A few weeks ago, I was at the movie theatre watching the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings movies with my family. I love the books so much more than the movies, but I try to think of them sort of like Italian pizza versus American pizza. They are both great even though they are really not the same thing.

After the movie, I noticed a poster for the Odyssey movie that’s coming out this summer with some of my favorite actors and actresses. This too will probably be like Italian versus American pizza, but I thought it would be a good opportunity to bring back my Odyssey colorways. Telemachus has been a regular colorway for awhile, but I decided to freshen up Odysseus and Penelope and add them to the shop too. I dyed all three on Stained Glass Fingering:

From left to right, the colorways are Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus.

As you can see, they are made to go together. I created a symbol set of their characters with different colors representing different character traits. There’s more about that in the listings.

I have some dyed up on Stained Glass Fingering right now, and I’m dyeing them on Squoosh DK as I write this. You can also order the Odyssey colorways through the dyed to order section of my shop on any base you like.

If you would like to order all three together, you can get them as a set via my Three-Skein Shawl Sets right here.

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An Updated Knit and Chat Infinity Scarf and Cowl Pattern

I just finished a pretty major update to one of my oldest knitwear designs. I designed the Knit and Chat Infinity Scarf and Cowl after a Saturday afternoon spent with my knitting group. I was trying to knit a pattern that involved a lot of counting, and I realized I could knit or I could chat, but I couldn’t do both at the same time. I figured I couldn’t be the only one, and that inspired me to come up with a design that is fun to knit and looks pretty but has almost no counting.

This week I published the update. I made the cowl taller, changed the bind-off to one I think works better for this pattern, and tightened up the terminology. Here’s what the updated cowl looks like:

It’s made to use a fuzzy yarn like Suri Lace Cloud along with a sock-weight yarn. Most of the time you hold both strands together, but sometimes you just use one or the other. It’s a lot of fun to make and wear.

If you purchased the pattern from me in the past, you should have received an email with a link to the updated pattern. Whether the pattern is new to you or not, you might enjoy the Knit and Chat pattern for your on-the-go knitting!

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Eight Days of Easter Kit

Last week I told you about this year’s Eight Days of Easter Kit, and it’s going to be gorgeous if I do say so myself! I can’t give away too much without spoiling the surprise. However, I will tell you that the colorways will be inspired by the wedding bouquet below, and most of them will be assigned pooling colorways.

If you already ordered yours, thank you! If not, I just want to let you know that the last day to order is this Sunday. You can learn more and order yours right here.

I apologize for making it such a short turn-around, but I need to dye the yarn, put together the kits, and get them off to you in time for Easter. I plan to start dyeing the first colorway on Monday.

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Fresh from the Dye Pots

In addition to the Odyssey colorways, I dyed Visit to Lyme on several yarn bases. Here it is on Buttery Soft DK:

I also dyed it on Sock Perfection and Stained Glass Fingering.

Visit to Lyme was inspired by the trip to the seaside town of Lyme that the main characters make in Jane Austen’s Persuasion. It’s a major turning point in the plot. The colorway was inspired by the colors of the sea.

I dyed Monet’s Water Lilies as well. It’s an assigned pooling colorway with Lilac as the accent color and all the blues, greens, and lilac of Monet’s amazing paintings for the rest of the skein. Here it is on Squoosh DK:

It’s available on lots of different yarn bases right now!

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March Club Colorway

For March, we’re moving into the Rococo period, which is sort of a cusp between the more formal Baroque style and the less formal Romantic style that follows it. I chose a painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau that combines the two elements very well. It’s called Les Plaisirs du Bal, which means the pleasures of the dance.

Watteau painted it in 1717, which seems to have been the year when he painted most of his most famous works of art. I wonder what inspired him so much that year.