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In Case Anyone Was Wondering What I Want for Mother’s Day

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jimmy beans yarn flowersJimmy Beans Wool has a knack for coming up with really awesome stuff, and I think their gift idea for Mother’s Day is awesome.

These limited edition yarn bouquets go on sale on Friday (April 19) and I’ll bet they’ll go fast.

According to a press release sent to CGHQ, here’s what these cool gifts offer:

Full Bouquet – $200 (only 60 available) Contains:

One skein of each of the following exclusive hand dyed yarns:

  • Artyarns Beaded Silk Light – Wildflowers
  • Koigu KPPPM
  • Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock – Bukiety
  • Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
  • Malabrigo Worsted Merino
  • TSCArtyarns Zara Hand-Dyed
  • Fleece Artist Woolie Silk – Peach Blossom

Needles in US sizes 6, 7, 8 and 9
Two 20g tubes of Miyuki clear glass beads size 6/0 that can be used for the April Showers Capelet pattern
A postcard with a link to PDFs of seven exclusive patterns including:

  1. Wildflowers Mother’s Day Shawl designed by Iris Schreier
  2. 3 Knit Flowers designed by Maie Landra
  3. A Day At The Vineyards Mitts (elbow-length mitts) designed by Suzy Allen (note: requires US 5-8″ circ and/or US 5 DPNs, not included in bouquet)
  4. Angel Lady Scarf designed by Suzy Allen (note: requires US 5-16″ circular or US 5 straight needles, not included in bouquet)
  5. Hat designed by Romi Hill
  6. Rose Garden Crescent Scarf designed by Iris Schreier
  7. April Showers Capelet designed by Lynette Meek (note: requires US 8-32″ circular, US 8 DPNs, 0.6mm crochet hook for beading, not included in bouquet)

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Simple Bouquet – $60 (only 100 available) Contains:

One skein of each of the following exclusive hand dyed yarns:

  • Koigu KPPPM
  • Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock – Bukiety
  • Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light

Needles in US sizes 2, 3 and 4

Access to patterns using the yarns included in the bouquet

How much fun would that be to give or to get?

 

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Comments

  1. I’d give birth to get a cool Mother’s Day bouquet like that. :). Always tell my husband to not buy me flowers that die, I’d rather buy a nice pan. Now I can say I’d rather have a yarn arrangement .

Have you read?

Knit a Sweet Hood Covered with Flowers

I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to  stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: saskie&co]