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Hipster
I made it to the cast off. I think I am going to leave off the fringes and add tassels to the two ends. I think. I'm going to decide after someone blocks my shawl. (Hi Alex!)I love this pattern. I need...
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Little Green House
Mr. Canada Post visited this morning with yarn from GarnStories.Today's colours are pictured and are on the website. There is another box sitting somewhere in Germany.I used GarnStories to knit Chevron...
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Waves
Stephen West has a new shawl pattern. Meet Sea Swell. Hurry, there is a discount on it for the next few days.This relaxing garter stitch project plays with short rows and I-cord edges to create a large...
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Basketball
Today's yarn addition to the website is TY-DY Cotton from Knit One, Crochet Too.Ty-Dy cotton is our beautiful rainbow-dyed, self striping yarn in 100% cotton. This ultra soft worsted weight yarn is...
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Driving Miss Lucy
I received a happy email from our friends at Hedgehog this morning. They are sending us more yarn next week.We will see lots of Merino DK. I'm a bit obsessed with this yarn after using it for my...
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New Cotton
We added new yarns to the website today. Pretty yarns for spring and summer. Meet Sun Kissed Speckled from Ella Rae. It is 100% cotton and has 240m on a 100gram ball.This is Ella Rae's Denim DK. There...
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Non Troppo
Cathy knit Non Troppo (pattern purchased on Ravelry) and it is a beautiful scarf.non troppo is a dream of cloudy lightness and funky elegance, inspired by ma non troppo, a recent Ziggurat pullover I...
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BOR
Enamel Pins from Twill & Print arrived today.We also received Progress Keepers.It took me a few minutes to figure out BOR - beginning of round.The Atenti Turquoise Poppies Grand Tote- Colorful...
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Damage to my Visa card
I had fun doing orders today. Yarn and bags. Life doesn't get much better than that!Coming from Primrose in about a month. There will be 12 colours in all coming.VINTAGE DK-DK weight -85% Superwash...
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A Day of Boxes
I looked at my calendar today and it is already the end of March. Where has the month gone? Where has the year gone? I need to finish my March newsletter. That is tomorrow's job.Our Spring/Summer hours...
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It's Hereditary
I had to run out for a while so I left Lynn and Alex to change all the clothes on the mannequins.They made a bit of a mess (and cleaned it up) and now we're ready for spring.Alex is working on her...
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Photo Shoot
My friend and I did a photo shoot this afternoon. What a beautiful day! I had to be very careful walking through the garden. There were quite a few green leaves sprouting from the ground.My Hipster is...
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What happened to spring?
Our friend Brian Smith has a new shawl pattern out. His colours are shouting Spring. Unfortunately spring left us today. It is cold and rainy and we have a chance of snow tonight.This top down half...
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Seriously, what happened to spring?
Meet Cafe Knitting from Stephen West. The pattern is purchased on Ravelry.One of my favorite activities is knitting in a cozy cafe drinking coffee, eating pastries, and simply enjoying the day with...
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Hue Loco
I love my Double Your Pleasure Wrap from Prism Yarns. Cathy and Sue visited from Buffalo on Friday and have both knit the kit. They are each going to knit it again because they love it so much. The...
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Stay Out Of The Forest
Cathy loves to knit for other people. She is knitting cowls for her mom, aunt, sister, cousin.... Hopefully she makes one for herself.This is the Sanibel Cowl. It is a free pattern from Classic Elite....
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Come Frolic With Us!
Brian Smith has been busy. Here is another new pattern - the Noro Entrelac Wrap (pattern purchased on Ravelry)This entrelac wrap works the lighter panel first, then picks up stitches around two edges...
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Home Run
Ambah O'Brien knocked it out of the park with this design. Meet Orianna. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.Cast on Orianna and have fun knitting as you play with subtle textures and colour...
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Backpack
There is a new shawl pattern from SweetGeorgia that uses a Party of Five mini skein kit. You can purchase the pattern for Colour Crests on Ravelry.Cresting waves of lace and purls seem to dance across...
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Showing Off Finished Projects
Cathy finished Free Your Fade in beautiful spring colours. She used Rockshelter Sock - one of my favourite yarns in Sage, Claude Monet and Pisgah National Forest.I bought new mannequins for the store...
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