Friday, October 28, 2022, Issue 269: It's fall and it's sweater weather...Happy Friday!

Ribbed branches and clear meandering lines create a graphic interplay on this large and cosy shawl.

Lisa Hannes Coral Reef Wrap features a combination of ribbing and travelling lines that look wonderful on both sides. So, there is no real “wrong side” and it can be worn with either side showing, which makes it really easy to wear!

And you’ll be surprised that there is not a single cable worked in this shawl. You’ll only ever work a maximum of 4 increases/decreases per row to create the effect of the mesmerizing branches! The rest is done in easy, relaxing ribbing.

It is worked sideways from tip to tip as an elongated ellipse-like shape and the pattern is adjustable to the yardage you have available or your desired size if you prefer to make a smaller/larger shawl.

Fully written row-by-row as well as charted instructions are provided so you can choose which you prefer to work from.

SIZE OF SAMPLE
Length: 269 cm / 106”
Width at centre: 68.5 cm / 27”
adjustable to your liking or the yardage you have available

YARN
Designed for a fingering weight yarn plus a Suri lace weight yarn worked held together. The pattern is easily adjustable for other yarn weights and/or yardages.

SUGGESTED YARN:
Malabrigo Sock, 100% Superwash Merino Wool, 440 yards per 100 gram
Malabrigo Silkpaca, 70% Baby Alpaca, 30% Silk, 420 yards per 50 grams

NEEDLES
5.0 mm (US 8)

GAUGE
17.5 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4“ with both yarns together in 2/2 ribbing after light blocking.

Floof by Skeindeer Knits is a relatively simple top-down stockinette sweater, using the contiguous construction method to create a set-in-sleeve-look seamlessly.

The length is easy to adapt, and the sweater features a high-low hem. That is, the body is longer at the back than at the front. This is something you can easily omit, should you wish to. Lastly, the sleeves are designed to be on the longer side.

Yarn
One strand 2 ply light-fingering weight non-superwash wool yarn held together with a strand of lace-weight silk mohair yarn

YARN AMOUNTS PER YARN
(850, 900, 950, 1000) (1050, 1100, 1150, 1200) (1250, 1300, 1350, 1400, 1450) m / (930, 985, 1040, 1095) (1150, 1205, 1260, 1310) (1365, 1420, 1475, 1630, 1585) yds, per yarn.

SUGGESTED YARN: Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight, or Shetland Supreme and Garnstudio Drops Kid Silk; Lichen & Lace 80/20 Sock and Marsh Mohair

SIZES
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

Garment bust: (95, 100, 105, 110) (115, 120, 125, 130) (135, 140, 145, 150, 155) cm / (37, 39, 41, 43) (45, 47, 49, 51) (53, 55, 57, 59, 61)”
To be worn with 15 cm / 6” positive ease at the bust. I.e, if you measure 100 cm around your bust, choose the 120 cm bust size.

I didn’t need to cast on another project but I cast on two! This is Lonely Forest by Caitlin Hunter…another WIP for the Caitlin Hunter Knit-Along!

How do you like my colour combination? I am using The Fibre Co. Amble in Catbells and Garnstudio Drops Kid Silk in 33 Rust.

Karen (kmae64) has Lonely Forest by Caitlin Hunter on her needles for the #sue2knitscaitlinhunterkal too! She posted this pic on October 9th!

My other cast on WIP is Solid Stitch Lines by La Maison de Saba, a free Ravelry download sock recipe for not so plain and rather elegant toe-up socks. Trusted Toe Up Socks by Tanis Lavallee is the basic sock pattern I used for the toes.

I am using Koigu KPPPM colours from the Collector's Club - LYS Life in Speckles and Maie.

The bottom of the sock is plain stripes without the slipped stitches.

KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY

Here’s what’s currently going on:

The newest Knit-Alongs are:

Caitlin Hunter (Boyland Knitworks) KAL. Choose from the Ninilchik Swoncho, the Koivua or Koivua Light or any pattern by Caitlin;

and the Knit Any Project: our everlasting knit-along to encourage and support you to knit between now and December 31st.

Don’t forget to post a pic to the finished object (FO) thread whenever you finish a project during the Knit-Along so that you will be included in the next draw! We will also add the option of posting your finished project to Instagram using the #sue2knitskal or #sue2knitscaitlinhunterkal so that I can find and see them!

Paulette (@psknitting50) finished her Cupcake by Stephanie Earp using her hand spun yarn.

Kathy (chantrykathy) finished her Emma Version C by Julie Weisenberger from Cocoknits Sweater Workshop.

Kathy (chantrykathy) also finished her Magnolia Chunky Cardigan by Camilla Vad using Berroco Vibe.

Kathy (chantrykathy) finished this Midas Hat by Laura Reinbach. Flying Friends Ceramic Button (Robin Redbreast) made in Cornwall, England.

The last summer project that Kathy (chantrykathy) finished is STRIPES! by Andrea Mowry knit using Noro Sonata.

Jenny (@jennyknitsandreads) finished this @jp_knits_things Classic Colourblock Sweater to be released soon. Yarn is Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Paper and Whiskey Barrel.

Cecilia (colourcanuck) finished this pair of Midnight Hare Fingerless Mitts by Folk Hattie. Yarn is Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight.

Debbie (swifty849) finished this gorgeous pair of Midnight Clear socks by Cheryl Topitsch!

Jocelyne (jocblais) finished her Venezia Shawl by Joji Locatelli.

Sandi (sandima) finished her Hythe Cowl test knit for Wandering Star Knits.

SHOP UPDATE

This was a very busy week for receiving new inventory!! For those of you who have been waiting for The Fibre Co. Arranmore Light and Amble re-stock...It arrived this week too. I forgot to take a photo!

Hedgehog Fibres Sock and Tweedy landed in the shop this week. The Tweedy in collaboration with Madelinetosh will arrive soon.

Hedgehog Fibres Sock

Fingering weight yarn, 90% Merino wool, 10% nylon, superwash. 21.5 micron Merino wool, softly spun, non-scratchy yarn. This is their most popular and famous yarn base, and for good reason. The perfect balance of soft and durable, the dye takes especially beautifully on this base. The ideal yarn for accessories, especially Stephen West designs for fingering weight yarns. It is fantastic for for shawls, scarves, baby items, hats and more! It can also be held double for a DK project which makes a soft, supple fabric with even more variegation. Sold in approx. 100g skeins/400m. Mulesing free. Gentle machine wash, delicate cycle.

• Fingering weight
• 90% Merino wool, 10% nylon
• 437 yards(400 meters)
• 100 grams (3.53 ounces)
• 28.0 sts = 4 inches
• 2.0 - 3.0 mm (US 0 - 2.5) needles
• Hand Wash or Machine Wash Gentle

Hedgehog Fibres Tweedy

Tweed DK yarn and the coloured bits are our own hand-dyed waste - the ties that we take off the hand dyed skeins. We save them very diligently and it's a total labour of love!

We have been collecting the ties for a while and I finally found a mill that could process these, which means re-carding them, blending and spinning into yarn again. We have a batch of this lovely taupe, grey-ish tweed yarn with colourful speckles. I love how neutral it is with a colourful bit here and there. It comes in one colourway only and I think it's just calling for sweaters and cardigans.

We are always looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly and to minimise waste. On top of our thread waste we are using recycled wool, making 50% of the total content recycled. We love the result! It's soft, yet wooly. Not superwash and it blooms beautifully after washing.

• DK weight
• 50% Falkland Merino Wool, 37.5% Recycled wool, 12.5% our Thread waste
• 252 yards (230 meters) per 100 grams (3.53 ounces) 
• 22.0 sts = 4 inches 
• Hand wash cold, Dry flat

A restock of Garnstudio Drops Air and Kid Silk as well as NEW to the shop Wish.

Garnstudio Drops Wish

A beautiful and chunky blow yarn made from a combination of baby alpaca, merino wool and pima cotton - DROPS Wish is soft, fluffy and absolutely itch-free.

Cosy, light and airy - just like DROPS Air - and with a thickness similar to DROPS Snow, DROPS Wish is the perfect choice for cosy sweaters, trendy slipovers and chunky accessories like hats, cowls and scarves.

Made in: Peru / EU
Raw material origin: Alpaca and wool from South America, cotton from India

• Super Bulky
• 50% Alpaca, 33% Cotton, 17% Wool
• 77 yards (70 meters) per 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
• 9.0 to 11.0 sts = 4 inches
• 9.0 mm (US 13) needle size
• 9.0 mm (M/N) hook size
• Hand wash, Dry flat

Backorders also arrived with Rico Designs Creative Make It Rainbow and Make It Tweed, more BC Garn Bio Balance and the larger ChiaoGoo shortie tips!

The newest Saltwater Socks by Christine LeGrow and Shirley A.Scott has arrived. The other Saltwater books are also available.

Classes are up on the website! There are a few more that be added soon!

Happy Friday, Happy Knitting, Crocheting and Crafting! Keep calm and keep on knitting and making!