We Wear Red Colorway

Here are the first pictures of We Wear Red - it was hard to get a good shot because of it being a cloudy day yesterday. Tanis says it's a true red, not pink and not orange. Remember also it's a tone on tone - I think it's gorgeous and just the color I had in mind!

Yay Tanis!

Big Announcement!

See this banner? It means that Pick Up Stick is having a Knitalong and Fundraiser for the Heart Truth, a division of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. My mom died a premature death of heart disease and was plagued with unusual symptoms - none of which necessarily pointed to heart problems. By the time they figured out her heart trouble, she needed bypass surgery but the damage already done was so significant that she didn't survive it. 25% off the yarn and kits will go directly to the our drive to raise money to educate women on heart disease. We have a fundraising page here but more importantly are the knit along details.

I've commissioned a special colorway of yarn from Tanis Fiber Arts called We Wear Red AND....I have permission from Pamela Wynne of Flint Knits to use her amazing February Lady Sweater. (this is a free Ravelry download) I love this sweater and especially love that it's called February - with Februrary being heart month and all. I have kits on the Pick Up Sticks website put together by size and I also have yarn avalaible as well. My goal is that this color red will signify knitters who are concerned with women's heart health. So if a sweater doesn't fit your budget or your needs - how about a scarf or a pair of socks.

The knitalong kits will be delivered by July 1st which would have been my mom's 68th birthday and we will have knitalong evenings at the shop every Thursday evening (beginnning July 2) through out July from 6pm - 8pm. There's a Ravelry group - We Wear Red and there's a flickr group - We Wear Red to support long distance participants. As soon as I have a picture of the yarn I will post it right away - kits must be ordered by June 13th to give Tanis a chance to dye up our yarn!

I'm Smitten

with Tanis Fiber Arts DK (Shadow) - even more so after popping it in the washing machine (on delicate) and hanging it to dry. The pattern is Shawl that Jazz which you can find on Ravelry.com. I love this pattern - it's all garter stitch with some really unique construction for the ruffle. I really enjoyed making it. Just 3 skeins made a perfect size.

Next smitten worthy yarn - Malabrigo Sock. Just in on Friday and amazingly soft. Malabrigo is known for it's softness but this is just something else. It's ranks right up there with some of my favorite yarns. I'm working on Ulmus - another Ravelry pattern. Two colorways Indiecieta and Abril alternated.

Good news! Dream in Color Starry is on the way - it might even arrive today and some new yarn from a new Canadian Indie Dyer - the yarn is called Champagne - now doesn't that just conjure up some amazing images. I think you better check us out this week....lots new and fun!

The Cutest Sweater Ever!

Is this not the cutest sweater ever?

It's the Baby Surprise Jacket knit from Jojoland Rhythm by the very talented Sarah Preston. I took this from her blog and I know she won't mind because we're friends and it was just too cute not to share! Oh and by the way - Sarah is the talent behind the Pick Up Sticks Sock Club patterns and I see she has them on her blog all ready to start selling - except there are no buy now buttons from Paypal. Why don't you take a wander over there and tell her to get that done so lots more people can have those awesome patterns?

The Yarn Crawl was very successful - despite the downpour - thank you to every one who dropped in. It's always so great to see everyone. Next up is WWKIP on June 13 and guess what - you going to get pizza for lunch at Pick Up Sticks!

It's my day off today - I'm surrounded by a huge pile of laundry - seems my son decided to clean his room and since he never puts his clean clothes away, he thought I could just wash them again.

Crawl Baby Crawl...

today is our Yarn Crawl day. The title should probably be Swim Baby Swim because it's pouring....pouring!

I must be on some sort of garter stitch roll - I've knit the Log Cabin Blanket - all garter stitch, working on Whirly Gig - all garter stitch, and now Shawl that Jazz out of Tanis Fiber Arts DK - gah! I love this yarn - now I totally get the term sproing-y - because this yarn is sproing-y for sure! This colorway is Shadow - filled with loads of greys and bits of light blue turquoise. Mmm! Mmm! Good!