Don’t like wool? Want cozy and soft? Love neutral colors? Do we have a yarn for you. Check out the BLUE SKY ORGANIC COTTON. We began carrying this yarn last year and can’t keep it in stock!!! But we have all the colors in the shop right now and plenty of patterns to match up with this heavy worsted beauty.

DOUBLE TROUBLE, the fabulous pattern book from TWISTED SISTERS, sold out within the first week of its arrival. So the lovely Terri has sent us more. Come check out these designs, which can be knit up in wool OR cotton, in case the fall weather never arrives!

We just heard from one of our lovely customers that the shop phone number in our email sent this morning is not only wrong, but disconnected! Oops. Spellcheck doesn’t catch reversed numbers. The shop’s number is 240.632.9276. AND we have the wrong date for the YARN TASTING. It is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12. Only two spaces remain! Hopefully the rest of the day will be error-free.

Sometimes things just take precedence over yarn (gasp!). It’s our dad’s 82nd birthday today and so we are closing the shop at 6 PM. We will resume our late hours NEXT Thursday from 6-8 PM. And we appreciate everyone’s support in this. Many thanks.

As for this Sunday’s SUNDAY IN THE SALON, we are filled, which guarantees we will repeat the program! If you have signed up. you will need a 32” size 9 needle as well as the following choice of yarn: either 275 yards of DK weight yarn (pick one that has good drape) plus 137 yards if you want to bind off in a contrast color OR 2 skeins of KIDSILK HAZE/NIGHT/PARISENNE plus 1 skein for contrast. You will be holding these yarns double to reach the DK weight. The model is done in Kidsilk Haze.

New stuff in today-reorders of the popular and yummy CASHSOFT DK from Rowan as well as new colors of TAPESTRY and IVY. We love all these yarns and they serve different purposes. If you are looking for a soft yet washable wool blend, look no further than CASHSOFT. We regard this yarn as the perfect one for blankets, sweaters, hats, mittens…anything that benefits from being popped into the washer. TAPESTRY is a bit more sophisticated-we love the soy in the yarn that makes it soft and luxurious. Check out the SONNET model in the shop made from this yarn. If you knit side to side, the stripes run in a very flattering VERTICAL direction. And we have confessed to being a sparkly girl, and judging from the sales of IVY, many of you are as well. This worsted weight yarn has a metallic thread running through it yet retains a soft hand. Try it for a quick shawl.

Also in, two new books from INTERWEAVE: THE BEST OF INTERWEAVE KNITS and BAG STYLE. Ok, we are going to ogle the patterns now!

to those who wait! We have waited literally five years for FLO MEIT(on the right in pic) to work at the shop and yesterday was her first day! Flo, who used to live around the corner from the store, was one of our first customers five years ago, along with then baby Hannah and nearly six year old son Benjamin. Husband David, who sent her gorgeous welcoming flowers, is a frequent shopper as well. Now that Hannah has started kindergarten, Flo is able to work Thursdays and Fridays while the kids are in school. Yesterday she dove right in to help a customer:

and today she will start using our POS system. Join us in welcoming FLO to the shop. And don’t be surprised if she counts stitches in French. Flo hails from Belgium!

Debbie Bliss’ new book arrived today. The patterns are gorgeous! They are written for a variety of her yarns, and even if we don’t carry the specific yarn, we guarantee we have something at the gauge. We love her designs and think you will too:

Also in, a new color of NORO KOCHORON, the luxurious wool/silk blend with just a touch of angora. Enough to make this yarn yummy, not enough to shed. Perfect!

It was a very busy week at WoolWinders. We received TWISTED SISTERS yarns and patterns as well as our much-anticipated MOUNTAIN COLORS order:

Thanks to KARINA’S hard work, the bins look great! So we rewarded her with a party last night. OK, it wasn’t really about the bins. It was to thank her for being the heart and soul of WoolWinders over the past four years. She is off to Los Angeles next week to start college. We couldn’t just let her leave now, could we? After all, we have raised her from a pup! Many customers didn’t know that Karina started work here when she was just 14 years old!!! Her knowledge, patience, and maturity dazzled us then, and never let up. Karina, we love you and wish you the very best in California:

And folks, this is the last weekend of the TWISTED SISTERS TRUNK SHOW. Like Karina, the models will be shipped off to California next week. Come check out these amazing designs and yarn!

And we have it in stock. The colors you would expect from such an artist at a wonderful price—$8.99/50 gram balls:

This is just a sample. We have five different colorways in this soft and yummy washable wool blend.

If you have signed up for this week’s (and next) SUNDAY IN THE SALON featuring the afghan kit, please bring the accompanying pattern booklet with you. We will be reviewing all of the choices and “practicing” the more difficult ones so that you don’t learn them on your actual kit. You may want to read through the four choices: SIDEWAYS STRIPES, SCALLOPS, BLOCKS and DIAMONDS so that you can figure out which one you like. There is also an option to do the SCALLOP pattern in a shawl if you like. In addition to the kit, you will need 32” size 11 needles (we have them in bamboo) and large ring markers if you are doing the scallop pattern.