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June 25, 2007 it’s a brand new weekIt’s a brand new week and all the delivery folk in town just love us! Look what came our way…
Filed Under: What's New? June 23, 2007 Spin ‘n’ Knit Sunday, New Yarn, New ShawlsSpin ‘n’ Knit Sunday is tomorrow, from 1:00 to 4:00. Bring your latest project, bring your wheel/spindle; plan to have fun. This is a social hour, and we’ve been known to get a little rowdy. It’s too darn hot to be outside — come join us! New Yarn
If you guessed that the new yarn pictured last week was Colinette Jitterbug, you were right. We had our first shipment of this colorful sock yarn, and it’s been going like hotcakes! I had been reluctant to buy this yarn because of its short yardage, but my sales rep swears that you can get a decent sized pair of socks from one skein, so I decided to give it a try. There’s a pattern on the ball band, and I made the largest size, following the pattern exactly. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had used well less than half of the skein on sock number one.
This week we received our first shipment of yarn from Kollage, a yarn company based here in Alabama! The first yarn pictured is Cornucopia, a tape yarn made of, yes indeed, corn. It’s very lightweight and easy to knit. It will work well for summer tops. We also received a supply of Luscious, a fingering weight blend of cotton and lycra that’s perfect for warm weather socks. New Shawls and Other Show and Tell Just look at these beauties! This is Robin, who came to Knit Night last week with her Spinner’s Shawl made from, of course, her own handspun Shetland wool. Isn’t she lovely?
This week we had a visit from Beth early in the morning, because she just completed her Angel Lace Shawl. She plans to give it to a woman who has lost a child. What a touching, compassionate gift.
Bev Galeskas, owner of Fiber Trends, describes this shawl as “a wonderful reminder of all the angels in our lives — winged or otherwise.” I think so. I’d like to leave you with these pictures of Evelyn, an extraordinarily creative soul. Not wanting to waste a single bit of fiber, she takes all the little bits and pieces of yarn she has, chops them up in her blender and cards them in with her wool to spin. Look at the hat she wore to Knit Night this week! Isn’t it great?
Filed Under: What's New?, Spin 'n' Knit Sunday, Customer Show and Tell June 14, 2007 compelling reason #316 to come to Knit NightBrand new sock yarn! Never before seen at Yarn Expressions. Come by and find out what it is.
Filed Under: What's New? June 14, 2007 Thursday’s bits and piecesFirst things first — it’s Knit Night time again. Come one, come all, get out of the heat and have fun knitting and spinning with us. We’re here till 7:00. Knitters Retreat The deadline is approaching, and we haven’t met our minimum yet. We need four more people to make this event happen. If you were thinking about signing up but just forgot, here’s your reminder. This one’s going to be easygoing and relaxed; take class if you want, or just come to knit, visit, commune with nature and have no responsibilities to anyone! Who can argue with that? Details and registration form are yours by clicking the button at the top right of the web page that says 2007 Knitters Retreat. It’s a Community, Folks Lately there’s been discussion on several of the knitting message boards about LYS etiquette regarding showing up with projects made with yarn not purchased at that shop. Some feel that it’s rude to ask for help at a place where you didn’t buy the yarn. Some also feel it’s inappropriate to show off yarn purchased elsewhere. At Yarn Expressions we help anyone with any thing we can. Our goal is to help you feel more comfortable with knitting, and to make you want to be part of our community. That purpose would be defeated if we turned away every person who walked in here with yarn they bought someplace else. In 12+ years that policy hasn’t been abused, so we see no reason to change it. ‘Nuf said. Filed Under: General June 10, 2007 cleaning out the cameraI thought you might like to see the photos I’ve been collecting in my camera…
That’s it for now. Hope you enjoyed the show and tell! Tomorrow we’ll resume the market report. Filed Under: Customer Show and Tell, General June 7, 2007 a Twisted Sister comes to Huntsville
Lynne Vogel, author of Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook has a new book coming out, The Twisted Sister Knit Sweaters. What’s really cool about this is that she’s almost a neighbor (Sewanee isn’t that far away), so she’s coming for a visit. We’re doing a meet the author event on Sunday, August 26th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Not only will we have books for Lynne to sign, but she’s bringing some of her hand dyed yarn and fiber for us to ooh and aah over (and buy, of course). I’m also trying to wangle a trunk show of the designs from the book for that weekend. We’d like to have a head count for this event, so if you’re interested in attending, leave a comment here and we’ll add your name to the list. There’s no charge, but I’d like to make sure we have enough chairs. This is going to be fun! Filed Under: special events June 6, 2007 market reportI’m back! Market was a whirlwind of activity, as always. This year it was doubly enjoyable because I had the chance to share it with my daughter, Liz. You can read her account of the weekend at Manning Knits. I took several classes during the weekend, but the highlight was meeting Lucy Neatby and learning double knit techniques from her. She’s an amazing designer and teacher. This sweater she’s holding is one of her fair isle designs — it would be a lifetime project for moi. So what did she buy, you ask. Lots, and lots, and lots. So much that I have to tell you about it in more than one post. I’ll start with what’s coming in this month.
Come back tomorrow, when I’ll tell you about a special book signing we’re going to have in August. Filed Under: Market News |
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