Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I am back home for a few days in between my final book tour stops. I can’t tell you enough how much I am loving the response that Spud & Chloë is getting everywhere I go. Knitters are bringing in their Spud & Chloë knits to share with me left and right. I can’t get enough. While I was gone last week I started a new free pattern project which is a good one. More on that soon.

I want to share another fun freebie with you today. Petite Purls has started a new feature on their site called, Back to Basics. In between the online magazine’s issues Brandy and Allegra (the women behind Petite Purls) are offering free basic patterns for your little ones. What a great idea! In fact, we thought it was such a great idea that Spud & Chloë is sponsoring this feature for Petite Purls. We are all about the baby and child knitting over here!

The first pattern being offered is this simple hat pattern. Brandy is calling it, Basic Winter Hat.

Click here to see the details and to get the pattern!

Brandy sure has a couple of cute daughters! They are her perfect muses.

I’ll be back soon. I am heading off to Milwaukee (The Milwaukee Knitters Guild on Tuesday, March 9th), Philadelphia (at Loop on Thursday, March 11th) and NYC (at the Knitty City on Saturday, March 13th) to top off the upcoming week! Come and see me and bring your Spud & Chloë!!! It will be a fun time.

photo from The Purl Bee

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

We spotted this fantastically sweet use of Spud & Chloë Sweater on the Purl Bee a couple of days ago and had to share it with you this morning.

Check it out here on the Purl Bee and you’ll find all of the pattern and yarn information and helpful pattern notes. You may just have to make a Wonderful Wallaby for a little (or big) someone you love.

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I fell in love with this project by Julie Bierlein (check out her husband’s gorgeous artwork) the minute I saw it. Julie is a member of the Friends of Spud & Chloë group on Ravelry. When her skating hat made out of only 1 skein of Spud & Chloë Outer popped up in the shared project collage on the page I clicked on it right away. I contacted Julie to see if she would write up the pattern so I could share it with all of you. She said sure!!

Here is the story behind the Julie’s project straight from Julie herself:

When my mother moved from Roswell, New Mexico to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1957, before her junior year in high school, she found that everything was different from her earlier school years – the clothes, her fellow students, their New England accent, etc. One of the girls clothing items she noticed right away was a knitted headband, called a “Skating Hat,” that covered the ears and tied under the chin. Not one for hats, she immediately purchased one and wore it frequently the last two years of high school. Recently I was down in her basement and saw her original headband sitting on top of a stack of books. Since one of the ties was broken making it unwearable, she asked if I could figure out the pattern and knit her another one – which of course I did.

Isn’t that a sweet story?

Someone’s stealing the spotlight in this photo! I’m just saying…. heartbreaker.

Click here to get the free pattern download on Ravelry for the Portsmouth Skating Hat!

I am going to make one for myself and one for each for my daughters. I’ll let them pick the colors. It is so innocent and old-fashioned looking. At the same time the skating hat is strikingly refreshing. I love old stuff made new again.

Have fun, Knitters!

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

It appears we had a technical glitch yesterday and our subscribers didn’t receive the post about TC’s Cozy Hat pattern yesterday. I am trying again today to see if it will work.

Please click here to see the post about TC’s Cozy Hat and to access the free downloadable pattern!

Please click here to visit the Ravelry page for TC’s Cozy Hat!

I don’t want you to miss out, especially when it includes free patterns.

Hopefully this time it will work…

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

On my other blog I talk a lot about my youngest daughter. I affectionately call her, The Collector or TC for short. That nickname doesn’t take much explaining. This girl is a major collector of an assortment of treasures but the main things she likes to collect involve nature. She is always coming home with her pockets filled with leaves, sticks, stones and acorns. It is really funny.

Anyway, TC has been begging for a new hat made out of Outer. You should see her browsing around my studio picking out colors and talking about the hat she’d like to have. The hat she wanted had to have stripes, earflaps and long ties. She even gave the hat a name, TC’s Cozy Hat. That’s how she feels about it.

I present to you, TC’s Cozy Hat, designed, worn and loved by The Collector herself. Once I finished knitting the hat she threw it on her head and has worn it constantly ever since. She wears it indoors and out! It is a major hit.

I will get the free pattern written up and available to you next week! If you are planning ahead you’ll need 1 skein each of Bayou, Soapstone and Flannel or 3 colors in Outer that will work best for you.

Have a good weekend, Friends. I’ll be back soon.

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I want to let you know that there is an opportunity to win a fantastic door prize over at the new Ravelry group, Friends of Spud & Chloë. Here is a description of the prize:

“Spud & Chloë Lil Man Vest pattern and Outer yarn in Flannel in the S & C pattern box. Included is the Spud & Chloë Pencil Case with some little S & C goodies inside…a welcome to the forum gift for some lucky knitter!!!”

Sounds pretty good to me! All you have to do to win the prize is join the group. Easy peasy, right? Anyone who joins the group is automatically entered in the door prize giveaway. Entries will be taken until February 12th (Friday, 11:59 est) and Pixie Purls, the group moderator, will announce the winner on February 15th (Monday) on the forum. Be sure to check back on the group to see if you’ve won.

Click here to join the group, Friends of Spud & Chloë!

Have fun and be sure to join. We are just getting going over there.

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I am popping in quickly to invite you all to join me on Ravelry in the brand new group, Friends of Spud & Chloë! Pixie Purls of Petite Purls recently started the group. If you are interested in finding like-minded Spud & Chloë knitters and crocheters please hop on over and click the “join now” button.  It will be a great place to make and hear announcements, share projects, share yarn ideas, talk about patterns, ask questions or just have fun together. I hope to see you there!

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Here is the link to the Friends of Spud & Chloë  group!

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

I am thrilled to let you know that our fantastic little Spud & Chloë pencil bags are now available for purchase. You can get your bags online and in local yarn shops where Spud & Chloë products are sold. If the pencil bags aren’t  in your favorite Spud & Chloë shop yet be sure to ask. Any of our shops can get them in a hurry for you!

Here is the company description:

The adorable Spud & Chloë heavy-weight canvas pencil bags come equipped with heavy-duty metal zippers and are just the right size for toting all of your knitting necessities. Available now in Spud & Chloë retail shops and online shops.

See the stockists list on our site for more information about where to purchase the bags.

I have a couple of these little bags at my house and I just love them! You will, too.

Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,

Here is my first attempt at the Heart Tape Measure. I think it turned out pretty sweet.

I am going to knit up one more before I finalize the pattern.

I’ll have the pattern up and available very soon!