Hasta La Vista, Baby!

"I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh lord, I'll try to carry on..."
-Styx

I will be away from my laptop from April 26th to May 3rd.

If you want a pattern during that period, you must order a direct download through Ravelry.

Any orders placed through this website will be emailed out on Monday May 4th.

NEXT SATURDAY STASH SALE - MAY 9TH

GARDEN VARIETY PRE-SALE SAVINGS EXTENDED ONE WEEK - THROUGH MAY 4TH

Pampas

“A weed is simply a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

PAMPAS STOLE
first in the 2009 Garden Variety Collection
$8




SIZE:
16 inches wide by 72 inches long


MATERIALS:
2 skeins (874 yds.) Handmaiden Sea Silk or Mini Maiden
Color: Straw
5000 size 8 Miyuke seed beads
#0234 - sparkle met. gold-lined crystal
Size 3 (US) needles
Cable Needle, Size 12 Crochet Hook, Large Eye Beading Needle


GAUGE:
One plume (15 st) = 2 inches wide (blocked)


Charted Design - Beginning intermediate level - crochet hook beading

I discovered, while researching the pattern copy, that the Pampas Grass is often planted as an ornamental grass.

I also learned it is considered a noxious weed in other places. So much so that it is banned in New Zealand and Hawaii.

What an interesting dichotomy...

I m reminded of the old axiom, "you can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time."

One man's weed is another man's ornamental - go figure!

And if we cannot even agree on plants, what on earth makes us think we can please all of the people all of the time about anything else?

Like who we are and what we do and say.

But the impossibility of the task doesn't stop us from trying.

Of course, I am a middle child, so I am a born pleaser. It actually pains me when someone is unhappy with me. It used to tie me up in knots.

I cried for twenty minutes the first time someone sent me an email about how they didn't like my designs, my marketing strategy, my prices, me...

Now I realize it comes with the territory. You cannot expect to put yourself out there without someone taking potshots. and email is an easy, anonymous way to do so.

The rewards I reap from opening my heart and my life to y'all far exceed the risk. You are the greatest blessing to me. I wouldn't have it any other way.

So, now I shrug it off and say a prayer for the sender, hoping he/she finds peace within themselves.

And, instead of trying to figure out what you will like, what will sell, what would be non-controversial to write, I spend the time exploring who and what I actually am, in the most truthful way possible.

Instead of trying to fit someone else's mold, I make my own. I write what I know and design what I like.

And I don't worry if some consider me a noxious weed. I know how to bloom anyway...

*****

Remember: Garden Variety Collection season sign-ups end on Saturday. Info on the sidebar.

Saturday Stash Sale

SHIPPING TO US ONLY

SOLD OUT

NEXT STASH SALE - MAY 9TH

Email me at susanpandorf@comcast.net and tell me which one(s) you want. I will invoice you through PayPal and ship them out to your hot little hands by midweek.Yarn will be shipped first class mail in a padded envelope if the total weight is 13 oz. or less. If yarn weighs more than that, I will ship in flat rate priority mail box for $9.85 or $10.85. By next week you should be happy knitting!

All yarn colors are true (on my monitor- can't account for yours.) We are a non smoking household, but I do have two cats. Yarn has been behind closed doors, so cat contact has been minimal. Yarn is unwound and untouched by human hands...Well, unless petting counts...

Each Saturday, I will post more yarn for your viewing pleasure and, hopefully, your buying frenzy.

Please give my yarn a loving home and a productive future.

Ready?

Here we go again...

LACE WEIGHT

1) Lorna's Laces Helen's Lace - Irving Park - $25
50% silk 50% wool - hand wash - 1250 yds.
SOLD

2) Handmaiden 2-ply Silk Cashmere - Stone - $10
55% silk 45% cashmere - hand wash - 300 m.
SOLD

SOCK


3) 4 skeins Claudia - Freesia - $5 each - will split
merino - machine wash - 175 yds. each
SOLD

4) Mystery Sock Yarn - Gold, Green, & Brown - $10
wool - adequate yardage for pair of socks
SOLD

5) Yarn Pirate - Killer Bees - $10
superwash merino - 480 yds.
SOLD

6) Sundara - Magnolia - $10
superwash merino - 350 yds.
SOLD

7) C*eye*ber Fiber - SeaSick - $10
50% wool 50% tencel - hand wash - 420 yds.
SOLD


8) Schaefer Anne - $10
60% merino 25% mohair 15% nylon - 560 yds.
SOLD


9) Zen Yarn Garden - Black Iris - $10
superwash merino - 375 yds.
SOLD


10) Yarn Pirate - Icicle - $10
merino /tencel - machine wash - 400 yds.
SOLD

11) Spunky Eclectic - Party Dress - $10
merino / tencel - machine wash - 410 yds.
SOLD

OTHER 4-PLY/FINGERING


12) Blue Moon Geisha - not sure of color - $25
70% Kid Mohair 20% Mulberry Silk 10% Nylon - hand wash - 995 yds.
SOLD

13) 5 skeins Just Our Yarn Caravan - Russet - $40
65% wool 35% camel down - hand wash - 1500 yds. total
SOLD


14) 2 skeins Posh Yarns Eva - Bush - $10
45% cashmere, 55% silk - hand wash - 400 yds. total
SOLD

15) Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester 2/8 - Mermaid - $20
full skein - already wound - hand wash - 1000 m.
SOLD


16)Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester 2/8 - Hercules - $20
hand wash - 1000 m.
SOLD


17) Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester 2/8 - Cobalt Blue - $20
hand wash - 1000 m.
SOLD

SPORT WEIGHT

18) 3 skeins Chameleon Colorworks Evolution - Black Cherry - $20
Merino Optim Stretched Wool - 462 yds. total
SOLD


19) Handmaiden Seasilk - Rose Garden - $15
70% silk 30% seacell - hand wash - 400 m.
SOLD

20) Alchemy Silken Straw - Rain Forest - $15
silk - hand wash or dry clean - 236 yds.
SOLD

DK WEIGHT

21) 6 skeins Classic Elite Imagine (disc.) - 9260 Coffee Bean - $15
53% cotton 47% rayon - dry clean - 558 yds. total
SOLD

22) 3 skeins Mountain Colors Mountain Goat - Sierra - $35
55% mohair 45% wool - hand wash - 690 yds. total
SOLD

23) 4 balls Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton - Quebracho Bark - $20
hand wash - 524 yds.
SOLD


24) 4 balls Rowan Felted Tweed - 147 Dragon - $20
764 yds. total
SOLD

25) 3 skeins Handmaiden Flaxen - Peridot - $20 each, $55 for the lot
65% silk 35% linen - hand wash - 250 m. each
SOLD


26) 3 skeins Tahki Cotton Classic - 3870 - $10
mercerized cotton - machine wash - 324 yds. total
SOLD


27) 2 skeins Tahki Cotton Classic - 3001 (white) & 3760 (green) - $3 each
mercerized cotton - machine wash - 108 yds. each
SOLD

28) 6 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Moorland - $5 each or $25 for the lot
170 yds. each
SOLD


29) 7 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Osprey - $5 each or $30 for the lot
170 yds. each
SOLD


29b) 5 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Burnt Umber - $5 each or $20 for the lot
170 yds. each
SOLD


30) 3 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Spagnum - $5 each or $13 for the lot
170 yds. each
SOLD


31) 3 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Bracken - $5 each or $13 for the lot
170 yds. each
SOLD


32) 2 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Moss - $10
170 yds. each
SOLD


33) 2 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Sunrise - $10
170 yds. each
SOLD

34) 2 (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Oxford - $10
170 yds. each
SOLD

35) (2 gr.) skeins Jamieson Shetland DK - Mixed Greens - $5 each or $10 for the lot
170 yds. each
(left to right - Old Gold , Olive, Ivy, & Pine )
SOLD


(left to right - Mogit, Gentian, Shetland Black, Port Wine, Black)
ALL SOLD


(left to right - Sage, Rosemary)
BOTH SOLD


(left to right - Maroon, Copper, Rust, Madder)
ALL SOLD

WORSTED

36) 2 skeins Fiesta Yarns La Boheme - Rusty - $15 each - will split
mohair/wool/nylon/ rayon - dry clean - 165 yds. each
SOLD


37) 8 balls Debbie Bliss Aran Tweed - Purple - $35
wool - hand wash - 800 m. total
SOLD

38) 8 balls Mission Falls 1824 Cotton - mixed colors - $3 each or $20 for the lot
machine wash - 84 yds. each
SOLD


(left to right - 303 Jade, 207 Chili, 402 Sea, 305 Lemongrass, 401 Chicory, 407 Aubergine)


(top to bottom - 400 Fog, 300 Lichen)

39) 4 balls Berroco Pure Merino - 8570 Storm - $20
extra-fine merino - machine wash - 364 yds. total
SOLD

40) 2balls Berroco Pure Merino - 8613 - $10
extra-fine merino - machine wash - 182 yds. total
SOLD

41) 3 skeins Fibre Company Organik- Fjord - $20
70% merino 15% baby alpaca 15% silk - hand wash - 294 yds. total
SOLD

42) 3 skeins Fibre Company Organik- mixed colors - $6 each or $15 for the lot
70% merino 15% baby alpaca 15% silk - hand wash - 98 yds. each
(left to right - HIghlands, River Delta, Crater Lake)
SOLD

43) 5 balls Mission Falls 1824 Wool - 29 Raspberry - $20
superwash merino - machine wash - 425 yds. total
SOLD

44) 7 balls Mission Falls 1824 Wool - mixed colors - $4 each or $20 for the lot
superwash merino - machine wash - 85 yds. each
SOLD

(left to right - 532 Basil, 04 Charcoal, 28 Pistachio, 13 Curry, 23 Amethyst, 14 Dijon, 25 Mallow)

45) 3 balls K1C2 Paintbox - 01 Thistle - $10
wool - hand wash - 300 yds.
SOLD

46) 2 skeins Woolarina Handpaint - $15
wool - hand wash - 360 yds. total
SOLD


47) 16 skeins Classic Elite Wings - September Sunset - $5 each or $75 for the lot
55% alpaca 23% silk 22% wool - hand wash - 109 yds. each
SOLD


48) Malabrigo Worsted - Arrecife - $5
hand wash - 216 yds.
SOLD


49) Mountain Colors 4/8's Wool - Rosehip - $10
hand wash - 250 yds.
SOLD


50) 2 skeins Mountain Colors 4/8's Wool - Obsidian - $20
hand wash - 500 yds. total
SOLD


51) 9 skeins Rowan Magpie (disc.) - Black - $4 each or $30 for the lot
wool - hand wash - 1377 yds. total
SOLD

52) 3 skeins Colinette WigWam - Velevet Bilberry - $10 each or $25 for the lot
cotton - hand wash - 170 m.
SOLD

CHUNKY


53) 3 balls Rowan Chunky Chenille - mixed colors - $10
(from top left - 393 Sprig, 379 Coffee Bean, 382 Lush)
cotton - hand wash - 140 m. each
SOLD


54) 11 balls Gedifra Cubetto (disc.) - White - $20
nylon - hand wash - 75 m. each
SOLD


55) 2 skeins Himalayan Recycled Silk - $15
hand wash - 160 yds. total
SOLD


56) 3 skeins Colinette Zanziba - Dark Umber - $10 each or $25 for the lot
wool/viscose - hand wash - 294 yds. total
SOLD