Shop Update for Friday March 25th

New shop update for PackyknitsDesign Shop.  This week we have new DK, Worsted weight and Fingering Weight yarns in spectacular colorways such as Peacock, Kaleidoscope, Preppy, Wisteria, Miami Lights as well as many of your old favorites.

Come check us out!

Super Bowl Inspiration

Lately I've been doing a lot of knitting and I thought, hey, the Super Bowl is coming up.  I wonder if I can make a hat inspired by one of the teams in time for the Super Bowl.  And I did!  The pattern is my own, and the hat is finished.  It looked so good, I put it in my Etsy Store for people to not only see, but purchase.  I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.

This is my Go Bronco's!!!  Hat.

New items in store!

PackyknitsDesign Shop now sells snagless stitch markers!!!  They come in green with silver beads or Silver Snagless Stitch Markers with your choice of colored beads. Choose from red, lime green, black, white, aqua, light turquoise, blue, pink, light lavender, and yellow from the drop down menu. They will fit up to a size 10 knitting needle.

Pixar inspired colorway!!!

Shop Update for June 5, 2015

You may think about your yarn colors, but have you wondered, what do they say about you? Well, Outside In was inspired by the new Pixar movie Inside out. Here is a small blurp about the up coming cartoon movie:

Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley's mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.

"Outside In"

This is what I see when a summer storm races across the field in Florida. The sky will change from a light sparkling blue to an ominous dark shade as the rain follows right behind. Summer Storms is a tonal yarn that will change from light, medium and then to a deep shade of blue. You won't get wet with this yarn! 

Summer Storms

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Shop update for Friday May 29, 2015

Rainbow Brite

Rainbow Brite is a party in a skein. A bright and zesty yarn that will dance off your needles or hook. It's a limited edition that you don't want to miss with colors of bright blue, hot pink, green, yellow and orange. If you can't make it to the party, let the party come to you. 

Confetti Cake Batter

Remember adding fruit or candied confetti to cake batter as a child? Then the colors bled ever so slightly into the batter. Remember the taste, all creamy and buttery with little pops of flavor? That's what you will get with Confetti Cake Batter. It is a speckled buttered apricot, with pops of purple and green. As you work this yarn you will have little drops of purple and green that pop out. It is soft and squishy, perfect to wear next to the skin. 

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Are you in love with purple and blue? Hydrangea is a reminder of summer in full bloom in your favorite colors. With variegated shades of purple, lilac, and blue to teal all in one, this limited edition can bring summer into your home at any time of year.

Oh the love of pink! Here it is...every shade of pink. Peony is a tonal pink fingering yarn ranging from a light blush to a deep magenta. This colorway will bring out the girl in you. Great for a beautiful summer shawl, cowl, or if you dare...socks!

Pansy is a speckled buttered apricot, with pops of purple and green. As you work this yarn you will have little drops of purple and green that pop out like the center of a Pansy. It is soft and squishy, perfect to wear next to the skin. 

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PackyknitsDesign Shop Update is Live!

Two more colorways have been added to the shop:
CHERRY BOMB POP:

Summer is almost here! One of my favorite memories as a kid, was running after the Good Humor truck (ice cream truck) and getting myself a Cherry Bomb Pop. With the bright colors, and so cool and refreshing on a hot summer day, it always made me smile. 

Cherry Bomb Pop is my new limited edition self-striping sock yarn. It is a soft and squishy self-striping yarn and has stripes of Cherry Pink and Blue Raspberry. Just the colors to bring back those memories of your childhood without it running down your arm.

BIKE WEEK:

It s time for bike week and I'm showing it in my new limited edition self-striping sock yarn. Don't you just love a good memory of a fun time of year? Bike Week is well known here in Florida and everyone has so much fun! Whether you plan to come or have already been here, Bike Week self-striping yarn is one way to keep it with you in your heart and in your projects. It's not hard like a biker, instead It is a soft and squishy self-striping yarn and has stripes of blood red and a biker grey/black.

Stop in to PackyknitsDesign and pick up a skein or two.  There is nothing like memories that can be passed down to the next genereation!    

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PackyknitsDesign?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Spring shop update!

New spring colorways for sock yarn are up in my shop!

I have Narcissus, otherwise known as Daffodil,  which is a beautiful lemony yellow, leaf green and a splash of peachy orange self-striping colorway.

Also I have Grand Maitre', otherwise known as the Crocus.  This colorway has a light lavender, leaf green and tangerine orange self-striping repeat.

Come check out my new colorways in the shop and see all the other pieces of fibery goodness and accessories!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PackyknitsDesign

Shop Edition

There has been a new edition to the shop.

Come check out our new Stitch Markers.  They are lightweight, snagproof and will add a bit of bling to your work while reminding you of any pattern repeats you need to do.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PackyknitsDesign

Feel free to send a message if there is something you would like in the store, that you do not see.

Shop update for Friday March 6th

Bleeding Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy



More of the Bleeding Heart yarn is up in stock.  Come check it out as well as all the other colorways.

Great for sock knitting!

Blue Dusk Self-Changing Sport Yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Blue Dusk Self-Changing Sport Yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Shop Update for February 28th

I'm working with shades of Blue.  So this week in my shop are two new self-changing colorways.

Blue Dusk which is a sport weight yarn in a medium to light blue and black/grey.

Midnight Sky is also Blue and Black but in rich deep tones and in a fingering weight yarn.  Both bases are 75% Superwash Marino and 25% Nylon so they are perfect for making socks.

Come check out my shop:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/PackyknitsDesign

Here is a peak at Midnight Sky

Bouncy House self-striping sock yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Bouncy House self-striping sock yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Shop update!

Mardi Gras self-striping sock yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Bleeding Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

Bleeding Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn by PackyknitsDesign on Etsy

PackyknitsDesign Shop Update

New!  Limited edition Winterberry yarn in a self-striping colorway of pink, black/grey, and watermelon.  This soft and squishy yarn is hand painted and made of superwash marino wool and nylon.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/222754852/winterberry-self-striping-sock-yarn?ref=shop_home_active_1

Ocean Breeze

Since Autumn is almost upon us, my new shop up date is hand-painted yarn entitled "memories of summer."  The yarn is self-striping and comes in my Decadence base of Marino Wool and Silk.  Here is your sneak peak at "Ocean Breeze."  For the rest, go to:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/PackyknitsDesign

My organically creative start

You ever dream of writing the great american novel?  Or spend a summer in France painting the Eiffel Tower?  Then the years slowly drip away and you look back wondering.  What if?  So here I am.  I've spent my entire life loving all things creative, artistic, unique, and green.  Not necessarily together.  Of course I would like them to be.  Who wouldn't?  Then...

I've had a breakthrough in life.  Decided to just go for it.  I love the green world, and I love the artistic world,  so why not just do what I love, and learn to do the rest.  What am I waiting for?  Two years ago, I started the garden.  (I was thinking organic)  How fun it would be to have a pretty little garden, free from pesticides, which I could just stroll through and pick to my hearts content.  I'm not actually a vegetable lover.  So I built it.  Actually, I keep adding on.  Sweet little boxes made from things I could find.  I used lumber in the yard for a couple sections, brick in a couple of sections, one section is made from a door frame my neighbor was throwing out, and another is a gardening kit box my other neighbor gave me.  There are pathways leading you through this bit of paradise.  Then the rain came this year.  I'll finish that another time.

Then I got chickens.  I'm up to four.  Something about the heat.  Only one egg a day.  It's from a different girl each time.  How do they decide who lays?  Rock, paper, scissors?  I'm trying to figure that one out.

Finally, last week, I decided to sell my jewelry.  If you want to see it go to Etsy.com and look up Packyknits Design.  That's the name of my shop.

Ahh, the excitement, the trepidation, and the wonderment.  I'm in a panic, and I want to pee in my pants.  What will happen?  Can I do it?  Can I live a green life?  What else can I learn about the art world?  Can I combine the two?  We'll see.  But I'm gonna go for it.  I'm going to do all the creative things that I had always wanted to do.  Let's see how much.