October KAL Is Coming

The October KAL (Knit Along) begins on Thursday, October 3. The project will be a colorwork cowl, Colormatic, featuring four colors of Kenzie by HiKoo.

Michelle Hunter, designer and knitting educator, will be posting four weeks of lessons for this KAL. Her directions are clearly written, supported by video instruction, and easy to follow.

Make it a date to participate in the October KAL.

The project, a cowl, can be knit in a size small (up to 32") or a large (60" to 68"). The large can be worn fashionably doubled, as Michelle is hinting that this cowl will be an infinity scarf.

For the project you need four skeins of one color each (size small) or eight skeins of two colors each (size large). Needles suggested are 16" circulars, two sizes -- US #7 and US #8.

My guess (and this is only a guess!) is that Michelle will have us knitting flat and then joining the ends into the moebius twist with a grafting technique. Only a guess, but let's see if I'm close on this one!

Order Kenzie from our website, Graywood Designs. Here's the LINK to Kenzie. Each skein is 160 yards in a 50 gram ball. Our price is $8.95 per skein, less the 15% discount that we offer.

Order needles HERE. We carry Clover bamboo and Addi Turbos. Treat yourself to some new needles for this project.

Here's the LINK to the Michelle's introduction to the Colormatic Cowl Knit Along.

So, let's get the supplies together and Knit Along in October!!!

Softie Hat -- A FREE Pattern

It's exciting to introduce a new knitting pattern to the Graywood Designs knitting line. And, for the first time, one of our patterns is being offered as a FREE download on Ravelry.

Softie Hat is a a lightweight, fine gauge hat for women in one size. It is knit out of sock weight yarn, also called fingering yarn and uses almost all of a 100 gram skein of yarn.

The fit is snug around the ears, but loose in the body of the hat, so this is a design that won't destroy a hairstyle or flatten your bangs.

Softie Hat pulls down over the forehead for those really windy cold times. Or wear it casually tucked back for a stylish look.

The yarn that you choose will dictate whether the hat is sort of tight or a snug fit around the ears.

The Softie Hat design uses a small needle gauge for the ribbing. For the body of the hat, there are increases and a change to a larger needle to get the looser, softer fit.

Multicolored sock yarns (there are scads of these lovely yarns on the market now) knit up beautifully in this design and, for once, the yarn shows, for, instead of knitting two socks for your feet, you'll be knitting a special hat for your head!

Here's the LINK to the free Softie Hat download.

And here is a LINK to all of the sock yarns on our website, any of which will make a lovely Softie Hat for you.

Happy knitting,

Wanda