Soundtrack KAL begins Wednesday!
This year is the 4th Annual 4 Day Knitalong, and to celebrate, Olive Knits designer Marie Greene is giving us four times the number of days to complete our sweaters! (Number of days varies by size.)
You can check out the Soundtrack pattern here, read more about the 4 Day KAL here, find the Olive Knits Student Lounge private Facebook group here, and view the kits I’ve put together at Yarn Folk here. And if you prefer something less fuzzy, let me help you put together a combination from one of the other options in the shop.Current open hours are Monday - Friday, 7am-3:30pm, and Saturdays, 9am-1pm. In-store shopping: mask required, two customers at a time, avoid any wait by scheduling at yarnfolk.com/scheduling. And we’re always open at yarnfolk.com/shop!
Meme with cat wearing chain mail, captioned: “I swear to ye, the yarn dragon shall be slain by mine own paw.”
…to learn (and do)
CURRENT CLASSES & EVENTS
Social Stitching via Zoom
Note: on July 1st, the Wednesday Zoom KAL will transition from the Casapinka KAL to the SOUNDTRACK KAL (although you’re always more than welcome to work on anything you like!)
Wednesday, JuLY 1, 12:00-1:00pm SOUNDTRACK CAST ON! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88351111252?pwd=WFpkR2pLaEx4d1dMSFI3OXl4dWJ5Zz09 OR open Zoom and enter 883-5111-1252 for the meeting ID
Note: full pattern lands today; the official cast on is July 4th. I am certain that we will not be alone in beginning immediately!
Thursday, July 2, 4:00-6:00pm https://us04web.zoom.us/j/981942707?pwd=TExyQlRPWnB3OW40QkFZRCs5aVRtQT09 OR open Zoom and enter 981-942-707 for the meeting ID
Friday, July 3, 12:00-1:00pm https://us04web.zoom.us/j/741980568?pwd=bXp1ellFUHNqS0lUaFYvS1ord3Fndz09 OR open Zoom and enter 741-980-568 for the meeting ID
PASSWORD FOR ALL MEETINGS IS 330044.
...to anticipate
Nearly finished child’s sweater with grey body and purple/blue/pink/yellow/turquoise/green striped arms. © & knit by Knitterly Things
FedEx is not making this easy, but self-striping Vesper Sock from Knitterly Things is always worth the wait! So cheerful, if you’re needing just a little uplift. Socks, of course, or SOCK ARMS!! (Little Sock Arms and Sock Arms, and take a look at projects specifically using Vesper Sock here.)
(I’m promised that it really will get delivered today. It was ON the truck yesterday, and then REMOVED.)
…to inspire
Dark purple and lavender brioche shawl © and knit by PDX Knitterati/Michele Bernstein
There are still some compelling yarn combinations available for Breathe & Hope and/or Hug Shot, and I’m still spotting great combos and adding them to the kit listing. But some shop owner friends and I started pondering: what are some other patterns that will work with these pairs? The project started in a Facebook group, but you know me—if there’s a list, it might as well be a Ravelry bundle! Above is Michele Bernstein’s Syncopation, the Ravelry Two Skein/Two Color bundle is here, and the available kits are here.
(An update on the launch of Ravelry’s new look is here, and includes information on preferences you can adjust.)
...to stitch
Tundra
With only one inch left to knit before attaching the sleeves to the body and beginning the colorwork yoke, but most exciting part of this project is tantalizingly close. Yarn is Lettlopi and pattern is Tundra. Lopi is distributed by Berroco, and as of this writing, is still available through the drop ship program, where you contact me with what you’d like to order, and Berroco sends it directly to your home. I chose Tundra because it has an inclusive size range, but the Weatherman sweater was a drop ship project of the week a few weeks back, and is still available.
[image: charcoal sweater body and sleeves with pale grey and blue colorwork]
Breathe & Hope
I finally finished it!! Using Candy Skein Luscious Fingering in Black Licorice and Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stealer in Trap Door, my Breathe & Hope is a high-contrast graphic piece that I expect to wear a LOT.
[image: short-sleeve coral linen sweater with black and white striped shawl]
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