Customer GoodiesJane's lovely blanket of 1824 Mission Falls Cotton. It is so soft and drapey and isn't heavy at all like many cottons are. I think the spinning does the trick.
Suzanne's newest felted bag with the fabric she found at the Village Quilter in Mt. Holly. Perfect. The colors are deeper than they appear. I was having a bad camera day.

The back of the Beech Leaf Vest Suzanne is knitting. It is really beautiful.

Below, Beth standing with Paula, who comes to see us in low country Mt. Holly whenever she is visiting from the High Desert, California.

From the One Skein knit a long, arm warmers. Joanna on the left and Gwen on the right~

The Crochet Today felted shawl in the magazine and Joanna's version below.

The leg warmers, vest and bag Jill knit for her grand daughter. She is a lucky kid! We'll have to see if we can get a picture of her in them.

Gwen's top knit of Calmer with detail below. It looks really comfortable!

Socks by Gwen!

A new shawl, by Gwen, knit of a strand of Anne, something hand dyed, and then she found the acid yellow Cherry Tree Hill. I can't wait to see where that will end up! The colors are much more brilliant than they appear in the photo.

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Kelly's colorful baby blanket of Baby Ull is a study in techniques. She enjoyed adding the different mitered squares and the lacy corner. Kelly came in to the store today and is working on a wonderful top from The Best Of Interweave. Kristen is also knitting the top for her mom, Jill, out of bamboo and it, too is gorgeous.

It was family day in the store; Lisa and her son, Deb and her mom, Anne and husband, Doc Ansel. Ok, here's the fun part; I worked with Dr. Ansel at Hahnemann back in the early 1980's, and Deb worked with him right here in Mt. Holly until his recent retirement. Anne is a prolific knitter and quilter.

The camera was left behind at the store again today, so I'll post more pictures tomorrow, including one of Jane's blanket. I'm almost finished with my second rib warmer. It's put together; I'm doing the i-cord edging now. Also, the little sample of an Elizabeth Zimmerman Stonington Shawl that we are going to knit as part of the Knitting Workshop study group is coming along. It's really simple; you begin with two stitches and increase at the beginning of each row until it is as big as you desire, and then start decreasing at the beginning of each row until there are just two stitches left again.

Without breaking the yarn, you then pick up three stitches in every two rows along one side of the square you have just knit. I chose to go around my square counterclockwise. You increase at the beginning of every row, forming a trapezoid. This is knit about one third or more as wide as the square. After all four sides are done, you knit the lace border that you want. Choosing the pattern for the lace border will be fun!

We decided we need another Noni bag sample for the store, so I am going to knit the Metro Bag! I can't wait. The bag is done in bright pink and green. I'll start it Monday! More tomorrow.

Summer is here and it shows in the yarns and projects that you are choosing. I'm still knitting with wool because I have to finish some things before I succumb to starting anything else. The Knit Kimono book has really got my attention, but that isn't an overnight project for me. Yesterday, a customer chose fingering weight Lyndon Hill Silk and Cotton from Plymouth to knit the Modular Quilt Scarf!!! I think that is a fabulous idea, and I may have to copy her.

Below are two things I finished on my days off this week. The Garter Stitch Vest, from Folk Vests, was the easiest vest I knit until I tried to do something different with the collar and lapels. For me, by the book is the way to go everytime. I bet I tore it out three times....

Folk Vests Garter Stitch Vest. What shall my next project out of this great book be????
From 101 Designer One Skein Wonders, Feather and Fan Baby Sweater of one skein of Sheep
Shop number three Silk and Wool; easy, fast, satisfying, and what a great baby gift!!!

Below is a detail of Anne's second clapotis ofWoolbearers hand dyed worsted weight cotton. It will be perfect for a cool, summer night!

Behind that beautiful work of art is knitter Bonnie. She did this modular afghan of Woolbearers Wool and Mohair. It needs to be seen up close; each of the hexagons are completely different because of the way the hand dyed yarn worked up. It's really lovely.

Joan knit this clapotis of Cashsoft DK by Rowan. Instead of stockinette between the dropped stitches, there is a cable. It is really beautiful. NOw I want to make one.

Gwen is crocheting up a storm. I won't say how long it took her to finish this lovely cape; let's just say it wasn't on earth Friday.....

Amy knit socks for her dad of Skacel Teddy. They are so soft! Get well soon, Dad!

Leila is knitting the Pi shawl now, along with a few other wonderful projects.

Her beaded scarf, a Swallow Hill pattern, is beautiful. She says that aside from the bead stringing, the knitting goes quickly and is easy.

This is the reason my husband has never said anything about my growing wool problem. I might add that this is just one of four rooms he has filled with similar equipment.....

Happy Mother's Day!!!

My husband took this picture of Myra, her husband Ron, and moi at our table at the throwdown we went to Monday night. I have to get to work, but will post lots of new project pictures tonight or tomorrow. Have a wonderful day!

Best Knitting Store in South Jersey!!!

Here's our booth at the Best of party in Voorhees at The Mansion. It was a wonderful party! We met so many great people, saw some old customers, and had a fun evening with our husbands. And we felt so honored that our customers took the time to vote for us!

I'm at the stage of life where I will do almost anything to try to improve my appearance. Ali is our Mary Kay consultant and she kindly came and made over my make up, with an audience, I might add and answered questions patiently and graciously. It's a desperate woman who will submit to a public demonstration, but I got my make up done and gave our customers some free entertainment in the bargain... Oh, did you know that Godiva White Chocolate liquour is not a carb free food??? Damn! BTW, my husband did comment on how nice and smooth my skin looked! Gotta love that mineral make up.

Ali and her husband, shopping for wool!

Brynn's really great pillow cover out of Cotton Perles, colorway Solar Fire. The yarn is fun to dye and knit, but not the softest cotton we have, I think because of the unusual twist that makes the slubs in the yarn. This is a perfect use for it, along with outerwear.

The Mitered Quilt Wrap, knit by Brynn. I think this is destined to be a classic.

Dori, our favorite pilot, and her daughter, with yet another remarkable baby dress. She goes to Europe and knits between flights.....

Marila, with her Stitch n' Bitch face mask! In progress.

Andee, the gal who helps us make display changes around the store because of her design background, with Beth.

Jill's beautiful Elizabeth Zimmerman Square Baby Blanket. The adorable baby booties are from Helloyarn, and the sweater is a pattern she has done before. It makes a really special baby gift.

Kelly's rib warmer of wool boucle in Amber Lace colorway.

The tree square from the Great American Afghan, again Kelly's.

The mitered square jacket from Jameison Shetland Book 3 which we found out is sadly out of print. The designer is none other than Nadine Shapiro! I love her designs. The jacket was originally knit of Jameison shetland, but the colors were discontinued, so Kelly is using Lopi. She loves knitting this.

The Great Wall of Cascade. As I was leaving the store tonight, I had to get a shot of the wall of Cascade 220 yarns that are so beautifully displayed in rainbow color order. Last we heard there are 240 colors, I think we have over 100 now but we are aiming to have them all!

My Thursday Wrap Me Up Shawl class is well under way. Here are some pix:

This is Christine's wrap made out of Karaoke and black mohair for the accent. This is only the second class and she is already on the beaded block.

Ruby is also knitting her wrap out of Karaoke, the same colorway as Christine and Marylou(see Marylou's below) but each skein looks so different.

Lynn is making two at a time, one for her daughter and she liked it so much decided to do another one for herself.

Sandy has been working on this one for a while. Gorgeous color --especially the pink!

Here is a picture of Judy's Yarn Tasting sampler:

And last but certainly not least, here are Gwen's One Skein Projects, the legwarmers are made out of Adriafil Knitcol and the vest out of Rowan's Calmer