Issue 248 – Felted Trio in Crestone

The Web-Letter is a big project at CEY - many of our tiny staff are involved in each issue. One of our goals is to publish designs in step with the season: summer pieces for the warm months and wooly designs when it's chilly outside. This week's Felted Trio in Crestone is the perfect compromise to our summer/winter division - a season-less project made with wool.

Each bowl starts at the rim and is worked down with simple shaping. Big needles make for speedy knitting and quick felting. I made all three in a weekend, including swatching and writing the patterns (so I know you'll knit them up even faster). Better yet? Assuming my cat continues to stake her claim in the round bowl, all three are already spoken for, leaving plenty of room for more when I'm ready for another stint of wooly summertime knitting.

Wool craving satisfied, I'm back to imagining I have enough time to knit Redbud in every color of Firefly. Happy summer!

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The Yarn

Crestone is a member of the Mountaintop Collection, three yarns spun with natural undyed fibers that you have to see and feel to truly appreciate. This yarn is two undyed shades plied together, resulting in a wooly and visually interesting natural yarn. Crestone will produce a beautiful, durable fabric, perfect for long wearing garments and accessories.

Wool. It's not just for winter!

Knitters are all so different. For some, knitting gets put on the back burner in the summer...they can't be bothered with the heat and the fuss of it. For the truly hooked, wool is never far from our hot little fingers, no matter what the temperature is outside. That's what AC is for, right?

Regardless of which category you fall into, small portable projects do exist that will keep your hands busy while keeping your body temperature under control. And they can bust your stash too! Check out these patterns from past Web-Letters in some of our wintry yarns and don't let the summer heat bring you down.

From left to right, Pam Allen's Falling Leaves Felted Bag (designed for a now-discontinued yarn, but Inca Alpaca is the perfect substitute), a trio of crochet headbands from indie designer Sarah Barbour, and Susan Mills' Montera Kindle Cover. Happy knitting!