Socks and Sweater

Look at these pretty socks.

 Louisa - one of our customers - came in to show me her socks.

  Little did she know I was going to ask her to model them for the blog.

Louisa used our Cascade Yarns Heritage Silk Paints

This yarn is a merino superwool / mulberry silk blend.

It feels so wonderful to knit with and to wear.

It would also make an absolutely beautiful shawl, cowl or wrap.
Thanks Lousia for letting me take a picture of your socks!

I have finished knitting my 

Antler Cardigan by TinCanKnits.

I used Cascade Yarns - Cascade 220 Superwash in the colour of the year.

We carry a good selection of TinCanKnit patterns - 2 very talented Canadian designers.

More of their patterns are in the mail to us as I do this post.

 This picture without the buttons is before I blocked it.

Again before I blocked it but with the buttons sewn on.

Wow, my sweater is blocked and it looks so nice and it fits perfectly.

Blocking did not change the colour - the computer did that.

You take a lot of time knitting your projects - so be sure to take time to block them.
If you do not know about "blocking" be sure to drop by and ask Linda or myself for some help.
You will be glad you did.

New shop sample

We hope that between looking for Easter eggs and eating chocolate that you found some time to knit or crochet.

We have a lovely new shop sample for you to admire and hopefully create one yourself.

Linda has been busy with her needles and look at the great results. 

She used Hedgehog Fibre Blue Face Leicester Lace 

to make this stunning shawl. 

The shawl is light weight and very soft. 

We have this yarn in about 12 different beautiful hand dyed colours.

We also have other lace weight yarns that would also look lovely.

The best part of all of this is that we have the yarn and it is a free pattern on Ravelry.

Hope to see you soon so that you can get started on your own special shawl.

The mail man is always busy dropping off boxes of "goodies". 

Recently there was new colours of Cascade Yarns and quite a few new books. 

 We will be having a booth (#46 - to the right of the front door) at the Knitter's Frolic in Toronto 

on Saturday April 27th.

As a result we will have special shop hours 

  Friday April 26th - closing at 3:00 

Saturday April 27th - closed all day

Remember - it is spring in the shop - even if it not so outside!

Hope to see "ewe" soon.

Sakura - what is it!

Sakura is a wonderful new yarn in the shop.

 Actually there are two  Sakura yarns 

Sakura Silk - a silk/cotton/acrylic blend

and Sakura Cotton - a cotton/acrylic/silk blend

This yarn feels wonderful and it is so much fun to knit with. 

It is a self patterning yarn that does all the work - you "just" knit or crochet with it.

The 2 yarns actually look the same and feel quite similar but as you can see

  they are made of similar fibres but a different blend of each.

 I decided to knit a shawl using the Sakura Silk -

 I felt it would show off the self pattern yarn very nicely - which it does.

I used Cabin Fever pattern #92
- Judy's Ruffled Shawlette.

 Here is our finished project. I hope you like it as much as I do.
The shawl is hanging crooked in the picture because it was really windy when I took it
 but it actually drapes beautifully.

Sakura is a kw weight yarn - some free patterns for it just arrived.

- hat, scarf, shrug, fingerless gloves.

Come in a touch our sample and you will fall in love with Sakura.

Spring is here!

The calendar says Spring but not so sure when looking out the window.

If you want to find Spring be sure to drop in to the shop.

We have so many wonderful Spring colours to brighten your day that you will instantly feel happy and want to pick up your needles and hooks to start a n"ewe" project.

Sirdar Crofter
This cute little girl's sweater was knit by Edythe.
She used Sirdar Crofter DK in one of their n"ewe" colours called May
 - wrong month but we know May will be here before we know it.
We have been selling this yarn for years - everyone loves it.
This yarn comes in lots of colours for the whole family and has good pattern support.
 They keep introducing great n"ewe" colours and we have them for your "creating" pleasure.
The joy of this yarn that is is self patterning - you knit and the yarn does the work!
This cute sweater is on display in the shop - thanks Edythe.

Let's hope that the "real" Spring arrives soon.
Remember to keep your needles and hooks busy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

March 17th is supposed to be a lucky day so hope you have lots of luck.

This is one of our St. Patrick's Day displays in the shop. 

It is featuring our favourite yarn from Ireland

 - Hedgehog Fibres.

If you love the colour green then you are in luck.

 I just walked around the shop

 and there are over 100 different kinds of green yarn or balls with green in them.
We also have green yarn bowls, little green notion boxes
and even sheep mugs and small bags from Ireland.

Thought you would like to see this cute little cardigan knit by Cecile - one of our customers.

Cecile used Sirdar Smiley Stripes in one of their new colours

called Honolulu - think lovely tropical colours including green.

Have fun knitting & hope to see "ewe" soon.

Cute and Cuddly

We had some cute visitors in the shop the other day. 

Penny the puppy was knit by Linda and lives at the shop. 

Linda's daughter Emily gave the puppy her name.

The 2 bears that came to visit were knit by Liz - one of our customers.

Liz named her bears Laurel and Hardy.

They had fun being admired and cuddled by our customers.

These cute and cuddly "Critters" are knitted using Caribou yarn.

 It is so.... soft and comes in a nice selection of  "critter" colours!

When you knit you use one strand of Caribou and one strand of a matching DK weight yarn. 

This gives your "critter" a nice firm shape.

Our puppy is looking shy as she has no eyes. We are waiting for safety eyes to arrive.

Liz embroidered eyes and noses on her bears.

I am sure that you would love to make one or more of the Caribou Critter
- there is also a monkey - for some one special including yourself.

I have just added more yarn to the sale area and marked down the prices on a lot more.
A great time to add to your stash!

Liberty Wool Print and Tincatknits

Here is my finished Liberty Wool Print children's cardigan. 

It has  faux cable ribbing and hood. 

Knitting with this self patterning yarn is lots of fun.

Another fun thing is that this is a free online pattern.

We are now carrying a n"ewe" line of patterns called
Tincanknits.

Tincanknits consists of 2 young designers with an eye for fashion 

and they are located in British Columbia.

They write easy to read patterns and many of the patterns start at newborn and go to 4XL!

Look closely and "ewe" will see hats, mitts, cowls, kids and adult sweaters, socks and even a baby blanket.

Hope to see "ewe" soon to check out my cute sweater and our n"ewe" patterns!