WINTER 2010 Class Schedule
The WINTER 2010 Class Schedule is available here.
Winter provides an opportunity to get back to your own knitting and crocheting! Enough of the selfless gift giving. Take a deep breath and join us this winter for the Saturday Knitalongs and/or our shorter Sunday in the Salon programs. All programs are FREE OF CHARGE and are held from 2-4 PM. Please respect our policy and work with yarns purchased from WoolWinders. Thanks!
February 7: Snowboard Hat: Get out your big needles and superbulky yarn for this weekend knit that will keep your head warm through the rest of the winter!
February 14: Felted Ballet Slippers: Love to make slippers but hate doing short rows? This is the pattern for you. Knit flat and sewn together—add a great button and you are good to go!
February 21: Reverse Cable Scarf: One of our most popular programs. We will teach you to make a scarf that has cables on both sides.
February 28: Pocket Scarf: Keep your hands toasty warm in this really easy and yet unique scarf.
March 7: Cable Headband: As spring approaches, you might not need the warmth of a whole hat. Make this headband instead.
March 14: Laurel Pram Blanket: We are often asked “What can I do with ONE SKEIN of Laurel”? Here’s your answer. The very talented Stephanie designed a few “pram” or stroller blanket patterns that are featured in the Spring Newsletter. And we’ll show you how fantastic they are!
March 21: Felted Oven Mitts: Get a jump on Mother’s Day gifts with these clever oven mitts that are knit and then felted for ultimate protection!
March 28: Spring Crocus Tote: Welcome in spring with a felted tote that features the first seasonal flower as embellishment.
Join us each Saturday for longer Knitalongs. Whether you want these fall beauties to end up as gifts to yourself or others is totally your call! All programs are free of charge and run from 2-4 PM. Please respect our shop and work with yarn purchased from WoolWinders.
JANUARY: Fair Isle/Aran Afghan Squares Requires more advanced knitting skills, including pattern reading. Join Paige as she guides your through both the Fair Isle and Aran (cable) techniques to make a beautiful afghan.
FEBRUARY: February Lady Sweater. OK, corny, we know. But let’s celebrate the month with its eponymous sweater. And it’s flattering to boot.
MARCH: Laurel Shawl Make this beautiful lace shawl out of the hand-dyed Laurel yarn to welcome in spring!
 Newsletter Archives WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon
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404 King Farm Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850 240-632-YARN (9276)
 Monday, February 27, 2006
BLUE HERON YARNS!
We love dealing with local companies, especially when they produce yarns as exquisite as the ones from BLUE HERON on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. And when the owner can just "drop by" with tons of yarn in his car!
The fabulous Damien visited last week, and what we didn't take as cash and carry, he sent as soon as he returned. Come check out the spring offerings in cotton, rayon, and silk blends. We fell in love with these last year and keep increasing the number of yarns we carry from BLUE HERON. And though we took a picture of all the yarns we received today with our new cell phone, we are unsure of how to email the picture so Lew can put it up on the website. (Baby steps....baby steps...). So hopefully Lew will be able to help with that tonight. But to entice you, we can relate that one of our wonderful customers bought two skeins of the WOVEN COTTEN RIBBON right out of the box.And we also stocked BEADED RAYON, COTTON/RAYON SEED, and PETITE RAYON RIC RAC. We're thinking these won't last long.......
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Friday, February 24, 2006
TAMARA'S BLANKET
We simply LOVE when customers email us pictures of finished products, particularly when they adorn subjects as cute as the one below. Tamara finished her KOIGU BIG BAD BABY BLANKET and promptly wrapped her beautiful niece in it! Isn't she great? And isn't the blanket great too????
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 11:46 AM | permalink |
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
IF YOU THOUGHT THE SHEEP TAPE MEASURERS WERE CUTE....
...check out the BEES we received from Lantern Moon. A bit of a spring fancy! They are just adorable.
Also from LANTERN MOON, full range of needles in 12" length as well as DPNs. These were requested by several customers, and we LOVE to hear from you!
And we received the last box from PATRICIA ROBERTS YARN. We were knitting like the wind last night to finish our WOOL in the WOODS shell JUST so we could start on our PATRICIA ROBERTS short sleeve top out of her fine cotton. And the yarn did NOT disappoint. Great soft cotton. Great clarity of color (pink). Now to fit into our white jeans for a complete ensemble. Maybe by the time we finish the top!
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
NEW OFFERINGS!
We thought John the UPS Guy had passed us by, but no. He brought several boxes of assorted sizes. We saw the shipping labels and squealed in delight, causing him to remark that we were consistently his happiest customers.
What caused the glee?
1. New Elsebeth Lavold book: THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. Gorgeous designs in dk/worsted weight yarn.
2. New color of KATIA JAMAICA, our current favorite kids' yarn for spring
3. Colinette GIOTTO in previously sold out colorways SAHARA and MONET
4. Restocks of the popular TRES JOLIE shawl pattern
5. ANNE sock yarn from Schaefer Yarns
and (drum roll please)
6. ANDREA and PATTY,, new silk yarns from Cheryl herself. Given our opinion of most silks, you have to know how fabulous these yarns are for us to buy them. Think shawls and scarves in her Memorable Women colorways. We sold one 1000 yard skein of Andrea right out of the box!
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PATRICIA ROBERTS COTTON
Ready for the softest cotton you have ever imagined? Ready to work on small (or smallish) needles? Take a peek at the PATRICIA ROBERTS COTTON we just received from London. We are one of a handful of American stores that are fortunate enough to carry her yarns--they are nothing short of exquisite. How exquisite? Well, we are about to knit a sweater on size 2 and 3 needles--that's how much we loved her cotton when we saw it last summer! First drawn to her clarity of colors, we fell in love with the hand of both her lambswool and cotton. We have a few colors in both the FINE COTTON (4 PLY) and COTTON 2 (DK WEIGHT) and are expecting more within the next week. Whether you want to knit tops or just find a soft cotton carry along, check out these yarns! And we have plenty of pattern support including some gorgeous designs in the new RYC books from Rowan.
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 11:50 AM | permalink |
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
MORE SPRING GOODIES!
John the UPS Guy never disappoints. This morning he wheeled in three big boxes. And we are now restocked with beautiful knitting bags from BUTTERMILK ROAD DESIGNS (our last shipment lasted a week at the store!) as well as last year's favorite cotton STRIA (and corresponding pattern books). Not to give MANOS short shrift--we continually run out of this yarn and it is back in stock.
As are our necessary NOTIONS from Bryson. If you need a darning needle, knit check, crochet hook or the like, come on by! We've got 'em.
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Monday, February 13, 2006
NECESSARY NEEDLES
The last of our needle orders was rolled into the shop by John the UPS Guy-Crystal Palace short bamboo and dpns are now back in stock! We are also stocked with the spring issue of INTERWEAVE KNITS (we want to knit the cover sweater, always a good sign!) and Debbie Bliss' new PURE SILK pattern collection. Although we didn't order the yarn (because our focus group of customers agreed that most silk yarn IS, in fact, like the really cute guy with bad breath and no sense of humor) the patterns are GORGEOUS and will work well with her CATHAY yarn, among others. And yes, the patterns have schematics. You go, Deb.
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 12:59 PM | permalink |
Sunday, February 12, 2006
SNOW DAY
We woke to 10 inches of the fluffy stuff this morning, so we have hunkered down with Netflix and our knitting. Please do the same and stay safe! Assuming our streets get plowed we will be open tomorrow, but check the blog and call the shop before heading out.
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 10:06 AM | permalink |
Friday, February 10, 2006
THE PERFECT STORM
FINALLY!!!! They are calling for snow in our area and no knitter wants to be caught inside without a suitable project. As if that weren't incentive enough, the Olympics start tonight. And we are having a VALENTINE'S DAY SALE featuring 15% off all yarns with even the least bit of RED, WHITE, or PINK in them. So as those three forces converge, come on in to WoolWinders to check out new spring arrivals as well as winter favorites.
If we really do get the storm they are predicting (isn't being a weather person the perfect job? You can be wrong almost all the time and yet never get fired!), please call the store before heading out. We will have a suitable message on the voicemail if we have closed the shop.
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 10:05 AM | permalink |
Thursday, February 9, 2006
AND THE SPRING YARNS JUST KEEP COMING!!!
We didn't think we would see John the UPS Guy today, but he wheeled in three boxes from Knitting Fever this morning. Know what that means? Spring Noro. Spring Debbie Bliss. Spring cottons!!!!
And what goodies were within! Remember those adorable necklaces made from Noro Daria last summer? We didn't have a skein left by mid-June. Well, hurry in to choose from 10 colors! The pattern is free with purchase. And we are very excited about Noro's new spring offering-Tidiori. Gorgeous colors, of course, in a 4.5 to the inch rayon/cashmere/nylon blend that is sure to provide both drape AND memory!
Not to slight other favorites. More colors of Debbie Bliss CATHAY which is a gorgeous yarn for lightweight three season sweaters. And finally, Martha's favorite chunky cottons (great for quick baby blankets!) PATAGONIA and NATURE COTTON. Both tone on tone and variegated colors dominate.
More to come. This was about half of our KNITTING FEVER order. Stay tuned. We are swatching as fast as we can!
And don't forget about our VALENTINE'S DAY SALE! From now through close of business Tuesday, take 15% off any yarns with pink, red or white in them. All sales are final.
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