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Paula Herbert is a former 8th grade English teacher and yarn shop owner. She has opened her second shop, LYS, and is enjoying the company of fellow knitters, crocheters, spinners, and fiber artists.

Knitters Retreat at AMC Highland Lodge–April 21st and 2nd

8 TH  A N N U A L  W H I T E    M O U N T A I N

KNITTERS’   RETREAT 

April 21- 23, 2017

Highland Lodge

U.S. Route 302 (Crawford Notch)

Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Enjoy a spring weekend in Crawford Notch and join other passionate knitters for knitting, fresh air and laughter. The retreat includes:

 

  • Modular knitting workshop with sweater expert, Ginger Burks
  • Provisional cast-ons and hat linings on Sunday morning
  • Help with unfinished projects
  • Knitters’ show-and-tell
  • Nature walks
  • Uninterrupted time to knit

Rates start at $144/person for the bunkhouse, $150/person for a shared room, $216/person for a private room and include two nights lodging, Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and dinner and Sunday breakfast. Quoted rates do not include New Hampshire state tax. To make lodging reservations, contact the Appalachian Mountain Club at 603-466-2727, reservation code 346622. The workshop registration fee is $30 additional (not included in the above room rate) paid to Mary Lou Recor. For general information on the retreat or to register for the workshop only, contact Mary Lou at 802-660-2834 or mlrecor@myfairpoint.net. The fee for the workshop only is $30 and does not include meals. Additional $10.95 + tax for Saturday lunch.

     

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Felters Fling in August

I have had quite a few felters come in the shop to buy roving, and I’d like to make sure they are aware of this fabulous week of felting workshops from August 19th to 27th.  Felters Fling in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, offers 12 different workshops from garments to millinery, bags to wall hangings, and you can either go for the full week or for one half or the other.  The week is geared toward experienced felters, so check out their website and get inspired to up your game!

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Round Mountain Bulky–Last Chance!

Unfortunately, Round Mountain fibers is no longer dyeing bulky yarn–it just didn’t sell as well as the fingering and worsted weight.  I was able to purchase the last skeins of the color ways, but this is it. If you have enjoyed it in the past and would like a few skeins, the time to buy is now!

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16 Lapghans Delivered for Oncology Patients

Besides all the other knitting North Country women have been doing lately–Christmas gifts, pink hats–they have also been knitting “lapghans” (small afghans for covering the lap), for the Oncology Department at Littleton Regional Hospital.  The lapghans will be given to patients who have to sit for long periods of time while receiving their infusions.  Yesterday, I delivered 16 knitted, crocheted, or woven lapghans.  We have a number still on the needles and look forward to delivering them next month.  A group of us, called the North Country Fiber Forum, meet once a month to work together on current charity projects.  Our new project is knitting 6 x 6.25″ squares for Project Amigo http://www.projectamigo.org.  These squares will be put together as an afghan the size of a twin bedspread and given to each family of sponsored students in Colima, Mexico.  Our next gathering is February 19th at 1:00 at LYS.  Join us!

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Knitting—My Favorite Things

(with a nod to Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Skeins in a basket and needles nearby,

patterns stacked up high in a pile,

the smiles that a hand knitted hat brings:

these are a few of my favorite things.

 

Norwegian sweaters and Fair-Isle gloves,

headbands and cowls the whole family loves,

knitting with cashmere and fancy stitch rings:

these are a few of my favorite things.

 

Hand knit stockings hanging beside the tree,

crocheted afghans draped across the settee,

angels in the garland with roving wings:

these are a few of my favorite things.

 

When the wind bites,

when the news stings,

when I’m feeling sad,

I simply remember my favorite things,

and then I don’t feel so bad.

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Longest Night Knitting

We won’t be knitting into the night, but I’ll have cookies and tea for knitting during the shortest day!  Even if you haven’t knitted the cowl for Project Peace, which asked you to knit 4 rows a day in a meditative manner, tomorrow we’ll be knitting, pushing out the busy-ness of this week and welcoming in the calm before the storm.  Hope to see you in the shop!screen-shot-2016-11-22-at-12-01-45-pm

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This ain’t your auntie’s crochet…

The same day one friend was regaling us in the yarn shop with tales of her auntie’s crochet (a crocheted Christmas tree door hanging survived a meth lab explosion), another friend emailed me a New York Times article about street artist crocheter London Kaye, who is creating large pieces for large companies:  Starbucks, Gap, to name a few.  It’s exciting to see the fiber arts exploding onto to the art and fashion scene, bringing fresh eyes to a craft which has languished in granny squares and dishcloths for too long.

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Making sense of society one stitch at a time.

To make sense of their world, painters paint, photographers photograph, and knitters knit…sometimes with more purpose than at other times, sometimes for the process, sometimes for the product.  The Pussyhat Project (clever women), is definitely with a purpose—to wit, knitting and crocheting pink hats for every single woman marching on Washington D.C. on January 17, 2019, as a show of solidarity with women and for women’s rights.  Women from all over the nation will be descending upon Washington, and the hats represent all those who are there in spirit.  The hat is a simple rectangle knit on both sides. You can drop off the hats at Love.Yarn.Shop. and we will get them on a woman’s head at the march.

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Advent Calendar Fun at the Yarn Shop

As Advent season approaches, what am I thinking about?  My Advent box sitting in the basement.  No children to open the little doors each morning, their little fingers pulling out the surprise, their faces full of anticipation.  My husband won’t play (I can see his face, disapproving with a hint of pity), and what’s the fun in hiding it for yourself?  So I’ve carted it to the yarn shop and decided to hide a little treat or accessory in it each morning and one lucky customer will get to open it each day.  How will I choose the customer?  Ah, that will be my secret, but random, timetable.  ’Tis the season…

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