TRUNK SHOW
The Fibre Company's
featuring
Arranmore Light
"Pop Collection"
Thursday, Nov 2 - Nov 12
MORE NEW YARNS
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| Rowan Cashmere Tweed |
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| Wilke Scarf & Hat in Rowan Cashmere Tweed |
I promised to tell you about all the new cashmere blends we have gotten in. First,we have Rowan's Cashmere Tweed. It is a DK weight 80% merino 20% cashmere in 8 different tweedy colors. I'm thinking scarves, hats, cowls -- soft as can be.
Plymouth gave us Cuzco Cashmere -- sportweight 40% alpaca,
40% silk 20% cashmere -- it doesn't get much better than that.
The Fibre Co.'s Arranmore Light has 328 yards to its sport/dk weight skein.
It has 80% merino, 10% silk, 10% cashmere and is a pleasure to knit with.
I'm almost finished with my Bibbe sweater which is pictured above for the
trunk show.
I couldn't resist Debbie Bliss's newest luxury yarn called Iris.
It's a worsted weight 90% merino 10% cashmere blend --
there's also a great little pattern book to go with the yarn.
Juniper Moon's newest entry is called Fourteen. This aran weight yarn boasts
147 yards of
a chained construction that is a 90% merino 10% cashmere blend.
Other new yarns that have come in: Sequoia
from Baah Yarns is a super bulky soft as can be hand painted yarn.
From The Alpaca Company we have Symmetry, sport weight squishy
merino/alpaca blend in tonal hand painted colors.
Shibui has a new yarn called Birch. You would think there is cashmere in it,
but it's 100% extra fine merino in a finger/sport weight skein of 262
yards and is very well priced.
Backyard Fibers is a new hand dyed company with rich saturated colors.
I brought in their chunky and sportweight --- a new pattern book is going to be
released with some of our favorite designers using their yarns --
Xandy Peters, Lars Rains and Kathleen Dames are among them.
Skacel sent me Gesa & Floe, a new baby yarn from Zitron which is 100%
Merino Ultrafine Wool -- very soft next to baby's skin and machine washable.
From Appalachian Baby we bought two new designs -- Pick a Knit Blanket and
Baby Bear Cardigan.
Here's an article debunking the "I am allergic to wool" myth.
CLASSES - for more info click here
We have a great line up for classes.
On Saturday, Oct 14 at 1 pm, Jennifer Dassau, author of Knitting Short Rows, is
teaching a class on Short Row Techniques.
Lars Rains is back. He'll be teaching "Introduction to Stranded Textural
Colorwork" on Nov. 18.
Other classes:
Building with Lace--learn new lace knitting skills as you build a shawl.
Cocoknits Sweater Workshop -- using Julie Weisenberger's videos
we'll be exploring her method of sweater knitting.
Two-color Brioche cowl/scarf -- Brioche is all the rage -- l
learn the brioche basics
Beginning Knitting/Project Time
MY FIRST CUSTOMFIT SWEATER WORKSHOP
Beginning Spinning
Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving
Brooks Bouquet Woven Lace Scarf or Shawl
Beginning Crochet
Crochet: The Next Steps
Sock Knitting on DPN's
Toe Up - 2 Socks at a Time on One Circular Needle
Meet up
Our next Friday Night Meet-up is on October 6 starting @ 6 pm.
Click here for more info Hope to see you there.
