Fave FREE Patterns Today

yeah, i know it's hot out there. I have air conditioning in here, wa-ha-ha (that's my evil laugh)! you are welcome to join me in here to enjoy the artificailly cold air too. i hear we're going to be getting lots of rain & overcast days all June because there's going to be lots of Hurricane activity along the Atlantic coast. wa-ha-ha!

Basic Ribbed Socks
you can't beat the basics, especially when it comes to socks.

Cleo Felted Clutch
fashion literally at your fingertips. don't believe me? check it out!

Licorice Bullet Lace Skirt
yeah, i know. the name is gross. just ignore the nomenclature 'cause it's a gorgeous lace skirt!

Mitten Wardrobe
i know, they're mittens, and it's June. but i'll tell ya' something - last year one of my customers started her x-mas knitting in june. we all thought she was crazy. but she got to enjoy making her gifts and still got to make her own things in-between. By November she was finished and we were all whining about having to make crash holiday gifts. Not only that, her friends & family really LOVED their gifts because there was such a long lead-up to them and she got to get their input on what they really wanted and liked. Thankfully she isn't a smug person.

FABLE

fable, originally uploaded by knitomatic.

New Colours of FABLE BABY ALPACA!!

Mmmmmmm ... Yum! But what to do, what to do? Well, anything that calls for 3mm to 4.5mm needles will work with FABLE. Or you can check out their FREE patterns on the FABLE HANDKNIT website. I want FABLE socks!

addenda - next day
oh! yum! the new colours are soooo gorgeous! i unpacked the FABLE and it is so beautiful! i can't stop looking at it. i want to get another bag of each colour so i can loviongly gaze at more of it on the wall. Andrea (FABLE creator) has outdone herself this time, and I hear I'm the first to have the new colours too. they are happy, subtle, simple but sophisticated, and all of them are right-on the mark. people can't stop toughing them either. tee-hee! i love baby alpaca, it's like poor-man's cashmere. Ha-ha! it's ghetto cashmere! :-) except i wish cashmere came in these colours! whatever, for ten bucks a skein, this rocks my world! I'm gonna go back to staring at it with unabashed desrire ..... i think i want to sleep with it.

Favourite Free patterns Now

Lux Tank Top

Saturday Market Bag

Tropicana Socks

Street Knit Poject

Hot & muggy T.O. summertimes rarely inspire me to pick up my knitting needles (though admittedly I am a pretty slack knitter year round). But I may just have to get my sticks in gear this time to knit a scarf or three for the StreetKnit Project - an initiative that asks you knitters to "put your needles together and spend some time this summer knitting some warmth into a sweater, a hat, mittens, socks, or scarf to help keep someone warm this winter"

All of your fuzzy output will be donated to various homeless outreach programs in the Fall.

This project is apparently in its infancy, so check back at their website in a bit for updates re: participating programs. Contact them at streetknit@gmail.com for more info.