STRANDED COLOR KNITTING BOOKLET



The booklet is finally ready. I'm happy with the booklet and the way the photos and graphs came out. The cover photo is pretty pathetic but I've never had any graphics talent. Go to our Four Corners Bunnies Cafepress shop at http://www.cafeshops.com/4cornersbuns and it is on the top of the page. The price is $9.99.



There are 36 pages with black and white photos and chapters on Color Jogs, Choosing Colors, How to Hold the Yarns, Floats vs. Weaving, Knitting from Charts, Tension Problems, Working in the Ends, and Blocking Your Knitting. There are two hat patterns - one written with extra details for new color knitters and a Norwegian Star Hat that uses three colors. All money from the booklet goes to the nonprofit Colorado House Rabbit Society in Denver and its satellite, Four Corners Bunnies which covers southwestern Colorado and Albuquerque.



While you are at the Cafepress shop - check out some of our cool rabbit merchandise. I've recently added a few photos and items. I personally find the Peaches the rabbit flying disc hilarious. If you absolutely hate the book you have 30 days to return it although shipping charges are not refundable. You can also shop at multiple Cafepress stores in one swoop and save on shipping. Cafepress has a current offer where you can save $3 on any order of $25 or more that expires June 8.



Thank you for all your interest. Wednesday I will show you some of the wonderful rabbit goofballs Four Corners Bunnies has found adoptive homes for in the past few years other than the fabulous Miss Peaches.

Here are the Birch Leaf socks (Nancy Bush, Gathering of Lace) done in Froehlich Blauband using size 0 dpns. I never managed to check gauge although these are smaller. This didn't bother me as they're for my best friend who has teeny tiny feet.

DH and I are looking into moving across country in the next year or so. When

discussing ways to do it, we decided to do it as simply as possible and to do

it ourselves with a tow-along U-Haul trailer. When we moved here so DH could get

his Ph.D. we got rid of a lot of stuff at that time. I donated most of my

dishes and kitchen stuff from when I was a food writer.



We don't have a lot of furniture and only one vehicle. We'll pay to have our

beloved canoe shipped separately and I think I will ship books (only the

necessary ones obviously) book rate via the UPS. This actually works for us

except for one problem - the yarn. Yikes. I have about 9 Rubbermaid containers

of fiber.



I am looking into vacuum sealers to shrink yarn but may consider shipping my

yarn. This situation does put things in a whole new light though. Trying to figure out what has enough value to pay the price of bringing it a thousand miles puts many of my yarn acquisitions in a new light, especially since I usually only buy yarn on sale. All stash acquisitions of any kind (yarn, patterns, books) are cancelled

until further notice (i.e., after we move). I'm also going to now focus on knitting

up as much of the yarn as possible.



I saw Jeanette the teenage Dale of Norway knitter this weekend at the library. I told

her I'll bring her in a ton of yarn this week. I'm also going to go through and purge

knitting patterns today or tomorrow. I will probably focus more on larger gauge knitting because that more easily uses up large amounts of yarn.



Still no sign of the Cafepress book. It shipped Friday so it should be here

soon. I will have photos of the Birch Leaf lace socks tomorrow.