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GO ON SAFARI THIS SUMMER AT WOOLWINDERS!

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:32 +0000

Take a safari this summer, a KNITTING SAFARI, that is!, Our SAFARI GROUP KNITTING/CROCHETING CLASSES are the most fun you will have without sand this summer! Sometimes we get a little loopy but we ALWAYS have FUN! Almost ALL our classes have OPENINGS right now so don’t delay and REGISTER TODAY either ONLINE or by calling us at 240-632-9276 and join us this summer at Woolwinders, your neighborhood yarn shop!

FLO AND “ARLEEN”: WHAT A PAIR!

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:10 +0000

And here’s our own FLO MEIT looking lovely in her newest sweater for summer, “Arleen!” Downloadable on Ravelry, the Arleen pattern is an easy to wear cotton raglan tee-shirt made interesting with fun buttons at the left shoulder. Knitted in the sleeper yarn of the summer, the new ROWAN SOFTKNIT COTTON, it’s a must for our recent cooler days and will also transition your wardrobe nicely into the Fall as a layering piece. Available in pretty, trendy shades for spring and summer, ROWAN SOFTKNIT COTTON and ARLEEN are a must-knit! Take it from Flo! Hey Flo, orange is definitely your color!

“I SURVIVED INTARSIA-IN-THE-ROUND!”

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:56:28 +0000

Today we award JANICE KOCHAN and JEANNE TUFANO with the Trooper Awards for making it successfully through our 4-hour LITTLE BO SHEEP CLASS during which we covered, Fair Isle two-color stranding, basic intarsia, and intarsia-in-the-round while learning to knit this adorable gift bag! I am thinking of having tee-shirts printed for them that read, “I survived intarsia-in-the-round and lived to tell about it!” Wonderful job, ladies!

THE LEFTIE SCARF: FUN AND FRESH FOR SUMMER!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:47 +0000

From our recent Monday Night Knitalong Class, BETH HIRSCH models her new and very pretty LEFTIE SCARF! Both Beth and the scarf, which was knitted with MALABRIGO SOCK yarn and DANCING LEAF FARM SOCK HOP yarn, look fresh and lovely and ready for summer vacation! Nice job, Beth! Get your own LEFTIE pattern on Ravelry, check out our fingering weight yarns and knit your own fun and fresh summer accessory at Woolwinders, your neighborhood yarn shop!

MYC RAFFLE DRAWING WINNER SHELLY GOLDIN!

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:19 +0000

“I never win anything!” That WAS what SHELLY GOLDIN used to say until now! Here she is smiling away this morning at her safari knitting group class, the lucky winner of a brand new ADDI CLICK INTERCHANGEABLE LACE NEEDLE KIT! Shelly participated in the Metro Yarn Crawl this past April and entered her card to win Woolwinders’s raffle prize, and she won big! Congratulations, Shelly!

LEARN TO FIX YOUR MISTAKES LIKE A PRO!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:05:13 +0000

Hurry! There’s only ONE SPOT LEFT in our FIXING KNITTING MISTAKES CLASS on JUNE 1ST from 12- 2 PM with our newest instructor, JENNIFER CROWLEY-RAYMOND! Finally get your questions answered once and for all about pesky things like picking up stitches, lifelines, ripping out cables, and discovering where in the $%$#@ that dropped yarnover went to! Can’t make it on June 1st? No worries! Jennifer will be teaching the class a second time on Saturday, AUGUST 10 from, 12-2 PM! So REGISTER TODAY either online or by calling us at 240-632-9276 at Woolwinders, your neighborhood yarn shop!

THE ROAM COWL/INFINITY SCARF!

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:13:02 +0000

A BIG thank you to customer, DANA GEDDES for stopping in to show us what she knitted with her STRING THEORY CAPER SOCK YARN! Using the colorway, Oban, Dana knitted ROAM, a great cowl/infinity scarf pattern from the 2012 issue of Knitscene Accessories Magazine. You can also find this pattern on Ravelry and get started on your accessory knitting today from your friends at Woolwinders, your neighborhood yarn shop! Thanks again, DANA!

A NEW RAVELRY GROUP CONTEST!

admin — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:55:46 +0000

If there was a prize for most finished projects in a month, it would go LAURA EISENMAN! Just take a look at all the lovely projects she finished up in her safari knitting class last month: socks, hats, and a beautiful bag! Great job, Laura! Keep up the good work! And now a PRIZE for the rest of you! Join us on our WOOLWINDERS RAVELRY GROUP PAGE at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/woolwinders-yarn-shop and follow our NEW “KNITTING SHAME” CONTEST THREAD and tell us your funniest or most embarrassing knitting or crocheting “oops” moment and we’ll enter your name in our raffle to WIN a $25 WOOLWINDERS GIFT CARD next month! Enter as many times as you like. The funniest, TRUE, knitting shame story wins! Good luck!!

THE NEW INTERWEAVE SPRING MAGAZINE IS IN!

admin — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:12:15 +0000

What perfect timing! The new Spring 2013 issue of INTERWEAVE KNITS MAGAZINE arrived today filled with loads of wonderful summer patterns for you to knit in time to wear on that summer vacation or to that special summer event! Pressed for time? No worries, choose one of the many lovely lace patterns in this issue to work on over the summer and have it ready to wear next spring. That’s one of the best things about yarn and knitting/crocheting–it doesn’t go bad, folks! Happy knitting/crocheting, everyone!

STILL TIME TO JOIN THIS SATURDAY’S KNITALONG CLASS!

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:07:44 +0000

Hurry! There’s still time, and a couple of open spots left, for you to join this Saturdays, May 11th SHADES OF GREY AFGHAN SQUARE KNITALONG CLASS! This month features TWO NEW afghan square patterns. A fun and easy CELTIC SUN I-CORD pattern paired with a more challenging lovely EYELET LACE HEARTS pattern. Be the first to get the patterns AND to get help knitting them by joining Terry this Saturday! My fingers are itching already!