more No Sheep yummies

Can you tell I'm having fun? Whee!

First, regarding Amazon and their strangeness, Interweave is looking into it. As soon as they have an answer, I'll share it here. We're sorry they're stressing you out!

Now. More fun!

Karin Maag-Tanchak, one of my new favorite designers, designed the Berthe scarf for No Sheep -- it's her answer [and a brilliant one, if you ask me] to the "what do I do with this one skein of something delicious if I don't want a rectangle?" The version in the book is very different than her original, which she [giggle] knitted in wool. Here's what it looked like:


Isn't that delectable? The one in the book is a little more freeform and textury, and the finished result all depends on the yarn you use and how tightly you knit it. You can get anything from ruffly to perfectly elegantly flat, like the prototype. The pattern lets you be creative. I can't wait to see what you guys do with this one. I think they're going to look like fingerprints...no two will be the same!

Another treat you'll get to see [soon, I hope!] is the sexy 100% hemp Manly Maze sweater, designed by Celeste Culpepper [yup, the Maze beanie is hers, too -- she cleverly designed the beanie as a swatch for the sweater, so she could try out different color combinations before she knit the final sweater.

A sexy man sweater? You bet. Look at this:


Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you. That's Franklin, modelling the real thing. I had no idea when I taped my episode of Knitty Gritty last fall that Mr Franklin would be on set, but he was! And he couldn't wait to try this sweater on when I pulled it out of the box. I snapped this grainy picture quickly, but you can see how well it suits him. Poifect.

Okay, enough of this. Back to making y'all some spring Knitty!