I whipped up a hat in record time this week! I used a ball and a half of Jasper, a gorgeous self-striping merino wool that knits up so quickly I can hardly believe it (about 4 hours, which for me is superduper fast). I used Jared Flood's wildly popular Turn a Square pattern but instead of striping… Continue reading Jasper Love
Winner!
Hi everyone! The winner of our Vintage giveaway is...blog reader Barbie! She commented with the correct answer so we'll be mailing her the prize pictured below (I'll need a mailing address and color preference though so Barbie, please email me at crose AT berroco DOT com, replacing the words with the usual symbols). The prize… Continue reading Winner!
Arts and Crafts…and a GIVEAWAY!…
Today is an exciting day for me! As you'll read in KnitBits #307, Booklet #290 Vintage™: Arts and Crafts is my very first complete collection. When we planned the fall collection, we talked about the need for a book of designs for young, preteens and yes, "tweens," a cutesy word for a really underserved demographic… Continue reading Arts and Crafts…and a GIVEAWAY!…
Maternity Sweaters!
Last week a KnitBits subscriber wrote in asking if we'd ever think of designing a maternity sweater. To be quite honest, we don't have any in the works but we had fun coming up with a list of sweaters that we think would work for ladies who are in the family way. Though we're flying… Continue reading Maternity Sweaters!
Sock Summit INDEED.
"Just as the bird’s wing evolved to fly, the human hand evolved to manipulate. An idle hand is not a happy hand. We really need to use our hands; they’re not happy if they’re not doing something." [Barbara G. Walker] The quote above captures my impression of Sock Summit 2009 pretty accurately! I'm very familiar… Continue reading Sock Summit INDEED.
berroco is at the sock summit!
Foreseeing that something BIG was happening, Cirilia brought Berroco to the Sock Summit. She's not selling anything (we leave that to the shops). She IS promoting our sock yarns (Berroco Sox™, Berroco Sox™ Metallic, Comfort® Sock and Ultra™ Alpaca Fine, showing our audio slide shows, telling folks about the sock star contest and holding daily… Continue reading berroco is at the sock summit!
forward glance
Cirilia took some intriguing shots at our recent Knitbits photo shoot.
Be a Sock STAR!
Find more information and an entry form in KnitBits #300! Dig into your stash or head to your LYS for these eligible yarns: Berroco Sox, Berroco Sox Metallic, Comfort Sock and Ultra Alpaca Fine and start sketching, swatching, SCHEMING! I'm busily preparing to head to Sock Summit 2009 where you can visit the Berroco booth (#418)… Continue reading Be a Sock STAR!
Free pattern in action
We decided to take a different tact this week and showed Friday's free pattern (named Ditto) in size large, photographed on our fabulous new size 16 dress form. This, conveniently 😉 , happens to be my size. Naturally, it made sense for me to wear this sweater to the trade show. Cirilia gave a link to… Continue reading Free pattern in action
Houston (and Providence, and Chicago….), we have booklets!
The Fall '09 booklets have arrived at Berroco and have started to ship to stores!
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