Knitting Goodies.....and NOT just for the Holidays!

If you haven't had the chance to order the Cedar Leaf Shawlette kit designed by the very talented Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting, it is not too late! This kit is so stunning and unusual, that we just can't keep it in stock! Don't worry, there is always another yarn shipment from Hand Maiden on its way to our store. The Cedar Leaf Shawlette is a lovely crescent shaped little shawl that drapes beautifully around the shoulders and looks absolutely lovely wrapped around the neck as a scarf. The curved shape of the shawl is created using short rows and the leafy border is knit on once the body of the shawl is completed. The kit was designed using Hand Maiden's luxurious Lady Godiva yarn which is 50% wool and 50% silk in the Cedar colourway. We are always happy to substitute another colourway we have in stock or special order your favourite colour from Hand Maiden. Just email us and we're happy to help.

This gorgeous kit was such a big hit with our customers that we decided top create a second version in Fleece Artist Woolie Silk, another lovely handpainted yarn spun in 65% wool and 35% silk. The Cedar Leaf Shawlette Woolie Silk kit is now available in a variety of colours.

We also wanted to show you a really fashion forward line of patterns we are now carrying in pdf download format designed by Vladimira Cmorej of Vadis Designs. Vladimira has her master's Degree in Art Teaching and has worked as a fabric designer, faux finisher, and decorative painter. She has been knitting her whole life and currently self publishes and designs patterns for yarn companies. We are sure you will agree with that her designs are not only very chic, but also very sexy!

Here are just a couple of our favorites. The Open Shoulder Pullover is a very close fitting twisted rib pullover with 3/4 sleeves designed in worsted weight yarn.

The Two Button Cardigan is a 3/4 sleeve cardigan with garter stitch hems and an asymmetric closure designed for heavy worsted or chunky weight yarn.

Happy Shopping!!!

Many New Colors of Sea Silk & Hip Knits

What's new this week?

We just reached our 1000th product! Hard to believe that we have that many items isn't it?!!

We had a very large shipment of Sea Silk Yarn come in from Hand Maiden Yarns. Just so everyone knows, the price went up slightly and probably will have to be raised again as it will at every other store that sells this yarn. Our exchange rate is really getting worse!! It is amazing the difference from only six months ago. Plus there was a price increase in the yarn itself. Still it is so gorgeous and when you think that two skeins make you a gorgeous silk shawl for around 65.00 or so that really is not expensive for a hand knit luxury item.

Straw is a new color for us:



Stone is a beautiful "newer" color


And many many customer favorites like glacier, are back in stock!


We also are currently uploading a new shipment from HipKnits in the UK. There are new self striping sock yarns spun from blue faced leicester yarn, and a luxury sock yarn that is 50% alpaca and 50% blue faced. Here is one pretty luxury sock yarn.


And then wow, look at this colorway. I am tempted to grab this for my own stash! This is a 90% wool, 10% nylon sock yarn and it is gorgeous!!!




Next week you are going to see a gorgeous new shawl pattern release by Pam Covert. The yarn is Lanas Puras Melosa and there is a crochet version and knit version. These shawls are gorgeous beyond words!! The GGH yarn and BRAND NEW Rebecca magazines for fall arrived today but we need a bit of web work to get them up! And many more exciting items.

Just an update for all of you. I hope you check our "What's New" page routinely and also put us on your bloglines blogroll

What's new this week

What's New This Week

We are still adding many new yarns and other fun things every single day! This week we will be adding a new shipment of Madelinetosh yarn. Madelinetosh is a fairly new company based out of Texas. She handpaints all of her yarns and she also makes the luxury spinning batts you have seen on our site. We have been getting great reviews on the hand blended spinning batts and more are going to be added soon! Her yarns are absolutely beautiful and the fiber itself is so soft!! So if you are a handpainted sock yarn lover, this is your week! Over half of the yarns sold within the first hour of posting, but there are some beautiful ones left and more in the future.













We also got a new shipment in from Fleece Artist and HandMaiden. There are many new colors of Sea Silk Yarn, Sea Wool yarn and Merino Sock Yarn! All three are great for lace work, shawls, summer tops and the sea wool and merino have sock patterns on the labels. There are several new colors of our favorite kits and some new kits too. Look at this gorgeous "Lady of the Lake" sweater kit and the beautiful huge skein that makes it!! This is in olive green, the color shown in the pattern photo:




All the new yarn and kit colors will be added by the end of today Tuesday.! There are new colors for all of the yarns and kits we carry. More yarns and kits are coming soon! Make sure to click on "more info" on most of the listings as we added some photos of the Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden skeins so you can see what they are like! Nothing is as exciting as opening up a box from these companies. The yarns are too gorgeous for words!! The photographs don't capture their beauty. Look at these three HUGE HUGE skeins of yarn that are used for the Soft Wavy Wrap. They are simply beautiful!! This kit can also be used for a pattern called the Alpaca Garter Stitch Jacket which we are providing free with each soft wavy wrap kit. Take a look at three of these gorgeous skeins in spring, glacier and pale pink. We are placing a new order with Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden this week. Would you like a special order? We can get any kit or yarn on their website for you in any color, so please let us know! We will be adding on several more kits and yarns in our next order!






























One of our wonderful customers, Leslie, sent in some photos of her beautiful Fleece Artist Celtic Vest Kit that she made in the color madder. We just added quite a few new colors in size M/L and Small. This vest kit can also be ordered in an XL by the way. Aren't these photos great. This is not Leslie by the way, but her friend, who is a wonderful model! Thanks Leslie and friend!







We also have a new shipment of beautiful fiber jewelry from Perl Grey Studios. Perl Grey is Fleece Artist's "sister" company in Nova Scotia. This is a family run business that has been in the pewter business for 5 generations! They also develop knit kits with the Fleece Artist yarns. In this shipment we added some new "buttonsticks" which are wonderful as shawl pins or on any sweater. We also have more of the very popular "ringsticks" and some adorable new black sheep earrings!! Everything new will be listed this week. Take a peek at a few items here, my favorite black sheep earrings and a gorgeous ring stick made of pewter in the shape of a leaf. Make sure to check out all of the new items on our "What's New Page"





















Also from Fleece Artist, we have new spinning fibers in gorgeous colors in both merino and silk and blue faced leicester so spinners enjoy! These should be posted on Wednesday!

Coming soon!

Coming in July.. Watch for Jo Sharp yarns and patternbooks to finally be released in July! The Fall JO Sharp book and yarns should be here by August. Also our beautiful new Lanas Puras Clarissa is here and it is beautiful and really different! It is a handpainted 50% cotton and 50% wool yarn in a heavy DK weight. It has some texture to it and the dyeing gives it a tweed effect. We can't wait to show you and to have our designers get to work with it! We have some other great surprises in store for you as well.......

Knitters Review Ad This Thursday- Do you get the Knitters Review newsletter every week in your email box? Watch for our ad for Lanas Puras yarns in the newsletter this Thursday, June 28th! Not in the forums, but in the weekly newsletter. There is a special offer there which actually applies to every item in our shop if you have been wanting to get a big kit or something special.

PS Are you registered on our site? Register to receive special email offers and news once a month or so. That's it for now.

Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden Yarns

Hello Friends,

We have lots and lots of Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden yarns and kits in the store but they are already going really fast, so we thought we should make announcement!! There are quite a few colors (over 25!!) of SeaSilk yarn, Sea Wool yarn (their new sock yarn), and Merino Sock Yarn. If a color disappears, it means it has sold or gone out of stock. Same with the kits! The sock yarns, SeaWool and Merino come as kits with a sock pattern right on the label. They are an incredible value for handpainted yarns and they come in such brilliant colors. SeaWool has 70% merino and 30% SeaCell and the yarn is washable! It has a gorgeous shine. Sea Silk is perfect for lace knitting and has an incredible shine because its contents are Silk and SeaCell. Sea Cell is related to tencel, by the way!


This yarn is so gorgeous, really the photographs don't do it justice. The yarn that comes with the kits comes in huge handpainted skeins that are works of hart. Here are a few examples. This is the very large skein of yarn that comes with the Soft Wavy Wrap. It was so large, I could not fit it on our photography background. It is just gorgeous. Most of these kits have sold, but there is one left I think. We will order it in a few more colors on the next order.


Here are just a few of large skeins of Scotian Silk Yarn (wool and silk) that are used for the Celtic Vest Kit. Again, the skeins of yarn are simply breathtaking.




I could keep posting hundreds of photos but you get the idea. Please go on line and take a look at all the fantastic colors.


Are you on our mailing list? If you aren't, make sure to sign up because we will be sending out an announcement in the next week or so about a spring sale. It doesn't include everything in the shop so don't wait if you see a product or color you like! Plus we have several new patterns releasing in the next few weeks.... So keep your eyes on this blog!

Thanks for looking and go look at all the gorgeous colors!!