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Shoreland Socks

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Curls 3

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Curls 2

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Curls

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Firmament

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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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The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 2

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The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 1

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I shall now pause to allow you all to collect your I shall now pause to allow you all to collect yourselves after this frankly alarming display of cuteness. Because I can see how you might need a minute. In fact, I'd be a little worried if you didn't.⁠ ⁠ The next day or two is going to be all about the mitts, but when we come back from that, I should have a fox to show you!⁠
Ahem. Damn.⁠ ⁠ And again, just for clarity, pl Ahem. Damn.⁠ ⁠ And again, just for clarity, please mentally file this under 'very unlikely to become a pattern.' Because this is by far the single hardest yarn I've ever tried to photograph in my whole life. And that's before you try and get a kitten involved (black kittens being a bit hard to photograph anyway, and kittens in general not being known for sitting still and taking art direction).⁠ ⁠ But wow is it cute.⁠ ⁠ Yarn is Cascade's Luminosa in color 12. And while it is not something I'd work with generally, it is clearly the most suitable thing imaginable to make a tiny little pointy hat out of. ⁠ ⁠ I am amused.
All I can say is I have a solid black kitten and v All I can say is I have a solid black kitten and very little sense of shame. You can probably figure out for yourself what that means this is.⁠ ⁠ Here's the bit where I say, right from the very beginning, that this one probably won't be an actual pattern, in part because the thought of taking a picture of a wiggly black kitten wearing a piece of black knitting gives me a headache just thinking about it, in part because it may actually pass my own personal ridiculousness threshold. There is the very tiniest possibility that I might maybe possibly sneak a word or two about it in another pattern I have scheduled for this fall, but that mostly depends on whether her furry highness decides to sit still for photos (the answer to which, I suspect, will be a resounding no). But just so we're clear from the very very very beginning, to avoid any possible hurt feelings, this is one that might remain forever secret. ⁠ ⁠ You know...except for when I get too amused and have to show it off just a teeny tiny bit.
And now we need a little tail. Because you can't b And now we need a little tail. Because you can't be a fox without a bushy tail. Or I mean I suppose you probably can, but if you have the option, go for the tail!
And in case you were distracted by the adorable ki And in case you were distracted by the adorable kitten yesterday (she totally steals the show if you don't watch out), here are the owls all by themselves (meaning the kitten is six inches out of frame, trying desperately to come nuzzle her friends, but being cruelly held back by my elbow for the half a second it takes to push the button on my camera, the poor mistreated little soul, what did she ever do to end up with such a terrible human running the place).⁠ ⁠ Pattern for these should be out mid August. I'll do a post in the next week or two breaking down everything I used in them so you can plan for making yours. ⁠ ⁠ Let me know if you've got any burning questions about them and I'll see if I can get it all answered in that one big post!
Helper kitty is available to provide helper kitten Helper kitty is available to provide helper kitten services. ⁠ ⁠ Specialties include: ⁠ ⁠ sniffing things⁠ chewing on things⁠ licking things⁠ being very very very fast⁠ being good at hiding⁠ being surprisingly pointy⁠ being heart stoppingly adorable⁠ taking frequent naps⁠ ⁠ She's here to make sure the owl babies pass inspection (so far so good, but more examinations may be needed).
I believe I warned you that the cute levels, alrea I believe I warned you that the cute levels, already fairly high, would reach downright alarming levels once we got an ear on there. I stand by my statement. And it only gets worse from here.⁠ ⁠ Yes, there totally will be a pattern (the plan is for the owls to come out in August, and the fox a little later)⁠ ⁠ A week or two before the little buddies start coming out I'll do a big post with all the various stuff I used for mine so you can track down anything you don't happen to have on hand (mostly it's yarn, needles to knit it with, and something to stuff it with, so don't worry, nothing too weird, I just know some of you are planners and some of you are going to want the eyes I used on mine).⁠ ⁠ And as always, the mailing list is the best way to hear when it comes out (because the social medial gods are fickle and who knows if they'll actually show you when I post that it's out...they seem to delight in messing with people, so I wouldn't count on it). I am a truly delightful mix of lazy and worried I'm bugging people by emailing them, so I promise I pretty much only send email when there's a new pattern or a sale big enough I'd feel guilty about not telling you about it (like when the kittens showed up and demanded we put everything on sale for half off to raise money for the animal shelter). Click the link in my profile then this picture if you want to make sure you're on there.
I mean, I did warn you. I was very very very clear I mean, I did warn you. I was very very very clear that this was going to be borderline illegal levels of cute. ⁠ ⁠ I suppose it's just barely possible that only I can, as of yet, perceive the cuteness. It really takes proper shape once we get some ears on there, then everyone basically just dies when we add a tail. ⁠ ⁠ But I kinda suspect that this will be enough for you to at least get some foreshadowing of the absurd levels of squee that are about to happen.
My knits bucket (aka the old dynamite crate by the My knits bucket (aka the old dynamite crate by the back door) is absolutely overflowing. And yet, somehow, I still keep knitting hats and mitts.⁠ ⁠ I suspect it's because I live somewhere where you can reasonably want at least a light jacket pretty much every month of the year (with 'light jacket' switching to 'giant feathered monstrosity' for at least two or three months there in the middle), and somehow picking out the proper hat and mitts to shove in the pocket of my jacket feels like part of leaving the house. ⁠ ⁠ This does, inevitably, mean the back seat of my car fills up with a startling number of hats and mitts over time and I occasionally have to do a bit of a scavenger hunt/wash & block session when things have been buried back there for too long. But having a nice big pile of things to pick from ensures there's always something to grab if I can't actually face the idea of cleaning out my car but still kinda need to leave my house.⁠ ⁠ This hat is Otherwise, and it just came out this week. You can get it on ravelry or payhip, and you can use the code LEAFY to take 10% off for another few hours. The mitts will be out next, and if you grab the hat now you can totally be ready to cast those on when they come out!
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