A Give-Away…

Small Miracles Baby Blanket

Tina, on her Peacefully Knitting blog is having a give-away!! And, I’m even more excited than usual because this time it’s one of my knitting patterns

You can enter to win a copy of the Celtic Child Small Miracles Baby Blanket knitting pattern by leaving a comment on Tina’s blog between June 1 – 4, 2011 (entries close Sat. June 4 at 5:00pm Arizona Time). 

Good luck, everyone!!

Cranberry Ocean Knits publishes Heirloom Treasure Baby Blanket

Very excited to announce this new addition to the Cranberry Ocean Knits line. See more info here.

New PS pattern – Cridhe Irish Heartbeat Baby Blanket

Whether you’re looking for a cable baby blanket or a lap rug/lapghan to knit, check out this pattern on the PurpleSage Knitting Patterns page.

The border pattern is adapted from the Reversible Horizontal Rib pattern by Annie Maloney, Knitter’s Guide to Stitch Design (2006).

Celtic Child: Forest Paths Baby Blanket pattern

Published June 1, 2009:  Forest Paths Baby Blanket — details on the Knitting Patterns page and lots more on the website (link is on the Pattern page).

On to write up the “little purple hat” pattern — it is beckoning me……….

Nova Scotia Local Yarn Shops Page

The Nova Scotia LYS page has been getting a lot of hits, so remember to leave me a comment if you have any Nova Scotia yarn shops to add to the list. Let’s support our LYS’s!!!

SHEARING DAY/BACK to BACK CHALLENGE at Gaspereau Valley Fibres is back again this year on June 6th — an International competition that has newly shorn wool spun and knit into a sweater — last year’s record setters were from Toronto with a time of just under 6 hours! The second-place team from Australia was only about 13 minutes behind!

Two New Patterns to be released soon

Edit Nov 2009: pattern links added

The 2 newest Celtic Child designs will be released within the next 2 weeks — watch the Pattern Page for details

Here are a couple of “Extreme Close-up’s”  — top picture is a hat (Celtic Child ~ Reishi Tam) and the other a lovely blanket (Celtic Child ~ Forest Paths Baby Blanket). See the PurpleSage Designs Patterns page for full descriptions and links to buy these patterns.

Both incorporate cables, of course — one is knit using Mission Falls 136 Superwash Merino (a sport weight) and the other a soy blend from Bernat (a worsted weight).

Ok, back to pattern editing