50% Off Fiber Craft Puppet Kits

Give a child the Gift of Knitting with one of these adorable puppet kits.

The Hedgehog Glove Puppet is soft and adorable, especially his bristles! 

 

"Baaa, baaa black sheep have you any wool?"  The adorable Lamb Marionette is a natural creamy white, not black, but he has plenty of wool!  Delight a small child with one of these finished puppets or use these kits to teach an older child how to knit.

Mia Rinde Pattern and Kit Winners

Big "Thank you!" to everyone who entered the Mia Rinde Giveaway!

Drum roll please!  Our 3 winners are...

Seedstitch won the Mimicry Mimosa PDF pattern and 1 skein of Malabrigo Lace
 
Jennifer Conway of the celebratinglightnessofbeing.blogspot.com blog won the Pasque Flower PDF pattern 

and Handstitch of the handstitch.wordpress.com blog won the Bring Me Flowers PDF pattern

Please email me at Sandrasingh@sandrasingh.com to claim your prize.

Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival

About a year ago, while out shopping, I thought I saw a Nun, no big deal, except she wasn't a Nun, her head covering just resembled a habit.  But it made me realize, it had been years since I had seen a Nun in public.  I know, their rules have changed and they're not required to wear their habits in public any longer.  But its always nice to spot a real, live Nun!

Fast forward to this past weekend.  My DH and took a drive to upstate New York to the quiet city of Greenwich for the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival.  To my surprise I not only saw a Nun, I saw more than one, and I saw one spinning!  

The Nuns at the Community of St. Mary raise goats!  They sell the cashmere fiber and spin it into yarn.  I spoke to one of them and she told me when she's out in public wearing her habit she gets asked a lot if she's Nun. 

These are some of the sister's goats.  See the big one, who is staring at my camera, handsome as he is he's a "bully," gleefully head butting all these smaller goats in his pen. 

Besides looking at all the gorgeous yarn I love visiting the livestock. 

I always leave wanting my very own angora bunny, but its not in the cards at this time.  These two adorable rascally rabbits are on sale from Dawn of "Furry Face Fibers," watch for her Facebook page, its under construction.

But about the only livestock I can own is one of these sheep soaps!

Introducing the Loida Shawl

I'm very pleased to introduce a new lace shawl pattern for my Sandrasingh Lace, knit in only one skein triangular Loida features a poetic yet easy to knit texture.
 

And if you've been wanting to learn how to knit lace this design is perfect for you!  You'll get two PDF files: Getting Started with Lace Knitting & the Loida Shawl.  The first file is 3 pages of lace knitting instructions.  The second file is the shawl instructions, this design is intended as a beginner pattern and the instructions include lots of narrative.  Not a beginner?  Concise instructions and charts are also included!  Both PDFs are available for instant download after purchase, just follow the links after payment.
 

And too celebrate the arrival of Loida Sandrasingh Lace is 10% Off, this mark down is for both the Kit and for purchasing my Lace separately.

Introducing Lace Designer Mia Rinde, a Giveaway & Malabrigo Sale

Big "Thank you!" to everyone who entered the Mia Rinde Giveaway!

Drum roll please!  Our 3 winners are...

Seedstitch won Mimicry Mimosa PDF pattern and 1 skein of Malabrigo Lace
 
Jennifer Conway of the celebratinglightnessofbeing.blogspot.com blog won Pasque Flower PDF pattern 

and Handstitch of the handstitch.wordpress.com blog won Bring Me Flowers PDF pattern

Please email me at Sandrasingh@sandrasingh.com to claim your prize.
I'm excited to announce that the extraordinarily talented lace designer, Mia Rinde, has joined Sandrasingh.com! One of the things l love most about running this website is discovering beautiful, interesting patterns to introduce to you and the moment I saw Rinde's Mimicry Mimosa shawl I knew I found a winner! The pattern combines just enough lace with stockinette, a lovely drape with scalloped edges (I love scalloped edges on shawls & scarves) and its knit in the soft and lovely Malabrigo Lace, plus she included two versions, one with nupps and one without (I love patterns with options). I took a look at the rest of Rinde's work and was equally impressed and I'm sure you'll be too! 

Mia Rinde

 Meet Mia Rinde: Rinde knits and designs from her home in Stockholm, Sweden. Her inspirations come from traditional knitting around the world but also curiosity, on the verge of an obsession, of finding out how something will look. Her patterns are often charted and include schematics making them easy to follow. Mia’s practical side encourages flexibility for knitters, who can often vary the size and appearance of their projects through optional chart repetitions.

Rinde's patterns are usually charted and often include sizing options.  She loves Malabrigo yarn especially Sock, Lace and Silky Merino and many of her patterns are written for these yarns.  To welcome Rinde and to celebrate our mutual love for this special yarn all Malabrigo Yarn is 15% Off until Sept. 27th and this post will feature a Giveaway for Rinde's work.

There will be 3 Winners and the prizes are the Mimicry Mimosa PDF pattern and 1 skein of Malabrigo Lace, the Pasque Flower PDF pattern and the Bring Me Flowers PDF pattern.

Pasque Flower

Pasque Flower features a traditional Estonian lace motif used as an intricate border and ending with romantic ruffles, its knit in Malabrigo Lace.

Leaf by Leaf

Leaf by Leaf is a triangular shawl knit from the neck down, its also knit in Malabrigo Lace. The pattern consists of different sized leaves inspired by traditional Estonian knitting and lace doilies. 

Bring Me Flowers

Bound in a bouquet or climbing up a trellis, how do you like your flowers best?  In Bring Me Flowers the two are combined in a perfect blend of geometrical shapes and floral softness, knit in Malabirgo Sock.

Catching Butterflies

Rinde shares the story of her Catching Butterflies shawl..."I like to collect pretty things, but catching actual butterflies isn’t going about it my way.  I prefer to capture their shape and beauty using a Japanese butterfly lace, accentuated with a purled background and arranged to adorn a shawl."  Knit in Malabrigo Silky Merino.

Orchid Shawl

Triangular Orchid Shawl features patterning on the right side rows only, wrong side rows are purled, the pattern is charted and beads are optional.

Lavandula

Lavandula is also a traditional triangular lace shawl with patterning on the right side rows only, wrong side rows are purled.

Growing Flowers

Square shaped Growing Flowers is knit from the center out.  It’s the flowers that make it grow and it includes a border with even more flowers. The pattern includes both written and charted instructions for a shawl and blanket version.

Growing Flowers

Mimicry Mimosa

And triangular Mimicry Mimosa is knit with increases in the middle and along the edge leaf motifs in Malabirgo Lace. 

The 3 winners will be announced on Sept 28th. The patterns will be emailed to the winners as a PDFs.

Enter this Giveaway: The more ways you enter, the more chances you have to win. Make sure to leave a comment(s) under this blog post telling what you did to enter. And please make sure to leave your contact information.
1. Tell us which Mia Rinde pattern is your favorite and why.
2. Blog about this giveaway on your blog & link it, leave a comment under this blogpost with a link back to your blogpost.
3. Join my Ravelry group, Sandrasingh.com and introduce yourself in the "Welcome tell us about yourself..." thread.
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Yarn Bombing!

There isn't anything a yarn bomber won't try to bomb...

From a wing back chair...

This beautiful yarnbombed chair was created entirely of recycled crocheted potholders all made by one elder woman . It’s called ‘The Grandma Chair ” .The potholders were recycled and upholstered by the Swedish firm ” Design By Leftovers . ”

To an entire building!

This is an entire yarnbombed building in Zaragoza Spain - yarnbombed Sept 13 through ” The Assault Festival Of Street Art ” . This is 50 square meters and was knitted and crocheted over 5 months by 100 woman . The light colors express our joy and the dark colors express our fear and frustration . Urban Knitting Zaragoza , Bilboa , Castellar and others .

 And everything in between. 

BTW this hood ornament is one of the classiest yarn bombs I've seen!

Among the Birches by Ilga Leja

Ilga Leja's Among the Birches is an over-sized wrap shaped like a ruana, but can also be buttoned along the sides and worn as a vest, this striking, versatile garment will complete your Fall wardrobe. 

The changing colors of the piece combine the colors of birch trees in fall with a background of earth and stone, let the beauty of your natural surroundings be your color guide.

The patterns includes 2 sizes and is knit in Noro Silk Garden, but your favorite Worsted weight yarn would work beautifully.

Visit Ilga Leja to see all her collections.