After working on a big project for the past month (Camp Loopy Project Three, 2600 yds., photos soon!), I’m ready to do something smaller. In fact, maybe I’ll work on a few-somethings-smaller. If you’re like me, you probably have lots of leftover balls of sock yarn from various projects. I’ve seen people make some cute things from their leftover sock yarn, but frankly, I really like keeping all of those little leftovers in pretty jars. If and when I get holes in my hand knit socks, I know exactly where to find the leftover yarn to fix that. And the thought of getting a full skein to knit into something that calls for scraps defeats the whole purpose of using lots of small skeins to make something with lots of colors.
But then I started looking at The Beekeeper’s Quilt again. And the Sock Yarn Blanket. (Oh, I love Shelly’s Sock Yarn Blanket.) And the fun, multi-squared Babette Blanket. And the Scrappy Lengthwise Scarf. And the Dicke Decke (which looks like a beautiful water color). And the Zig and Zag Baby Blanket. Well – I wanted to jump in and make something up in lots of fun colors like that. (But … without using up my leftover-but-I-like-them-in-my-jars sock yarns.)
Lorna’s Laces to the rescue! We’ve teamed up with Lorna’s to bring you a special kit full of unique colors, just for projects like the ones I linked to, above. Each kit will contain 1200 yards (1097 meters) of fingering weight Shepherd Sock yarn. You’ll get 24 colors, 50 yds. in each color, all wound up into miniature balls, ready for your knitting. We’ll have two different options – the Multi Mix and the Semi Solids. The multis will contain color ways that they are dyeing up just for these kits. That way, if you already have leftover Lorna’s Laces colors that you are using for your project, you can be assured that these will all be different. I think Beth and her team are looking forward to just playing in the dye pots and coming up with brand new mixes! If you’re more of a semi-solids kind of person, then you’ll want the Semi Solids kit which contains solids and no mixes. (Or if you’re like me, you’ll want to use both so that you have a mix of semi’s and multi’s in your finished project.)
Each bag 0f 24 balls will retail for $80. If, for example, you’re making hexapuffs for the Beekeeper’s Quilt, it looks like you should be able to get 3-4 puffs out of each mini skein, depending on needle size and gauge. That means a kit of 1200 yards (24 mini balls) should result in somewhere between 72 – 96 puffs.
We’re hoping to start getting the kits in around mid October. We’re taking pre-orders, so let us know if you’d like us to save you some. Email support@theloopyewe.com and tell us if you want the Multi Mix, the Semi Solids, or both. When the kits come in, we’ll set up your orders and will have you put payment through. I hope you have fun with them. I need to go decide which of these fun projects I want to do first. I might knit the Beekeeper’s Quilt without the puff stuffing. Or does that take all of the fun out of it? Is the puff part necessary?
Would you like to win a free kit? Just leave a comment and tell us which pattern you might be interested in making. We’ll randomly draw a winner next week and will let you pick between a Multi Mix and a Semi Solid kit!
Sheri wholikesportablelittleprojectslikethese
Beekeepers quilt would be too cool!!
The Beekeeper’s quilt for sure. I already started one with my leftover sock yarn. What a great idea to get a mix of colors with your idea Sheri!
I am with you. It is so hard to use up all of my pretty leftovers. The kits are a great idea. 🙂
Put me down for the B-Keeper’s Quilt. I can keep up with those wee hexagons between work and class. Yeah!
I have already started the beekeeper, and im loving the hexipuffs. I would love multi colored option.
Definitely the sock yarn zig zag baby blanket! SO cute 😀
Oh, my goodness, how would you pick one?! Honestly, it’s a toss-up between the Beekeeper’s and the Sock Yarn. I love those little Hexipuffs though…. so maybe they’d win. What a wonderful present that would make! 🙂
Ooooooh, Dicke Decke!
Right after I finish my “In Dreams” shawl obsession…beads, must have more beads…
My heart is set on the Shelly’s mitered square blanket, but I’m still not sure if I want the zigzag edges or if I will square up the outer edge. In the meantime, I am working on accumulating a nice variety of sock yarn.
I totally want to make the Beekeeper’s Quilt. It’s in my queue and I hope to start it soon.
Mini-skeins! What a great idea! I wish the other dyers would do this, too.
I would love to make the Beekeeper’s Quilt, it’s so unique and different. Crossing my fingers I win a kit
Mememememe, choose me. 🙂
I’m working on a Mitered Square blankie and I suspect there’s a Beekeeper’s Quilt in my future. The mini kit is a great marketing idea!
I love the Babette Blanket and would like to give it a try with the mini kit.
I’d love a chance to make the Beekeeper’s Quilt!
I am completely obsessed with my mitred square blankie, already considering a pillow as well, and planning a baby version in the future!! I was in your store recently for the first time….it was grand!! Glad I got to visit before you moved the store!
Dicke Decke — very cool. There’s also a crochet version of the Beekeeper’s Quilt that intrigues me.
I’m deep into mitred squares, but could really go for that Beekeeper’s Quilt.
I’ve started on the Beekeeper’s Quilt. It is a great project for when I don’t want to think too hard.
Bee keepers quilt!
Love the scrappy scarf!
Beekeeper’s Quilt. Definitely. Fits thematically with the beautiful lacy Honeybee Stole from Knitspot that I’m just starting.
I’ve been knitting Shellys miter square blankie, but broke down and bought the Hexi-Puff pattern a few weeks ago…so I’d start the Beekeepers blanket 🙂
I have wanted to make a mitered square sock blankie but I don’t have enough scraps yet.
i would be interested in making the sock yarn blanket
The Beekeeper’s quilt!!! I would LOVE to make it like a “Grandmother’s garden” quilt!! It is my favorite quilt pattern.
I think the Beekeeper’s Quilt looks really unique. I would love to make it!
I would like to try the Babette squares.
I’m making the mitered squares blanket and would love to win this prize!!!
I LOVE the Dicke Decke blanket – pick me please!!
sock yarns all the way bay-beeee!
I thought for sure it was the Beekeeper’s quilt . . . until I saw the baby zig and zag blanket – is it the blanket or the baby in the basket that got me????
I thought for sure it was the Beekeeper’s quilt . . . until I saw the baby zig and zag blanket – is it the blanket or the baby in the basket that got me????
The beekeeper quilt looks like a lot of fun,but so does the zig say blanket. If I win I’ll just have to decide.
I’ve started the Beekeeper’s quilt. I can’t get enough of these little puffs. I just want to puff my whole stash…
Need some new yarn to puff.
I love the beekeeper quilt!
It’s hard to choose just one. I like them all. The one that’s calling my name right now is Dicke Decke.
I’m like you, Sheri, I can’t bear to use up those leftovers in case I need to darn a sock. But I have been eyeballing the Beekeeper’s and would love a kit to make one!
the beekeeper’s quilt is really catching my eye! I love the idea of mini skeins :0)
i’ve been wanting to do a scrappy lengthwise scarf for ages now! 😀
Those HexaPuffs? I am sticking my fingers in my ears and singing la-la-la-la-la, I can’t hear you. Because that would be a lifetime project, but so fun to play with moving them around in an arrangement. Can you tell I quilt?
I was just looking at the Zig Zag Baby Blanket projects this morning. Thinking about diving into my stash of leftover little balls and put something together.
I love the squares within squares in the Babette Blanket but I would want to knit the blanket.
I keep looking at the Beekeepers Quilt and then I think, Nope no sock yarn scraps. Maybe winning would get me started on it. Then I could be like every other knitter I know. 🙂
I like the geometry of the Apple Core blanket – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/apple-core-blanket – I’ve been wanting to make one for a long time!
I am looking at the Beekeepers quilt…love the little hexipuffs…so cute…
I am knitting 2 of Shelly’s miter square blankie one with 31 stitches and darkish in color and one with 43 stitches which is pastel and has some brights in it. I am always in the market for lighter colors. Pick me! Pick me!!!
I am definitely starting the Beekeepers’s very soon…Hopefully after I win the kit?
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love granny squares, but with Lorna’s Laces, I would probably use the Beekeeper’s Quilt pattern. 🙂