WWW for Wednesday, July 22, 2009

by Melissa Gow, Editorial Assistant for Knitty.com

Is it too hot to knit where you are yet?

Berroco is looking for the next SOCK STAR! Is it you?

Speaking of contests, if you've EVER knit anything from a Knitty pattern and love taking pictures, you've got to enter the Knitty 2010 Calendar Contest! The grand prize is crazy big!

We've got two other contests going on at Knitty, too -- read more about them here! We want you to win stuff!

Our favorite long-distance blogging pair -- the Mason-Dixon girls, Kay and Ann, have just released Knitting Outside the Lines on audiobook!

UPDATE: Yarn Forward's plans to offer a digital version of the magazine has been temporarily put on hold while they search for a new service provider. Watch their website for updates.



Amy Butler has a line of hand bags designed with crafters in mind: Sweet Life Bags.



Lorna's Laces and WendyKnits have teamed up to create WendyKnits Sunrise colourway based on the sunrise photos Wendy often takes from her office window. Wendy has even come up with a sock pattern [pdf download] to showcase the colour changes.

Knitter Nigel Pottle walked and knit the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage route in Spain, back in May to raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer Society of BC . His pilgrimage blog can be found here.

Namaste has expanded their Cali bag line with the new, classy Hermosa -- their largest bag yet, and it stands up on its own.

If you are living in or visiting Brooklyn, New York, you really should swing by SpaceCraft. It's a fabulous communal environment where you can learn all sorts of crafts in a community atmosphere.



Now that the sun is down and that nice lake breeze is making things cooler, I'm off to work on my current sweater!

by Melissa Gow, Editorial Assistant for Knitty.com

Here's your next infusion of the bi-weekly fluffy stuff!



Are you in San Diego and want to help raise breast cancer awareness? From June 15 to November 15, the San Diego Affiliate offices are accepting donations of knitted items that will be sold at various Breast Cancer Awareness events. If you need more information check out the Events Page or email Barbara LaMark, Knit for the Cure Chairperson barbara.susangkomen AT gmail.com.



Thread Banger has complied a great Weekly DIY Roundup of spinning resources.



All I can really say about this hairy tale is WOW!



Along with the new look over at KnittingDaily.com there is a new editor (or is it editrix?), Sandi Wiseheart has stepped aside (but will still be a regular blogger at Knitting Daily) and Kathleen Cubley is stepping up to be the new editor. Welcome, Kathleen!



The Tour De Fleece is off and running again!

I know it's a few days late (started on the 4th of July) but you can still join in the fun! There are two different Tours being run: The original and the Ravelry Group.



Still haven't planned a summer vacation? What about a weekend getaway to a working Massachusetts sheep farm owned by knitting author and designer Kristin Nicholas for an intensive weekend knitting course?

Be sure to also check out Kristin's new sock yarn! The yarns are dyed in the wonderful palette of colors that we expect from Kristin and may remind you of ikat dyed fabric! Expect it to show up in yarn store some point in August, just in time to start some holiday socks!



It's that time again: Interweave's Hurt Book and Overstock Sale! 50–75 percent off -- and Jaime from Interweave suggests this: sort from low price to high price in the pull-down menu on the main page to see the best deals.



See you in two weeks and remember your Sunscreen! It's very hard to knit with sunburned hands...