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As always, welcome to WIP Wed here on the Sarah Dawn's Designs blog!
Well, it seems like my title for this was quite appropriate, as Toronto is getting snow as I type, and the weather is forecast to drop to a high of -8 C by Friday. I'm now very grateful this is my job -- I can sit here snuggled in a sweater, and knitting on a shawl where the colours remind me very much of Spring! (Well, that and work on the final pattern draft of the much-delayed Woodland Mittens, I do need to get those done, too!)
Some of my Patrons have already seen the preview of the Colours of Spring Shawl, but I got a bunch more done on it at Knit Night since those photos, so, here we go!
I'm really quite loving the *gradients from *OceanWindKnits! They knit up quite well, and there's enough in each skein to get a decent stripe of colour (I'm actually using two gradient sets, so 2 skeins in each colour).
And then there are the stitch markers from *WineMakersSister's Etsy Shop! These arrived in my mail on Monday Night, and I think they're absolutely adorable, and immediately put them to use. They're designed to *match the various mascots of the *2018 Eat.Sleep.Knit Yarnathon, though I got a *different set and then added my team's Eat.Sleep.Knit Mascot. (I do think that the little crab charm is adorable!)
And, to top it off, WineMakersSister is very kindly offering a discount to those who are on Ravelry and following along in the *Eat.Sleep.Knit Yarnathon! If you're a Ravelry member, you can see the relevant Ravelry Post here. That said, the discount is only valid until Jan 31, so you'll have to hurry!
It's funny. While writing this I realized just how much my attitude towards stitch markers has changed. If you'd asked me two years ago, I didn't really care, and was using scrap yarn and odds and ends. Now, I quite enjoy all the pretty stitch markers I've gotten (both as gifts and ones I've bought), and I really think it adds just a touch of something that's lacking when it's random scrap yarn.
Don't worry, though, I still save my yarn scraps -- long ones become spare yarn for provisional cast ons and such, and short ones are saved -- I use yarn scraps in the place of fiberfill when I need to stuff something!
Well, as always, thanks for reading along! And, I'd love to hear your thoughts on stitch markers -- do you use them? If you do, which style of markers do you like? Please, feel free to sound off in the comments!
Until next week, folks!
As always, welcome to WIP Wed here on the Sarah Dawn's Designs blog!
Well, it seems like my title for this was quite appropriate, as Toronto is getting snow as I type, and the weather is forecast to drop to a high of -8 C by Friday. I'm now very grateful this is my job -- I can sit here snuggled in a sweater, and knitting on a shawl where the colours remind me very much of Spring! (Well, that and work on the final pattern draft of the much-delayed Woodland Mittens, I do need to get those done, too!)
Some of my Patrons have already seen the preview of the Colours of Spring Shawl, but I got a bunch more done on it at Knit Night since those photos, so, here we go!
I'm really quite loving the *gradients from *OceanWindKnits! They knit up quite well, and there's enough in each skein to get a decent stripe of colour (I'm actually using two gradient sets, so 2 skeins in each colour).
And then there are the stitch markers from *WineMakersSister's Etsy Shop! These arrived in my mail on Monday Night, and I think they're absolutely adorable, and immediately put them to use. They're designed to *match the various mascots of the *2018 Eat.Sleep.Knit Yarnathon, though I got a *different set and then added my team's Eat.Sleep.Knit Mascot. (I do think that the little crab charm is adorable!)
And, to top it off, WineMakersSister is very kindly offering a discount to those who are on Ravelry and following along in the *Eat.Sleep.Knit Yarnathon! If you're a Ravelry member, you can see the relevant Ravelry Post here. That said, the discount is only valid until Jan 31, so you'll have to hurry!
It's funny. While writing this I realized just how much my attitude towards stitch markers has changed. If you'd asked me two years ago, I didn't really care, and was using scrap yarn and odds and ends. Now, I quite enjoy all the pretty stitch markers I've gotten (both as gifts and ones I've bought), and I really think it adds just a touch of something that's lacking when it's random scrap yarn. Don't worry, though, I still save my yarn scraps -- long ones become spare yarn for provisional cast ons and such, and short ones are saved -- I use yarn scraps in the place of fiberfill when I need to stuff something!
Well, as always, thanks for reading along! And, I'd love to hear your thoughts on stitch markers -- do you use them? If you do, which style of markers do you like? Please, feel free to sound off in the comments!
Until next week, folks!
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