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At last, I have a new shawl design on the needles! This one is inspired by swirling sakura blossoms in spring in Japan 🌸 I’m calling it Hira Hira, one of my favorite Japanese onomatopoeia words - it represents the sound/feeling of cherry blossom petals gently falling and meandering through the air. I’m so excited to finally have a chance to use my beautiful @daizieknits Hybrid yarn! It’s a joy to knit with 💕

I got my first Yarn Cartel box! It’s Prohibition-themed and it came with a flask and chocolate - who could ask for anything more? I got three beautiful mini-skeins in Lady Persephone Sock 🧦 and two gorgeous full-size skeins in Grande Merino DK. The two big skeins are called Prohibition (pinky-purple 💕) and The Yarnperance Movement (red with hints of many other colors ❤️). Countess Ablaze is a genius! I love them all and I really enjoyed the theming 😂 Lucky me!

Here are some more gorgeous FOs from my Lord of the Rings KAL participants 😍 They’ve all been knitting up a storm - I can’t wait to give away prizes at the end of the month! 🧶@chelcicowan knit up a Nine for Mortal Men in @honeygirlfarms GORGEOUS Jon Snow colorway in DK 🧶Diag of Tamarack Fiber Arts knit up a Nine for Mortal Men in @madelinetosh Merino DK in the beautiful Undergrowth colorway. 🧶Diag also made a Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in a skein of variegated Misti Alpaca! I bet it’s so squishy! 🧶Takhys used @debbieblissknits Donegal Tweed for a Seven for the Dwarf-Lords - I just love how the tweed works in this pattern!

We have another amazing knitter who ran the gamut, knit all 4 hats from my Lord of the Rings Collection during the KAL, and got crowned a Lord of the Rings: @riverbeauty3 ! Just look at her gorgeous work! 😍 So far, she knit 2 Three Rings for the Elven Kings, both in @knit_picks Hawthorne. I can’t get over how pretty the colors she picked are! They really show off the cables 🧶 She also knit a Seven for the Dwarf Lords in @selenamiskin’s Wayfaring Yarn Arcadia Aran. Look at how gorgeous the variegation is with the cables! While she’s waiting for another shipment from the wonderful Wayfaring Yarns, she knit up a baby version of Nine for Mortal Men in @knit_picks Brava Sport. It’s so cute! Last but not least, she used two balls of @knit_picks City Tweed to make 2 One for the Dark Lord hats! I really want to try this with my leftovers now 🤔 You did it, @riverbeauty3! I hope you enjoy your prize!

Hear ye, hear ye! @yarnsmithstudio completed all 4 of my Lord of the Rings Collection hats (twice!) during the KAL and became an official Lord of the Rings!! 🎉 She knit up these hats like lightning and I loved watching them all fly off her needles ⚡️Did I mention she did all this while designing knitwear? If you haven’t seen her Ravelry shop, stop by her IG page and check it out - she has some beautiful designs 😍 🧶Want to join the KAL? It ends Feb 28 so there’s still time (and lots of prizes planned!). Shoot me a message if you’d like to come join the fun and I’ll point you in the right direction 😄

In more green yarn news, I finished my pair of Spellbound Sunset Socks! This pattern is soon to be released by the awesome @sleepydragonworkshop! Make sure to follow her so you can hear all about her upcoming releases and cool new ideas 💡 I used @dreamincoloryarn Everlasting Sock in Crisp for this pair and I’m loving how they knit up!

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