WWKiP! INTERCOURSE 2012


                              "We are KNIT TOGETHER!"

World Wide Knit in Public Day, an annual, global celebration of all things knitty, will be celebrated at Lancaster Yarn Shop on Saturday June 9, 2012.  This is a chance for our greater LYS community to ‘be knit together’ in time and space, and to share our craft with knitters and non-knitters alike.  Let’s spread the word that Knitting is fun and GOOD for you! 

You Are Invited!  Bring your knitting and your knitting chair (don’t forget a chair!) and join us!  There will be Knitting Circles at LYS and also at different spots around  Kitchen Kettle Village– we are all Knitting Ambassadors!  Also there will be Whoopie Pies and Raspberry Lemonade, Door Prizes, LYS KNiTTING Buggy*, Specials and Giveaways, and hours and hours of knitting!  Here’s a fun link from Amy Singer about how to pack for a KiP Event  AND don't forget to BRING A CHAIR!

  *LYS KNiTTING BUGGY! An annual KiP tradition at Lancaster Yarn Shop, join us on a horse and buggy ride!  Knitters will ride along beautiful country lanes, through a covered bridge, past cows and maybe even some sheep--while knitting & purling with new crafty friends!  On WWKiP Day, Buggies leave at 11:00 am & again at 2:00 pm. Reservations for the Knitting Buggy are required! Call LYS at (717) 768-8007 and we will reserve your spot.  WWKiP knitters will receive a special LYS rate for the 55 minute buggy ride.

What Would Jane Austen Knit?

I'm an unabashed reader of novels, sir, but I don't think it has clouded my judgement.*

   Jane Austen Knits 2012 from Interweave Knits is here! What a treasure this magazine is. Eagerly anticipated & well worth the wait, there are thirty one gorgeous projects in this issue.  But don't mistake this for just another knitting magazine. This is a tribute, an honoring of a remarkable author & her characters and their lives. It is a celebration of a time, of a culture, of real places infused with richly imagined fictional lives. Jane Austen Knits celebrates history and fantasy, people and places real and imagined & then playfully brings us back to the 21st century with patterns that are nostalgic but not fusty. 

 Designers like Annie Modesitt, Joanna Johnson (one of my favorites!), Bethany Hick and many, many more grace these pages.  Submissions for this issue were off the charts and they are beautiful.  Patterns include reticules, shawls and wraps, cabled sweaters, gorgeous hats and cardigans. 

 I keep thinking the timing for Ravelympics Knitting could hardly be better! With the Summer Games in London this year, what fun to plan to be knitting these British inspired patterns.


 Margaret Dashwood Shawl by Joanna Johnson

Stop in soon to get your copy of Jane Austen Knits Summer 2012, they're in the shop on May 21. And, Cheerio!



*Fanny Price in the 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park

Kilino Summer Scarf


We have a new pattern! We have fallen in love with this new yarn from Schulana. Kilino is a linen & cotton, chained yarn. It is delightful to knit with.  I hurried to write a patten to show off the great qualities of this yarn. And then I hurriedly typed it up. (Can you see where this is going?)
This morning, we got a note from a customer that there is an error in our Kilino Summer Scarf pattern. My heart sank. I kept my notes, so the changes were easy to make,and the corrected pattern is available on Ravelry today.
I sure hope this hasn't driven anyone too crazy!

KILINO SUMMER SCARF ERRATTA:
Cast on should be 41 sts not 51.
Row 5 should read:  K3, *k2tog twice (YO, K1) three times, YO, (sl 1, K1, psso) twice, K1* repeat to last two sts., K2.

Ironwork Shawl: Interweave Knits Spring 2012

Interweave Knits Spring 2012

Ironwork ShawlTara Miller
Finished Size 37" wide and 18" tall at center.

Needles Size 11 (8 mm): 24" circular (cir).
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.
Gauge 10 sts and 24 rows = 4" in garter st.

A breezy women's shawl inspired by Savannah architecture. Worsted weight yarn gives surprising texture. Shawl is worked back and forth from the top down. This pretty shawl would be very nice knit in Kilino. 

Kilino--Linen & Cotton Yarn from Schulana

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
Leo Tolstoy

I have fallen in love with a new yarn.  Again.  This time it's from Schulana, and it's called KILINO.  Kilino is a linen and cotton yarn with a chained construction. It doesn't split, it is smooth--but delightfully starchy like new linen should be--and it washes up and blocks beautifully.  There are twelve colors.  I'm making a Summer Scarf on US #8 needles, and I also knit a swatch on US#6 needles in a pretty lace pattern.  I knit the swatch on Brittany needles while I got a feel for the yarn but my Summer Scarf is on my Addi Turbos.
                             

Knitting with spring and summer yarns is different than knitting with wool.  The fabric is lighter, has more drape and feels cooler on your skin. You may have to adjust your knitting style a little to work with linen and cotton yarns, and of course, you'll want to be sure to check your gauge.  
I am indiscriminate in my love of yarns. I'll knit anything, and I'll adapt to the limitations and specifications of almost any material. Especially if it comes in pretty colors.