Hello dear knitting folk! I have a fun episode all about New Zealand sheep and Maniototo Wool, plus a Norrland pattern modification from hat to cowl! Some KAL updates and a HUGE giveaway from Mary Furness Weir of Maniototo Wool. I’ll chat about color-coding charts, my favorite cable needle and knitting something on my life list 🙂 Come hang a while? ~Melissa
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Giveaway Info: To enter to win one of two prizes from Maniototo Wool, please leave a comment here, in the YouTube comments for the episode, or on the Ravelry thread for this giveaway. Visit Maniototo Wool (maniototowool.co.nz) and let me know which of Mary’s yarns are your favorite or which colors you love! I’ll draw two winners in two weeks time via random number. Please note: international winners are responsible for their own postage costs. Good luck!
SHOW NOTES:
- Shop My Stash Sale 🙂
- Norrland by Sara Huntongton Burch
- Project page for Norland Cowl
- Maniototo Wool
- My favorite cable needles
- Assia Brill’s Fringed Brioche Scarf
- Distitch by Assia Brill
- KAL Knits in Translation
- KAL Distitch
- The Cocoon Tree (project bags)
- Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook
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well I had to go buy the pattern and am going to tackle making this cowl and hat probably mittens too. I agree with you I started knitting because of colorwork its a dream of mine to make a full color work sweater…think Marie Wallin designs! I would love to use the same colors you did for your cowl as it just fits this pattern so much. As always thanks for the inspiration and teaching me something new about yarn. Thanks K inspiredbyfiber on IG
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Yay! It’s an excellent knit–let me know how you get on with it!
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Hi Melissa! Mary has beautiful wool. Nice to see solids in a world of speckle!
I have my eye on the Jewelled Gecko sock yarn. Such a pretty green.
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I love finding good greens–they can be hard to come by sometimes. Mary’s are quite pretty, I agree!
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All of the yarns are beautiful! But I’m drawn to the Kowhai color. I am a sucker for all things yellow and this is a gorgeous yellow!!
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Hi Julianne, Yes! Mary’s colors are so pretty and unique. They totally caught my eye. Hoping you’re well!
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I’ve been a fan of your podcast for a while; this lovely yarn has made a commenter out of me. Loved learning about this yarn’s story and the colour ways are gorgeous. (I’m always a fan of speckled yarn.) I think Duckpond, with those hints of grey shining through, is my favourite. Simply beautiful.
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Thanks so much, Ursula! I’m happy to hear from you! Hoping you’re well!
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I was just in New Zealand at country rumors and had the opportunity to meet Mary. She told me about your podcasts so decided to take a listen. I was traveling by bicycle so could only buy a few skeins of yarn in Geraldine, with the plan to check out other yarns when we got finished with our bike tour. As the world situation was changing so fast we had to cut our trip short and fly back to our home in Oregon. I regret that I only bought 4 skeins from her, and a couple of other yarns along the way. I wish you the best and will be sure to check out your posts.
Audrey
Gearhartkitting.com
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