Sunday, September 9th for the SUNDAY IN THE SALON project, we will be tackling a classic, beautiful lace shawl. We will cover chart reading as well as traditional lace techniques. This SUNDAY IN THE SALON is for the proficient knitter. If you attempted lace in the past, this is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen those skills, while learning a few new ones! As always, refreshments will be served. The class runs from 2-4pm, and we ask that you call the store to reserve your spot in the class. A list of materials will follow next week.

The store will be closed on Monday, September 3rd for the Labor Day holiday. We wish all of you a safe, and happy holiday weekend!

We are so excited about the selection and multitude of Fall classes, about which we just can’t say enough! We are anxiously awaiting the web posting on September 1st…but want to share a sample with you now. Paige, our resident expert of Fair Isle, will be teaching FAIR ISLE WITHOUT FEAR Wednesday mornings in October and November. Paige will also teach INTARSIA Friday morning November 5th. Kathy will enlighten us on the many different ways to cast on, with the appropriately named CAST ON METHODS, a single session class Sunday, October 28th from 10 til noon. And once you perfect all of the ways to start your knitting project, you’ll want to learn FINISHING TECHNIQUES, also taught by Kathy, Sunday mornings December 2nd and 9th. Of course, the printed schedules are in the store, so stop by soon, as customers are eagerly signing up!

In assorted sizes and lengths, the ADDI NEEDLES have arrived! We’ve been feverishly sorting and pricing the much sought after needles, and they’re ready for you to pick up and use for your end-of-summer project!

We know this yarn is fabulous; we literally can’t keep it in stock and order it on a monthly basis. It is great for shrugs, baby blankets, sweaters and the like, but we admit that we didn’t know how great it was for the BABY BOBBIE BEAR pattern. Our friend CAROL set us straight:

And yes, we have the patttern and the yarn in stock!

We weren’t expecting any shipments today, but in walked a substitute UPS Guy with three enormous boxes. Two contained all sorts of goodies from ROWAN including new colors of KIDSILK HAZE and TAPESTRY and one restocked our depleted supply of the every popular BLUE SKY ALPACA ORGANIC COTTON. We also have restocked of WOOL COTTON, CASHSOFT ARAN and DK, and REGIA SOCK YARN!

We are so excited about our FALL CLASS SCHEDULE that we can’t wait until September 1, when we normally post them! Come in and check out our 14 offerings, with multiple sections of such favorites as ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, ADVANCED BEGINNERS, and SOCKS. And our SAFARIS have exploded!!! We now offer Morning and Evening sections on different days of the week! Classes begin OCTOBER 1 and fill up fast.

We have several new classes as well, but we don’t want to spoil the surprise. So come in to the shop and pick up a schedule to sign up. The schedule will be up on our website as soon as we can get our lovely webmistress, STACY, to do so!

It never fails. We believe ourselves to be fully stocked with needles and then turn around to find all our straight 6, 7, and 8s depleted, along with whatever dpns people need for socks. So we turn to our friends at CRYSTAL PALACE, SKACEL and LANTERN MOON, our needle vendors. CRYSTAL PALACE came through first, so hurry in for those short straight needles perfect for scarves or the moderately priced dpns if you are not quite prepared for the Lantern Moon handcrafted ones. Oh, and we have swifts and winders too…perfect for those beach houses!

Hard to believe, but there are times we are accused of not being hip or happening enough (the fact that we just used the word hip ought to be a clue!). Today’s new book should prove that wrong—check out our pal ANNIE MODESITT’S latest: ROMANTIC HAND KNITS:

It is filled with young, trendy and simply feminine designs. And in true Annie fashion, the patterns are extremely well written.

Also in, the lovely new HAND PAINTED COLORS of CASCADE 220. We love this yarn because it is perfect for both felting and traditional knitting and creates, at 4.5-5 stitches to the inch, a lightweight garment.

We are anticipating a big crowd for the next SUNDAY in the SALON based on the photo below. Calling all HOOKERS—come next Sunday, August 12 and join MARIETTA to CROCHET this adorable dress suitable for preemie through size 2. As always, the program is free of charge; just call to pre-register. You will need 250 yards of cotton or washable wool in DK-Worsted Weight and a size G or H hook. Use one skein of LAUREL and you can get 2 dresses out of it!

Check out the FALL INTERWEAVE KNITS. When the cover pattern is as great as this one, the issue is bound to be filled with terrific ideas:

Also, please note that tomorrow’s SUNDAY IN THE SALON IS FILLED. To maximize everyone’s enjoyment, we can only have 12 people here. We will repeat this program in the fall.