Happiness in new yarn!

Cascade 220 Sport Superwash (left) and Cascade 220 Heather (right)

Why does that package of new yarn in the mail always give one that lovely feeling?

First, I’d like to give a shout-out to the folks at Yarn Forward (Stittsville, ON). I ordered my yarn online on Sunday (5th) and received it here, in rural NS, today the 10th! Thank you!!

This is my first foray into Cascade 220 yarn (I know, where have I been??). So far I have only fondled — both the sport superwash (left) and regular 220 are wonderfully soft; yum!!  You’ll notice I snuck an Addi needle in there too

The Sport Superwash is in the Granny Smith colourway; I was afraid it would be too pale, but it’s perfect for what I’m planning — a beautiful spring green that just exudes images rebirth and new beginnings. This is destined to become shawl #4 in the Celtic Shawl series. And this new design will have a new and interesting shape — different from all the others.  (The series already includes a Faroese-style shawl in fingering weight ‘On the Moor‘, a crescent shaped one in worsted weight ‘Margaree Harbour‘ and Lady of the Canyon which is a rectangular shawl in fingering weight yarn.)

The Cascade 220 is a heathered Moss Green and I think it will become a Celtic vest — we’ll see.

Great News – Published through Knit Picks

Whitney Pier Socks

My Whitney Pier Socks pattern has been accepted into the Knit Picks Independent Designer Program (IDP)!!!! I’m very excited

The socks are knit in Stroll Sock Yarn in the Dove Heather colourway and the pattern is now available through their website here.

Just a note: The pattern in the sidebar available through Ravelry.com is an expanded pattern and has both sock yarn and sport yarn versions for this sock; the Knit Picks version only has the sock/fingering weight version included.

Briar Hill Cowl published

Briar Hill Cowl in Briggs & Little Heritage

The Briar Hill Cowl

Newest Hand-knitting pattern from South Mountain ~ Naturally

see South Mountain ~ NaturallyPatterns page for more info

Stitch patterns are both charted and written.

3 yarn/needle options included in the pattern to provide the 3 different sized cowls

Read here what Clara Parkes (Knitter’s Review) has to say about Patons Classic Wool.

Briar Hill cowl in Patons Classic Wool

Briar Hill Cowl in Mission Falls 136 Superwash Merino

Cowls blocking

Just to show you I have been busy

Here’s a picture of the newest South Mountain ~ Naturally design that’s “in the works”: a set of cowls — all the same pattern but using different yarns to create the various sizes.

They are happily blocking

Yarns:

Mission Falls 136 superwash wool (colour: 536 Aster)

Patons Classic Wool (colour: Grey Mix)

Briggs & Little Heritage (colour: Dark Green)

The pattern will hopefully be published with 2 weeks.

Cable Heart Tam joins the Celtic Child flock!

Here’s the newest design to join the Celtic Child series — the Reishi Tam.

For those of you on Ravelry, you can see all the details right now here.

edited Jun 18.09: All of the pattern details are now on the PurpleSage Knitting patterns page and on the website.  Enjoy!