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Knitting Retreat Scheduled!

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Are you totally stressed out? Too much to do, overwhelmed and not getting your knitting done?

Here’s an idea… why not sign up for a knitting retreat? This time next year you’ll be so relaxed and mellowed out you’ll be able to sail through the holidays with no problems.

purlaway™ is excited to announce our upcoming luxury knitting retreat on October 8-11, 2009 at The Resort at the Mountain at the base of Mt. Hood in Welches, Oregon. Terri Shea, the author of Selbuvotter will be our instructor for this long weekend of workshops, comradery, and mountain air. Come join us for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience in this beautiful setting. Click here to learn more about this event! Find out about our Early Bird Special (available until April 3, 2009).

And, since you may need a shawl in October in the mountains, actually, I have no idea what the weather is like in Oregon, here’s a few free shawl patterns I found for you.

This blue one is the Candle Flame Shawl Pattern from KnitPicks, here:  and the pink shawl, from Arteeni, here: 

 

 

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  1. Thanks Terrye for checking out our retreat and for the write up. If anyone wants to find out more about the retreat they can go to hhtp://www.purlaway.com and learn all about it!

    I am so excited about knitting up Selbu mittens, I want to go now!

Have you read?

Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

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]