A Tag Sale For Us!

A Tag Sale For Us!

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Every twelvemonth at the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat, guys are encouraged to convey items for sale at the tag sale tables...yarn, books, needles, hooks, notions, etc.

Yarn Buying For a Good Cause

Since the guys who sell yarn tin allocate a percentage (or all) of the proceeds for the sale of their tag sale items to the Scholarship Fund for the Men's Knitting Retreat, nosotros unremarkably accept a lot of guys bringing things to sell together with nosotros halt upwards funding virtually a total scholarship to the retreat each twelvemonth based on the tag sale donations alone.

This year, acre my friend Michael wasn't able to attend the retreat, he sent this inwards his place.

This is virtually 2,400 yards of hand-painted, superwash merino inwards a worsted weight yarn.

Michael has been focusing on his quilting together with stuff dyeing inwards the final few years together with his move is really amazing.  He decided to endeavor his mitt at dyeing yarn together with this fantastic batch of yarn resulted.  He has rattling generously donated the proceeds of the sale of this yarn to the scholarship fund this year.  I'm thinking $4.50 a hank volition brand these hanks wing off the table, but I'll permit you lot know.

Current Knitting

I raced a flake since Mon to complete the dorsum of the Briar Rose Pullover.

The length from shoulder to waist is virtually 26" together with overall, I'm quite pleased alongside how this is turning out together with thence far.  Here it is inwards reverse:

It shows off the pooling of colors a flake to a greater extent than without the columns of slipped stitches, but it's even together with thence quite an amazing fabric...soft, plush together with rattling warm.

I'm besides quite excited to starting fourth dimension designing the forepart cervix opening.

Readers' Comments/Questions

Concerning my ideas virtually Kripalu Yoga Center, The Other Kristen wrote, "Joe, you lot merely saved me a pile of money. My partner together with I accept been talking virtually a three-day workshop at Kripalu. We accept never been there, but I used to alive a flake further due north inwards the Berkshires, together with am pretty familiar alongside the good, the bad, together with the ugly of the North Adams to Stockbridge corridor. I intend nosotros volition relieve our coin together with try out a house that is to a greater extent than serene."

Three of the women from my surface area that attended the Breema workshop ended upwards renting a local AirB&B cabin virtually 3 miles from Kripalu for much less than the damage of lodging there.  They purchased the repast computer programme together with thence they could consume alongside the grouping together with non accept to worry virtually nutrient grooming during their stay.  So, if you lot desire to produce a computer programme that Kripalu is hosting, this mightiness move a skillful selection every bit well.

Falling Inward Love!

Falling Inward Love!

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Every i time inwards a while, my oculus volition travel pulled inwards the administration of a new, white-hot beloved too my pump too trunk volition eventually follow.

Or Perhaps It's Just the Fever

Knitting Fever (or KFI if you lot prefer) is distributing a trouble of Juniper Luna yarns inwards to a greater extent than or less of the most spectacular colorways too they direct maintain genuinely captured my heart.

Go to their spider web site to meet all of them...I couldn't fifty-fifty larn them all into a unmarried shroud capture.

They of late donated plenty yarn too thence that all of the guys at the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat inwards a few weeks volition each larn to play alongside i of the next v rich colors of Moonshine.

Moonshine is a worsted weight yarn made upwards of 40% Wool, 40% Alpaca too 20% Silk too I beloved everything nearly this yarn.  They likewise sent to a greater extent than or less DK weight babe alpaca yarn called Herriot which is genuinely stunning equally well.

I am rattling grateful for companies similar Knitting Fever who help back upwards the sense the guys direct maintain of communing alongside other fiber-men alongside gorgeous colors too fibers similar Moonshine Yarn.  If you'd similar to back upwards the Men's Knitting Retreats, cheque out whatever of KFI's yarns at your local yarn shop too brand certain you lot inquire them if they direct maintain Moonshine...you'll definitely desire to fondle this amazing yarn too accept to a greater extent than or less abode for a exceptional project.

Current Knitting

Moving correct along on the Briar Rose Pullover.

You'll honor that the pump department of the front end looks similar evidently stockinette...this volition brand upwards the pump panel that I volition carve upwards a petty farther up...something similar this:

I'm hopeful that the slipped columns of stitches on the revers of this (which mimics the public-facing side of the body) volition boot the bucket on the slit neckband sections from curling...we'll meet how it goes!

Patriotic Wool

Patriotic Wool

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Tommy Yates raises sheep in addition to owns a wool processing manufacturing works life inwards Minnesota.  Until coming together in addition to speaking alongside him, I never understood the importance of supporting domestic wool producers.

Most of our wool vesture is made from wool grown in addition to processed inwards New Zealand in addition to manufactured inwards Asia.  The transportation of materials in addition to finished products makes the carbon footprint something that should live on of concern.  Supporting unusual economies versus our ain is also a big concern.

Yes, domestically manufactured vesture using domestically produced wool tin live on expensive, precisely inwards improver to supporting U.S. based companies, the products are also garments that are high-quality in addition to volition terminal longer than most rags you'd discovery at Costco.

Yes, a $65 Duckworth t-shirt is an investment, precisely if you lot reckon how nicely it's made in addition to how good it conforms to the man's trunk inwards the video above, it looks similar it volition live on a cherished garment.  Back to the days when well-made garments were loved in addition to respected for a long time.

See?!?!  I tin live on patriotic sometimes!

Current Knitting

I made about progress over the weekend alongside the Teddy Bear Baby Sweater:

The rows of bears involve quite a few to a greater extent than rows of knitting than the Heart Baby Blankets, in addition to then this garment seems to progress to a greater extent than slowly, precisely it's moving along none the less.

Readers' Comments/Questions

Regarding the babe blankets posts from the terminal weblog entry, Matt writes, "Did you lot brand that instant blanket? or is she giving you lot a non in addition to then subtle hint."

I'm assuming past times "she" you're writing most the the woman parent of the man child belongings the blanket I made for him every bit a baby.  She's definitely non hinting for about other blanket.  The instant Teddy Bear Baby Blanket I'm making is for about other solid unit of measurement fellow member who's expecting.

New Jersey Gets Sheepish

New Jersey Gets Sheepish

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Every twelvemonth near this time, iii of the buildings on the Hunterdon Fair Grounds inwards Lambertville, NJ fill upwards up amongst all things sheep, wool too related items.

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It's likewise a fourth dimension of twelvemonth where I larn to hang out amongst Hayes too whatsoever other friends who opt to come upwards too take in the demo during our annual trip.

This year, the demo volition last this coming weekend, Sabbatum too Sunday, September eighth too ninth too Hayes too I volition last going on Sunday, the 9th.  This trek ordinarily involves a luncheon outing equally well.



Depending on what Thaddeus too I convey planned on Saturday, I may caput over in that place on Sabbatum equally good to create around early on yarn purchases, merely I can't guarantee whatsoever Sabbatum appearance.

Current Crochet

I convey almost finished the Interlocking Crochet Scarf I posted on Monday.

Turns out I didn't convey quite plenty of the beautiful Dragonfly Pixie yarn inwards the Aurora Borealis colorway, then I'm doing 2 edge stripes inwards a dark, neutral colorway.

Friends Too Wool Too Sheep

Friends Too Wool Too Sheep

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On a mutual frigidness too rainy Sunday, I got to pass fourth dimension alongside 2 wonderful friends, run into roughly sheep, purchase roughly yarn too consume roughly barbecue.  I am incredibly fortunate.

Knitting Together

The on-line knitting forums too the Men's Knitting Retreats accept introduced me to roughly of the nearly amazing people.

Yesterday, Hayes too I met upwardly for what has larn an annual get-together at the Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival.

While there, nosotros ran into Han...a friend of Haye's from his fourth dimension inwards Philadelphia too a friend of mine from the retreats (both Hayes too Han accept been to the Men's Knitting Retreats exactly never at the same one!).

The fourth dimension spent alongside these 2 guys made the hateful solar daytime fantastic, exactly I'll post service roughly of the sheep I saw at the festival.

Also roughly of the the things I purchased whilst there.

Aisling Yarns is the rootage booth inwards the rootage barn too similar terminal year, it was my rootage purchase of the day.

I loved the chocolate too chocolate-brown combination of this yarn too stance it would brand a beautiful man's scarf.

Friends of Han too Hayes were at the exhibit from Liverpool Yarns selling their Shetland yarns.  They were then soft too rich I had to purchase some.

I accept no stance what I'll create this this, exactly whatever I do, it volition likely survive mine.  I equally good similar the fact that roughly of the wool was sourced inwards the U.S.A. too all of it was spun here.

Finally, the people at A Good Day for a Cupcake were delightful.  They drew me inwards alongside custom printed post-it notes (who tin resist a cupcake anyway?), exactly they had yarn I couldn't resist buying.

I loved the richness too colorways of these 2 yarns too mean value they'll blend incredibly good inwards a scarf.

Current Knitting

With 2 projects inwards progress too a hateful solar daytime alongside Hayes too Han too sheep, I didn't complete either projection on the needles, exactly I did brand headway.

I did movement the Seven-Up Scarf onto the Lykke needles too honestly, I am knitting faster equally a result.  This needle develop was a real practiced determination for me.

The Seven-Up Scarf uses a dropped run upwardly on the terminal row the expands the length of the scarf too opens upwardly the run upwardly definition, then progress photos aren't real illustration of what it volition await similar when it's finished.

You'll banknote I fifty-fifty made roughly progress on the Knitted Cross Stitch Scarf.  I'm real much looking forrard to showing off this beauty when it's finished.  My approximate is that it volition survive the rootage scarf to sell at my rootage arts and crafts show.