I am so thrilled to have this line up and running.

The base yarn is 100% superwash BFL and wonderful to knit with

Ameilia

Drusilla

Ella

These are a few of the ladies, check out the rest of them here. The Faerie Feet collection was also Featured today on Mobtown Review!

Also today Tulip Kits are up! 

More Sweater Disasters to come tomorrow!

I have a secret. I have been working on a new line of sock yarns. Ok, I admit I was too excited to keep them a secret. So here is a little sneak peek of Faerie Feet:

I have not finished developing the line yet, but the yarns are superwash BFL and they will also be dyed in Merino/Cashmere. Each Colourway is named after a faerie and comes with a little info on the faerie. They are not ready to hit the shop yet, but I just couldn’t keep it to myself any longer!

Ok Ladies, I have got my riot gear on…armed with pepper spray. This update has gotten way bigger than I expected and am crossing my fingers that the site does not crash. I have a pretty well built site…but as we know knitters are a formidible force.

Twinkle toes and Sweet Socks are up! I love these twinkle toes…they are on the list….sigh…the list is long.

In the midst of all this excitement I have finished the first jitterbug sock and cast on the second.

Here is the first one.

Yes they are small…I have smaller feet and really like my socks tight….less slippery and more like a nice wooly hug.

Now..a note on the bag in the background. We have these fantastic Booty Bags coming into the store. They will be a bit different as they will have a pocket for our needles.

Hopefully in May when I get back from my trip they will be here for us. These bags are totally reversable…pocket and everything.

As you can see from the picture it is a bit dirty…I have had it for 6 months and am taking it on the cruise with me so I thought I should wash it…as it has some suede in it I am washing it in my Soak…I thought it was a good test of the Soak to see how well it cleans.

Right now it is soaking…I will show you pictures of the results when I am done.

Several of you have asked about the Twinkle Toes that I mentioned in the last newsletter and were wondering exactly what they were.

So here is a little preview of my twinkle toes.

They are Merino Tencel with Matching/Contrasting toes and heels

Look at that Tencel shine!

I will be putting up the Twinkle Toes Tomorrow sometime as well as these Sweet Socks!

In the meantime check out the awesome Alpaca Sock Yarn that came in!

I had the pleasure of dyeing some Merino Tencil Sock yarn last weekend….and I mean pleasure.

This yarn is sooo soft and shiny. I did some work mixing the dyes and creating semi solids as I am really getting into working with patterns.

These lovely ladies are now up in the store.

The colourways are not repeatable as I have no idea which colours I mixed to acheive them…it was a real seat of your pants dye session and so much fun!

Check them out…they are in the Sweet Sheep Category, and $2 from each sale will go to the yarn Harlot’s Knitters without Boarders.

Actual knitting to follow tomorrow.

Have you heard about the Yarn Harlot’s quest to raise money for MSF?
If not you can read about it here.

We here a The Sweet Sheep want to help the harlot blow her goal out of the Water!
For the rest of the month of January any skein of “Sweet Sheep’s Sweet Socks” will count as a $2.00 donation, All Things Heather will count for $1.50 donation.

What a sweet deal…who knew buying yarn could benefit charity!

I have finally had some time to get my spinning wheel back in action. It IS like riding a bike…and it has been a while since I was on! I am really enjoying spinning but surely need some more practice to get back into the swing of things. I had this beautiful merino/tencil in the store and it was begging me to spin it…I have a little thing for pink and green combos. Let me just say that spinning merino/tencil is a dream…it is so soft and shiny…I love it. I really enjoy trying out new fibers and think we need to get some more fiber into the store for the spinners. Anyways, Here she is:

I really can’t wait to knit with her. I usually just spin for the enjoyment, but this time I had a project in mind. I have been wanting to make some fingerless gloves. As you all probably know winter in Canada this year has been mild and it is only really cold when I get up in the morning to go to work. So I figured a pair of fingerless glove are due.

I was thinking the Fetching pattern from knitty…any suggestions?

There has not been much knitting on here lately…but I am working on a few secret projects. I will let you know when I can. Here is something that is not a secret…

Sweet Sheep Sweet Socks have been updated!

New yarns from Zen too!

Breaking News on The Sweet Sheep Sock Club…round 2 goes on sale Tuesday Jan 23rd 8pm EST!