So you’ve seen the new WORK+SHELTER cowl patterns, and you’ve seen the new TEA+WOOL yarn, and now it’s time to take advantage of all that new goodness and win some stuff!
Katie’s Striped Chevron Sunshine Cowl!
Head over to Katie’s blog to get the details. If you’ve bought anything over the past 3 weeks you are entered to win yarn! Have you waited to make your purchase? Do it this week because the winner will be announced Monday!
As you know, I have been working with WORK+SHELTER, a women’s shelter in India producing handmade items. My friend Katie Canavan is also working on this project, and has produced a line of new cowl patterns for WORK+SHELTER and it’s new yarn that we launched last month. Last week we showed you the Basketweave Neckerchief, and this week it’s Tiny Cables Cowl!
WORK+SHELTER Tiny Cabled Cowl
A few months ago, Allyson Dykhuizen invited me to work on a new yarn dying project for
WORK+SHELTER, called TEA + WOOL. This 100% wool yarn was dyed with Indian teas, and
is available in our Etsy shop, with all proceeds going to WORK+SHELTER.
WORK+SHELTER is a new foundation started by Allyson’s friend, Theresa VanderMeer.
WORK+SHELTER offers women living in the slums of New Delhi a fresh start. Theresa
is working to give these women decent living conditions and a chance to build a better
future. WORK+SHELTER will be a safe place where women can come with their children to
live and work. She will be providing training, materials, and a fair wage, and members of
WORK+SHELTER will be producing products to be sold in boutiques around the world.
Close Up of the Eyelet Cables
I’ve designed a few accessories especially for TEA + WOOL that will be hand knit by the
women living and working at WORK+SHELTER. The Tiny Cables Cowl is one of those
accessories! By purchasing this pattern you are helping this amazing cause. Read more
about this project here, donate by emailing Theresa, and when someone compliments you
on your beautiful new cowl, be sure to tell them about WORK+SHELTER.
Katie Looking CUTE in her New Cowl!
WORK+SHELTER Tiny Cables Cowl
Finished Size 24” around and 7” wide.
MATERIALS
Yarn WORK+SHELTER Fingering Weight Wool.
Needles Size 6 (4 mm).
Notions Tapestry needle.
GAUGE
25 sts and 28 rows – 4” in St st.
This pattern is $2
This week only: Purchase any yarn in the WORK+SHELTER Etsy Shop and get this pattern for free!
Pin ItAs you know, I have been working with WORK+SHELTER, a women’s shelter in India producing handmade items. My friend Katie Canavan is also working on this project, and has produced a line of new cowl patterns for WORK+SHELTER and it’s new yarn that we launched last month.
Basketweave Neckerchief in TEA+WOOL
A few months ago, Allyson Dykhuizen invited me to work on a new yarn dying project for
WORK+SHELTER, called TEA + WOOL. This 100% wool yarn was dyed with Indian teas, and
is available in our Etsy shop, with all proceeds going to WORK+SHELTER.
WORK+SHELTER is a new foundation started by Allyson’s friend, Theresa VanderMeer.
WORK+SHELTER offers women living in the slums of New Delhi a fresh start. Theresa
is working to give these women decent living conditions and a chance to build a better
future. WORK+SHELTER will be a safe place where women can come with their children to
live and work. She will be providing training, materials, and a fair wage, and members of
WORK+SHELTER will be producing products to be sold in boutiques around the world.
Seamed and Textured
I’ve designed a few accessories especially for TEA + WOOL that will be hand knit by the
women living and working at WORK+SHELTER. The Basketweave Neckerchief is one of
those accessories! By purchasing this pattern you are helping this amazing cause. Read
more about this project here, donate by emailing Theresa, and when someone compliments
you on your beautiful new cowl, be sure to tell them about WORK+SHELTER.
Folded Over and CUTE!
WORK+SHELTER Basketweave Neckerchief
Finished Size 20” around and 9” wide.
MATERIALS
Yarn WORK+SHELTER Fingering Weight Wool.
Needles Size 6 (4 mm).
Notions Tapestry needle.
GAUGE
25 sts and 28 rows – 4” in St st.
This pattern is $2
This week only: Purchase any yarn in the WORK+SHELTER Etsy Shop and get this pattern for free!
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WORK+SHELTER Tea Dyed Yarn
Tea-Dyed 100% Wool: This is WORK+SHELTER‘s first foray into tea dying yarn, and we wanted our supporters to be the first people in on this new aspect of WORK+SHELTER. The yarn listed in our new WORK+SHELTER Etsy Shop is a one time only batch. We learned a lot from dying this yarn! And we want to use the proceeds from this first batch to make our next batches better and better. That is why these skeins are priced so low, ranging from $4 for a mini 43g skein to $12 for a big 160g skein.
WORK+SHELTER 100% Wool - Fingering Weight
Three Unique Colors: After a few experiments with Indian teas, Katie Canavan developed three lovely colors of fingering weight, 100% wool yarn. From left to right, they are Darjeeling (a warm, variegated brown), Lemon Grass (a cool, greenish brown) and Chamomile (a warm light yellow). Each was hand dyed using its namesake tea!
Beautiful Light Yellow Chamomile!
TODAY ONLY! Buy a Skein, Get a Free Knitting Pattern: Enter LAUNCHMONDAY in the “Notes to Seller” section when checking out and you will be emailed a WORK+SHELTER pattern of your choice! Buy two skeins? Get two free patterns. Three skeins? Three free patterns! You get the idea.
Again, thank you so much for your continued support of WORK+SHELTER and it’s products!
Pin ItEven though Holla Knits just came out a week ago, I’ve been done with all the Holla Knits knitting for a few weeks now. Since then I’ve been working on new patterns for WORK+SHELTER, the woman’s shelter in India I’ve been working with.
Chevron
Knit Boxes Stitch Pattern
Eyelet Stitch Pattern
They are kind of a study in stitch patterns. It’s been fun figuring out which stitch patterns look good knit up in which size needles, and if the cowl is folded or larger, what stitch pattern looks good from the front and the back.
But mostly it’s just been a lot of knitting fingering weight yarn on size 6 needles while watching episode after episode of Gilmore Girls.
Tea Dyed Yarn
Katie Canavan, designer of Holla Knits Finishing School and my good friend has come on board with the project and has been experimenting with tea dying for a future yarn lines and yarn used in the shelter. It’s beautiful, right? It’s pretty amazing that you can get such great natural colors from soaking yarn with tea.
More on all of this soon of course. But for right now I’m back to my tiny needles and my Gilmore Girls!
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