A quick reminder!

Free class: "How To Use Ravelry.com"

Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. - 12 noon

This class will be held here at Knit Pickings (18 Plaistow Rd.) Ravelry is a wonderful online community dedicated to the love of all things fiber. Whether your thing is knitting, weaving, dyeing, or general gabbery, the Ravelry world is one that takes a little help navigating. We'll help guide you through all the loops and spins, and soon you'll be a pro!

Hand Dyeing Workshop- spots still available!!

Come join us Friday, June 5th 2009 for a fun evening of creativity. We are going to dye our own sock yarn to Launch Sockstacular Summer. From 7-9 ish we will take blank un-dyed Happy Choices, and with the magic of jacquard dye, create our very own colorway of sock yarn! Cost is $35.00 per person, which includes all materials. You can dye additional blanks for $17.99 per skein.

Happy Knitting,
The Knit Pickings Staff.

Fall Preview

Well, I have been super busy previewing all the new fall lines from many yarn companies. May is so fun because all the yarn company reps are all visiting shops with the new fall yarns and patterns for 09/10.

I have had a great time looking at and feeling all the beautiful fibers and textures. Most of the patterns this year are emphasizing clean lines and bright colors. I am having difficulty choosing the patterns I want to knit and display in the shop. There are so many great ones to choose from. 

Tweed this year is big with great patterns of classic designs and of course bright colors. I know everyone thinks tweed is scratchy, but guess what? I have found a new aran weight tweed which is soft and beautiful. I can't wait for you all to see it!!!

In the next few weeks watch for the announcement of our Summer Clearance and "full Bag" sale

as we will need to make room for fall. We will again have some great bargains to share.

Most of the new yarns will be starting to arrive in late June and July.

Well, I am off to Paris tomorrow to visit my husband who is on a month long business trip in Europe. I will see you all when I get back.

Don't forget our free Ravelry class on May 30th and our hand dye workshop on June 5th

Happy Knitting!

Sue

We've been very busy here at Knit Pickings! Where to even start? We had our second "Fun Friday Event"- a fashion show starring our students, customers and shop family. We asked everyone to bring their knit and crochet items to model for us, and they did not disappoint! So many gorgeous, beautifully made items graced our catwalk. We also had some fantastic raffle prizes: gorgeous sock yarn, wool wash, and two wonderful knitting bags. As you can see by the pictures, we had a great time!

We'd like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and participation!


In stock now: Sereknity Yarn in sock and DK weights. Amazingly hand painted skeins with names like "Rock Lobster", "Blue Hawaii", "Sweet Baby James", "Watermelon", and "After Dinner Mint"...colors you will absolutely fall in love with!

In other news, all J-Knits yarn is now 50% off!

wouldn't now be a great time to add to your stash?

We're also celebrating the arrival of warmer weather and summer sock knitting with 2 sock yarns on sale for the month of May:

Schaeffer's Anne 20% off

Anne is a beautiful hand dyed yarn which is a merino nylon mix. It is 560 yards which is the most of any sock yarn we carry.

Schoeller & Stahl Sockina Cotton 20% off

This sock yarn is a beautiful cotton blend that knits up in shading and fair-isle colorways.

Our next Fun Friday event will be a hand dyeing workshop on Friday, June 5.

some details:

• time: 7-9 ish P.M.
• cost is $35.00 per person (includes all materials)
• using jacquard dyes, we'll create our own colorways using blank Happy Choices.
• you can dye additional blanks for $17.99 per skein.
• workshop is limited to 12 people- call us here at the shop (603-382-5110) soon to sign up!!

As always, we're looking forward to seeing you here at Knit Pickings!!