October 19, 2007

HELLO WINTER

Mitten knittin' season has finally arrived! Just in time for the Mitten Workshop, scheduled for next Sunday, 12/16 from 1-3 pm. Somehow this one never got posted on the website (it's there now, with a few others as well). If you can't make the class, please enjoy this pattern ~ it's a good one, modeled after a pair I did for "Knitter's Stash" a compilation (recently reprinted) of knits designed by yarn shop owners. Often you will find an in house pattern collection available at your lys, please ask about ours the next time you're in the shop!

Oh yeah, the shelves are stocked full of winter yarns!!! All kinds of blends; mohair, alpaca, merino, llama; in great colors and plenty of them, are waiting to be transformed into SCARVES HATS MITTENS HANDWARMERS SWEATERS SHRUGS SHAWLS AFGHANS and other great stuff. Especially notable, (although we love all the new yarn) is Venezia, a soft and lustrous blend of merino and silk worsted. It's priced so well at 14. for a 218 yard skein, and all you need is one to make the now classic Knitty "Fetching" handwarmers. More combinations for the very popular Blue Sky Brushed Suri and Alpaca SIlk scarf will be in by Friday (whipped cream, toasted marshmallow, lollipop, sweet potato pie, snow cone, and pink lemonade, all as yummy as they sound). So come and get it while it's cold, and knit on with your bad self!