Busy Weekend -- Saturday we had classes all day long. In the morning my Beginning
Knitting

class was working on their Barbara Walker Afghan. 63 squares and all of them different techniques. We are learning so much!

We also had our Knit to Fit Class. As an added bonus, Marinel, who took the previous class stopped in with her beautiful sweater that she knit for the class. Karen was so pleased to see the finished product. It's beautiful! Now Marinel signed up for the Seamless Yoke Sweater KAL which begins at the end of the month. She is fearless now that she has take Karen's class. Marinel wants to do a cardigan instead of a pullover. So we will be doing lots of steeking! Can't wait to get working on that project.

Kelly had her Moebius Scarf class. Only one student signed up, but since she came all the way from Arizona, we just had to have the class for her.

This Sunday was almost as busy as last! MaryBeth Temple stopped in to show me her new line of mostly crochet patterns and to tell me about all the wonderful things she is doing. Two books are due out this spring and she and Doris Chan are sponsoring a Crochet Cruise in July. I have all the info at the shop, or you can go on MaryBeth's website at http://gettingloopy.com/. Look for MaryBeth's knit and crochet patterns at Woolbearers really soon!

The NJ SnB'ers came to the shop and bought lots of Malabrigo! It was great to see my old friends and meet some new gals. Sharon let me steal this picture off of Ravelry -- I was too busy at the cash register (always a good thing) to take pictures.. Thanks for coming in!

I did get a chance to get a picture of our usual Sunday crowd. Boy, they were a rowdy bunch!

Here is Donna in her finally finished Adult Surprise Jacket out of Nashua Creative Focus Chunky and take a look at those swirls made out of Ty-Dy sock yarn.

Anne finished her Jojoland Rhythm Rib Warmer. Anne is moving back to Maryland, but she just had to buy some of Woolbearers' hand dyed yarn to remember us by. Good luck Anne -- we'll see you on Ravelry.

One of Sabra's sock students stopped in to show off her completed first pair of socks and to get her sock pin -- Whenever Sabra's students finish a pair of socks, Sabra gives them a miniature knitted sock. Great job, Bridget!

Some other projects that I haven't had a chance to post. Here is a beautiful scarf made out of Jojoland Melody Superwash. Beverly and her husband came into the store today to remind me that it was Beverly's scarf. Thanks guys!

Kim made this absolutely gorgeous shawl out of Lana Grossa Chiara

Sandra made a Wrap me up shawl out of Rowan Tapestry

Bernadette's daughter-in-law, Fed stopped by to show off her Baby Grande Alpaca scarf

Bonnie has been knitting like mad on her Great American Aran Afghan. Teacher (me) only has 4 squares completed. Bonnie has 14 done as of this picture taken a few weeks ago. We have our class again on Saturday --- we'll see if she's finished all her squares.

Today we had our annual Superbowl Sunday sale -- I was so busy I forgot to take pictures! Carol Sulcoski did a book signing for her latest book "Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarns" and everyone had a great time chatting with her. Thanks to everyone who came.

Last week we started some of our new classes. Here is a picture of Sabra teaching the Swirl Shawl Class. I can't wait to see everyone's swirls. Send me pictures please.



Kris finished her Stonington Shawl. She thinks it took a long time because she started it last June. I've got things on the needles in my closet that I started in 1992.

Gwen is showing off some of her latest creations out of Woolbearers' hand dyed yarns.

Now, I 've got to tell y0u, I never thought Alice would finish anything. She took my "Great American Afghan" class and that turned into the "Great American Pillow". So, I was really surprised when I saw her finish a Lopi sweater -- with a fair isle yoke, no less. Great job, Alice!

This is Laura's first sweater. It's a top down pattern from Chic Knits and she knitted it out of Rowan Tapestry. It's absolutely gorgeous.

Speaking of top down sweaters, we are having another "Knit to Fit" class. Here Karen is pictured giving instruction to her some of her pupils. Julie is modeling the sweater that Karen made for her daughter -- using a Rowan pattern as inspiration, but totally making it her own design. The details around the buttons are fabulous. She made cables around the buttons as well as cables on the bodice and sleeves. The sweater is knit out of Nashua Creative Focus and I think that Karen should start her own line of patterns. What do you think?

Hannah is almost finished with her Great American Aran afghan. I can't wait to show it to my class.

I know it's been a while since I posted. Life has a funny way of taking unexpected twists and turns. I'll write more about those twists and turns later. For now, I want to post some pictures of great projects my wonderful customers have made.

Here is Ruth's vest out of Boku and a scarf knitted out of the Kauni yarn. It's hard to see the color variation in this picture, but I assure you it's gorgeous.

Debra came over to my house last week to felt. My washing machine is really old an does a great job felting -- hope it never breaks, because I hear that the newer machines don't do as good a job! Here is Debra's felted moebius bowl and felted messenger bag.

Deb finally finished her Wrap me up Shawl out of Rowan Tapestry. Linda finished her Mikey Cap. She said that the actual finishing was a lot more work than she expected.

Barbara's clapotis is beautiful -- done out of Woolbearer's own hand painted yarn.

Donna's been busy -- scarf, socks and another Boku scarf.

Happy Birthday Judy!

It had been a long day. When I finally left the shop at 6 pm, I stabbed myself in the leg with a knitting needle that had been poking a hole out of one of my many bags. OUCH. Today was so busy with so many customers and so many packages. It was like Christmas today!

First, the Fed Ex guy came with my new order of Jojoland. Besides more Swirl Shawl patterns and Melody Superwash -- I could not resist this new yarn. It's called Consonance and is 50% cashmere and 50% silk. What a combo! It's fingering weight and has 440 yards -- price is it's greatest selling point, believe it or not.

The UPS Guy brought a lot of stuff. First, the big box of Cascade. Then, we finally got our copies of the Winter 2008 issue of Interweave. When I first saw the issue, I knew I had to knit up the Positano Tote. I ordered the Lamb's Pride Superwash for it in lots of different colors. I did get the cactus green color that was called for in the pattern.I am going to use it for the bag. I barely got the Brown Sheep box opened when customers started looking through it for colors. Glad we don't have to put as much away on the shelves as we thought.

If you are looking for nice fibery notecards -- we got our shipment of notecards from Schaefer yarn. Each card has a different picture of hand dyed yarn.

I couldn't resist buying the cutest needlefelting kits ever. They are from Lorna's Wool and I bought several sheep, some Santas, gnomes and Frog and Toad.



Got in 0ur new shipment of Zuma Bags, once again I only have 2 left. I'm sure I will be ordering more. This time, I also ordered the mini cozies from Namaste and something called Oh Snap. These are 3 bags of different sizes to put all your Knitting chachkes in. The mini cozies are great for holding all of your dpns.

New Smooshy sock yarn -- need I say more

Over the weekend I finally made some progress on putting together squares of the Great American Afghan. Hope to have this sucker finished soon. Only -- where am I going to display it???

More progress on the Kauni sweater (not enough, though)

I do get to knit a few rows now and then on my Boku scarf!