Stunning! Knitted Wallpaper

Just what every knitter needs! I wonder if I could persuade my husband that we should put this up in our room?

Cream Knitted Jumper Mural

And the winner is....

#125 which is Michelle!

Congratulations to Michelle who chose Killer Tomato as her favorite. It was definitely a popular choice.

I've sent Michelle an email to sort out the details and confirm her choice.

Thanks to everyone for playing along. I've loved reading your comments and seeing which colorways & names you enjoyed. I hope some of you will treat yourselves to your favorite skein from Lola-Doodles and enjoy her yarn as much as I do. It's a dream to knit with.

As for me, I think I need a little Patience, Young Grasshopper.

Last Chance!

Today is the last day to enter the Lola-Doodles Giveaway.  Just read my post raving about her awesome yarns and leave a comment with your favorite colorway and/or colorway name. And remember - if you leave a comment using the Anonymous feature, you need to leave some way of identifying yourself (like a Ravelry name, or some part of your name/email name) in case you win.

I'll use a random number generator Thursday morning to select the winner and announce it here on the blog tomorrow morning. The winner will get to pick a skein of yarn to receive - it doesn't have to be the one you named in your post. After all, everyone's entitled to change their minds and it's so hard to choose among all the lovely colors!

I've been up to something

and it's blocking right now...

Sneak Peek

I'm in the final stages of prepping my newest sock pattern for release. I just need a few good photos, which are always dependent on the weather and time, and those two things coinciding.

These new socks are definitely on the piquant to extra spicy side (using Knitty's scale of difficulty). There are cables everywhere. The cables themselves are fairly simple once you get used to them. If you use pointy needles you should be able to zip through them after some practice.

I'm hoping to release these next week, so keep an eye out on my blog for the announcement!

Back cables

 

Front cables: mirrored zig-zags

A note from Lola-Doodles

I didn't think too many people would see it buried in the 100 (!!!!) comments on my Lola-Doodles post, but Temple, of Lola-Doodles posted this message:

"Hi everyone! I am Temple of Lola-Dodole's and just wanted to say THANK YOU to Hanging on By a String for such kind words about my little shop and to all of you for your compliments! Made my day to read this! I am in the middle of dying up a large wholesale order, but should have more shop updates soon--if there is a color you love that isn't listed just convo me! Again--THANK YOU!!!"

Contest - Sharing the Lola-Doodles Love

I like browsing through some of the main Ravelry forums and checking out the chat threads dedicated to sales, self-promotion and contests. It's a great way to discover new design and designers, accessories and best of all, new (to me) indie yarn dyers.

I'm always on the lookout for new sock yarn to love. A while back I placed an order for some absolutely scrumptious looking sock yarn from Lola-Doodles Etsy shop. I was attracted by the vividly bright colours and delightful names.

Annabel Lee - 100% superwash merino sock yarn

I purchased Annabel Lee, a superwash merino sock yarn for two reasons: the lovely shade of blue and the wonderful reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem. (Yes, I majored in English.) And just to break away from my love of blue, I added some Dowager's Prize Rose to my basket. (Why yes, I quite enjoy British Victorian-era literature.)

When the yarn arrived, it was squishy soft and just begging to be made into socks. I quickly cast on Annabel Lee for a special project I'm hoping to submit for publication. It's quite full of cables and the traces of black in the lovely aquamarine add some very nice depth and dimension to the cables.

Juniper Wisp: 80% Merino wool
and 20% silk lace yarn

The yarn is absolutely delightful to work with: soft, squishy and with a nice high twist that gives great stitch definition. Pretty much everything I look for in a sock yarn.

Lola-Doodles is run by Temple Trueblood, a true fiber enthusiast, down in the heart of Dixie. In her Etsy shop you'll find lace, fingering and DK yarn that are all hand dyed in very small batches (2-3 skeins each). She also welcomes custom orders, with some of her favorite colorways being the results of customers asking for a particular shade or combination of colors. 

Temple offers a range of different sock weight yarns:

• Classic Sock - a 75/25 wool/nylon blend 
• Buff Sock - a 75/25 BFL/nylon blend
• Posh Socks - an MCN blend
• Twinkle Toes - 100% super wash merino

Lace and DK lovers aren't left out either. Temple has you covered with a merino/silk lace weight blend and her DK super wash merino wool.

Daddy Likes a Little Scandal - Classic Sock

To make a great deal even better, Lola-Doodles offers loyal fans a fantastic discount: After buying 5 skeins, you receive a secret code so that your 6th skein is a whopping 75% off!

The name of her shop comes, in part from Lola the Wonder Corgi  who, along with Amos Lee, her sweet pit bull terrier supervise each batch of dyeing.  

As usual, I do not accept or solicit sponsorships or do paid/in kind product endorsements. I write about stuff that I've discovered and that I enjoy. All pictures are used with permission by Temple Trueblood of Lola-Doodles, but that's the only involvement. She doesn't even know I'm going to do this:

Killer Tomato: Classic Sock,
75% merino, 25% nylon

Giveaway!

Leave a comment telling me your favorite Lola-Doodles colorway name between now and Wednesday, June 26th and you could win that skein! On June 27th I will run a random number generator to select a winner from the comments and have Lola-Doodles ship your skein to you.