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Early Birds Hear The Tweets

There's some new reading material in the shop...

If you follow me on Twitter you probably already knew about the arrival of Whimsical Little Knits (which explains why we have sold so many copies already). I have mixed feelings about Twitter, but I will admit that it makes it easier to do a "shout out" on shop happenings when I can't write a blog post immediately. (Think of Twitter as the source for news flashes, and this blog as the source for more comprehensive info, and of course, yarn p0rn.)

If you are interested, sign up at www.twitter.com, and then do a people search for "PurlDiva". I would recommend that you click on the option that allows you to screen who follows you, at least initially. (Trust me on that last bit.)

But don't worry. I'll still be blogging as often as before.

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad At All

Two out of three boxes of Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden yarns arrived on Monday. As usual, the contents are EXQUISITE. The shipment included more Suri Blue...

...and Sea Silk...

...and Sea Wool...

...some Trail Sock yarn (in manly colors)...

...some Sea Angel Kits (Cherylyn had dibs on another one in teal)...

...and some Peter Rabbit.

I bought some sweater lots in the Peter Rabbit because I am considering the Vines Cardigan (one of the many wonderful patterns in Clara Parkes' book The Knitter's Book of Yarn). I WANT to make it in the deep purple, but the vine details will be lost in such a dark color. So I'm going to pat the bunny skeins some more while I contemplate such an important, life-altering decision.

Pat, pat, pat...

Sneak Peek At New Classroom

There's still work to do, but it's a big improvement compared to THIS.

Ditto Errata

For our current KAL-ers: While working on Ditto yesterday I noticed that there was an error in the pattern. When you start doing the decreases on the main body, it should read "Knit to 3 sts before marker" (not 2 sts).

You are decreasing two stitches to one stitch, and then knitting another stitch before the marker, so that's three stitches.

Berocco said they'd fix the error online today.

Whimsical Little Knits

We received copies of Ysolda Teague's Whimsical Little Knits last week. They are selling quickly!