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April 22, 2008
Good news!
Dear friends, please allow me to share a series of wonderful tidbits with you:
1. Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Grumperina is back in stock!
Also, to answer some of your questions, this colorway will be a permanent fixture in the Lorna's Laces line-up (pinch me!). But remember, you'll need to visit Birds-n-Yarn to stash-ify (stash + satisfy = stash-ify). In addition to Shepherd Sock, you can currently purchase this colorway in Lion and Lamb, Shepherd Worsted, and Shepherd Sport. I'm certain that Linda will be happy to take special orders if you want yet another weight/fiber variety (birdsnyarn at aol dot com).
2. Lisa, a sweet reader, e-mailed me a photo of her completed Grumperina LL SS sock! She graciously allowed me to share the photo with you, because (hello!) look how beautifully the yarn striped!
For the record, Lisa knit the sock over 64 stitches using US 0 needles, at a knitting tension of 9 stitches per inch.
I totally didn't anticipate this beauty, and now I'm super eager to knit up my own skeins! I mailed out the prize skeins yesterday, so I can't wait to see how the yarn behaves on the winners' needles, too ;).
3. Picovoli lovers, rejoice! Jody came to my rescue, formatted the pattern lickety-split, and it now resides at Knotions, her new 'zine! I'm working on having a PDF copy on Ravelry, too, but Knotions is immediately accessible so please help yourselves there for the time being!
4. Odessa lovers, rejoice! The pattern is now available through Ravelry as a PDF! If you don't have access to the Rav, drop me a line and I will send you a copy via e-mail!
5. I know I still have some loose MagKnits ends to tie up - the Corded pattern, plus all the dead links which permeate my webpages. Again, I'm working as fast as I can - feel free to poke around... eventually you might come across a link that actually works ;).
Comments
The striping is fabulous! Congratulations again on "your" colourway!
out of stubbornness i just found all of the magknits patterns still available through http://web.archive.org just put magknits.com into the web search part and it brings up alot of the archives!!
I think the Grumperina colourway would make very pretty Jaywalkers.
Thank you for making the Odessa pattern available. This is favorite hat pattern, so I'm glad to see it still out there.
I was coming to leave the same suggestion as Holly. You can get the corded pattern here if you don't want to wait for it to be reformatted.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070810025528/www.magknits.com/archive/
Oh wow. I confess when I first saw the Grumperina colorway, excited though I was, I didn't anticipate purchasing any because I wasn't sure I'd like those colors together in a variegated yarn (it looked like they would pool!) but look how perfect it striped!!! So cute! Will definitely be picking some up!
The colorway is really pretty, knit-up!
Ohhh... with the lion and lamb you can make a clapotis! :)
WOW! They're perfect! I'd be totally giddy still if I were you =)
Random question for a wanna-be designer -- what do you use to format patterns for pdf? Do you actually use Adobe, or is there something -- if not free, cheaper? I love me some pdf, but I also just want to start be submitting some free patterns...so $700 software is a teensy bit out of my reach. Perhaps you could blog about it sometime?
Wow. Lots of things happen when I got to sleep. Odessa wasn't there last night! You can forget my PM asking about it :-)
Why am I not surprised the "Grumperina" colorway doesn't pool??? LOL
See the power your very "name" holds? It's like the midas touch of knitting! ;)
I'm curious if you are planning a new sock pattern for the Lorna's Laces contest?!?
What a lovely colorway to have your name on!
Hi, can you tell me when the jaywalker socks debuted in the magknit archives. I really would like to try that pattern! Thanks!
the jaywalker pattern can be found in the archive at http://web.archive.org/web/20051218094227/magknits.com/Sept05/patterns/jaywalker.htm
(to save her grumpyness some email time)
Congratulations! And what a fantastic color it is too. AND in all those weights! Grumperina I do believe you have made quite a name for yourself. I bet the next time they update Knitters for Dummies, that you have a big blurb on the back! Brava! You've given so much to me and the knititng community through your blog, I'm delighted to see some of that pleasure given back to you, too!
The Grumperina colorway is lovely. I like the combination of the blackberry and navy. The new formatting on Picovoli is smashing. I like the way the pattern notes are done. Great work Jody. This was yet another Magknits pattern that I should have saved the first time I saw it, so I am so excited to have another chance at it. Thanks for making this pattern as well as your others available to us again. You are a very generous spirit
A permanent colorway? What a feather in your (knitted) cap! Congrats to you.
My Grumperina yarn arrived today and it is beauteous. Thank you for your color sense!
the sock looks great in your colorway! can't wait to get one! congrats.
Thanks for sharing the link to Knotions, it's the first I've heard of it.
The odessa has been my go to hat and every girl loves it! Thanks for such an adorable pattern!
I just got my LL SS Grumperina today and I am itching to give it a whirl--mazel tov to you!
Kathy,
I got my loot in the mail today! I'm so excited to have been one of the winners of your lovely lorna's laces yarn and I can't wait to knit it up. Congrats on the permanent colorway!!!
Congratulations! Luv the colorway and variety of weights available and no pooling. Have marked this to add to my stash!
I love the colorway had to buy some Its great to see in person. Thanks
I am so excited! I ordered some Grumpy yarn! I think they will be perfect Jaywalkers.
Have I told you lately that I just love you? I tell ya'......... you make me smile BigBig! :)
Beautifull....
Me encanto el calcetin...
Cariños y abrazos desde la Hermosa Isla de Chiloé
Susana Minna
I liked your blog, congratulations from argentina
I got my two hanks of "Grumperina" today. So pretty! Birds-n-Yarn had super fast shipping too. Thanks.
I don't believe I've ever described a sock as beautiful. Until now.
Hi stranger. I love, love, love the new sock yarn and do believe I'll have to go see about some stash enhancement!
I love your colorway and I love how those socks turned out! I'm definitely going to snatch some up once my "yarn budget" allows.
Looks like I'm the last to receive my prize, but I was impressed that I received it yesterday, even with it having to work its way through a second postal system here in Canada. It's lovely stuff; I'm excited to get to knitting it. I've downloaded the Jaywalker pattern (thanks to Holly for the link), now it just remains to be seen if I can resist starting them with a couple of other projects still not completed. Thank you again!
I keep coming back to look at this picture and continue to have difficulty believing a Lorna's Laces skein would pattern this nicely. This simply has never been my experience with their yarn. And if it's true ~ well wow, it's about time!
LOVE YOUR BLOG!