handmade by stefanie

I've been working on this project since the middle of November, and it feels good to finally have it off the needles: presenting my finished Purlbreak shawl! Obviously, I'm thrilled to have this off the needles. I knit this project with 3 skeins of yarn that I was sent for review: Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Fingering , a blend of 90% superfine/superwash merino and 10% nylon which is milled in Italy and hand-dyed in Canada (I love knowing where my yarn comes from!). This is a super-squishy yarn that feels soft to the touch, but has enough twist to it that it's not splitty, and I doubt it will pill much with time. It withstood ripping back to fix mistakes and dropped stitches, as well as plenty of abuse from being stuffed in my bag for knitting at the tap room. Hello, lovelies! It was a total delight to work with, and choosing 3 coordinating colors was super-easy because of how they are grouped as part of the Magic Dye Pot Series: each group has a letter (A thro...

Happy WIP Wednesday! I'm starting today off in the most fun way possible - announcing the winner of the Manos Alegria giveaway for the Holla Knits blog tour! The lucky person is lindaran; I will be in touch with you to arrange for the delivery of your prize. Thanks so much to everyone who entered this contest! And now, onto the WIPs - I only have a few still on the needles after a pretty productive 3-day weekend! I finished and blocked the top yoke of the Lake Michigan Tee , then seamed and picked up for the body to knit in the Knight colorway of Skein Top Draw Socks . It's kind of at an awkward-to-photograph stage at the moment: I made a little bit of progress on the destash Rikke hat, though it's probably not very interesting to look at. It is, however, very soft, and I think my aunt will look good in it! I also started working on the stitch pattern section of the Bowdoin Hat from Holla Knits, which I am knitting with a skein of Sincere Sheep Tenacious Sock i...