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Monday I’m flying to Cleveland to be taped for a couple episodes of Knitting Daily!  I don’t know what episode numbers yet (it’ll be series 1400, however), or when they’ll air, but I’ll keep you posted.  You can check out the Knitting Daily site here to see what station in your area broadcasts it.

I’ll try to get some pics while on the set & let you know about the whole process.

Since The Wild West Collection I’ve been working on a variety of patterns.  I’m planning on doing the photoshoot today (since I’m getting my hair and nails done this morning).  I’m thinking we’ll be heading down to the beach. Right now there’s a lot of marine layer (overcast); it may (most likely) burn off by late morning.  I’d rather it be a little overcast, but, you work with what you have.

Look for a shawlette in Elemental Affects first, then a couple hats (Anzula, Bijou Basin) and a cowl (Stitch Sprouts). Below is a sneak peek at Cherty, the shawlette.  If you’d like sneak peeks / informal pics of any of the others, or to see other folk’s versions, head over to the Ravelry group and looks at some of the recent test knits.

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Slide Rock is the second sock pattern in the overall Wild West  collection (the first is Cholla, in LACE 1).

I love these socks!  I love the undulating side cables, the seed stitch, and the tiny hint of eyelets in the middle cable pattern.  I used some of the aspects of this pattern in Sedona.

The pattern is written for 3 different sizes, so you can choose which will fit your foot width best.  Length (both leg & foot) is easily customizable.

The yarn, Knitting Notions superwash merino sport, is lovely to work with.  I love the color, Garnet, that I chose for the socks — when I saw it, I knew I wanted it for the collection!

Would you like to win a copy of The Wild West: Cables e-book and a skein of the Knitting Notions superwash merino sport?  Leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm PST April 28th with your favorite Knitting Notions colorway (see them here) and your favorite pattern from The Wild West: Cables.

Want an extra entry?  Tweet about this contest (here’s the link to use:   http://wp.me/pkySt-1uw) and leave a comment on this post letting me know you tweeted the link.

Here’s the rest of the pattern info:

PATTERN NOTES 

These socks sport a subtle Aran Lace pattern in the central cable and a lot of textured in the seed stitch borders and gusset.  They are worked cuff down with a standard heel flap and gusset construction.

At 8 sts/inch, these socks are knit very densely for the yarn weight (sport weight). You can certainly use fingering weight yarn as well.

SIZES
Women’s S (M, L)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 
Foot Circumference: 7½ (8, 8½)in / 19 (20.5, 21.5)cm

YARN
Knitting Notions Classic Merino Superwash Sport, 100% superwash merino wool (340 yds per 100g), 1 (1½, 1½) skeins, shown in Garnet.

NEEDLES
US1 / 2.25mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge

GAUGE
32 sts and 48 rnds = 4in / 10 cm in St st.

NOTIONS
(1) stitch marker; yarn needle

SKILLS
knitting in the round, cabling, reading charts, cuff down heel flap construction, Kitchener stitch

Just a quick note to let you know that The Wild West Vol 2: CABLES is up for preorder.

Use code CABLES on Ravelry for $3 off preorders.

I created the Loopy Wicker Cowl for the Juniper Moon Farm Design Contest. The basic guidelines were to use up to 2 balls of either Willa or Chadwick. This is a very quick knit, I made both the single and 2-color version in a few hours on a Saturday afternoon. It is also very warm and soft. You could easily adapt this pattern to be wider, it works on a 6-stitch repeat with 1 stitch on either side (so multiples of 6, plus 2 stitches).

And special thanks to photographer Susan Gibbs and model Caroline Fryar of Juniper Moon Farm for allowing me to republish this photo from the blog post about the contest finalists:

Loopy Wicker Cowl
Size – one size fits most adults

Materials:
1 ball Chadwick
(if making the 2-color version, 2 balls Chadwick)
This pattern uses 70-80 yards of yarn in total.

Size 8 (US) needles
1 button

Gauge: 18 sts and 27 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette

Pattern notes: On the odd numbered rows, the yarn is wrapped twice around the needle when purling. These extra wraps are dropped in the even numbered rows and are what makes the long loops that form the wicker-like pattern.

Cast on 26 stitches.

Row 1 (WS): Purl entire row, wrapping the yarn twice around the needle when making the purl stitch.

Row 2 (RS): Dropping each extra wrap, K1, *sl 3 to cable needle and hold in back, k3, k3 from cable needle, repeat from * until 1 st remains. K1.

Row 3: same as row 1

Row 4: Dropping each extra wrap, K4, *sl 3 to cable needle and hold in front, k3, k3 from cable needle, repeat from * until 4 sts remain. K4.

Repeat rows 1-4 until the cowl is 20 inches long (50 cm). Bind off by purling. Finishing by sewing a button on one end.

To make the 2-color version, cast on 10 stitches in main color, then 6 stitches in contrast color, then 10 stitches in main color. Follow the pattern as written but always use the same color to knit as the stitch below is.