Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Caterpillar Scarf and Hat

Now that inventory is over and our big annual sale is a thing of the past (thank you to all our customers for your support, by the way) we are ready to tackle some new projects. Alison has been knitting some great scarves to showcase a few of the wonderful yarns we carry. I found a picture in a magazine of a child's scarf and hat and came up with a pattern which, we think, is really cute.
Our version is knitted with two strands SandnesGarn Tove, (I like the colours), but a knitting worsted would work too. Please email or call if you would like a copy of the pattern.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Cozy knits

A Happy New Year to everyone. Here at the store we are in the middle of inventory - made much easier this year by the work Jurgen did creating lists of yarns we stock, prices etc. for our website. The yarn is nearly done - just half the storage room to do now. I am reorganizing as I go. Surprising how much more shelf space we have when things are neat and tidy. Let's hope they stay that way.


Before Christmas we met with several suppliers and look forward to all the new yarns arriving in a couple of months. Garnstudio have, at last, brought out a sock yarn. The colours look great and the price is very competitive. We hope to have that in the store in February.


A yarn we have stocked before is Little Mamma. It now comes in some really great colours and we brought in a couple of bags of each. Check out the cool hat - the pattern is on the label. It took about an hour to knit. I have visions of a wonderful afghan in the blue/green. So come in, take a look and perhaps sit and knit (or crochet) awhile.