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I have news, actually. We are no longer ordering Cascade yarns. Lately their customer service has deteriorated and they moved a good bit of their production to China. While I like yarn from everywhere, the combination of these two things and a few other factors mean yarn with possibly less quality and more difficulty in getting them, not to mention it being a poor choice ecologically. Since we are switching, I have chosen to go with American made yarns wherever possible to replace them. Brown Sheep Nature Spun with its 80 colors seems like the best choice for replacing Cascade 220 & 128. I just ordered some samples and they should be in next week. To celebrate I will have them out to feel and see and test knit as soon as they arrive. And starting in August we will be doing an Afghan Knitting Group. I found a fun pattern of 60 knitted squares (honestly you could pick 30 and have perfectly lovely blanket). The booklets will be here next week as well. This group will meet the first and third Monday of the month and we will work through the more challenging squares 2 at a time for 5 months. This is a great way to learn new stitches and techniques and have an afghan by Christmas. Class is free if you buy your yarn here. It can be a solid color or a couple of colors. I would like to be able to order your books and yarn in time for the first class so if you are interested in coming to class please let me know as soon as possible. Another great thing about the Brown Sheep yarns is that there is more yardage for less $ in each skein. And they will allow orders for just how much you need, not in their prepackaged amounts.
It seems folks are thinking of fall already and planning for sweaters and warm things. A new yarn came in and we put it out today because I finished a fun side to side shawl that shows it off well. It is a self striping alpaca yarn and very soft and pretty….I am going to enjoy wearing the shawl later this year.
Fall yarns will be coming in soon and I still need room for them so the Summer Basket of Savings will continue through August at least. I will have a basket of odds and ends I add to periodically as well as weekly specials and Fabulous Fridays. Patterns will remain at 99 cents through August as well. Check your weekly emails, facebook or the blog for current sales. This Fabulous Friday sale is a basket of some random alpaca yarns – things I only have a few left of or am not ordering again. There will be some pretty great yarns in there and they will be 30% off on Friday only.
I am still in a Weaving Frenzy and so have added a Weaving for Fun class in August. This is the one that I warp the loom and you just come in and make yourself a beautiful scarf/table runner/whatever. You can see some of my latest weavings on Ravelry on my projects page too. I’ve inspired Robin and Lisa to weave ….They would tell you I have gone a little nuts….
In that vein, and since you read to the end… Mention the knewsletter and get 3 skeins of Cascade Casablanca or Sitka for the price of 2. This weekend only – Friday and Saturday since I am no longer open on Sundays.
And here’s a little extra notice of next week’s summer savings special…Plymouth Tweed and Vittadini Natasha are 45% off.
Happy knitting and weaving and spinning and crocheting…Get out of the heat and come in so you can.
Meredith
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