What HAVEN'T we gotten in....

I know I've said this before but - hokey smokes! We have SO much new stuff that we had to go out and buy more shelves! That's right ladies and germs - MORE SHELVES. I honestly think it would take less time to list what we don't have in the shop at the moment. I wanted to upload photos but there seems to be a problem with the blog site at the moment. I'll try to upload photos tomorrow! We have new Debbie Bliss, ShiBui, Marisol yarns, Lana Grossa merinos, Louisa Harding and Berroco yarns, and on, and on... You'll just have to come by to see it all.

Thanks to everyone who attended our fantastic Fleece Artist Knit Nite! We had a wonderful time and there were some fantastic new yarn and kits to be seen. We kept as much as we could and can order whatever you need.

We hope to see many of you at the Louet show this Friday. Who could pass up beautiful yarn patterns, door prizes, and MORE free wine and cheese! Be sure to let us know if you plan to attend. (You must be present to be eligible for the door prizes.)

Louet Fashion Show reminder!

An Evening with LOUET

Join us for an evening of wine, cheese, fun and fashion featuring beautiful garments from Louet.

October 19, 2007
6:00 to 9:00 PM

This is a special event and we need your RSVP by Tuesday, October 16. All those who RSVP will be entered into a FREE drawing for a lovely Louet Felted Pillow Kit! (Must be present to win.)

We've been buried!

Hi there - Ellen here! I had every intention of being able to do a regular post while Deb and Victoria were gone, but alas and alack the UPS guy (Santa, or Steve) had other ideas in mind. In the last week and a half, we've received at least 35 boxes of new fall yarns!

Most of the new Debbie Bliss is in - lovely new shades of Cashmerino Aran, and Astrakhan and we now also have the new Rialto aran. Also in stock are the Cashmerino DK and Baby Cashmerino.

There are new Noro Silk Garden DK and Bulky yarns, and so, so much more.

And then there is the sock yarn. We know how much you all love to knit socks. We love to knit socks too. We have almost a full wall of sock yarn now. The Lana Grossa Meilenweit is in both in cotton blends and wool blends. Fleece Artist should be here by Friday.

There is new stock in Zephyr wool/silk laceweight. We've got a curry color (have you seen the Bee Fields Stole on the knitspot blog? Oh my......) vanilla, white, agean blue; with black and sage green coming in as soon as they can.

So, so many fun yarns and great pattern support right now. I guess I didn't mention books. We still have more coming, but our shelves are also brimming with all of the new fall titles. Just too many to list, but come on in and we will help you find them.

Don't forget that this Friday is Knit Night. We have Kathryn, aka Fleece Artist, and her daughter Jana, aka Hand Maiden coming in to do a trunk show, yarn testing and I've heard rumors there are some drawings of some sort. We'll have a wine and cheese tasting and just alot of fun for the evening. Mark your calendar for 6-9 this Friday, October 5th.

Be sure and take a peek online at our new fall class schedule too! Hope to see you Friday!

Stop the madness!!

OMG- there is SO much coming in and going out that I haven't had a free minute to blog! (deep cleansing breaths, deeeeep cleeeeeeeaaaansing breeeeeeaaaathsssssss) OK, that's better.



We've been working like mad fiends to get the new class list in print. The web site has most of the classes listed - there are still a few additions to be made - and I should have the paper copy to the printers today. Not sure why it has taken so long this time but, well, it has. Sorry!

First, let me say that the Sock Pals II exchange was great and everyone who participated was thrilled! What a fun group. There were calls for doing it every three months but I think we'll stick to every 6 months for now or until we figure out how to do it more often.
New stuff keeps coming in by the truckload - literally!!! We have this wonderful new display thingy for all our new Louet yarn. (I got to put it together, of course. Yipee!) We have Gems (100% Merino) in Super Fine/Fingering and Fine/Sport weights, KidLin (49% Linen, 35% Kid Mohair, 16% Nylon), and Riverstone bulky weight (100% wool)

The new Autunno yarn (100% Fine Merino) is fiberific (my new word). I think the red might have to come home with me..... And we just got 4 new colors from the Opal Rainforest 3 collection.
Last but never least, we now have Noro Silk Garden Chunky.
AND.....today is Victoria's birthday!!!!! Be sure to give her happy thoughts today!

Noni Bag Trunk Show

Ohhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh. Fun and functional Noni bags are here! Come in and see the bags, buy the patterns, and get your yarn so you can work on one (or more) of these fun bags this Fall.

Incoming!!!

As promised, some of the new yarns that are making an appearance for the first time:
Nashua Vignette - 100% superwash wool


Nashua Grand Opera - 86% Wool, 9% Viscose, 5% Polyamid


Trendsetter Boboli - 40% Mohair, 40% Polyamid, 20% Acrylic


Bouton d'Or - Songe 20% Kid mohair, 70% Viscose, 10% Polyamid


Anny Blatt - Trianon 32% Mohair, 32% Laine, 36% Polyamid


and Anny Blatt scarf kits

More New Stuff!

It is that time of year when big boxes get delivered and we start wondering where to put everything! Between now and mid October, we should have all of our "new" yarns and teaware in the shop. What I thought I would do blog-wise during this time period is try to post as often as I can about the new stuff - not a lot of detail, just "look at this!" type of entries. So, along those lines, here is what came in today:

New TOFUtisie colors

And here is the Simple Cardigan from Peace Fleece that Ellen just finished. We also received a new shipment of buttons from Durango - mostly metal, some wood, and some shell.