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Introducing Michelada! And Magpie Fibers new non-superwash worsted weight yarn, Nest - it's 100% Corriedale, and Dami has created this gorgeous Twilight series of colors, all dyed over the natural gray - so the heathers really add some gorgeous depth to the fiber. Pair one skein of Nest with a few cables - I chose this mix of narrow traveling lines and thicker twisted columns, to create a motif with a bit of movement to it - and voila! It's quite the dramatic, but actually very simple hat!  And a hat is the PERFECT thing to be knitting right now - portable travel project, much-needed gift  knit, or just an excuse to get a skein of a new yarn and try it out! Until Sunday 12/1 at midnight, the code NESTNOW will get you 20% off the pattern if you purchase from me on Ravelry - just to try and coerce you to give it a go! I've got some cornbread stuffing and a puppy waiting for me, so pardon the short post.  All the details are on the Ravelry page....

Introducing TWO new designs featuring Jill Draper's gorgeous tweed yarn, that named for her hometown - Kingston ! It comes in so many beautiful shades that when it came time to design with this, my mind went to colorwork, so I could use a couple of them, rather than just choose one. Pendennis Club and the Pendennis Club Hat ! The Pendennis Club sweater features two shades of Kingston, accented with yet another of Jill's fibers - a marled skein of Rockwell.  I love how the bits of color in the tweed match my Rockwell shade pretty perfectly, adding a whole extra layer of richness and depth to the combination. The sweater itself is a simple pullover - bottom up construction, worked in the round, with raglan shaping.  Mods for length and width are easy and included in the pattern - plus I created colorwork motifs around both arms and body that would lend themselves to alterations in stitch count fairly easily. The simple geometry of a Peerie square stripe separates the upper and...