A Little Bird Told Me …

…. that this week is W Week. (Remember last week was M Week? Malabrigo? Madelinetosh?) That means instead of a regular Monday Update tonight, we’re doing a few Wollmeise updates this week, different days, different times. As usual, we’ll be sure to announce it on Facebook and Twitter and Ravelry when each batch goes up. We just added Twin to the website this afternoon. If you miss one update, there will be another. We also still have several boxes stuck somewhere en route, so if we don’t get those this week, we’ll do another update next week, too. I’ll keep you posted on that.

Of course we’ll have another regular Monday Update next week with more fun things. They’re stacking up in the inventory room and we’re having fun poking through all of the boxes. In the meantime, since it’s W week, I have a wound 950 yd. skein of Wollmeise Lace to give away. I used less than half of the 1700 yd. skein to knit (held double) a Honey Cowl for a friend.  Isn’t that a pretty blue purple color?  I can’t remember the name. There is one knot in the very middle of the skein. I had divided it into two equal balls to knit double, then re-wound the leftover balls into one large cake. This is perfect yardage for another Honey Cowl held double (or two Honey Cowls!), a pair of light socks, a large shawl, a scarf and mitts, or a number of other things.  Just leave a comment below and I’ll draw a name at the end of the week for the winner. I know you’ll make it into something beautiful!

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354 comments

  1. Oh, that is such a beautiful cowl! I hope to do a good bit of damage at the updates this week, but I’d love to win some lace, too. I don’t have any WM lace yet. Thanks for the chance to win!!

  2. I’d probably give to BFF Sarah, since she more of a lace girl than me. I’m sure she’d be happy to give it a good home!

    And have you renters out there added up what your stash cost? I just upped my insurance by a healthy bit to cover my yarn addiction.

  3. I remember thinking your honey cowl was gorgeous! I’d love to knit something in that color.

    I hope some V&V lace shows up later this week…or maybe I don’t…. 😉

  4. LOVE that blue color – so pretty! Honestly if you choose me to win, I might copy you and do that pattern exactly – it really was the perfect pairing 🙂

  5. The Bad News is I missed the Update!
    The Good News is I missed the update and my budget is a lot happier!
    Maybe I will get lucky and win this lovely WM lace!

  6. I’ve now made two Honey Cowls. Would be happy to make a third since I gifted the other two and now I wish I had one.

  7. I seem to always miss the WM updates. Maybe I can win some WM. And you’ve already selected such a gorgeous color. That would make it win-win, for me at least.

  8. Never had any Wollmeise and would love to see what it’s all about. Lace weight is my absolute favorite too!

  9. Wollmeise sounds so tempting… good thing a new month starts tomorrow and I’ll have some $$ in my knitting envelope!

  10. I love the color! And I’ve never tried lace so it would be fun to try something new.

    Thanks for the contest! 🙂

  11. I’ve only just had my first experience with wollmeise this past month! I bought a crazy zauberball, and am having the hardest time deciding what to do with the thing. I’ve knit a bit and ripped out several things, because they just aren’t good enough for the pretty color changes in this shawl!

  12. You missed out on one heck of a hail storm here in StL this weekend! Be glad you were there and not here. 🙂

  13. As lovely as WM is to look at, it’s even nicer to knit! I recently finished my first pair of WM socks for my mom – and have another skein wound up for Frank!

  14. I have made a Honey Cowl but not out of Wollmeise so it’s no nearly as luscious as yours! But the thought of having some in my little hands would be oh so lovely!

  15. I love the color – I love the pattern. I have never knit with Wollmeise! Can’t pronounce the name – will have to call it the “W” yarn.

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