Hot New Projects for August
Hi, Sheepies! Here’s a quick blog post to share some of the newest finished things we have at the shop. Have you been by recently and seen them? They’re pretty great!
This is Diana’s newest purse and we had to fight her to get it to stay in the shop so y’all could see it. It’s called Piedras, and it’s made from 2-3 skeins of Malabrigo Rasta knit on size 13 needles. We’ve got a fantastic selection of Grayson rolled leather handles in many colors, so there’s sure to be something to suit your tastes.
From our local master seamstress Maribeth Powers, look at the best knitting organizer you could ever want. You can use this to organize your interchangeable needles, DPNs, and notions, and there are lots of pockets for your notions. With this organizer you’ll have all your tools together and will have more time to be creative!
Here’s Diana in her gorgeous new Scribble Scarf, made using our luxurious new Paparazzi silk yarn from Pagewood Farms. How great is this?
Lastly (but certainly not least), here’s Nancy in her finished Luck of the Draw Shawl! We’re working hard to keep up with the demand for this fun, quick project, so come see what colors we have in stock!
I want that organizer – wow that is gorgeous! great work.
do you make kits out of the purse you are showing..love to have one, as I live in Idaho..phyllis Hartwig
Hi, Phyllis. We would be happy to make you a kit for the purse! At the moment, we only have one skein of Rasta Piedras in stock but are expecting 23 colors of Rasta any day now. Do you receive our newsletter? We’ll send out an announcement as soon as it comes in and we’ll be happy to put together a kit for you.
We have some other colors of Malabrigo Rasta in stock, so if there’s another colorway you’re interested in, please let us know. The shop is open from 10 AM to 6 PM eastern Monday through Saturday and we’d be happy to help you over the phone or through email.
Thanks for your interest!
Hi I was wondering if some one could explain what a knit-a-long is. thanks so much
Hi, Joyce! Of course we can explain! I sometimes just assume everybody knows everything I do, so I’ll use jargon and figure everybody knows what I mean. A knit-a-long (KAL) is a series of get-togethers where a group of people knit the same item. For example, we have an ongoing Lace Afghan KAL, where once a month people come up to the shop and get the newest afghan square pattern, then work on it together. It’s not a class, because it’s free (other than the cost of materials) and there’s no formal instruction, but people in the KAL help each other interpret the pattern and figure out any difficult points.
For the upcoming Knit, Swirl! KAL, we’re going to try an experiment and run the KAL on the internet as well as at the shop. We’ll have a live stream of video from the shop with a built-in chat function, so viewers at home can ask questions and participate in the discussion. It should be a lot of fun, and we hope you will come join us! (Arne)