We had to contain our excitement last week when FOUR colors of the PATRICIA ROBERTS LAMBSWOOL arrived. After all, our Fall sale loomed ahead and we wanted to feature the fantastic bargains that so many of you scooped up this weekend. But now we can crow about this fabulous yarn. You may recall we found it in London and fell in love with everything about it: the hand, the colors, the gauge....and even the price! We are nearly done with our sweater in the ivory and can honestly say that we have enjoyed every row, even the 25 we had to rip out on Friday night (note to self, knock off the wine when knitting)! Wait until you see this yarn. This is sweater yarn, folks. DK gauge, fine lambswool that is as soft as can be. How much do we love this yarn? We love it so much that we dealt with the fact that each color came in in different gram weights and without reference to yardage. So pricing became a challenge until the wonderful PATRICIA ROBERTS herself emailed us a mathematical formula to figure out yardage. Each skein is marked now, but you will notice a difference in price among colors since we have small skeins, medium skeins, and huge honker hanks! We can help you figure out how much you need for your project; we used four, or about 1200 yards, for a cabled sweater. You literally would have to go to London to find this yarn; we are the only store in the U.S. carrying her lambswool. And stay tuned for the cotton in the spring. Use any DK pattern to support this yarn; check out the Elsebeth Lavold ones; we think they will show off the yarn especially well.

And about our sale. Whew! Thanks first to Martha, who worked three of the four days of the sale; Marietta, Jessica, Karina, Lynne, Adrian (who worked even though she wasn't on the schedule), and Lew (who gave up a football Sunday to help). We truly have an amazing staff. We had four crazy busy days at the shop. We loved every minute of it because of the smiles on everyone's faces as they left the store with bargains. Some folks even got carry-out service to their cars! We concluded the sale with our annual drawing, and are pleased to announce the following winners:

3rd Place (Sally Melville Styles): Gillian Van Brakle
2nd Place (Susan Todd Knitting Bag): Barbara Pezzlo
and the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of a 15% discount for one full year:
LAURA RATNER.

Congratulations All!!! And thanks for all of your support and good wishes over the past three years!

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