Category: yarn of the month
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Yarn Subscription preview, August 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
Not pictured: Beanie bags came with the usual bag (olympic themed), t-pins, a packet of soak, and some coaster patterns that I’m excited about because crochet mandalas are still all the rage. YOTM came with swatch patterns and a copy of this pattern. It was printed with a printer clearly running low on ink, but…
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Yarn of the Month Club, July 2015
Hello my poor neglected maker blog, long time no see! It’s been a busy few months, in good ways, in bad ways, in sad ways. But I have been making things, and maybe I’ll eventually take pictures of my wedding dress and maybe I’ll eventually frog that section of the cardi that wasn’t right and…
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Yarn of the Month Club, January 2015
January’s Yarn of the Month package has some serious variety in it! Raffia, cotton-linen gradient, and a single ply acrylic-wool super-saturated gradient. These were all super fun, but I was most taken with learning to block raffia. So flexible and shape-able when damp!
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Yarn Subscription preview, February 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
One more preview photo for today! These yarns have been sadly neglected in favour of Rose City Yarn Crawl stuff, but they’ll be coming up soon! I’m very much looking forwards to more teensy tiny sample knits. Yarn of the Month is on the left, with that tempting stained glass pattern that might have me…
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Yarn Subscription preview, January 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
I took this picture back in January but apparently never actually shared it, so here’s a belated preview, if that makes any sense: Yarn of the Month is on the left, Beanie Bags on the right. Since I’m planning to block the YOTM samples tonight and nearly done with the project for the Beanie Bags,…
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Yarn Subscription preview, March 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
Both my subscriptions arrived on the same day, so here’s a quick preview! My Jimmy Beans Beanie Bag on the left is a collection of sport weight merino in pretty pinks, with the newer square bag like they did last month, a Soak wool wash packet and this month’s notion, which is plastic spiral stitch…
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Yarn of the Month Club, December 2015
Astute readers may note that I’m doing the December YOTM review but still haven’t done the Beanie Bag full review. That’s because even though it’s January I still haven’t knit up anything with any of my Beanie Bag yarns. How embarrassing. Now, I could blame a busy holiday, but I the answer is much simpler…
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Yarn of the Month Club, November 2015
Not sure what I’d say what November’s theme was, but it certainly resulted in some pretty yarns arriving on my doorstep! The Pattern A drop stitch shawl. Probably won’t make it into my repertoire because there are just so many shawl patterns in the world, but who knows, maybe it’ll be perfect for some specific…
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Yarn Subscription preview, December 2015 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
Quick peek at my yarn subscriptions for December 2015: On the left is Yarn of the Month Club, on the right is Jimmy Beans’ Beanie Bags. As with last month, Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags really wins on presentation. The bag is cute and just packed with pretty cards and offers and patterns. I think they…
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Yarn of the Month Club, October 2015
It’s Dec 13, which means I’m a little overdue for my October YOTM review. I did the swatches and I’ve had the pictures ready to go for a while, though, so it’s time to write! October 2015’s yarns have a autumn colour scheme: brown and orange. The swatch descriptions this month also included the maker…
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Yarn of the Month Club, September 2015
September was blue for Yarn of the Month. The Pattern This month’s pattern is “UTurn Scarf” which is a fun mitered knitting scarf, good for self-striping yarns. I don’t know if I’ll try it or not! Amitola Grande Louisa Harding Amitola Grande “This single ply yarn is subtle and soft” 4.5 sts on US 10…
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Yarn of the Month Club, August 2015
August’s colour scheme was a light lavender grey. I decided to liven up some my photos a little, colour-wise, in part because I haven’t found my light box since the move, but also because I like a tad more colour in my selections. The pattern This month’s pattern was for a bracelet made of woven…