CK News, October 26, 2009: Amy’s been busy.
Alright, some of us can get a little obsessed knitting. Amy has been knitting like a maniac since last spring. Here she is with a couple of sweaters for her husband (one she has her arm around in the photo) and way too many for herself. It’s hard not to when you work in a fabulous yarn store. Stop by the shop to see a few on display. We know of two more in the works that are nearly finished. And yes, she does have a life besides knitting!
Want to see more? Next week it’s Kim, then Marilyn on deck.
Lorilee is knitting at home evenings on a pair of pants- her son’s request. After he wouldn’t back down, she’s started with this:
….and, it’s a Calvin!
Sara and her husband Chad had a baby boy October 19. Calvin Robert is reported to have a tinge of strawberry coloring in his hair. All are well.
Cast On Special this week- Hats and Mittens
We are nearing the end of October and according the weather people in our community we haven’t had one 70-degree day, a new record. It must be time to knit hats and mittens! This week’s Cast On Special will feature hats and mittens of all sorts. They make great holiday gifts for anyone on your list. Stop in to see the many samples we have on display, including a new set by Kim. She made the cowl from Nicky Epstein’s new book Mother-Daughter Knits, and paired it with mittens from Knitting New Mittens and Gloves. For the cowl and mitten cuffs she used Yarn Hollow hand-dyed ‘Buzzi’, and for finishing off the mittens she used two different colors of Nashua ‘Paradise’ held double. Remember pattems, books and yarn for a hat or mitten project will be 10% off this week, through Saturday, October 31.
Hearts = Love
City Knitting customer Caroline C. is adopting little girl from Haiti after the first of the year. As she lives in an orphanage with 130 other children, Caroline has decided to deliver heart-shaped cushions to each child in the orphanage. And she requested our help. Already 70 colorful hearts are hanging from the shop rafters. Our customers are an incredibly warm and caring bunch. If you are interested in putting some of your stash yarn to good use, here’s a great way to do it.
Here’s one heart pattern link. If you are not on ravelry.com, stop in the shop for a pattern by Cathie R.
Return of Sockfest, November 17- 28
Sockfest returns- with gifts, a competition, and a prize. We’ll be collecting customer samples through Tuesday November 17th. Please bring in as many single socks as you like (okay, we can hear the sighs of relief, folks) to display. It must be from yarn purchased at City Knitting, or hand-spun from fiber from us. Everyone who loans us a sock or more will get a free 3.3oz. bottle of Eucalan wash for bathing their knitted goodies. We’ll have unscented, grapefruit, lavender and eucalyptus scents to choose from while they last.
Now for the contest part. Many of you took Cookie’s design class last year, or are just plain brave enough to wing it. We’d like to see what you’ve come up with. City Knitting customers will get one vote each, until the reception on Tuesday night, November 24, 7:00 PM. The top vote getter will be awarded sock yarn of their choice- for two pair!
We’ll also have socks as our Cast On Special those weeks.
Classes
We have some openings in upcoming classes. Check the classes tab at the right for full descriptions. Continental Knitting with Lorilee this Friday afternoon, October 30. The Magic Loop Class with Kim teaching sock construction using the magic loop method of knitting in the round- so valuable for your whole knitting life- Saturday, November 7. The Afghan Class on November 16 from 7-9 pm features a beautiful entrelac floral pattern. Kim chose to do this square using several different colors and it is stunning (and on display on the class boards at the shop). Call the shop to reserve your spot in one of these classes. Feel free to comment below if you’ve taken these classes already and can recommend them. The clog class on Saturday is full with a waiting list.
Since it is slipper knitting season, we want to let you know what is going on with our favorite yarn for clogs. Ironstone has been advertising new Harmony colors, which we ordered for you back in June. They were delayed in August and again in September. Now we are told December. So, not willing to hold our breath for that one, we are stocking as many of the available colors as we can. In addition, you’ll notice the Nashua Creative Focus Chunky bins will be filling back up again this week or next. Although this yarn costs a bit more than the Harmony, the yarn content (alpaca & wool) and palette are spectacular.
Zauberball and Zauberball Crazy
All colors are back in stock. If you want to knit the cover mittens from the October issue of Knitter’s Magazine (which CK does not carry), we have that colorway in stock.
That’s one fine Hank
Lastly, some of you who’ve met him may enjoy reading this story about CK’s eldest sock knitter-man, Hank.
-City Knitting