Tennessee Yarn store ~ The Knaughty Knitter

Saturday!

Adventures in Agriculture at the Lane Agri Park - go, its fun and interesting and free.  There's stuff for everyone and you learn things too.  9-1pm.  We'll be in the barn area with the animals and other fiber people.

Here's the latest on the move

As some of you know  we have been looking for bigger space!  We found it about a week ago and we had been planning on moving the first part of May but have moved it up a bit.  As it stands now, and assuming the contractor continues to move at the same pace , we will be moving the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April.  We will be closed all of the time for moving and then vacation from April 21st until May 3rd.  Please understand that this could, of course, change again any minute.....It has been like that.  The new address as of May 3rd will be 202B N. Thompson Lane.  This is the building on your right after you pass the entry to Walmart on Thompson Lane.  The one with all the solar panels on top.  It is easy to find and pretty easy to get in and out of.  We have the windows covered some so you can't see before it is ready - I want to surprise everyone with how it'll look.  Of course right now it is a mess cause the new carpet isn't in yet and the painting hasn't happened yet.  We're pretty excited.

With that I have postponed the classes scheduled for the 21st .  I did put up the classes for summer, and will be adding more as I think of them.  There is space for two tables and so two classes at a time.  WooHoo!

 

Red Bear has a new friend

She's crocheted but he doesn't mind.  He's always gone for critters that are a bit different.  She's soft (alpaca & wool) and warm and that is all he can ask for.....

Here was the picture he saw of her before they met....She's pretty cute he thought...

And here is a picture of the beginnings of my scrap shawl.  The class for this is Saturday Nov 5th.

I am busy working on getting ready for Saturday, so if I seem like a crazy person when you come in....I am.  There will not be group on Friday night.  See you all at Fiber in the Boro.

Last minute Crochet Class

Saturday Oct 15th at 11am some folks requested a beginning crochet class so there is one.  You are free to join in.  It is 90 packed minutes of crochet basics for $20.  Let me know if you are interested.

The new yarns are all out - well except for a box of Cascade 220 that is suitable for sock monkeys...that's another story but I am making one too.

There are new colors of Raggi - a new Christmas one too.  And Noro Nadeshiko - the beautiful new Angora/Wool & Silk blend.  Berroco Flicker has a free hat pattern with purchase and is so light airy - I am hoping to get to the hat tomorrow.  More colors should be on the way. It sparkles.

Boboli is the prettiest wool/acrylic/viscose blend  I have seen in a while - well maybe ever cause that is kind of an unusual blend

Here's the entrelac hat - it turned into a slouchy hat, not a tam, probably due to my loose knitting.  There is a pattern - Jojoland and that one is done in their yarn, but I like Noro.  The band is in Cascade 220 though.

Secret Scarf sign ups close on Friday - Let me know before then if you want to get into double trouble and double fun......

Yeah Rain

I love this weather - it could do this for a long time before I got tired of it.  Great day for sitting inside and knitting, cup of tea and a warm cat and it's perfect.....

Here's the beginnings of a silk bracelet I am doing - knitting with silk hankies I dyed.  I'll be demonstrating knitting with silk hankies at Fiber in the Boro.  It is fiddly because the silk is sticky, but the results are so pretty. 

 

And there is new yarn Rustic from Cascade is out on the shelves and so is SUPER SOFT Eco Alpaca

Here's a cowl I made with the Rustic (free pattern with purchase)

 
Here's a close up - it is hard to teel but there are leaves all around the edge....

 
The Rustic is beautiful - a mix of wool and linen that turned out pretty nice.  The eco alpaca is just undyed good quality alpaca in a worsted weight.  (I say "just", but OMG you should feel it, dyes really make yarn harsher to touch)

The Last Tanatalyzing Tuesday Sale for the summer is Tuesday August 30th!

And yes I will stay open til 6pm.....

 Tuesday is BOGO pattern day – buy one regularly priced loose pattern and get one free.  The pattern sale box is still marked at only $1.00 each and I have added some to it. 

There’s a bin of booklets and actual books near the front door that is on sale too. 

Lopi is going to be 25% off until it all goes.  The distributor changed and sadly I no longer am going to carry it.  Get it while you can.  The same goes for all Jo Sharp yarns. 

And Tuesday some of the cotton yarns will be up to 45% off and a few other yarns around the store will be marked down as well. 

Finally, let’s see, how about Koigu 10% off, Encore 15% off, Cascade 128 20%.  Fiesta yarns 25% off.  Cascade Magnum 30%.

And the new knewsletter will be out this afternoon.  Look for it in your mailbox to see what's new and going on at the store.

 

Crochet wonders

If you are in Nashville anytime soon, stop at the State musem and look at the Small Expressions exhibit.  There are wonderous things in it and none of it is larger than 15" in any direction.  This exhibit is from the Handweaver's Guild of America and tours the country every year and we got it this year, probably thanks to the fact that the woman who was the judge for this year's show is at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville.  Anyway there were some truly amazing little pieces of fiber art, among them some great little crocheted nests that I just loved.  We went last weekend - I just got some of the tiny crochet thread into the store and tiny hooks yesterday.  We'll see what I can come up with tomorrow on my day off.  There are new colors of #10 crochet thread, and some white and ecru #20 & #30.  This'd be good for tatting too I guess.

There are a few new colors of Marina in as of Thursday afternoon, and couple more due in the next two weeks.  (Marina is that ruffle yarn) I also have some other companies versions that will hit the shelves next week along with some new yarns in from Louisa Harding that are to die for.

 

Tantalyzing Tuesday and other stuff

It's Silky Tantalyzing Tuesday - Any yarn or spinning fiber with silk in it - 30% off (does not include ready made items like silk scarves or kits)

Other Tantalyzing things

Not on sale but definitely yummy is the new Hand Painted Knitting Yarn.  I got some in on Friday and they are so yummy.  They are also the makers of the Scarf in a Scarf kit which is a bunch of luscious yarn to knit a scarf and then a hand dyed silk scarf to thread through your knitted one.  It's unique and a fun wardrobe addition.  There are also a  few "Little Giant" skeins which contain several yarns and are fun to just knit a simple feather and fan pattern with for a longways knit scarf that rocks.

That Koigu shawl I made that is in the store right now - the pattern is now available.  Free this week with yarn purchase to make it and also for sale.  The picture is a couple of weeks back worth of blog...

The website is up for Fiber in the Boro - some pages are still under construction and don't have all their content yet, but it is up. 

 

Tantalyzing Tuesday

TODAY'S SPECIAL

ALL SOCK YARNS

30% OFF

Tantalyzing Tuesdays

start today.  I had planned to do the usual Monday Madness all summer, but I realized yeseterday Summer was getting away from me pretty quickly.  And sometimes things just need to change.  So there will be Tantalyzing Tuesdays until the end of August.  Some yarns, accesories or whatever will be on sale Tuesdays of every week.  I'll send out an announcement by email on Monday and it'll be posted here Tuesday. This week the special is Punta yarns.  I just designed a shawl out of the luscious Handpainted South American Cotton (see yesterday's post) and today all Punta yarns will be 25% off.  There is also a free pattern with yarn purchase this week.  Punta yarns are very nice to knit with, they feel nice in the hand and are in beautiful colors.