I had fun printing out pictures of famous women knitting for my window display. Come by and see if you can identify them all–you’ll have to be both a film and history buff to get all of them. Mother’s Day is a great time to give yourself…I mean your mom…a treat to feed your…sorry, her… creative addiction to yarn. Project bag, new issue of Vogue Knitting or Interweave Knits, that skein of yarn you’ve been eyeing…see you in the shop!
Ah, the taste of fresh cucumber slices, lightly salted, between soft, crustless, white bread. The nose of fresh mint while sipping the cold, slightly bubbly wine spritzer with undertones of raspberry. The sound of people greeting each other familiarly, the rustle of project bags, (what?), the click of needles…oh yeah, it’s a yarn tasting! We’ll be discussing our road trips! NH Sheep and Wool Festival in May, Great Northern Yarn Haul in July. See you at the shop, Friday, April 8, from 5-7.
This Sunday at LYS, we’ll be meeting at noon to design and knit Easter eggs. There will be several free patterns available, both simple and Nordic, and thanks to The Traveling Knitter, a chart for a self-designed egg. Bring your scraps of sport or worsted weight yarn and #3 needles–or heavier yarn and larger needles if you want to make a big egg (that might be fun for a table centerpiece decoration).
LYS has received the Round Mountain order and they are beautifully dyed. Lovely color ways named after birds, “Kestrel,” “Atlantic Puffin,” “Purple Finch,” “Flycatcher,” “Dark Eyed Junco,” and my favorite color, “Wood Duck.” They are available in every weight, but we have primarily sock weight with a few in bulky. Take a look on-line or drop by the shop. See you soon!
Spring Knitting, like summer knitting, borders on being an oxymoron. We associate knitting with cold weather, warm fires, hot drinks, not mint juleps and cucumber sandwiches. None the less, the spring knitting and crochet magazines come through, tempting us with their lightweight garments. Scarves, shawls, light sweaters and household items are the usual fare. That being said, the magazines aren’t just about the projects—they are about the whole process from sheep to shawl. The spring issue of Interweave Knits is no exception. It features an article about Cormo wool, one by designer Anne Hanson about her company Bare Naked Wools, and spotlights two farm yarns, Starcroft Fiber Mills in Maine and Catskill Merino in New York. In addition, there is an instructional article on short rows. So, just as we read gardening books in the winter and dream of planting in the warm weather, we can sip a cool drink on a warm day, read a knitting or crocheting magazine and dream of winter.
On March 11th from 5-7, we’ll be “tasting” Wonderland Yarns’, Cheshire Cat, a sock yarn spun in the U.S. and hand-dyed by Frabjous Fibers in Brattleboro, Vermont. With generous yardage (512 yards) and a reasonable price ($24), this makes a great yarn for longer socks or shawl projects. There will be door prizes and a judging of our “Thought Bubble” contest–the winner of which will receive a goodie bag. If you missed the thought bubble contest, check out the blog on our website Love.Yarn.Shop. Join us!
I, too, have to continually look at the directions to refresh my memory about M1R and M1L. This is great way to remember it.
I love this picture of Katie. She knit her Tucker Sweater by Amanda Scheuzger published in Interweave Knits Fall 2015. She ended up bringing the body needle size from a 9 to a 7, in part, because she is a loose knitter. She will be teaching a class starting March 4th–which is quickly approaching. In retrospect, she wishes she had known she had enough yarn to make it longer and create a tunic, which is always fun in winter with leggings and tall boots, but as it was bottom-up, she couldn’t judge this with confidence from the amount of yarn she had. It’s a lovely, easy knit.
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