Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Rockabilly Soft, from Hill Country Weavers


Well, well, well. You may have heard there's a drought on these days here in Texas... Both our lawn and this blog have dried to a crisp in the face of severe heat and a really rough time at work.


On the upside, I'm learning all sort of things about HTML at work, including better and more nutritious ways to create line breaks and boldface type!


I do have some exciting news to share. Hill Country Weavers has now released my latest pattern: Rockabilly Soft.



Let me say something about the yarn called for in the pattern, Road to China Light from the Fibre Company: holy snot, that stuff is amazing! And did you know it has a little bit of camel mixed in? Soft, soft, soft!


It made working those colorwork sections a dream. And, by the way, take a peak at the pictures of the Western-style piping at the shoulders: I'm not telling you how I did it (you'll have to buy the pattern, natch), but I feel pretty dang smart right there. I even attended a design workshop with Shannon Okey at HCW in the spring, when I got to show off how I did it - and there was trigonometry and everything.


In the demonstration. Not the knitting. (Calculator not required.)


Anywho, I hope knitters will enjoy this pattern. It's funky and luxurious, all in one!