pull on your cape
s
(ala: sherlock holmes),
find the characters from children’s literature
behind the name of each pattern in
‘more knitting in the sun for kids‘, and win an autographed copy.
the official info is here. the book behind vashti is ’round about here.
to inspire and motivate you to be diligent on your search
check out m. of dakine knits‘ wonderful striped
interpretation of my a-line hooded top.
this is one of my favorite things
about knitting, the
individuality…
the friendly gals at ‘in the loop‘
agreed to give you part of the scoop
about how the name
given ‘vashti’ became
my choice, though you might have to snoop.
there’s a giveaway over at wiley starting very soon.
to win a copy of ‘more knitting in the sun for kids‘ of your own you’ll need to go
to the bookstore link at the ‘in the loop’ blog and then find the website of the author
w/ the featured collection there. 1 of the 3 books on his site’s front page is the answer to
why i named this little hooded allhemp6LUX top ‘vashti‘ in the first place.
(be sure to check out his book ‘the north star’ while you’re there. so good!)
:rewind…
it is 7pm on a sunday night.
i am fumbling w/my first ever pattern proposal.
i have knit and blocked the swatch, written a description,
and laid these out neatly in a word document.
i am just not able (try, try again as i may),
to sketch my idea for ‘vashti’ out clearly.
and i call my dad (next door),
say something convincing,
and then hover over
his shoulder as he
draws each line
(and redoes
the ones
i balk at).
…fastforward:
‘vashti’ is now part of
‘more knitting in the sun for kids‘
only because dad bailed me out in the last hours
before the sand, in the hourglass
holding the minutes
until the submissions deadline, ran out.
thanks dad.
be sure to visit laura’s blog thursday,
it’s the next stop on the blog tour.
and thanks for stopping by.
photo of ‘vashti’ by nicole.
‘sand’ taken from 27:3 of proverbs.
the stitches that i knit
while wearing thick socks
cuddled up under a blanket
are now out & about in the warm
sea breeze filled air of coastal california
you’ll have to wait
for the big, full pictures
but doesn’t the slice you can see
look ever so happy to be out in the sun?
this interruption
to the typical new england
springtime variability outside
is brought to you by my
very high hopes
for balmy
air
to arrive at any time now
or in the extremely near future.
pic from life song photography
‘outside’ taken from 23:25 of matthew
ok, so hemp does not feel like denim,
but they do have something good in common.
they both get just a tad better everytime they are washed.
i don’t know why this is true,
i just know that it is.
my ‘go to’ scarf is made of allhemp6
the last hat i knit
(from someone else’s pattern)
was made of allhemp6lux
which is hemp ramped up a notch or two.
brilliant.
and now my newest pattern is allhemp6 in ‘chocolate’.
what girl doesn’t want to knit in a yarn with that name?
yum.
yummy.
this stuff is so versatile.
it washes up soft, but it starts out on the stiff side.
this means that you can get something that is not meant to be conventionally washed
to do all sorts of neat twists and turns of construction.
in other words,
it’s a blast to play with.
and nearly indestructible.
not my washer
nor my dryer
nor any of my kids
have been able to ruin something knit in hemp.
and all of them, it seems, have inadvertently tried to.
‘ruin’ taken from 10:14 of proverbs.