Gift Ideas for Christmas

Inge is producing a series of attractive knitted hats. A hat every night, that makes ?? till Christmas - as samples for the store and eventually they'll become gifts for "the kids" - maybe I get one, too.

The hat with decorative earflaps is knit in Vero Tweed, also the diagonally knit scarf. Ask her for the pattern.

The other two with cables and more are knit after free patterns from Estelle. The grey/brown one in Granite and the grey/pink one in Nimbus, both wonderfully soft.

I liked it right away

Neat little trick to make this hat with a double rolled brim. I had to look twice to understand how the brims roll up. It's called "School Colors Hat" and the pattern from fibertrends is available through us ($6.75). Inge knit it in a combination of our Vero and Smart yarns, but any worsted or bulky weight yarn would do.

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.

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.

Hat in Woolly Bully by Estelle

Alison and I have been madly knitting ear-flap hats in a great yarn from Estelle. A wool blend, it is beautifully soft, comes in great colours and knits up quickly on 10 mm needles. Our hats can be knitted up in an evening. Really!!!!

The pattern is available in the store or we can mail it out with the yarn. All our "made in store" patterns are free with the purchase of yarn.

Click on the picture to take a closer look.

Pretty in Pink Felted Hat

Cissel has knitted a very pretty softly felted hat for the store. It is knitted in SandnesGarn Tove which is a lightweight 100% wool yarn which felts beautifully. Ideal for a cosy winter hat. The yarn usually knits to a gauge of 24 stitches to 10 cms on 3.5 mm needles. Of course, for felting you are using a larger needle. The colours are lovely - mostly brights with a few neutrals. The cost for making this great hat works out to about $10.00 with yarn left over to start another one!! How about stripes? The pattern is available in the store or you can contact us by email.
And by the way, you can use the very same pattern for a cloche style hat in Patons SWS. This will give you a firm, sturdy hat without the turn back as SWS shrinks and felts so readily.

Tyee Rolled Brim Hat

This hat is versatile and can be knitted in various yarns for various sized heads. The decreases form a neat-looking spiral on top. You can add a "top knot", pom-pom, tassel, stripes, etc. You are only limited by your imagination!

Check out our Quadra Cap pattern as well.