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.
Look closely. See the attitude. What is this sheep saying? This print of a painting by Americana artist Charles Wysocki hangs in the yarn shop, allowing a clear view of the comings and goings. Post or e-mail your thought bubble, which I’ll put around the print, and at the March Yarn Tasting, we’ll take a vote on the favorite one. Winner gets a skein of natural wool, of course!
During the Massachusetts and New Hampshire vacation weeks, Love.Yarn.Shop. will be offering a Kids’ Knit on Thursday, February 18th and February 25th from 1-3. Children receive a set of knitting needles, yarn, button, crochet hook, and instructions for making a headband. Katie will get everyone knitting! $15 for one session. Call the shop to reserve a place: 869-2600.
Seven of us gathered this past Thursday for our first lunch-time book club discussion of Circling the Sun. Whilst the overall response to the book was lukewarm, the discussion was lively and our interest in the life of Beryl Markham was piqued. In addition, our lunch from Cold Mountain Cafe was a welcome treat. We decided to meet next month on St. Patrick’s day at noon to discuss My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante and translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. The New Yorker review, “Women on the Verge,” by James Wood, typically wordy and sending me to the dictionary several times, will whet your appetite for not just this recent work, but her earlier novels as well. Join us on the 17th!
Woolzie is a handspun yarn from Enfield, New Hampshire. Patty Williams and her husband run Aker Fiber Farm where they raise Corriedale sheep and English Angora rabbits. Love.Yarn.Shop. is pleased to be able to carry a handspun yarn at a reasonable price. Visit their website Akerllc.com to find out more about their products and events at their studio in downtown Enfield.
While awaiting my order from Round Mountain Fibers, I’ll be featuring them at the Yarn Tasting on February 12th. Hand dyed in Brattleboro, Vermont, these superwash merino yarns are scrumptious. You’ll particularly enjoy the fingering weight colorway, Kestrel. Join us from 5-7 for nibbles and sips and a great feeling yarn.
Knit or crochet a little red hat, or two, or twenty! Next month is February and the American Heart Association is calling for knitters and crocheters to make enough red hats for every newborn in participating hospitals to raise awareness about heart disease and congenital heart defects. Guess what? Both Littleton Regional Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth are participating, so here’s your opportunity to do a small thing with great love. How lucky are you to have such skill!
More information can be found at Heart.org
So much knitting! So little time! With inventory and end-of-year tasks, it has been difficult to get knitting done. I promised to have my pattern ready for Sunday to give away at the North Country Fiber Forum gathering and it is done! We are knitting red hats for Heart Awareness Month–February–and I have two recent patterns, matching mother/baby sets in honor of the birth of Casey’s baby girl, Haley. You can find them at my KISSpatterns Etsy shop. I made the adult version with Peace Fleece’s Amaranth. Love their yarn. Love their story. The baby version is knit with Kraemer’s Perfection. Love their yarn. Love their story.
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