At the Maryland Sheep and Wool 2008 and the Stitches knitting shows we saw that kits seem to be a popular choice. I think knitters—especially new knitters– like to see what a project will look like in a given yarn and not have the anxiety of trying to find a substitute.
We have decided to go one step further: at Stitches Midwest in Chicago (Shaumburg actually) which starts Aug. 22nd Signature will have kits available for sale that will include a pair of Signature needles, a pattern and some fabulous yarn. We will be at booth 423 so please come and see us.
We wanted to find top designers to help us and we are proud to announce that our kits will have patterns from 3 stars: Annie Modesitt famed for her teaching, blogging, and the author of several wonderful books, Janet Russell from Twisted Knitter blog fame, and Eugen Beugler who is well known to the lace knitting world.
We gave them all the same starting point: design a scarf using Signature needles and some fabulous yarns from Argosy Luxury Yarns and Windy Valley. At Eugen’s request we also will have some kits with Crystal Palace Silk yarn. Each of them has come up with something very different and each is wonderful in its own way. It has been so interesting seeing how the same kind of project and same yarns have resulted in such different patterns.
My job was to do up a sample of the Crystal Palace and I started last night using the 3.0mm Signature 7” needles. This size does not match any US needle size but is between a US 1 and 2 and is what we call the “missing millimeters”. We also have a size 2.5 mm (between US 1 and 2). I am not done but wanted to give you a hint of the type of pattern we will have at the show. Happy Knitting.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
I first heard about these from annie modesitt and i am looking forward to buying a kit - when or will they will offered online? I’m not lucky enough to get to Stitches Midwest this year.