Help Pacifica Yarn Company Launch its Made in America Yarn

Over the holiday weekend, the people behind New Stitch a Day and the 30 Day Sweater launched a new project, called Pacifica Yarn. This will be the first “house yarn” for their new online yarn shop, Argyle Sheep.

They took to crowdfunding to raise money for the project and blew past their first goal in 12 hours. As of this writing they were closing in on their fourth goal, with 24 days left to go on the campaign. (The campaign ends July 31.)

The money will allow them to produce their first yarn, called Zephyr, which will be a blend of cotton and wool yarn. The idea is to make a yarn that’s suitable for knitting and wearing year round, with the durability of cotton and the memory of wool. The yarn will be produced in the United States with American fiber, and the next goal they were going for was to be able to produce the yarn in 16 colors.

It’s going to be a DK weight yarn, but if $40,000 is raised they will also make a worsted weight yarn in the same colors; at $50,000, another yarn line will be introduced.

The way things are going right now, we could see a lot more out of Pacifica Yarn very soon. Rewards that include yarn begin at $30, and delivery should take place early next year.

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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