Yup, it's me......

I haven't been much of a blogger lately, I leave that up to BossCat, she's the writer in the family.  It's usually just the same old same old.  Work, dye yarn and a little knitting occasionally.
So we have a little dyeing:

and we have a little knitting:

I promise, there will be more soon.

New Year............

New yarn!  Introducing Continental Cat.  This new base yarn is a 6 ply light fingering/heavy lace weight yarn of 100% Superwash Merino.   It's 6 beautiful plys with a smooth twist and the best part is there is 750 yards on each skein. That means you only need one skein for a perfect little shawl.
We've only put a few in the shop at the moment but we'll be dyeing up some more in semi-solid shades.  I think mine will be purple or maybe pink or maybe grey........

A big thank you...........

BossCat and I would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year. All the best in 2012.
We've enjoyed seeing all of your projects in 2011 and can't wait to see what you knit up in 2012.

We'll be offering a 15% discount on everything in the shop from now until midnight December 31st in appreciation of all our customers.  Just use the code YREND11 at the checkout. 

Crazy busy....

I haven't been much of a blogger of  late, work has been more than I care to talk about.  I've managed to do a little knitting, a little dyeing and little else.  Hopefully after Christmas I'll be back on track. I have a million and one things I want to knit, and probably thousands of skeins (and yes, I am exaggerating).
I'm trying to finish up a hat for Miss P, and a couple pairs of socks for gifts, but other than that my thoughts are of all the cardigans I want to knit.  More on that later.

So tomorrow we'll be updating the shop with with some Twinkle Cat in DK weight. This is so scrumptous. 75% Merino and 20% Silk and 5% sparkly.  Perfect for cowls and mitts and specials scarves.

A little warmth...

was needed.   I finished my Taygete several weeks ago, and I was instantly in love. This design by Romi has to be one of my favorite knits.  I knew I wanted to do it in our yarn and in one of my favorite bases, Stray Cat.
And as BossCat can tell you I want something in every base in her signature colourway "Misty Highland".
This project would have flew off the needles if I hadn't put it aside to finish other stuff, but alas it took a little longer than expected.

Then one day at work I found out that a very sweet co-worker of mine's sister has been stricken with colon cancer.  She and her sister are very close, and I feel so bad for her to have to go through this.  She has made ribbons in the signature colours of blue and brown to show support, and a light bulb went off. My shawl was blue and brown.  Obviously a sign, I handed her the shawl to give to her sister in hopes it would give a little bit of support and warmth when needed.
This isn't the first time one of my shawls have been passed on, and even though it makes me very happy to pass on a little joy to someone who really needs a hug,  it also makes me a little sad to see it go.
Now I'm off to decide what shawl to make next................