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| L-R Mine, knit in Coral(ish), Tina Lindquist’s, Renee Blankenship’s & Michelle Kovach’s (all via Facebook) |
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| L-R Jessoliel, AnaBC, LiteraryLady & MamaKaren (all via Ravelry) |
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, tagged Cover Cowl, gifts, KAL, Knit Simple, knit-along, Knitting, Sheep(ish) on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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| L-R Mine, knit in Coral(ish), Tina Lindquist’s, Renee Blankenship’s & Michelle Kovach’s (all via Facebook) |
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| L-R Jessoliel, AnaBC, LiteraryLady & MamaKaren (all via Ravelry) |
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, tagged accessories, ascot, Knitting, lace, scarf on September 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My latest Sheep(ish) design, the Lacy Daisy Ascot, is now available for free on Caron.com. It’s a 1-ball project so if you’ve been waiting for something small to make before you gave Sheep(ish) a try, then it’s time to pick up those sticks!
Lacy Daisy ads a pop of color to any outfit and makes a great gift item for teachers, girlfriends, and moms! It’ll only cost around $4 to make, but will look like a million bucks.
Enjoy!
Stitch.Rock.Love,
Vickie
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, Yarn, tagged babies, Cardigan, free patterns, kids, Knitting, Sheep(ish), sweater, toddlers, Vickie Howell on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Vickie Howell, Yarn, tagged Crochet, Knitting, Sheep(ish), StitchRockLove, Vickie Howell, yarn on May 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Audio/Video, Vickie Howell, tagged caron factory, caron plant, Crochet, how things are made, how yarn's made, Knitting, latchhook, yarn on April 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This month marks the year anniversary of my very first visit to the Caron yarn plant in Washington, NC. I’m feeling a bit nostalgiac, so I dug into the archives of never-before-seen footage, and put together a behind-the-(yarn)-scenes video of what happens to get your favorite stitching supplies, primped and ready to go out to your favorite craft store. Enjoy!
Posted in Vickie Howell, Yarn, tagged Crochet, free yarn, Knitting, simply soft on February 25, 2011 | 24 Comments »

This week I checked in with Ravelry’s Simply Soft® Worshippers group to see what they loved most about the yarn.
According to them, here are the Top 5 Reasons that Stitchers *Heart* Simply Soft:
1. It’s super soft.
2. It’s easy to care for.
3. It’s affordable–but doesn’t feel like it should be!
4. It’s got a great sheen.
5. It’s really easy to work with.
To quote crocheter KrisMarie, “It’s simply beautiful, simply easy to crochet and simply fits in my budget!”
Why do you love Simply Soft? Tell us, and you might get famous (and win free yarn, too!)! Introducing the “Why I Love Simply Soft” contest. For the next 30 days, starting tomorrow, we’ll select one entry each day in the “Why I Love Simply Soft” contest. Winning entries will appear on our home page for 24 hours and receive 6 skeins of Simply Soft! So go ahead, tell us why you love Simply Soft!
NOTE: COMMENTS POSTED HERE DO NOT MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONTEST. ENTRIES ARE TAKEN ON THE CONTEST PAGE ONLY.
Posted in Movie Mondays with Vickie Howell, tagged christmas projects, Crochet, free projects, Knitting, movies, vickie, Vickie Howell on December 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Over the weekend Surviving Christmas came on TBS as we were decorating our tree. I definitely wouldn’t call it a holiday classic (man, 2003-2004 was a rough movie-making time for Ben Affleck), but it does have a great cast and plenty o’ featured knitwear!
Recommended Stitching:
Posted in Knitting, tagged fair isle, Glee, Knitting, Vickie Howell on April 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hey there and welcome to the first edition of KnitSpotting, a feature that highlights knit and crochetwear seen on TV, in Magazines, on the street…just about everywhere. I’m Vickie Howell and I’ll be your your yarn spy!
Hey, Gleeks, this one’s for you! Last week saw the much awaited return of the TV phenom, Glee which much to my delight also included some knitwear. I love how the wardrobe department chooses a theme for each episode and runs with it–one show featured bows throughout, another focused on the color yellow, and the last one was a subtle salute to knitted color work. Check out screen shot proof from the “Hell-o” episode!
Chris Colfer as “Kurt” in a Fair Isle Smoking Jacket-style Sweater
Leah Michelle as “Rachel” Wearing a Chunky Knit, Fair Isle Cardi
Color Work Defined
Have you heard colorwork terms thrown around in the knitting world, but aren’t really sure what they mean? Well here’s the scoop!
Intarsia
A method of knitting that involves color blocks. Following a chart, you’ll literally knit a simple picture into your garment.
Work in the main color, switching to the pattern color(s) as called for by the design.
Mosaic Knitting
In my humble opinion, this is among the most user-friendly of color work options. There’s no carrying of multiple yarns across your rows and no worry of holes being created by changing yarns between color blocks. Mosaic knitting involves two different colors of yarn, only one of which is actually used to knit in any given row. You only change yarn at the beginning of every other row, a if you were knitting 2-row stripes.
Fair Isle
This is a method of knitting that uses two or three different colors in the same row of your project. Instead of joining in a new ball of yarn every time the pattern’s chart calls for a different color, you’ll loosely carry the “inactive” color along the back or “non-public” side of the work.
Want to try your hand at Fair Isle? Try the Simply Soft Boy’s Sweater, by Marilyn Losee!
Craft.Rock.Love,
Vickie
P.S. Like KnitSpotting? Then you’ll love Movie Mondays! Check ‘em out on my blog.