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Weather closings: WTMJ Monday, March 5th: Cascade Yarn Tasting 6pm Open Knitting Group 1-3 pm: Every Wednesday After Hours Knitting: 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month: 6-9 PM UFO Knitalong Every Sunday 1-3 PM
A "support group" to inspire you to complete all your unfinished projects. (Even if your only unfinished project is your current project!) |
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If you miss knitch's yarn-tasting, you can have a second chance at Wisconsin Spring Spin-in where one of our instructors, Susan Forbes (aka Fairy Yarn Mother) will be hosting a similar event. Do you have plans to travel in the Neenah, WI area later in April? Check out
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Greetings!
Remember Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail? With garden season and Easter coming up, what better way to celebrate than by knitting or crocheting a bunny? March classes begin this weekend--you'll find many spring-themed projects on the schedule, including: Crocheted Easter Bunny: use a pattern from Drops Designs along with your yarn scraps, and let your imagination go...  | | Crochet Easter Bunny |
Knitted Easter Bunny: aka "The Well-Dressed Bunny" from Ravelry designer Barbara Prime (Fuzzy Mitten). New: for your convenience, you can now purchase the pattern through knitch when you sign up for the class, and we'll download and print it for you at the store.Create lightweight cover-ups to accent your warm-weather wardrobe:
Two Simple Shawls
Japanese Mystery Scarf
No sewing required:
Learn seamless knitting with this hoody and fitted T-sweater. They each shape-up all in one piece. Split-Neck T SweaterWONDERFUL Wallaby SweaterRegister by phone with a credit card to ensure your place in the class of your choice. 262-646-9392. Or print and mail the registration form with a check.
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| Yarn Tasters: Don't forget your needles | | We've had an overwhelming response to our Cascade Yarn-tasting event coming up on March 5th. Reservations are now closed, as we've reached the full capacity our little shop can safely and comfortably hold.
Thanks to everyone for your interest--and remember to bring knitting needles on the big night!
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Spring yarns are now on our shelves
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Think cotton cardigans and vests, summer shawls and swimsuit cover-ups...
For that "in-between" season, get the best of two natural fibers with wool/cotton blends: Rowan Wool Cotton: a 50/50 blend Y3/DK--NEW colors NEW: Introducing Juniper Moon Farms Yearling--Y5/Bulky 60 merino/40 cotton
100% Cotton:
Rowan Handknit Cotton-Y4 worsted Cascade Ultra Pima-Y3 DK |
Blocking Lessons
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Deb M. loves to learn new knitting techniques and to share what she learns with her 4-H knitting group. She recently completed the Faroe Island "Stora Dimun" shawl from Interweave's Folk Shawls book, using a DK-weight wool and silk blend, similar to Silky Wool. She decided to block just one half of the finished piece, in order to illustrate to the 4-H knitters what a difference blocking makes to the look of knitted fabric.  | | Deb's Stora Dimun shawl |
Did the 4-H kids notice a difference between the two halves? Absolutely--what a great way to teach the importance of finishing details. Word has it Deb taught the teacher something new during the Wonderful Wallaby class in February, too...Thanks, Deb!
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| Global fiber forces | | What does drought in Australia have to do with the price of yarn in Delafield, Wisconsin?
Quite a bit, as it turns out--along with a few things you might remember from Econ 101, like supply and demand at the commodities level.
According to an article in the most recent issue of Yarn Market News, a trade publication for yarn shop owners, the price of wool reached a 10-year high in 2011, due to unfavorable climate conditions for sheep "down-under" and elsewhere in the world. Similarly, cotton prices more than tripled between 2008 and 2011, also attributed to poor crops and dry weather. Add to that the fact that China has been gobbling up the world's natural fiber supply like crazy, to feed its garment industry, and it's not hard to see why calculating the cost of a knitting project can sometimes cause sticker-shock.
We're doing our best to hold prices down where we can. Thanks so much for shopping with us!
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