Malabrigo March Madness 2011

Are you aware of Malabrigo March???? If not, you should visit the Malabrigo Junkies group on Ravelry. Each March, there are KALs & CALs, contests, prizes, giveaways, sales, and more - it's just an exciting month all around!

My knitting of late has been super secret and I haven't been able to share it with anyone - which is exciting, but in a super secret way!

I have a lot of selfish knitting planned for March, and here are a few of the things I plan on casting on this week:

A Modish Cowl by Westknits. I'm planning on knitting this using a few colors of Malabrigo Twist, which is a new-ish yarn that I just adore.

Image by Westknits

A Summer Flies Shawl by Donna Griffin of Holly and Ella Knits. Isn't this just lovely? I have some smoke gray Malabrigo Silky Merino in my stash that would make this a little more modern and less feminine, which is more my style.

Image by Ella-BA Nautilina shawl by Melinda VerMeer. How cool is the spiral increase shaping? Very cool. Simple and pretty.

Image by gldelxA Hawthorne shawl by Susanna IC. I'm on a shawl kick, huh? I just can't get enough. Each time I see someone's Hawthorne project my heart skips a beat, so I have to knit one for myself!

Image (C) Jane HellerA Foggy Hat by Olga Buraya-Kefelian. Adorable! Need I say more?

Image by olgajazzyA Habitat Hat by Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed. I've already knit one of these using Jared's Shelter yarn but I think it would look lovely in Malabrigo Merino Worsted. Josh gets another hat!

Image (C) Jared Flood/Brooklyn TweedAnd I have a few new prototypes that I'll be working on - a textured scarf and cowl combo.

What are your plans for Malabrigo March Madness?!!

Malabrigo Book 3 - My Scalloped Shawl Made the Cover!!

While I was browsing the Malabrigo website today, I discovered that they linked an extensive preview for Book 3. This is very exciting since I have several designs in the book and I can't wait to have a hard copy in my hands!

Check out the Malabrigo Book 3 Preview Here

Here is a glance of my designs lucky enough to make the book:

The Rasta Neckwarmer, made with 1 skein of Malabrigo Rasta in #862 Piedras

The Twist Cowl, made with 2 skeins of Malabrigo Twist in #18 Applewood

 

The Scalloped Shawl, made with Malabrigo Silky Merino #430 Smoke

The Scalloped Shawl, made with Malabrigo Sock in #851 Turner and #803 Ochre

Malabrigo Book 3 features 19 pattern designs from six different well-known and up-and-coming designers (I definitely fall under the up-and-coming category, heh), including:

Julie Weisenberg of cocoknits fame (Ravelry Designer Page)

Kristen Rengren of Retroknit, and author of Vintage Baby Knits (Ravelry Designer Page)

The prolificly published Mercedes T. Clark (Ravelry Designer Page) of piebird design

Stefanie Goodwin-Ritter (Ravelry Designer Page), an awesome indie designer and author of Handmade by Stefanie

Stephen West (Ravelry Designer Page), author of West Knits Book 1, who can be found at WestKnits.com

and Me, Breean E. Miller! I'm so excited to be included in a book with such fantastic designers :)

The folks at Malabrigo recently updated their website that the book will be available in December!

Rasta Cowl on my Needles

My Twisted Cowl Featured in the Malabrigo Book 3 Preview

In my last post I showed the ad featuring my Rasta Neckwarmer, which is one of the patterns in the upcoming Malabrigo Book 3. In response to some feedback to commenters on the Malabrigo blog, Hannah posted a preview featuring a few of the book's designs. My Twisted Cowl was featured in this post!

Up to this point, I had only seen my own designs, and I was extremely excited to see the patterns from the other contributors. They are beautiful! The styling, done by Hannah Thiessen, is super gorgeous - apparently a lot of the clothes came straight from her closet! Wow :) Here are the other previewed designs:

Aren't they beautiful? This looks like a great book and I'm extremely honored and thrilled to be a part of it. I can't wait to have a copy of this baby in my hands!

My cowl design featured in Malabrigo's latest ad!

Thanks to my awesome friend Sam, I was given the opportunity to design a few patterns for the newest upcoming book for Malabrigo yarns. I'm extremely excited about this book and I can't wait for it to be finished. There will be more posts on this, but for now, here's a shot I took with my iPhone when I accidentally stumbled upon this ad and said, "I think that's my design!"

I used Malabrigo's yarn Rasta in colorway #862 Piedras. What I find extremely awesome is that this picture is of the actual sample that I knitted when I designed the pattern!

Here's the link to the Book 3 thread on the Malabrigo Junkies forum on Ravelry.

I'd love to hear your feedback on the design!

~Bree