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)
 Thursday, June 4, 2009
BOOK OF THE WEEK: A NEW THURSDAY FEATURE
Welcome to the 21st Century! During our annual Staff Meeting, one of our amazing emplyees suggested that we investigate a link to Amazon.com to assist our customers in buying books at a great value. So we did. OK, Lew did. And voila—our newest feature. Every Thursday we will have a BOOK OF THE WEEK on our blog. Click onto the link, purchase the book from www.amazon.com (they have amazing prices) and WoolWinders gets a credit. This is a great way to help our wonderful customers who want to support their local LYS (that would be us) but understand that we simply can’t carry every book and our prices will be considerably higher than on the web. Isn’t modern technology wonderful?
And so, without further ado, the book of the week:
How great is this book? We bought FOUR last week and gave them as gifts. One recipient sent us an email saying she found 12, yes TWELVE, patterns she wanted to make.
Yet another reason to look forward to Thursdays.
posted by WoolWinders: A Knitting Salon at 12:51 PM | permalink |
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
YES, SOMETIMES WE COME IN ON OUR DAY OFF
to open and coo over the stuff we’ve received. So in the shop NOW are the following: CRYSTAL PALACE NEEDLES (straight and dpns), the new issue of VERENA ( a very hip and trendy knitting mag) and some exquisite beaded and sequined yarn from TILLI TOMAS. The last item won’t last long as our FEARLESS FELTING workshop FILLED within TWO DAYS!!!! So hurry in if you want to check out this beautiful feltable yarn.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
WEEKEND @ WOOLWINDERS
We are so excited about the upcoming weekend that we couldn’t wait until our usual Thursday to post.
First off, SHELBY will be at the shop Thursday night from 6-8 PM to show off her new sock yarn. WoolWinders is proud to be THE ONLY shop to carry Shelby’s amazing colorways. Come check them out. We bought a small quantity to start and we’re guessing they won’t last long. But don’t worry—we have already talked to her about re-orders.
Next, we start our JUNE KAL on SATURDAY with the uber-popular LACE THROW SQUARES. Want an easy way to learn lace knitting? Need a portable project for upcoming vacations? This is the project for you! The squares are lovely and simple to knit. Sewn together, they create a beautiful throw:
And on Sunday, just in time for FATHER’S DAY, we will be knitting the LINEN STITCH TIE. This is a gorgeous handknit tie in a stitch so interesting it looks like weaving. And hey, you could get TWO from one skein of SHELBY’S YARN!!! Other choices are JITTERBUG, MELODY, or KOIGU. The tie can easily be knit in two weeks.
Both programs are FREE OF CHARGE and run from 2-4 PM.Basic knitting skills (casting on, knitting, purling, and binding off) are required. We ask that you do call and sign up so we have a spot at the table for you (and enough wine, quite frankly).
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Monday, June 1, 2009
THE SUMMER CLASS SCHEDULE IS AVAILABLE
Yep, it’s at the shop! It should be up on the website in a few days, thanks to our lovely webmistress Stacy. But if you can’t wait, just come on in and get a “hard” copy (gasp)
And stay tuned for some exciting announcements that will bring the shop into the 21st century.
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