As I’ve written here before, Theresa Gaffey’s Stole from the book Wearwithall has been a popular project at the shop lately. Gaffey’s design is beautiful in its simplicity, allowing knitters to relax and let the exquisite yarn do the talking. The yarn is Isager Alpaca 2, a fingering weight blend of merino wool and alpaca. … [more]
UPDATE: Cascade Rustic and Lana Bambu are totally sold out as of September 2012! Rustic and Lana Bambu are two yarns with much in common. They’re both made by the yarn company Cascade, they’re both aran weight, single ply yarns, and they both are 79% wool and 21% plant fiber. In Rustic, that plant … [more]
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve gotten a couple of boxes from String Theory. As I’m sure you know by now, we love boxes from String Theory, because along with the colorways we’ve come to know and love come the colorways we’ve never seen before. Tanis and Karen do amazing things with yarn and … [more]
This week, we have select yarns on sale at the shop, and they’re a diverse bunch. Among the ribbon yarn, self-striping sock yarn, bulky tweed, and fuzzy boucle, you’ll find Ella Rae Classic Wool. One of the bunch, but different. Classic Wool is so named for a reason: it’s a basic, smooth, worsted weight wool, … [more]
I know I already mentioned Noro Kureyon Sock when I introduced Week 3 of the Going-to-Market sale. But this morning, as I pulled every skein of Kureyon Sock out from back-room storage to display our whole supply in one big basket, I thought a bullet-point on a list might not have been enough. After all, … [more]
Here’s another Berroco yarn that we have on sale this week: Touche. Touche is a machine-washable, worsted weight blend of cotton and rayon. It’s soft and squishy, with a bit more elasticity than one usually expects from plant fibers, making it quite pleasant to knit with. It’s softness and easy care make it perfect for … [more]
Allow me to introduce you to one of the Berroco yarns we have on sale this week: Pure Pima. Pure Pima is a dk weight cotton which comes in bright, solid colors, with 115 yards on each 50 gram ball. I’ve written here before about a lovely Norah Gaughan sweater we have at the shop made in … [more]
Our three-week Going-to-Market sale continues! This week, we’re featuring select Berroco yarns at a 25% discount. Tuesday June 5th – Sunday June 10th: Select Berroco yarns are 25% off! Boho Cotton Twist Inca Gold Jasper Latitude Linen Jeans NaturLin Pure Merino Pure Pima Touche Come by the shop between Tuesday June 5th and Sunday June 10th … [more]
Last week, we got another bunch of String Theory Bluestocking in another bunch of gorgeous colors. This weekend, I finally cast on for a pair of Bluestocking socks, anxious to get my hands on a kind of wool I’d never tried before: bluefaced leicester. I chose a pattern from Clara Parkes’ Knitter’s Book of Socks, called … [more]
Once again, Clara Parkes inspired us with a recent Knitter’s Review. She never fails to peak our interest. Sometimes it’s a tool, sometimes a book–this time, it’s yarn, from a new company called Ewe Ewe. Ewe Ewe Wooly Worsted Washable is a squishy, soft yarn which is well described by its alliterative name. With 95 yards of machine-washable … [more]