Make.Do

New In the Shop!

Mason Dixon Knitting's Field Guide No. 8.

MDK Field Guide No. 8 - Merry Making

Featuring beautiful designs by the one & only Thea Colman!

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Also new:

Nomadic Knits | issue one: Florida

Nomadic Knits | No. 1: Florida

Featuring the designs of Melissa Kemmerer, including the popular Beach Hair Don't Care (available as a free download on Ravelry)!

Shadows in the Rain (wrap) and Fair Winds and Following Seas (cardigan), above.

Available Now!

 Email makedotdo @ gmail.com with your desires!

KNITTING NECESSITIES - The newest tote bag from Fringe Supply! $20

2018 Wall Calendar, featuring sheep & natural dye plants, from making. $26

Field Guide No. 5 - SEQUENCES, from Mason-Dixon Knitting. $14.95

Also: Field Guides No. 1 - STRIPES, No. 2 - FAIR ISLE, No. 3 - WILD YARNS, and No. 4 - LOG CABIN. $14.95 each

Making No. 4 / LINES. $24

Also: No. 3 / DOTS, $24
No. 2 / FAUNA and No. 1 / FLORA, $20 each

ALL QUANTITIES LIMITED!

Thank you!!

Midwestern Knits

I'm so excited to stock this wonderful book in the shop... a shop in the Midwest!!

Midwestern Knits by Carina Spencer and Allyson Dykhuizen. (I am serious about that cover sweater...)

Fringe!

I am delighted to offer a few items from Fringe Supply Co. in the shop at Make.Do!

YARN PYRAMID

First up is the delightful YARN PYRAMID, an 11x22 two-color letterpress poster designed and printed in California. It's ready to frame! I love it all by itself, too (it's on heavy cardstock - not flimsy!).

TOTE BAG
"I Make therefore I Am"
"Wool is an Essential Part of any High-Fiber Diet"

The tote bags are FABULOUS! Made of heavy canvas with sturdy straps, they're durable and roomy to tote whatever you're toting!

Limited quantities available.

Hm, well...

A lot's been going on around here, including my daughter getting married this weekend!!

Meanwhile, I am delighted to have recently shipped my first order of Make.Do BE Fingering/Sock, REALIZE Sport, and REALIZE Worsted to The Village Knitter in Babylon, NY!

Among the colors are this dusty blue that I love more and more. It's Celeste Polvere on BE Fingering/Sock.

And here it is on REALIZE Worsted.

I didn't want to say "goodbye" to this one, so that's what I called it... I Don't Want to Say Goodbye on BE Fingering/Sock.

And a few more.

Including this:

How Dark The Night in all three bases -- BE Fingering/Sock, REALIZE Sport, and REALIZE Worsted.  Cara used REALIZE Sport for her Celestarium, and I'll soon be dyeing for the Southern Skies on her radar!

So, the dye pots are idle while I'm off to celebrate a wedding!! I'll be working again soon. Stay tuned!!

 

Do you Craftsy?

Did you know that Craftsy offers different types of classes? And that some of them are even FREE? It's a great way to try out the online learning platform!

Two amazing free Craftsy mini-course offerings for knitters are:

1. Know Your Wool by Deborah Robson: Do you wonder where your yarn comes from? Learn about different types of wool and the individual characteristics of each.

2. Short Rows by Carol Feller: Don't fall short because you find short rows intimidating! Learn four different techniques to creating short rows, and discover how they can make shaping a knitted garment a snap.

Have a great weekend!

 

Small Business Saturday

Celebrating Small Business Saturday, in-store and online!

 

 

Neutral

Storm Cloud and Bluster, two neutrals that I love! These colors are repeatable and available on any of the yarn bases.

These just happen to be REALIZE -- perfect for Dixie's one-skein quick knit, Twisty Swirl.

Full steam ahead with the holiday knitting!

 

A little update

Whew! I've managed a little update to the shop -- some fingering weight, both BE and DREAM, more of the sport-weight REALIZE, and COMPOSE lace.

• Project: My McGunnegle -- McGonigle by Jennifer L. Appleby, Twist Collective Fall 2009
• Yarn: Make.Do Realize Sport Superwash, one skein "Rachel Red"
• Needle: US 2 (DPNs)
• Start to Finish: March 8 - October 10, 2012

I just finished this beautiful hat -- I don't know what took me so long. "Rachel Red" is a color that I love, and will be working on a one-skein baby sweater in another yarn base soon.

Mashpee -- Sky, Water & Beach Grass

My friend Carole wanted some yarn to (finally) knit a Color Affection for herself. She said that she wanted colors that reminded her of the beach, when I asked if there were any colors in mind, and sent me the link to a photo in her Flickr stream.

Carole wrote about it, herself, today!

Custom work isn't always easy, but I think they turned out pretty good, if I may say. I will give a little credit to my husband for that! I may live in the midwest, but I'm no stranger to the ocean -- I've been surrounded by it in one form or another for the past 25 years! He grew up on Southern California beaches, we were married on the coast of Oregon, and he's painted the ocean untold times over the past 20+ years -- most of those years in an at-home studio -- and his business is called Oceans and Dreams!

I can't wait to see Carole's finished shawl!!