Sunday, May 18, 2014

A June Knitalong!

I am happy to announce my Moon Stone Farm Yarn group on Ravelry will be hosting a couple knitalongs this summer. I need some more scarves to wear at work to keep the chill out in the winter, so I decided some scarf knitalongs would be just the ticket to make it a little more fun.

Deciding what patterns to use has been a fun job. I was forced to spend time perusing patterns on Ravelry. Possibly I could be accused of coming up with a convenient excuse to spend time pattern digging over there. I wanted the first pattern to be easy, interesting, and use two different skeins to give a striping effect. It also needed to work with fingering weight yarn so it is light enough I could keep it on all day. I ended up choosing a free pattern called Kary's Chevron Scarf. Check it out and join us for a fun June knitalong!

This is the yarn I'll be using:


MSFY Summer Plums and MSFY Brown Purple

Both yarns above are discontinued in my shop, but the Summer Plums color is still available in the any the yarns currently in my shop.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

New Stuff!

There are going to be some new things popping up in the shop in the near future!

First, I am introducing a new color:



This is Deep. It is a color I have wanted to dye for a long time. I've worked a long time at getting the right blend of colors to get this color. I hope everyone else will love it as much as I do.

Here are a few hints of other things to come:





New yarns, and rovings will be showing up, so be sure to check into the shop often over the next few weeks!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Whats Been Going On Around MSF

Around here it has been cold this winter. So I've been knitting on some warm projects:


Some green socks in Merino Nylon 2-ply.


This is some Wool Bamboo in Red. It is a pattern that will be showing up in my pattern shop at some future date.


And speaking of the pattern shop, I've been working on the pattern for this mug cozy. For some reason, I never took notes when I made it. I ALWAYS take notes when I am altering a pattern or making one up from scratch. I like to be able to make things again. So I've been working on this all week trying to figure out what size needles I used and how many rows are in a repeat. I have a number of patterns that are almost ready for the shop. They just want pictures. I expect to spend the next few months filling up the pattern shop over on Ravelry and maybe adding some to the etsy shop.

I'm thinking about filling out the color selections in the shop this spring. I have a lot of colors that are only available in one yarn, and I would like to change that. You might wonder why I said 'this spring' and not right now. It takes yarn a lot more time to dry after being dyed in the winter. When it is warmer out, yarn dries faster even if it is hanging indoors.