Woodstock Fleece Festival

This past Saturday we had a booth at the Woodstock Fleece Festival.

Waiting for the show to start

Our colourful booth 

Lots and lots of wonderful items for the shoppers

Hopefully we made a lot of knitters very happy!

Silk Wool

This n"ewe" yarn  - Silk Wool - by SMC Select is wonderful!
The silk adds a bit of a shine to it. 
The yarn is a light weight chunky with a chain construction and fashionable colours.
There is a special pattern book with a super selection of patterns for the Silk Wool.
Be sure to come in to see and feel our sample sweater.

Fall at the shop!

The shop is really full of many wonderful yarns and lots of patterns to go with them.

Lace/Fingering Corner

You will find this delightful corner in the front room beside the couch.
 Lace and fingering yarns are so gratifying to create with.

Double Knitting yarn in front room

On this wall you will find all kinds of lovely soft yarns for  baby and "ewe'.

N'ewe" yarn room

In this room you will find super bulky yarns and fun thick novelty yarns
- also binders full of patterns for adults, mitts, hats, sock, blankets and lots more.

Keep cozy and warm wearing these sweaters

The vest is made of super bulky light weight Naturally Gabbiano.
The hooded sweater is made of dk weight Berocco Ultra Alpaca Tonal.

Friday Oct. 21 - closing at 4:00
Sat. Oct. 22 - closed all day

Come visit us at the Woodstock Fleece Festival! 

Books and Yarn

I hope that you found some time to knit or crochet over the Thanksgiving weekend.

 I did!

Books keep arriving and our binders and shelves are getting very full. 

"Gift giving" time is fast approaching - hard to believe that it is the middle of October already.

These 2 books have patterns for great "gift giving" projects.

 Everyone loves hand knitted slippers 

 - Inspiration Slippers -

 has just the patterns you need.

The other book

  Inspiration Family Styles - Back to Basics 

 has loads of patterns for the whole family. 

There are cardigans with and without hoods, round and v-neck vests, hand warmers and scarves for the whole family - size 2 to adult 3x.

Regia Colour Blitz

Everyone loves sock yarns - whether for socks, scarves, shawls or whatever.
 Be sure to come in and check out the new colours in Regia Colour Blitz.
They are "fun" and a bit different.

Remember
next Friday Oct. 21st - closing at 4:00 and closed all day Saturday Oct. 22nd
We have a  booth at the Woodstock Fleece Festival.

Pins and Yarn

There is always n"ewe" in the shop and I love sharing it with you.

Actually brooches is a better word to describe these fun "pins" for knitters and crocheters.

They are made by Sarah Reesor - a local artist who lives in southern Ontario.

You will find sheep - of course - cats and dogs.
Aall are painted in a fun way and decorated with a felted ball, beads and wire.

Aventica

Aventica is a "light" chunky yarn with a chain construction that results in it being light weight and cozy.
 It comes in 10 delight colours that form wonderful colour patterns as you knit.

There are 2 pattern books - Inspiration - Colour Effects for Kids - sweaters (ages 1 to 8 years) plus the cutest toys knit from the same yarn to match the sweaters.

The other book - Inspiration - Beautiful Colour Effects for Adults - includes patterns for sweaters, shawls, vests, hats. scarves and leg warmers.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend
and
 be sure to find time to pick up your needles and hooks.

Be Thankful that you know how to knit and crochet.

More Dye Version

Our customers love Dye Version yarns because of their wonderful fibres and brilliant colours. Also because it is a local company - Mississauga!

BFL Sock

The BFL stands for Bluefaced Leicester which is a breed of sheep. This  fingering weight yarn is 80% BFL and 20 % nylon. BFL Sock would make absolutely stunning shawls and scarves.

Bamboo Sock

I know a lot of you love bamboo towels, clothing and bedding - well how about trying some Bamboo Sock. This yarn is a bamboo/lycra blend which is heavenly to work with and your feet will love it.

All for now - happy knitting and crocheting!

N"ewe" and K-W Knitters' Fair

Here is our booth at the Knitters' Fair.

We had a double booth this year, so had to take lots and lots with us.

We had super comments about our displays and selections in our booth.

From the left



Smiling at the beginning of the day and also at the end even though we had tired feet!

from the right
We have to tease you by showing you some n"ewe" yarns that just arrived.
We are excited because they are "local" yarns.

The top and bottom yarns are from Waterloo Wools from Waterloo Ontario.

They are both hand dyed by a lovely young lady who just became a Mummy!

The top one - Brighton - is a fingering superwash//tencel blend.

The bottom one  - Algonquin - is a fingering superwash merino/silk blend.

The middle yarn is from Oceanwind Knits from Teeswater Ontario.

This yarn is Merino Lace & is a hand dyed merino wool.

Any of these yarns would make stunning shawls, wraps, scarfs or what ever!

The picture does not do these yarns justice - come and see the stunning colours for yourself.

I am pleased to say they are selling quickly.

Kintters, Fair

Hi Everyone,

I am doing the blog today but unfortunately without pictures. My "techie"/Bob is not available and I cannot get the pictures to attach to this post. I will send them next week.

First of all thanks to all of you who came and visited us at the Knitters' Fair last weekend.

 It was great to see friendly faces.

It was a lot of work getting ready for the fair, loading the van, unloading the van, setting up, selling all day, loading the van, unloading the van and then setting up the shop again.

 But it also was a lot of fun - it really was! 

We are doing it again next year!

If you missed this fair or want to visit another fair,

we are going to be at the

Woodstock Fleece Festival

on Sat. Oct. 22nd.

 This is the Festivals' third year and it gets bigger and better each year.

 Of course, because we are going to be there! 

They also have lambs and other animals to visit, spinning demos, etc.

Besides doing the Fairs and Festivals it is very busy in the shop.

 Believe it or not - there are more n"ewe" yarns.

 The shop is very  full with lots yarns and patterns - it is a knitters'  paradise!

N"ewe"  - King Llama and Silk
                      - Park Avenue - scarf yarn
                      - Fine Merino Lace by Oceanwinds - an Ontario yarn dyer
                      - Handyed fingering by Waterloo Wools - another Ontario yarn dyer

"Ewe" just have to come in to touch and be inspired!

Hope to see you soon.

Remember - we are now open on Mondays until next summer!