In this episode I share my experience of visiting the Edinburgh yarn festival 2018 and a lot of new things in my stash – some books, a new yarn bowl and some wonderful new organic non-superwash yarns!

Knitting in Progress

Toph hat

• Pattern: Toph by Woolly Wormhead – part of the Elemental collection, inspired by the wonderful series “Avatar – the last Airbender”.
• Yarn: dunkelgrün organic merino dk – specially dyed for this project.
• Needles: 3.0 mm (US 2½) Pony interchangeable circular needles.
• Check out heyBrownBerry‘s interview with Woolly Wormhead in this video.

Radioactive Socks

• Pattern: Basic stockinette socks knit toe up, two at a time, magic loop – following the etcetera sock pattern by Verena Cohrs for the construction of the heel.
• Yarn: dunkelgrün classic sock – speckle dyeing experiment. The neon green dye is “chartreuse” by Jacquard Acid Dyes.
• Needles: started with Chiaogoo Lace 2.5 mm (1 ½ US) circular needle doing magic loop and two at a time, but now changed to knitting the socks separately on DPNs (KnitPro Naturals 2.5 mm / 1 ½ US).

EYF 2018 shawl

• Pattern: Improvised triangular shawl with some stockinette, garter stitch and short rows.
• Yarn: My own handspun out of Malabrigo Nube in the colorway Pocion
• Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5) Lykke Needles
• This shawl was cast on on the way to EYF 2018 and I knit on it while at the festival. So it carries many sweet memories of all the people I met there.

Books

• Alterknit Stitch Dictionary by Angela Rangel
  200 modern knitting motifs for stranded colorwork
• Vogue Knitting – The Ultimate Knitting Book
  a very valuable source for techniques, measurements, instructions and guides on how to design your own knitwear.

Yarn bowl and Nostepinne

• Handturned by my friend Elias (www.elisteel.at) @elisteel on instagram
• Bowl: Olive wood and mahogany
• Nostepinne: Juniper wood

Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2018

The yarns!!!

• New Lanark Mills Double Knitting (120 m / 50 g)
  Pure scottish wool.
  Colorways: Woodland (green), Bramble (purple), Autumn (rust).
• Uradale Yarns – Jumper Weight (194 m / 50 g)
  Organically produced yarn from the shetland islands.
  Colorways: Graeff (shetland black), Moorit (dark brown), Glansin (silver grey), Forget-Me-Not (blue), Moss Heath (green), Tormentil Heath (yellow).
• John Arbon – Knit by Numbers DK, full skeins (250 m / 100 g) and mini skeins (25 g)
  100% Pure Falklands Merino Wool (Organically farmed)
  Colorways: KBN55 (white), KBN44 (dark green), KBN117 (rust), KBN110 (mustard)