Sale of the Week
A blend of Silk, Angora, Wool and Kid Mohair, Odori, from Noro, is a sumptuous, bulky yarn. In a range of vivid, self-striping colorways in the manner only Noro can deliver, Odori is a playful, though luxurious yarn. Our Inside-Out Neckwarmer makes great use of a single skein and highlights the color-striping. It’s a free pattern so be sure to pick one up when you visit us. Odori is 15% off through October 23.
Read MoreVonica Knitalong Support Session
Are you knitting along with us on Vonica? We are hosting a free support session this Sunday, October 16, from 3 to 5. Please join us with any questions or just come and knit with us.
Read MoreI Love Yarn Day
The Craft Yarn Council has dubbed October 14 I Love Yarn Day. Whether you knit, crochet, craft or just adore fiber, October 14th is the day to affirm your passion for yarn. To help celebrate we are having a contest. All day on October 14 bring your finished objects to the shop or post them on our Facebook page and you will be entered in our drawing for a $25 gift...
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Plump, luscious and luxurious, Coliumo, from Araucania, is a bulky single made of wool and silk. Named for the Bay of Coliumo in the Bio Bio region of Chile, this yarn, like all of Araucania’s yarns supports programs to provide job opportunities, education and health care for the artisan’s who hand-dye their yarns and their families. The subtle shimmer of the silk highlights the delicate variegation in the colors. Coliumo is a perfect yarn for a quick and sumptuous gift. Coliumo is 15% off through October...
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Dream in Color Yarn’s distinctive dyeing has made Classy, their worsted-weight, machine washable yarn, a designer favorite. Classy brings color to your work but is never too loud to overpower your designs. The Mondo Cable Cardi by one of our favorite designers, Bonne Marie Burns of Chic Knits, shows how Classy can add interest to a simple and chic sweater. The Pembroke vest, unbearably cute free pattern from Kristin Kapur, has lots of cheerful color but never distracts from the cable pattern. Knit to fit maven, Amy Herzog, created this flatteringly fitted sweater based on Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Baby Sweater on Two Needles (more commonly known as the February Baby Sweater) from The Knitter’s Almanac. The color is rich but the pattern stays clear. Classy is 15% off through October...
Read MoreJudy’s Magic Cast On
Our Inside-Out Neckwarmer begins with Judy’s Magic Cast On. This is a great technique for seamless knitting like grows from the center our like toe-up socks or, in this case, the center of a neckwarmer. Here is one of the many videos on Youtube that demonstrates this technique.
Read MoreInside-Out Neckwarmer
Hannah created a nifty little neckwarmer pattern for you all. The Inside-Out Neckwarmer is knit, as the name suggests, from the inside of the oval and works its way out. Knit entirely in the round with only a single skein of Odori, the construction highlights the yarn’s striping. It will give your wardrobe a cheerful shock of color on a cool, gray day. And Odori with its blend of wool, mohair and angora is lovely to snuggle against your neck. We are offering the Inside-Out Neckwarmer as a free pattern. Pick up a copy the next time you...
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Haiku is the newest yarn from Anzula Luxury Fibers, a California-based indie dyer. A fingering-weight blend of Superwash Merino, bamboo and nylon, it has strength and loads of shine. It’s put up in big skeins of 450 yards so it will make great shawls, scarves and light-weight sweaters as well as sturdy socks. The color palette is bright and cheerful, lightly variegated semi-solids. Haiku is 15% through October 2.
Read MoreAre You Ready to Knitalong?
Our newest knitalong begins this Saturday, September 24, at 5 pm. We considered choosing from a new designer but we all loved Vonica, by Chicknits, so much that we decided it had to be our fall project. Bonne Marie Burns, the designer behind Chicknits, also created Cassidy, our spring knitalong pattern. Vonica is an extremely flattering, open-front cardigan with a simple lace pattern and interesting construction. Knit in a light worsted or DK yarn, it’s a great lightweight sweater that will get a lot of wear in our Pacific Northwest weather. We have knit our shop sample in Rowan Felted Tweed. It’s soft and fluffy but still shows off the lace pattern nicely. To participate in our knitalong simply come by the shop and pick up the Vonica pattern and select your yarn. Then join us for our kickoff celebration on Saturday for prizes and pattern support. Continue at our on-going pattern support sessions (dates and times are on our Classes page). Be sure to come to the final wrap up party on January 7 to be included in our grand prize...
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Colourspun is a lovely wool and mohair blended yarn, from Rowan, which is sublime to knit. Each shade is produced by blending two printed and two solid colors together and then twisted with a printed binder. The result is the creation of 10 beautiful shaded colors in which the tones subtly blend from one to the other. Colourspun is 15% off through September...
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