And the Winners are....

Congratulations to commenter #3
Brittany: I like to buy any yarn in colors that look good on my daughter...as if I don't have enough things to knit for her already!


and commenter #6
Randi: My biggest impulse was buying two skeins of Just Our Yarn cashmere at Madrona last Feb. Although I thought about it a whole day so maybe that doesn't count as an impulse. I just found your blog via your baby sweater pattern in the winter 2011 Interweave Knits.

Please send a Ravelry message to anythingbutsnow so I can gift you this pattern! Happy Knitting
xoxo Meghan

Interweave Knits Petite Facile

 I wanted to post about a lovely little sweater that was published in Interweave Knits winter 2011, the Petite Facile sweater. Translating from French to 'Small and Simple' this sweaer is exactly that, a perfect quick knit gift for the small ones in your life.

Petite Facile is knit flat and all in one piece from the hem up over the shoulders. The sleeves are shaped with short rows to taper to the cuff and the front neck has a wide placket which of course is the perfect opportunity for a large button. I designed this piece to be the simple knit that can be worked on anywhere but is still more interesting than plain stockinette.The sample was worked in malabrigo worsted which might be the softest yarn ever made, but this pattern uses a standard worsted weight yarn and would be a great stash buster.

Don't be alarmed if your sleeves look like triangles after the short rows, this is simply the shaping so that the wrist circumference tapers from the armhole depth. You can see in the picture below how the short row shaping is a diagonal line along the back of the sleeve.

In these bottom three photos my daughter modeled this sweater for me before I mailed it off and she loved it so much she wore it for at least 20 min on a hot August day. She is a very small 2 year old who has only just outgrown her 18 month size clothes and the 18 month sample fit her with zero ease.

And she is a hambone, lol

xo Meghan

New pattern Lamia and a Giveaway

Oh boy am I ever behind with posting! Let's have a contest to get things rolling again shall we? Introducing Lamia, a shawl in two sizes but really any size you want it to be! Infinitely customizeable and perfect for variegated yarns this shawl is a quick and easy knit for Christmas, or any gift you might need.

The sample is worked in Knitpicks Swish Tonal, a Superwash wool that is soft and cozy while still being easy to wash. There are two written sizes of this pattern, the small size is a perfect neck size or small shoulder shrug, and the large size is a bonafide shawl which makes a sumptuous neck piece with loads of cozy folds. This pattern includes information to help you modify the length to any amount of yardage, and/or modify the repeats for any gauge of yarn. Perfect for those colourful hanks you picked up and can't figure out what to do with and also very beautiful if worked in a solid colour.

I designed this pattern because I am more likely to purchase vareigated yarn than any other yarn and often come home with one or two skeins and no pattern ideas. It seems that the more complicated the yarn becomes the less options there are for patterns that work with it.

If you would like to win one of two copies of Lamia please leave a comment on this post telling me what your biggest impulse yarn buy is, the giveaway ends on Dec 9th at 7pm Spokane time.

You can also buy this pattern for $4.99 through Ravelry

xoxo Meghan