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December 9, 2019

Shoreland Socks

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November 8, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls 3

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November 7, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls 2

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November 6, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls

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August 23, 2018November 12, 2018

Firmament

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August 14, 2017November 12, 2018

Silk Road Socks

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January 1, 2017November 12, 2018

Fine Things for Plain Occasions

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January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 3

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January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 2

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The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 1

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Here's another one that looks like it's going to b Here's another one that looks like it's going to be tricky to do, but is actually astonishingly simple. What's in there? Half of a plastic easter egg. No really, click through to the second photo. Other things that would work for this shape include the round containers lip balm and hand cream often come in, and those plastic christmas ornaments you're meant to open up and put things in. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ As always, this stuff is covered (at what might be fairly terrifying length, seriously, you cannot really say I don't use enough words) in the pattern. And there's a blog post (linked to on the pattern listings) with bunches and bunches of ideas for what you can use. I'd be absolutely shocked if there wasn't something suitable in your kitchen cabinet, bathroom cupboard, desk drawer, or toy chest. I literally found dozens of suitable things when I cleaned out my junk drawer, and I bet you will too!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ You can find the pattern on ravelry (click the link in my profile, click this picture) or payhip (payhip.com/pantsvillepress), and you can have a whole array of potions available to solve all your problems (or at least distract you from them) in no time!
Ok, a couple of folks are nervous about what goes Ok, a couple of folks are nervous about what goes in these, so I figure I'll show you a few examples over the next few days (there are also lots and lots and lots of examples in the blog post I linked to on the pattern listing page, if you want to see even more options, and if you look at yesterday's post on here it's a video of me showing you some options in person).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ The inside of this bottle is...an empty spool of thread. Click through to the second picture to see. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Seriously, the things inside these are (and I mean this in the nicest possible way) almost always stuff you'd be throwing away. But it turns out that an awful lot of things end up looking pretty stinking adorable when you cover them in knitting, give them a little neck, and stick a cork in there. It's borderline magic.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ The pattern is Concoction, it's up on both ravelry (click the link in my profile, click this picture) or payhip (payhip.com/pantsvillepress), and you can use the code POTION to take 10% off for about another day!
Wondering what’s inside the wee potion bottles? Wondering what’s inside the wee potion bottles? Well I totally have the answer! I mean spoiler alert, the answer is ‘pretty much all stuff you’d be throwing away,’ so it’s not very exciting. But it does mean you’ve almost certainly got the things you’d need on hand right this very second. Oh, and if you’re not really the video type and prefer to read this stuff instead, I did a blog post a few weeks ago with the same info. It’s linked to on the pattern’s listing pages, so it’s super easy to find. Really though, the answer is pretty much ‘lids…lids of things you’re probably already throwing away,’ so absolutely none of this is hard to find!
You folks are, on the whole, an astonishingly clev You folks are, on the whole, an astonishingly clever and creative bunch. There is every possibility that you have come up with something cooler or cuter to do with the cap off of your orange juice bottle, that expired credit card in your desk drawer, the empty chapstick tube in your purse, the dried out nailpolish bottle in your bathroom, or the spool of thread you just finished off. Though sweet crispy crackers if you did, I want to see it. ⁠ ⁠ Because this is pretty damn clever and cute.⁠ ⁠ I mean, not notably practical. There are a limited array of practical uses for teeny tiny knitted potion bottles (not none mind you, but relatively few). But awfully cute and clever.⁠ ⁠ The pattern includes instructions for lots and lots of different bottle shapes (one of the pictures on the pattern listing shows the first dozen I made, and I only stopped because it was getting a bit obsessive), they are a perfect scrap yarn project, and each bottle only takes an hour or two to knit. All of which means that once you start, you're probably not going to stop for a while. But really, that's not a bad problem to have!⁠ ⁠ The pattern is called Concoction, it's up on ravelry (click the link in my profile, click this picture) and payhip (payhip.com/pantsvillepress), and you can take 10% off for the first few days it's out with the code POTION.
This? Um, I fully realize it doesn't necessarily l This? Um, I fully realize it doesn't necessarily look like it quiet yet, but this is the most joyful thing I've knit in quite some time. Because you see, we're just about to the spot where the yarn starts doing Secret Fancy Tricks. And once the yarn starts doing Secret Fancy Tricks, then I start following you around like a six year old with an art project going look what I did, look what I did. Because wow is it about to do cool things. ⁠ ⁠ Sit tight...lemme do a tiny bit more then I'll show you how it works!⁠ ⁠ Yarn is from @gaugedyeworks for a super secret (I mean...ish...it's not all that secret if you're posting about it on instagram) project. And someone always asks, so the needles are super duper long dpns (like 12ish inches) that I love dearly but, alas, cannot point you to a reliable online source for because they're just damn hard to find. But if you're generally a fan of dpns, I recommend trying out the long ones if you ever get the chance, they're great for hats/cowls.
Psssst, this is me just sort of secretly, quietly, Psssst, this is me just sort of secretly, quietly, helpfully letting you know that the teeny tiny potion bottles should be out Tuesday! ⁠ ⁠ If you click the link in my bio then click this picture, you'll go to a blog post from a few weeks ago where I walked folks through what's inside them (the answer is pretty much 'stuff from around the house that you were almost certainly going to throw away anyway') & where I got the corks. There's a link in that post too if you have somehow not yet found yourself on the mailing list and still want to (though really...I gotta suspect that at this point, if you wanted to be on it, you've had that opportunity presented to you and you proooooooobably know how that works, so I feel conflicted about mentioning it).⁠ ⁠ And while you wait, go dig through your scraps bin for the most bottle-feeling bits and pieces you've got handy. None of these take more than a few dozen yards of yarn (seriously, the tiny ones are about as much knitting as the toe of one sock), and I strongly suspect you've got just the thing lurking in your stash. You can have a whole apothecary full of potions ready by next weekend, no problem!
So, I'm going to show you this project a little so So, I'm going to show you this project a little sooner than I usually would, because there's going to be a point in the project where at least some of you are going to go I Want To Make That, and I want to give you time to get the fancy pants magic yarn in time for the pattern to come out.⁠ ⁠ And we'll talk about that at some length when that time gets closer. I super duper promise we will. But we're not there quite yet (but seriously, go start lowkey haunting @gaugedyeworks' page so you hear when we finalize our sneaky plans).⁠ ⁠ So right now I'll just say 'oh look, a hat brim' and then go back to knitting. Because I know where this is going, and I just want to knit and knit and knit and not do anything else at all until it's done.
Remember that thing I said about how having good m Remember that thing I said about how having good mail waiting for you in the post when you get back from a terrible trip can save the day? Yeah, well this is extremely good mail. No really, this is wind it up (see the second picture), cast it on, and let it take all your troubles away yarn. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ It's the only thing I've felt like knitting on in weeks, and I cannot wait to show you what it does (no, seriously, the yarn knows tricks...I can't say any more than that quite yet, but it's astonishingly clever yarn and you're going to love what it does).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ You should go obsessively stalk @gaugedyeworks (by which I mean follow them and admire their yarn, not show up in the bushes outside their workspace, just for the record) and revel in the glorious things they create!
Are there things I should be doing with my day? Ye Are there things I should be doing with my day? Yes. ⁠ ⁠ Do they include playing with tiny knitted nonsense? No. ⁠ ⁠ Will I be playing with tiny knitted nonsense anyway? Yes, yes I will. And if you try and make me adult today I will either offer to share my toys or possibly bite you, depending on how well nap time went and what I had for a snack.⁠ ⁠ You've been warned.⁠ ⁠ You can make your own fall themed knitted nonsense if you're so inclined. Foraged (the mushrooms), Nestled (the wee caped friends and their leafy sleeping sacks), and Hoard (the acorns) are all 25% off with the code COZY.⁠ ⁠ You can find them on ravelry (click the link in my profile, click this picture) or payhip (payhip.com/pantsvillepress), and I promise they do a surprisingly good job of distracting you from the outside world for at least a few minutes!
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