmail.com



7.17.2010

Fruktträdgård



Recently I made this lovely hat for a knitting friend diagnosed with cancer.
I'm very happy with how it turned out and I hope that she likes it too.

This is the Frukktradgard hat pattern. Yes. I said Frukktradgard. :)
Isn't it beautiful? All of those lacy leaves. I love it!

I knitted this out of the yarn called for in the pattern, only one skein of Road to China Light from The Fibre Company. What lovely yarn this is. I highly recommend it!
Check out my latest podcast episode for a review.


You will find the Frukktradgard pattern available here.
The yarn is available here through the The Backwards Loop.

I'm getting ready to start a second Frukktradgard for another friend
of mine out of the Aquamarine colorway of Road to China.
I'll be sharing pictures of that one soon!


7.16.2010

NeverNotKnitting Podcast : Episode 39 : Adventures Of A Prodigal Knitter



Episode 39






Shownotes:





















The Winner of Episode 38's Becoming Art drawing giveaway is JoannaCos! Congratulations!

Receive 10% off at The Backwards Loop
until August 1,2010! Just enter special code "julypodcast" in the comments section when you place your order.
This offer is exclusive to the Never Not Knitting listeners and blog readers! Have fun!


Click HERE to download Episode 39 MP3 file.


(All iTunes downloading issues should be fixed! Let me know if you have any further problems with downloading Episode 39. Thank you!)


7.15.2010

Yet Another Podcast Announcement

Hi Everyone! Unfortunately the Never Not Knitting podcast is experiencing some technical difficulties. I lost my finished podcast file and have to start over. :(

It will be out tomorrow! Sorry!

7.11.2010

Can You Guess?





Can anyone guess which knitting pattern I just started for my daughter?
(Hint: Its ferocious.)

:)

7.05.2010

Healing And Knitting





Recently I've been going through a medical situation that has proved very taxing physically as well as emotionally. I am feeling much better now though. Thank you everyone for all of your kind notes and well wishes.

During this time I have found great comfort in my knitting. It has been such a nice distraction to focus on and relax with. I've picked up my Snicket socks again and am working on sock #2. I've also started a beautiful new lacy leaf project in an unbelievable yarn that I will be reviewing in the next podcast episode.

I'm sure you've noticed that both my current projects are green. Indulging in my favorite color makes me very happy. :)


7.01.2010

NeverNotKnitting Podcast Announcement




Hello podcast listeners: I just wanted to let you know that Episode 39 will be postponed to
July 15, 2010.
I've been dealing with some difficult medical situations lately, and I am using this time to recover.
Thanks for all of your support!