Rainbow Dash Scarf Is Up!

Well, everypony, the pattern is up: Rainbow Dash's lightning-bolt keyhole scarf! This pattern is now 100% Rainbow Dash approved and 20% cooler for it. As you can see, the Bernat Mosaic yarn made a beautiful striping effect in the finished scarf, spanning the entire spectrum of colors in one short piece. And since it only took 100 yards of worsted-weight yarn, this scarf would also make a great stashbuster. You could even use lots of solid-colored scraps to stripe your own rainbow! The garter-stitch construction would help to reconcile even the most contrasting variegateds. 

(As a side note: am I the only one who finds it hard to destash worsted-weight yarn or heavier, especially in small amounts? Seems like it's so difficult to find a fun and functional pattern for thick scraps.) 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pattern-- and Dash does too!

She decided to go nesting in the fallen-over trees in our
backyard for this photoshoot. We didn't argue with her.

Coming Soon: Mewkerchief!

Another pattern almost through the works! This time it's a Pokemon-themed knit, based on the legendary Mew. 

 I have always had a great fondness for Mew, the rarest (and, in my opinion, the cutest!) of all Pokemon. As any Pokemon trainer will tell you, that cuteness belies an extremely powerful and adaptable Pokemon. Therefore, this kerchief is versatile and battle-sturdy, just the thing if you want to add a touch of warmth to an outfit, or just a bit of subtle Pokemon style. The long ties, which take their shape from Mew’s tail, mean that you can tie the kerchief securely on your head or around your neck without losing the effect of the design.

I'll update with links (and more pics!) as soon as the pattern is published.

Coming Soon: Rainbow Dash Lightning Scarf

I'm more than a little bit excited for this upcoming pattern-- it's another one inspired by a character from My Little Pony, this time featuring Rainbow Dash!

Dash has a really awesome color scheme-- sky blue with a fully-saturated rainbow-- so I'm glad I finally got to make a design that makes use of that, and a yarn that shows it off! (That would be Bernat Mosaic, a yarn I am now in love with for its long color stripes-- this entire scarf was made with only one colorway repeat of Psychedelic!)

This fully reversible keyhole scarf is inspired by that most adventurous (and Awesome!) mare, Rainbow Dash! The lightning bolt shape comes from her unique cutie mark, of a tri-colored bolt and white cloud. I’ve also included directions to crochet a cloud-shaped pin for embellishment. Since the scarf is knit entirely in garter stitch and each side has a keyhole, it is can be worn with either side looping through the other.

The pattern is in the testing stage now, so I'll be sure to update once the pattern is available for general consumption. :D

Multiplying Hexipuffs

Ok. I would say this is starting to get ridiculous, but I have actually seen completed hexipuff quilts on Ravelry, so I know that my collection is meager in comparison.

But seriously, I had forgotten how addicting these little puffs are to knit. I hadn't touched this project in years, but I sat down to make a new puff on a whim a couple days ago (because I had fun new sock yarn scraps, I think) and suddenly I have fifteen more.

These tiny projects-in-themselves are exactly what I have been craving to knit, apparently, because my other recent projects have all been long in the making (and especially long in the writing up-- yes, there are some new designs in the works, LotR and Pony fandoms ;) ). It was high time for some Instant Gratification. And a lot of it. 

The thing I really love about the idea for this quilt (besides the aforementioned instant-puff-gratification) is that it traces your yarn history, and fingering-weight tends to be especially significant and precious, at least in my stash. In this picture alone, you can see seventeen different yarns and colorways. I haven't linked them all on my project page because that would get messy by project's end, but I can detail some of them here. The yellow-and-blue stripey ones were from a skein dyed for me by a friend for my birthday, and the brown-and-green one in the top right and the three yellow-and-red ones were from her shop. The dark blue tonal ones are leftovers from my Sherlock Cowl, from Knit Picks. And the purple-yellow-green-blue ones are a colorway called "Shire" that was one of (if not the first) hand-dyed, fancy wool purchase I made as a new knitter. The pink-and-purple one I won in a group giveaway back during my Nerd Wars days, and the dark blue sparkly ones are leftovers from my Luna Scarf. The white-and-blue one in the middle I remember tie-dying at another friend's birthday party. (Nothing says you're a nerd for knitting like bringing yarn to a shirt-dying party. XD)

So, anyway, I'm sure there will be more of these by the end of summer. They seem to breed like tribbles, which is at once awesome and also... disconcerting. Because we all know what happened once those critters got going... (And if you've never heard of a tribble, google it and hope that your hexipuff bucket fills as quickly, but not at the expense of your pantry.)