Thistledown Shoppe
Springing in
May 13, 2011
Miley Tee
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A nice summer weight tee with Euroflax Sport weight .  Knitted top down.

 

 Aspen
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Another c2knits pattern that is knit top down.  Try this with Cotton Fleece, Serendiptiy Tweed, or Sierra /Sierra Quatro. 

 

 Little Girl's Shrug
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Sweet and cute by Knitting Pure and Simple.  Knit it top down in  Cotton Fleece, Serendiptiy Tweed, or Sierra /Sierra Quatro. 

Greetings!

Okay, spring is here.  I am enjoying the trillium, daffodils, and other spring flowers.  But is it possible to keep the temperature around 65 degrees?  

And I will say that I've been having a busy spring.  We had a birthday party for my husband (he is now 70 years old) that included a bagpiper, our puppies visited the vet several times due to encounters with a porcupine, and both of my daughters had ceremonies with Michigan State University - Kristina now has her Master's in Public Health and Mary has her teaching certificate.

The shoppe also has a new tenant.

nest
Momma robin built a nest and there are approximately 5 eggs.  She is very shy, so when you approach the front door, be aware.

Kathy

 


KAUNI TRUNK SHOW

Thanks to our vendor we have a trunk show for the month of May.



Kauni cardigan
Beverly Cardigan

 

 

Kauni scarf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Brady Scarf

 

 

 

 

Kauni shawl  

 

the Oakland Shawl

 

They are all made with the lovely Kauni yarn and we are having fun knitting with it.  The yarn comes in solids and variegated with long color repeats and every item comes out a little bit different even with the same colorway.   

NEW AND UPDATED

 

New Samples - Wiggle Wrap, Inspira Cowl., Seven Circle,  Flower Hat and Squares Hat, Infinity Scarf, Twirly Skirt


BOOKS -

60 Quick Baby Knits
Sock Yarn One -Skein Wonders
Timeless Knits for Kids
Whimsical Little Knits

 Whimsical Little Knits 2

West Knits Book One 

West Knits Book Two

Cowl Girls

One Ball Knits

Knitter' s Handbook

Mosaic Knitting

Fabulous Fair Isle Knitting

Domino Knitting

Knitter's Companion Deluxe Edition

 

Freddie's blanket 

Freddie's Blanket  

 

Lantern Moon -   

 

Lots of fun bags: 

 

Messenger Bag 

 

Swing Bucket - Roomy drawstring pouch with four outside pockets in limited edition prints. 

 

 Iris 

 

Tasha

   

Tilly - Folded and sewn palm leaf in perfect brights for Spring and Summer. Natural palm is woven in to create a rick rack effect. Wooden handles on this farmer's market tote

 

3 sizes of Silk Taffeta Bag

bags 

Jewel

 

Knit Out Box

 

Ebony and Rosewood needles.   

 

Twisted Silk scarves   

 

Post-It Note Pads   

 

 

More colors of Euroflax Linen

 

 

More Mountain Colors Weaver's Wool, Bearfoot, and Crazyfoot. 

 

Individual patterns from Stephen West, Bekah Knits, Cosmicpluto Knits, Grace Akhrem, Kate Jacson, Marie Grace Desings, Shetland Trader, Woolly Wormhead, and Ysolda   

 

Classic Elite booklets 

 

Laurel Birch socks  

 

Suann Stitches markers 

 

Suann Stitch markers

 

 

 Free Patterns

A group of us are working on the the Kauni Rainbow Cardigan.  Let me know if you want to join us, so we can save the yarn for you.  Plan on 3 -4 skeins.  We meet on Wednesday afternoons.

Garter Stitch Baby Kimono - fingering weight yarn  (Ravelry pattern)  Some folks have added an applied i-cord to the edges.

A classic Ripples baby blanket  - easy enough to take this pattern to use for any weight yarn, but if you have to have worsted weight, we have plenty of that in the shoppe.

Summer Neckerchief - Franklin Habit adapted this from a pattern in a book published in 1843. Garter stitch and it, too, can be used with almost any weight yarn.  His model uses sport and DK.   Try Nature Spun Sport, Loyal, Portland Tweed, Nordique.



 

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