Got Craft? is next weekend and you can to find goodies from local authors/designers/sisters Pip'n'Pin (AKA Megan and Katie) there! Both of their new books, Strand and This Must be the Place will be there as well as knitting needles and notions. 

I have Strand and love it for its beautiful projects, clear illustrations and stunning photography. A knitting book for all levels of knitting, it has beginner knitting illustrations for those of you who are a complete novice, and features patterns and ideas about how to combine different yarns, knitting them together in a joined strand, to create bulkier and more dynamic yarns.

Go see Megan and so many other awesome local vendors at Got Craft next weekend:
Saturday, December 8 + Sunday, December 9, 2018 
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver (BC)

Got Craft's 'around town' page lets you know about other craft fairs around Vancouver. Check it out.

A guest post from Jenny Faifel of Sweater Freak Knits

Every holiday season, I like to run a little mystery KAL, sometimes it's a hat or a cowlette. This year I came up with something truly special - a cowl that is styled like a shawl but it doesn't have seams (like many other cowls that fit like a shawl do!).

It took a bit of tinkering and thinking, but it all worked out at the end just like I envisioned and I am pleased as peach!!!! 

The first clue drops Dec 6th and the pattern is now on sale for 50% off at 3USD (no code needed!) till then. Get the pattern here and don't forget to visit the MKAL Chat thread to show us the yarn you plan to use! You can find all the details such as yarn info and dates on the pattern page.

Also, when you purchase the pattern, you get a 20% off coupon for the yarn pictured above - the very same yarn I used for my sample - naturally dyed Alpaca/Merino mix from Everlea Yarn. The code is valid till Dec 15th.

Hope to see you there!
Jenny

Hi Friends! This fall really kicked my butt so it has taken me longer to get my stuff together to send you updates than I had planned. I spent September preparing Everlea Yarn for Knit City as well as installing two tapestries for the Textile Symposium of America while also transitioning my five-year-old into full-time kindergarten. I tried to see as much art as possible during the symposium in Vancouver while dyeing hundreds of skeins of yarn and building my booth for Knit City from my studio in Pender Harbour, but failed miserably. What beautiful things did you see during the Textile Symposium of America? Women's Work at The Italian Cultural Center is still on until December 30th. I highly recommend you see it!

Knit City was an absolute blast and total blur. Everlea Yarn is so new, so I was over-the-moon when several people had me on their must-visit lists including Uncle Stashly (yes, these lists are a must at Knit City lest you just walk around aimlessly and anxiously in the chalked-full-of-yarn PNE Forum). I left Knit City feeling energized and excited about the future of Everlea Yarn as well as totally physically drained. In the weekends following Knit City I taught a two-day tapestry weaving class and then co-hosted for the three-day Sunshine Coast Art crawl. To say I was burned out is an understatement. But, I am truly and loving everything that is rolling out in my life right now. The burnout was purely physical and now I'm totally recovered and excited about some upcoming collaborations.

I spent a lot of time at Fibreworks this past year. It is a community space in Pender Harbour situated in a network of yurts open on the warmer months. They just wrapped up their transition year between founder Yvonne Stowell (@markofthehand) and new owner Alexis Bach. Since June I've been working on making one of Yvonne's stunning one-of-a-kind hand knit shawls into a pattern. I've knit my sample and am putting the finishing touches on the pattern while my group of test knitters knit it up and the tech editor does her magic. Below is my sample knit up in a strand of Everlea's 100% Alpaca and a strand of Maiwa's cobweb weight organic linen held double. The finished fabric is airy and soft with stunning drape. I can't wait to release the pattern (hopefully before the new year). Look for it on Ravelry as The Mark of the Hand Shawl. Join Everlea's mailing list to be notified when it releases.

Tomorrow 88 Stitches is hosting a Strange Brew trunk show in their shop in Langley.

Got Craft? is next weekend and you can to find goodies from local authors/designers/sisters Pip'n'Pin (AKA Megan and Katie) there! Both of their new books, Strand and This Must be the Place will be there as well as knitting needles and notions. 

Sweetgeorgia's recent Make and Hue issues is all about Community. Read it here

The Maiwa spring workshop list out

And Knit Social announced an amazing retreat featuring workshops with Norah Gaughan and Bristol Ivy

Today Sylvia McFadden released this beautiful tri-colour shawl!
and Jenny Faifel launched a mystery KAL for a uniquely constructed worsted-weight cowl.

​Jane Richmond recently released this stunning lightweight hat in three weights of yarn

Caitlin Shepherd released this beautiful leaf motif pullover

Shannon Cook released this all white Snowberry warp and cowl pattern with Tolt Yarn and Wool 

Abbye Dahl released this stunning colourful shawl

Andrea Rangel released this cozy cardigan in the last issue of PomPom

And this new cabled pullover by Standard Knits has the most beautiful cable and shoulder details
 
Inese Sang released this amazing textured hat 

I'm sure I've missed some. Let me know and I'll add them to next month's newsletter. XoJanna

88 Stitches is hosting a Strange Brew trunk show with 88 Stitches on Saturday Dec 1st in their shop Langley.

If you're not familiar with Stange Brew, it's an awesome book by local designers Alexa and Emily of Tin Can Knit featuring top-own reglan pullovers with yoke and all-over colourwork. But the best part is they show you how to, and give you the tools design a one-of-a-kind colourwork pullover yourself using their math! Check out the projects that others have done here on Ravelry.

So, if you haven't got the book yet or you have some burning questions for them this is your chance!

Strange Brew Trunk Show with Tin Can Knits
Saturday Dec 1st
88 Stitches
#602-21183-88th Avenue
Langley, B.C. V1M 2G5
604-888-6689

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