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Knit Hats for the Science March on April 22nd

The Pussy Hat project was so successful that a number of scientists who are knitters (or knitters who happen to be scientists?) have designed hats, headbands, and armbands with symbols that reflect their field.  You can find them here.  Here’s a link for information about the March for Science on April 22nd.  However, other marches are being held more locally in Lancaster and Concord.

As the snow melts, trash begins appearing on our roadsides, and I remember the Keep America Beautiful campaign which was so vocal in my childhood to counter the litter problem.  Every Earth Day, local groups–church youth groups, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts–would walk the roads picking up trash.  So while walking, or marching, don’t forget a receptacle to pick up the trash you pass.

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2nd Annual Great Northern Yarn Haul: Knitters on the map!

Plans for the 2nd Annual Great Northern Yarn Haul are in the works.  Thus far, 22 shops will be participating.  Unfortunately one shop, White River Yarns, closed, but we have picked up 7 new shops, including What a Yarn in St. Albans, Scratch in Lebanon, Ewe-forium in Newport, Mountain Fiber Folk in Montgomery Center, The Yarn Sellar in York, and Whippletree Yarn Shop in Woodstock.  Check out Great Northern Yarn Haul’s Facebook page to keep updated.

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Needle Felting: Anyone can do it!

It’s not all about knitting and crocheting.  There is needle felting, too.  Needle felting is when you use a barbed needle to poke unspun wool into a desired shape.  If you search on line, especially Pinterest, you will see beautiful examples of needle-felted figures, usually animals.  I can’t guarantee your needle felted sheep will look as good as those, but I can guarantee that you’ll leave the class with one.  We’ll be needle-felting on Saturday, April 8th, from 10:30-12:00.  $10 covers the materials and instructions.

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Nesting Balls—Encouraging Birds in Your Backyard

As the snow begins to melt, we are turning our minds to pulling down the bird feeders and planting seeds.  However, there is no need to turn our minds completely from our feathered friends.  Soon they will be making their nests and you can assist them by hanging roving-filled nesting balls from the trees in your backyard.  Nesting balls should be filled with natural fibers:  roving, 3” pieces of natural woven fibers, feathers, fur, and straw all make good stuffing for the nesting balls. You don’t want synthetic material, nylon, long pieces of yarn or string, dyed materials, or dryer lint.  Love.Yarn.Shop. has nesting balls filled with wool roving for sale for $8, and assuming the birds don’t take the ball itself, they are refillable.

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Italian Linen from Quince & Co–Oh, Rococo!

The rich palette from Quince & Co, out of Biddeford, Maine, Sparrow, is reminiscent of Italian Rococo art: the warm, saturated colors have names like Port, Venice, Butternut, and Eleuthera.  If you are looking for a finger weight fiber for a summer garment, this may be it.  LYS will be having a trunk show, with garments and patterns, starting the 8th of May, but yarn and patterns are in the shop now for you to check out.

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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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