Yarn/sock dyeing on Thursday

We will do the dyeing outside if the weather is good, inside if it's not. All that you need to bring is your choice of yarn, some old clothes and or an apron, and a snack to share if you wish. Tasha and I will take care of the rest. We will keep it simple and fun, we will be using kool aid for the dye. If you want to bring some rubber gloves that would be fine.

This should be a fun night. If you want to just come and knit we'd love to have you.

New Summer Hours

Beginning June 7th we will be closed on Sundays for at least the summer. Not sure if it will continue in to the fall. We don't have many days off, if any, and with Sue working 5 days a week and on call for 7, well, you understand. I would also like to spend some time with my family and my dogs that are missing me. I already work every other weekend at the hospital so... at least I'll have 2 days off a month. Please remember that we are open late on Thursdays til 9 pm and we are usually here beyond that just sitting around knitting. We may even be on the sidewalk in the summer. Why not join us. We will be doing a Sock yarn dyeing 'class' on the 25th of June, if the weather is good. We will be outside. Please let me know if you plan to come so we can get the right amount of materials. There will be a charge just for the materials. It will be fun. Just because it's warm, or will be sometime this summer, does not mean the knitting has to stop. Think about smaller portable projects you can use for Christmas gifts. We have some nice 'green' market bag patterns that use cotton. Check out the Saucy from Reynolds...already sold out of 4 colors and we just got it last week. Great stuff.

Happy Anniversary Woolworks Sale!

We are officially 28 years old! Can you believe it? Cam started the shop in 1981. To celebrate we are having our annual sale. There will be lots of good deals and some snacks, balloons, raffles, the whole shebang!
Come on in this weekend for the fun We will be open regular hours, 10-5pm.
Next week we will continue with 25% off yarn and 15% off notions/books etc. til Friday.

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi there, Happy Mother's Day to you all. In celebration of this lovely day we are having an impromptu sale. How about 25% off everything in the store! Today only.


(Lauren's totes are not included in the sale)

The SWTC has arrived/ other stuff too!

The Terra is here for the lovely Big V Vest from SWTC. I'm still waiting for the pattern. Apparently Joe forgot to mention that it was a pattern from a designer and had to be purchased so it was not ordered and is now forthcoming. So sorry for the delay but the yarn is in if you had interest in it. I have a few skeins of the PURE, soysilk, for the lacey scarf in the blue and one Mariposa shawl kit left in the plum color that Joe had. I can order more if there is more interest.

I have a baby sweater made from the Debbie Bliss Rialto. I loved working with this yarn. It's a superwash merino in DK weight. I washed it in the sink and ruffed it up to see what it would do and it doesn't look like I did anything to it. (anybody know how to get rust stains from an iron out of a sweater?)Hense the roughing up....luckily it's on the inside. Anyway love the yarn.

Paula's sweater continues to be a hit! It's incredible and she did such a lovely job on it.

We went to the NENA show last weekend and saw some wonderful things. I have purchased some items to be delivered closer to fall and some super nice needle cases from Lantern Moon that should be coming soon. I met the girls from Conjoined Creations! They are really cool and we have some of their stuff coming. I really liked the sock yarn that comes in already knit flats. We sold out of them the first time we ordered. They now have some quarters so you can make larger garments. Great patterns. We also have a new favorite for kids patterns...The Gemmel sisters at Cabin Fever are genius. Everything is top down and the patterns are well written and easy to navigate. Most of the books we bought are already gone. I will get more, promise. These are great! More leaflets are coming.
New to us also is La Boheme from FIESTA yarns. Gorgeous yarn in mohair and nylon blend. Beautifully dyed. Very special. Must see.

Sue has finished her entrelac socks..super technique..pics to follow.

More on Riverstone..the pictures your requesed!

How do you like this one?

Paula finished the Kaffe sweater from Vogue Knitting Summer 2008. Isn't it spectacular? She used Louet Gems. The colors are fabulous!