Category: Stash Buster
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Clapotis
I was listening to a podcast by Helen Stewart (Curious Handmade) and she was doing an interview with Amy Singer of knitty.com. Amy mentioned Clapotis as one of their most popular patterns and I realized I had never knit it. I do not generally jump on a design band wagon, but when a pattern is…
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Stevenson Gaunlets
This one was not a free pattern, but is from the Colours of Shetland pattern book by Kate Davies and is worth every dollar I spent on it. I used Intrepid Tulips wool/silk DK in Apricot Tart and Dulce de Leche as well as some gray Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift. The Stevenson Gauntlets was a fun pattern and I really like…
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Winter Solstice Cowl
You may be getting tired of hearing about how much I adore Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk DK, but I am not tired of telling you about it. This colorway is “Winter Solstice” and it is a gorgeous blend of grays and purples. I was rifling through one of Sarah’s yarn bins recently and knew I had to get…
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Multi Colored Yarn Talk
Last Saturday I’d been asked to talk to the Salt Lake Knitting Guild about the best ways to use multi colored, or variegated, yarn. Because I live with the stuff, it’s easy to forget the details of its confounding effects on so many knitters. I mean, I know it can be intimidating, and it takes…
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Strandwanderer: Variegated Yarn Cleverness
I’d been eying the Strandwanderer pattern of Lea Viktoria’s for some time before I finally cast on. Having cast on, it then took a bit of knitting before I had anything to show for it. In and amongst all the knitting, I had plenty of time to think about the pattern design, (along with watching…
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Juneberry in Apricot Tart
My local yarn shop closed earlier this year, but some of us still get together to knit. This fall we decided to do a Knit Along with Jared Flood’s Juneberry. I knew right away that I wanted to use Intrepid Tulips Wool/Silk DK in Apricot Tart. It was the perfect yarn. It has a rustic…
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Pooled Infinity Scarf in Campfire
I was very interested in Sarah’s new pattern, the Pooled Infinity Scarf. After meeting up with Sarah and obtaining a skein of Intrepid Tulips Sock in Campfire, I cast on right away. I had to go up two needle sizes to get vertical striping and it took me several rows to learn how to change my tension…
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Orchid Cowl
This was also not a free pattern, but is a lovely design–the Norby hat by Gudrun Johnston . I use the half skein leftover from my Drip Line Hat and just knit until the yarn was gone. The pattern calls for fingering weight yarn, so the ITY wool/silk DK knit up at a looser gauge, but the…
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Sunnyside
I started out writing about projects I’ve made with the Intrepid Tulips DK, the Polwarth/Silk blend, but I have made great projects with Sarah’s other yarns as well and today’s project was made with Intrepid Tulips Sock in Wine. The semi-solid shades of ITY Sock are so gorgeous. I used one skein to make this darling baby sweater (size 6-12 months…
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Free Pattern Saturday: Pooled Infinity Scarf
Football season’s starting: the crowds cheer, the players adjust their mouth guards, the commentators comment, the search for game-friendly knitting projects is on! This scarf works up quickly in the round. It’s almost entirely knit in stockinette with a simple picot edge for added interest. It offers a fresh take on variegated yarn, working with…