Silly Cranky Stripes Monster Booty Pants

Last spring Amy of Crankypants and I collaborated for a fundraiser for her son's school. We held an auction for a fun pair of pants....a cranky monster top, and some silly legs. Here is what the lucky winner will be receiving!

I hope the winner enjoys using them as much as I enjoyed working on them!!

July Drawing Silly Stripes™...

are complete! This month's custom slot sent me yarn dyed by Micsknitz in her Shirley Temple colorway. Using the main colorway and trim skein, and adding two additional solids resulted in these beauties!


They are on their way home now.....I sure hope they are loved! :)

Cestari Colors Defined by Crayola!

For quite some time now I've wanted to do a cestari~crayola match up to assist with color selection. I finally found a smidgen of time to do so! This was fun! The hardest part was keeping the crayons all for me...and not having them swiped by little hands. ;) So, using a box of Crayola 64 purchased yesterday (I understand older boxes may have different colors?) I matched my color samples with crayons from the box. Here's what I found.

Row One : Zinnia (salmon-press HARD), Mountain Laurel (salmon-press lightly), Lemongrass (yellow green-press lightly), Goldenrod(goldenrod)
Row Two : Country Lavender (wisteria), Babies Breath, Spruce Blue (cornflower blended w/ pacific blue), Hummingbird Vine (red orange)
Row Three : Dahlia Red (red), Moss (olive green-press HARD), Bluet (sky blue), Thistle Pod (sepia-press lightly)
Row Four : Tiger Lily (peach blended w/red orange), Pussy Willow (gray), Spring Pasture (granny smith apple-press HARD), Peony Pink (mauvelous)

Babies Breath is a natural color and Black, though not pictured, is black. ;)


Now...you can design your very special Silly Stripes™!

An Exciting Announcement :)

On Friday July 3rd, my stand alone shop on Hyena Cart will be opening!


This has been a long time coming....and I think that I've sorted out how to keep myself from becoming overwhelmed with work, and still be able to collaborate with my friends, guest on congos and knit for my own children from time to time. I am *excited* for this growth.

I will be stocking on the third of each month at 3:30 HC time. You'll find custom spots, instock and a one of my wahm friends as a guest each month.

This month, you'll find one custom slot being sold via lottery, a very special skirty and a brand new design - a Silly Stripes™ Soaker Sack. Joining me are Andrea of Dwell Wool Knits and Kim of Western Sky Knits. It promises to be a great stocking. I hope you'll stop by!

Where are you headed this summer?

So much of my childhood centered around summer trips to Grandma and Grandpa's house. To get there, we hit the highway. Oh...that drive. ;) Back then, we had a station wagon, and we would throw our toys and sleeping bags in the "way back" and hang out for hours. Clearly....that is a travel habit of long ago...but it was fun.
When the gals at iCrave invited me to be part of their traveling stocking....I thought immediately of Route 66. I Googled for images to choose colors that had a Route 66 feeling....and found some beauties.
Here are the Silly Stripes™ I came up with. They are incomplete, so the buyer can choose the cuff. :)


Please join the vendors at iCrave this Friday....and plan to hit the road this summer!

Lucky Email #2!!

You've got an email!!

Thank you all for your support!! Just to let you know...my new Hyena Cart will be opening late this month. There will be in stock woolies...and maybe a custom spot or two. ;) Check it out when you get the chance. :)

It's Silly Stripes™ Lotto Time

I'm ready to take on a custom pair!! This will be the last time I'm doing a lottery to purchase on my blog....my Hyena Cart is *almost* ready to go!!


I will accept email entries until Friday June 5th at noon pacific time. Once I get my kiddos down to nap, I will use a random # generator to choose the winner of the custom slot. Please email your entry to littlebearknitwear@comcast.net with the subject "June Custom". The subject is *very* important, as I have my inbox set up to filter these emails into a special folder. Please only enter one time. ;) To keep things fair, I'll delete multiple entries.


Remember, this is a you choose all custom slot, so longies, skirties and board shorts/capris are all available in any size you choose. This slot is for *one* pair of woolies except in the case of twins or higher order multiples...then we'll chat about more woolies. ;)


Thanks so much for your continued support!! Thanks for buying WAHM!!