We continue our wildly popular SUNDAYS IN THE SALON this spring with a combination of gift ideas for grads, moms, and dads, along with some whimsical ideas for your favorite gift recipient—YOU!
Missing the larger projects? We have moved those to SATURDAY KNITALONGS. Check out that schedule as well. We begin each project the first Saturday of the Month and work on the project from 2-4 each successive Saturday.
March 2:Blanket Squares: Curious about cables? Longing to do lace? Planning an afghan for a graduation gift? Join us as we demonstrate several afghan patterns that can be sewn or crocheted together to make a gorgeous finished product. And we’ll even order the yarn you’ll need!
March 9:Self Fringed Shawl: Smell spring in the air? Get a jump on it with the perfect wrap for the cool weather. And wait until you create the fringe by dropping a bunch of stitches (deep breaths, everyone……)
March 16:Lace Anklet: Get ready for tennis (or at least tennis shoes) with these adorable lace anklets. Again, there is prep work for these, so be sure to check with the shop. This is a great way to learn lace knitting.
March 30:Coronet Hat (rescheduled from February): A lovely hat that will teach you to cable, kitchener stitch, and pick up stitches. One skein of Cascade 220 does the entire hat!
April 6:Reversible Lace Shawl: What a great way to learn lace—a nine stitch/two row repeat that creates a gorgeous lightweight shawl perfect for warmer days and evenings
April 13/20:Lacy Bamboo Shrug: Easy, quick and lovely. Can you ask for anything more? Five skeins of bamboo yarn and size 11 needles will make this lacy, openwork shrug perfect for spring and summer evenings.
April 27:Linen Stitch Tie: Is is knit? Is it woven? Find out while making this fantastic tie perfect for Father’s Day or your favorite grad! We made ours from one skein of Koigu but you can use any fingering weight yarn!
May 4:Easy Baby Booties: Looking for an inexpensive and charming baby gift? Check out these booties made from one skein of Koigu yarn. And they actually stay on the baby’s feet!
May 11:Closed for Mother's Day
May 18:Silk Ruffle Scarf: The perfect spring accessory—a simple neckwarmer done in the round that creates an eyecatching ruffle.
May 25:No program due to Memorial Day Weekend (the store WILL be open, though)
June 1:Place Mats: Tired of afghans but don’t want to worry about fitted garments? Knit these cotton placemats. Perfect for your beach house or deck table!
June 8:Lace Anklets: Get ready for tennis (or at least tennis shoes) with these adorable lace anklets. Again, there is prep work for these, so be sure to check with the shop. This is a great way to learn lace knitting.
June 15:Store Closed for Noni Bag Program
Our Saturday KALS have taken on a life of their own! Join the group for wine, snacks, and knitting your project each Saturday of the month. You don’t need to attend every session,but we do recommend that you attend the first week to get some basic instruction and guidance.
MARCH:CABLED SHELL. Get ready for spring. This DK weight shell is a blast to knit, and is far easier than it looks. Created from two cable patterns, it has a flattering line and is the perfect weight for wearing alone or under a jacket.
APRIL:LACE SAMPLER. If you have been eager to try lace, April is the month for you! We will give you the patterns for 12 lace squares that can then be sewn into a gorgeous sampler. Recommended yarn is CASCADE SIERRA—please come to the shop ahead of time to check out our stock—we can show you color cards and special order the yarn for you! This 42 X56” afghan will run you less than $150!
MAY:DIAGONAL TRIANGLE TANK. We call this the Miracle Tank—it looks good on everyone! Unravel the mystery of modular knitting while you knit this lovely sleevelee or short sleeve top. We recommend either the ARTYARNS Regal Silk yarn, Patricia Roberts DK, or Karabella Vintage Cotton. And we’ll spend a lot of time on gauge at the first session—in modular knitting you must get row and stitch gauge!
JUNE:BEACH BAG. Knit yourself a Beach Bag that will carry you and all your gear through the summer! The perfect stressless knitting—no shaping or fit!
Today’s goodies from our lovely Javier, the UPS Guy? Reorders of the BLUE SKY ALPACA ORGANIC COTTON and ALPACA/SILK. We looked at the bins and found them nearly empty. So come and get these wonderful yarns. The cotton is great for children’s sweaters and blankets and the alpaca/silk is the ultimate shawl yarn. We have plenty of patterns, ideas, and opinions!
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
MORE MANOS IS IN THE HOUSE!
Our lovely friends at FAIRMOUNT FIBERS sent us reorders of MANOS DEL URUGUAY today. Come check out our 25 bins of this amazing yarn. From the day WoolWinders opened its doors it has been our best selling yarn. And we are fully stocked in anticipation (sshh) of our FELTING FRENZY which will define our SUNDAYS IN THE SALON beginning in January!
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
SUNDAY IN THE SALON: FELTED BOWL
We are gearing up for our extremely popular FELTED BOWL program this weekend. We have had tremendous sign up and so we are having TWO sessions: SATURDAY and SUNDAY from 2-4 PM. Please, please, please call or email us (jacqui@woolwinders.com) if you have signed up and let us know WHICH session you will be attending. We have room for 12 at each program, and hate turning people away when we are out of chairs!
Materials will be one skein of MANOS yarn (or 220 held double) and size 11 dpns (or 2 circs). If you have your needles, please bring them. We don’t routinely stock the larger size of dpns!
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GOODIES FROM CASCADE AND XRX
We came in today to an enormous box from CASCADE YARNS and a small flat box from XRX. Within? Reorders of the popular 220 SUPERWASH, ICELAND, and the yummiest winter yarn EVER, BABY ALPACE CHUNKY. And the WINTERS KNITTER as well—filled with lovely designs including several for the men in your life!
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Monday, November 26, 2007
WEEKEND AT WOOLWINDERS
The weekend after Thanksgiving is always one of our favorites. There is just a buzz of activity at the shop between customers who avoid mall shopping at all costs, classes, and kids who just want to check out the yarn! First up, we enjoyed FLO’S friends MAURA and AVI who brought kids along on Friday; daughter NATALYA has become quite the knitter, and Maura’s son JAKE was extremely proud of his mom’s first hat for him made from the wonderfully washable ROWAN VIGNETTE:
On Saturday, MARIETTA just had to plunk the snowman hat onto MAX, our favorite weekend employee/model:
And is there anything more exciting than watching new knitters? SABRA and CAROLINE finished ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS with their baby hats ready for display:
We still have lots going on at the shop. Don’t forget that this is the LAST week of the NORO sale: all books and yarn is 30% off. We have odds and ends left—if you want to make a quick hat, scarf, pair of mittens….check out the gorgeous colors of NIJI, SILK GARDEN, SILVER THAW, IRO and KOCHORON. And the books are wonderful; all NORO knits at standard worsted or chunky gauges, so the patterns can be used for a variety of yarns.
Finally, the WINTER CLASS SCHEDULE will be at the shop TODAY. We have sent it off to our lovely webmistress STACY, who promises ot have it up on the site by FRIDAY. Get a jump on the schedule by coming into the shop-our classes are small and fill quickly. Look for the WINTER SUNDAYS IN THE SALON schedule by the end of the week as well.
And really FINALLY--we are spending our days off this week working on the WINTER NEWSLETTER. Just a reminder—we only send this out by email (so we can spend our money on yarn for you!). Just go to the lower left corner of the home page to get on our mailing list—it is a three step process to ensure privacy and anti-spam, so follow all the prompts.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
FELTED BOWL PROGRAM
The SUNDAY IN THE SALON for the FELTED BOWL has proven to be immensely popular. So we are going to run it twice over that weekend: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 from 2-4 as well as SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 from 2-4. If you have signed up or are on the waitlist, please call and let us know which day you prefer. Just give us a call at the shop: 240.632.9276. We would really appreciate the ability to accomodate everyone who wants to take this program!!!!
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Friday, November 23, 2007
30% OFF ALL NORO ALL WEEK!!!
That’s right-it is the final week of NORO-EMBER. Take 30% off all remaining NORO YARN and PATTERN BOOKS. And if you love the look of NORO but haven’t the time to knit, come check out our reasonably priced NORO SAMPLES!!! We have HATS, SCARVES, BAGS,and SWEATERS!!!
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR....
Customers likeJennifer, who show such enthusiasm with each project. Doesn’t she look beautiful in the picture below? The sweater is the SONNET pattern from www.knitty.com and the yarn is ROWAN TAPESTRY. We are hoping that she wears it to her Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks for giving us such a smile, Jennifer! And thanks to LIANA who forwarded the picture on to us.
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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AT WOOLWINDERS
First off, our holiday hours. We are closing at 3:00 today and will reopen on Friday at 11 AM. We sincerely wish all of our wonderful customers a happy and healthy holiday.
And the SUNDAY IN THE SALON this weekend, CABLED HANDWARMERS, is filled. However, if you want to come, give us a call around noon on Sunday. We sometimes have cancellations. And on that note, if you have signed up and can’t come, please call us and let us know so we can accomodate others. We really appreciate it.
The handwarmers, shown below, are adorable. The skills we will be teaching will be working on dpns and cabling. You will need 100 yards of worsted weight yarn 9 (with not a smidge to spare) and size 6 DPNS. Thanks to our lovely friends at CRYSTAL PALACE, we have plenty in stock.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
THE KOIGU HAS ARRIVED!!!!!
18 colors have at least (another 17 are on the way!!!) Anyone who has ever worked with KOIGU knows that the yarn is well worth the five month wait to spin, dye and ship it from Canada! Let the knitting begin. And we have some wonderful patterns to go with this yarn. Socks, Shawls, Sweaters, Hats, Kids’ Stuff—-everything is better with KOIGU!
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Friday, November 30, 2007
