Aubergine Swing jacket

Introducing Rita from our wonderful Friday morning knitting group. Here she's wearing the lovely swinging jacket she made out of 5 balls of the super soft Rowan Belle Organic...in aubergine (we decided that was the best description of the color).

So pretty!

A couple of projects walked into the store...

A couple of great projects walked into the store towards the end of the day yesterday...number 1: Danielle and her super cute hooded cape. Her own design, made with 4 skeins of Cascade Baby Alpaca Chunky.

How perfect for her is that? Her eyes are super blue in person and she just has a general air of awesomeness...which the hooded cape kinda just cements...

If you've got a good design and it work for you...replicate! Danielle is working on another cape, this time all black (Cascade 220) and lace work. We can't wait to see it!

We usually like to post completed projects here on the JPK&S blog, however, those that follow us know we have a soft spot in our heart for process....so project number 2 that walked into our store yesterday evening was Amy Ward-Bailey and her very interesting project-in-the-making...

Here is her yarn and color pallet...a big pile of Cascade 220...can you guess what it is without looking at the next photo?

No, I didn't think so. Yes, Amy is working on a Hogwarts Bag. That she designed. Using lots of graph paper and yes, lots of math (see below)...

Nobody said this was gonna be easy...

So we asked "what are we looking at years? months? weeks?" Amy said "months."

We are beyond impressed. Stay tuned...

ps. check out our facebook page for photos of our winter sample raffle items.

Welcome home, Ian

This is Ian. He is at Ula (one of our favorite local cafes) modeling two versions of some lovely soft chunky yarn by Twinkle (I LOVE this yarn!) from JP Knit & Stitch. For those times when you just don't feel like knitting. Just wear the yarn around your neck as is.

Or around your head.

But then again, you could always knit a gorgeous, luscious wine red cowl. Modeled and made by Vida (Ian's friend).

Bunny season!!!

It's bunny season, and we at JP Knit & Stitch have knit some adorable bunnies (and a fuzzy chick) to inspire some spring quick knits. You still have time for these easy projects! Click on their names for the links to the free patterns.

Nugget Bunny is a super quick knit as he's only 2 1/2 inches tall not including his ears. Including his mini pompom tail, you could knit him in an evening. Knit a bunch of Nuggets for a basket, or mix and match with a Chubby Chirp (see below).

Our fuzzy chick (or Chubby Chirp) was inspired by our fun and crazy Fizz yarn (available in tons of colors) knit with a worsted weight yarn. He turned out so soft and cuddly! Both free patterns are available from Rebecca Danger's super fun knitting blog.

Rabbit is your typical adorable soft white bunny, knit in a wonderful superwash wool/organic cotton blend by Spud & Chloe. Can't you just picture her perched in a basket or bouncing around your living room floor (the body is stuffed with a tennis ball...)?

Floppy is a wonderfully soft and squishable bunny perfect to hug and tug along. Lots of little kids who come in the store want to leave with Floppy. He's knit in Baby Alpaca Chunky with felt eyes and mouth. Come in the store to check out all the colors of yarn and felt you could combine to create him. Floppy is from the Bo Peep pattern from KnitWit by Katie Boyette, a great new book of crazy knitted creatures.

Awesome sweater, hat + bonus project

Betsy and Brandy were in the shop the other day...they took their time thinking through possible color combinations for a sweater that Betsy's mom is making Brandy for her birthday (lucky Brandy!).

Here they are with piles of yarn thinking through all the possible color combinations (if you are lucky enough [Brandy!] to have a custom sweater/hoodie made, you want it to be perfect...)

Here's the sweater...

And the hat that Betsy is making Brandy (did I mention that Brandy is lucky?)...

And here are all the colors in a big pile: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport in 4 shades of blue, purple, gray, and black and Debbie Bliss Prima in blue and gray for the hat.

And here's Betsy's bonus project: a skull and crossbones hat she is making out of Berroco Comfort for a fundraiser for Dana Farber Cancer Center. Did I forget to mention that Besty and Brandy are in the WFA (Women's Football Alliance) and they play for the Boston Militia (the skull and crossbones is their logo), Boston's very own women's football team? How awesome is that? Next game is home against the NY Sharks on April 16th. Go Militia!!!!!!

Eggplant baby hat

Here is Miles. He's knitting a newborn babyhat for a friend's baby in faraway Detroit. he decided to make a...oh well, let's let him speak for himself:

(Thanks to Beth for the tip on uploading video via youtube!)

And here is Esther in all her newborn glory in her beautiful eggplant hat. Welcome Esther!

Horai Scarf

Remember Jamala? She has been working on a beautiful lacy scarf, the Horai Scarf, and stopped in last week to show us her progress.

Well she came in on Friday to show us how far she had come and sat down at our worktable and finished it up (I have a great video of her knitting the horai stitch, but I'm having technical difficulties uploading...grr....).

And here it is: beautiful, purple, lacy, and lovely.

First JP Knit & Stitch knitting project!!!

As all you knitters out there know, knitting is wonderful and amazing but it takes some...time. We opened our doors last Friday and it's now Thursday and we've seen lots of completed sewing projects but not yet a knitted project with our yarn.

So for all you knitters out there, here's a sneak peak of a JP Knit & Stitch yarn project in action:

Here's Jamala. She came in yesterday and researched a pattern in our nifty resource area (see below). She choose a gorgeous pattern on Ravelry for a floral lacy scarf...so delicate and beautiful, called the Horai Scarf by roko. She's using the Giselle yarn in a plumy purple color.

Here's a shot of our resource area. Yes, that's an ipad we have available to research free patterns on the web. Don't you just love the 21st century?

Here is a sneak peak of the scarf in action. Jamala is winging her way to San Francisco as I write this. Happy knitting across the country! We can't wait to see you and your scarf when you get back.