Oodles blog is back!

Geez, Louise!  I've been working on finding out how to get back to my blog for nearly an hour and I don't have that kind of patience!!!!!  Now that I'm here I will try to regularly write informative knitting information and to keep you amused, but I can't promise. 

In June I went to The National Needle Arts yarn show in beautiful downtown Columbus, Ohio, to see what's new in the yarn world.  My overall impression is that (I can hardly believe this myself) fluffy, feathery yarn is back!  I'm not sure I'm going to have any at the store though, except one, whose manufacturer I can't remember at the moment, that is so exceptionally soft you have to make something out of it--something that you wear next to your skin.  I might make a night shirt out of it and wear it to  hibernate in next winter. 

I'm in the early stage of creating something new for Oodles. While I was at the show, I looked at lots and lots of pattern books, pattern leaflets, and finished projects but couldn't find much I thought my knitters would like to buy.  I found that my sweater designs are on the mark for knitters who want something more than a classic cardigan or a bikini or a headband or another scarf.  I am about to launch Oodles' Kits and club (the word 'club' will likely change as soon as inspiration hits me), available on line (as soon as my web site is up which will be SOON!!!) and at Oodles store.  These kits will be my original designs (I always get compliments on my sweater designs when I wear them at the yarn show--even from designers:  Cat Bordhi and Whatsername who owns Prism Yarn both complimented me on two of my sweaters at this past June show) and will include wonderful yarn from companies that aren't the run of the mill (haha) yarns.  They will include Dyelot Yarn, Yarns from Italy, Colinette, and who knows who else at this time.  Joining the club will give you discounts on the kits.

I may also do a mystery knitalong.  What's a mystery knitalong?  As soon as I found out, I thought it would be fun to do.  A mystery KAL is when you get pattern instructions a bit at a time, and you don't know what the finished piece will be until you're nearly finished.  Trust me, the KAL will never be a knitted bikini. 

If you have any suggestions or requests for anything in the world that has to do with knitting, please write me.  Talk to you again soon.  Bev