Dressed For The Weather

This weather is so iffy. One day it's a scorcher and then next...bust out your winter coat. Out for a walk yesterday, the 3-footer's brother needed a better hat. We grabbed some new lucious cotton and worked this up. He loves it, can you tell?

Stop in the shop, grab some Araucania Ulmo (ravelry link) and cast on for your favorite 0-6 monther!
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Cotton Hat
Directions:
CO 90 sts, PM and join untwisted.
Work in 1 x 1 rib for 4 ½ “
Decrease:
*K 15, dbl dec; repeat from * to end of rnd
Knit
*K 13, dbl dec; repeat from * to end of rnd

Continue in this manner until *K3, dbl dec* rnd.
After completing this rnd, *K1, dbl dec*, omitting the K rnd. (10 sts remain)
Cut yarn and run through all sts. With a darning needle, weave in ends.

Abbreviations:
dbl dec slip 2 stitches together (knitwise), purl 1, pass slipped stitch over

More Sock Knitting Fun

Saturday is the second and final installment of our Cookie-A-Along. If you didn't join us 2 weeks ago, there's still time!
Sock Innovation was out of print already but we managed to score a bunch of copies as soon as they were reprinted. If you haven't gotten yours yet, now is the time! Call the shop to have yours put aside.
Those? My Kai-Mei's from the book. ...now to decide on the next pair!

Crazy, alright...

With a long drive this past weekend, I brought a bunch of sock yarn with me to knit on. Working on a simple toe-up, 2x2 rib sock is the perfect project to keep me busy while my husband complains that the car ahead of us does not belong in the left lane.

Toe-up socks allow me to get all the work out of the way at once and then cruise right up the leg, letting the yarn do the work.

So after finishing up a pair just north of Madison, I cast on with the new Zauberball Crazy. It's a little different than the plain Zauberball in that 2 colors of yarn are plied together and change fairly frequently.

After turning the heel on the first, I decided to begin the second so I could ration my yarn once I get to the leg. I like playing "chicken" with the yarn, seeing how far I can knit and bind off with as little left as possible. (No, I don't keep any for darning. I would rather knit a new pair than keep a small clump of yarn laying around waiting for a hole to start.) So...I cast on for the second pair with the other end of the ball and what do I find??? ...a completely new color mixture! How fun, huh? Warning: for those of you who must have precisely matching socks...STAY AWAY!

Cookies at 10 am?

Don't forget Fiddlehead Yarns is hosting a Cookie-A-Along this Saturday, May 16th from 10am to Noon! Bring your

book, sock yarn and needles. We have got a lot of socks to knit so see you Saturday!

May Classes Are Here!

Visit our website to sign up for May classes. There are a host of patterns and techniques to learn. You may even want to grab a friend (or your mom...in honor of Mothers' Day) and learn how to make a snazzy beaded knit bracelet. We are also offering a fun knit-along in May - make that a Cookie-A-Along. Choose a Cookie A. sock pattern and join us for two Saturday mornings. Be sure to check out the new Cookie A. book in the shop and all the delicious sock yarn making its way onto the shelves.

The Knit Kit Is Here!

The Knit Kit arrived at the shop yesterday! If you are looking for a way to keep all your knitting tools organized, this might be it.
It contains a crochet hook for picking up dropped stitches, a yarn cutter, a clicking stitch counter, tape measure and a small door on the back that contains point protectors, stitch markers and a scissors.
Keep all these things in one spot and never have to fumble at the bottom of your bag again!

Zauberballs are here!

A fun new sock yarn in gorgeous colors!

1 ball makes a pair of socks.

We have all 9 colors.....9 pairs of socks!