Hi guys!

Here’s July’s yarn of the month:

Kollage’s Temptation, a gorgeous cotton, nylon and bamboo mix.

Picture from www.kollage.com

This yarn will be 25% off for the month of July, so make sure you stop by to check it out!

Well it’s June already so that means we have a new yarn of the month

This time it is K1C2’s Second Time Cotton, a worsted weight 75% recycled cotton and 25% Acrylic. This yarn has been really popular in the past, so stop by to grab some at 25% off before the end of the month!

Hey guys!

We’re very excited to be able to share the details of Wendy Johnson’s classes. She’s written two books, WendyKnits and Socks from the Toe Up and keeps a blog here. She’ll be teaching techniques for Toe Up Socks while she’s here and we will also be having a potluck so everyone gets a chance to meet her! Here are the general details about the classes, follow the links to see a more detailed description of them!

Friday July 10th

6-9pm Potluck, free but you’ll be bringing food to share

details here

Saturday July 11th

10am-Noon Toe Techniques $35

details here

1pm-3pm Heel Techniques $35

details here.

Hello All! We’ve decided that we loved the book Pints and Purls so much that we are going to base our June classes on the it! So in the class schedule you’ll see lots of fun class projects listed from the book! Stop by to check it out.

During the classes we will be serving non-alcoholic versions of the drinks that go along with the projects! It sounded like a good way to kick off the summer to us and most of the projects are portable, which is always good for summer knitting.

If you purchase both the yarn and the book from us, the classes are $10 if not it will be $15. The only difference is the sweater class which is $15 or $20.

Hello All!  May’s yarn of the month will be all Schaefer Yarns!  So that includes:

• Anne
• Heather
• Elaine
• Lola

…And all the others!  Stop in to see all the beautiful colors we have!  This is Linda’s Birthday month, so you have her to thank for selecting these yarns!

Sock Club Part II

For everyone who is interested in being part of the second half of the Sock Club, you’ll need to sign up and pay for at least the first month of the club.

The total cost is $85

July: $30

September: $31

November: $24

We usually do classes on the first Saturday of the month, however we are going to have to change this for July since that would be July 4th! So July’s class will be on Thursday July 2nd from 6-7:30.

Stitch ‘N Pitch at the Blue Rocks!

We did this last year and it was a blast! Game is Saturday June 20th at 6:05 pm. You’ll need to sign up by Thursday May 21st, the cost is $8/ticket. Make sure you bring your knitting!

For all you sock knitting fans, Cookie A’s new book Sock Innovation has arrived!

Thanks to Amy we know that there are several corrections to the patterns, you can find them here.

Some beautiful new Schaefer sock yarns have come in as well!

April’s Yarn of the Month is Plymouth’s Royal Llama Linen. This yarn has great drape and is wonderful for spring and summer! For the month of April the yarn will be 25% off.

Since the Just Enough Ruffles Scarf has been popular we decided to use that pattern for the yarn of the month. You can go here to purchase this awesome pattern! We used size US# 8 to make this scarf, if you wanted the scarf to have more drape to it you could use the called for US#9 in the pattern.

Just Enough Ruffles

Sara just finished this fun scarf by Laura Chau of CosmicPluto Knits.  It was made with Great Adirondacks Bamboo Cotton on size 9 needles.  Stop by the store to see it!

Kabir is March’s Yarn of the Month and will be 25% off during March! Here is a pattern for Bulky Knit Slippers that uses Kabir:

Materials:

• 3 skeins Kabir (70yds/skein)
• #9 needles

Pattern:

• C/O 29 sts
• Row 1:  (WS) K9,P1, K9, P1,K9
• Row 2:  K
• Repeat these 2 rows until 2.5″ less than length of foot
• Shape Toe:
• Row 1: P1 *K1, P1 repeat form * across row
• Row 2:  K1, *P1, K1 repeat from * across row
• Repeat these 2 rows for 2″ ending with a wrong size row
• Dec row 1:  Rib 7, SSK, K1, K2tog, rib 5, SSK, K1, K2tog, finish row in rib
• Next row:  Rib 7, P3, rib 5, P3, rib to end of row
• Dec row 2:  Rib 6, K2tog, K1, SSK, rib 3, K2tog, K1, SSK, finish row in rib (21 sts remaning)

Break yarn leaving a long tail , thread through remaining sts and pull tightly. Using same yarn sew top of slipper into 1″ of garter stitch section of slipper. With new piece of yarn sew the back of the slipper closed.

Kid Seta is February’s Yarn of the Month! This yarn will be on sale at 25% off. The following pattern uses Kid Seta:

Materials:

• 1 skein Kid Seta
• 2 skein Ambrosia (or any fingering - DK weight yarn)
• # 8 needles
• C/O 30 stitiches

Pattern:

• Row 1: K1, *YO, K2, SKP, K2tog, K2, Y,K2 *, repeat between *’s across row finishing last repeat with K1 (not K2)
• Row 2: Purl
• Repeat rows 1 & 2 until you run out of yarn.

You may want to knit 6 rows of garter stitch at the beginning and end of scarf to help keep it from rolling.

For those of you taking the Margaret Fisher classes, here’s the homework that you will need:

margaretfisher.doc - Microsoft Word format
margaretfiser.pdf - Adobe Reader format

I know some of you have been waiting for me to publish this pattern for our yarn of the month but  the site wouldn’t let me on yesterday (honest!)  Anyway, good things come to those who wait and the computer issues gave me a chance to rip out my original scarf and redo it to make it better!

Materials:

• 2 Skeins Adagio (110 yds each)
• #7 needle

Pattern:

• Cast on 3 sts and increase 1 st at beg of each row until 28 sts. Knit 6 rows.
• Divide work on 2 needles by slipping every other st onto a DPN or a circular needle (14 sts on each neelde)
• K1, P1, for 18 rows the sts remaining on needle. Then K1, P1 for 18 rows on sts being held on DPN.
• Join the ribbed sections by knitting 1 st from each needle alternately (28 sts)
• Continue in garter stith until this section measures 15″ or desired length to fit comfortably around your neck.  Work ribbing section as before.  After joining ribbing section, knit for 6 rows.  Begin decreasing at beg of each ow by doing the following: K1, sl1, K1, psso, knit to the end of the row. Continue decreasing in this manner until 3 sts remain.
• Bind off.