AUGUST 2022

Anne RETURNS.


We're delighted to

W E L C O M E 

Anne back to the store on Tuesdays from 12-4 pm beginning August 16.

You'll be able to schedule classes with her
as of August 23.
 

SWEATERS


ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR FALL.

There are so many great sweater patterns out there.

Many designers are now copyrighting their pattern pictures, so it makes it difficult to post them here so that everyone can see.  
Of course I don't blame them for copyrighting but we just can't knit/crochet samples for all of them so that we can legally post photos.

Thus, here are some of my new favorites.  You can check them out on Ravelry when you have time.  We have an excellent supply of sweater "quantities" in many yarns, and new yarns will be arriving.

 

 

MILES SHIRT JACKET
by
OZETTA : HAILEY SMEDLEY
 

The Miles shirt-jacket is worked from the top down. It features dropped shoulders and back shaping with minimal details at the shoulders for a classic shape. It is finished with a fold-over collar, a curved hem created by short rows, and pockets. An oversized woolen shirt-jacket, designed to be worn almost any day of the year.

Sizes - XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL
Gauge - 15 sts and 24 rows = 4 x 4” 

Needle Size -  US size 10 - 16" and 32-40";
US size 8 16" (or 2 sizes down from main)
Yarn - aran weight



ORBITS
by
RACHEL ILLSLEY

Orbits is the fourth design in Rachel's Einaudi Collection – a collection of knitwear patterns inspired by pieces of music written by Ludovico Einaudi. It features stranded colorwork through the majority of the yoke and into the upper body and sleeves, with patterns that capture the mysterious, repetitive yet delicate essence of the music.

SKILLS REQUIRED 
-long tail cast on 
-joining in the round 
-twisted ribbing 
-increasing using right and left lifted increases 
-reading colourwork charts 
-working stranded colourwork with two colours 
-separating yoke stitches into body and sleeve stitches 
-cable cast on 
-working a regular pattern of decreases (using K2tog and SSK) 
-standard bind off

Yarn weight - Fingering (14 wpi) 
Gauge - 24 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
Needle size - US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 2 - 2.75 mm
Yardage - 1288 - 2285 yards (1178 - 2089 m)
Sizes available -  XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL)

 

DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE
by
MELANIE BERG (Mairlynd)

A treat for your wild and wonderful side, this slouchy, grandpa-fit cardigan is the perfect project to knit in those stray moments you steal away for yourself.

Desperate Housewife is a top-down, one-piece cardigan with a circular yoke, ideal for lounging or throwing on for a splash of color when you run errands.

Published August 2022
Yarn weight:  Sport (12 wpi) 
Gauge - 25 stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch, blocked
Needle size - US 3 - 3.25 mm
Sizes available 1-8


 

HERBSAINT
by
THEA COLMAN (BABY COCKTAILS)
 

Herbsaint bridges the seasons this year, featuring short sleeves, an easy fit, and some gorgeous and unexpected cables.  Herbsaint has a delicate, easy-wearing feel that’s perfect for either a late summer night or a crisp fall day.

The neckline and shoulder shaping play into the ribbing, as does the optional shaping at the bottom edge of the back. There are long, elegant cables between simple ribs, accenting the side to side construction of the top pieces. The lines feel classic and delicate and the cables open up a little when worn on their sides.

Yarn weight - DK (11 wpi)
Gauge - 22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
Needle size US 6 - 4.0 mm, US 7 - 4.5 mm
Yardage - 900 to 1300 yards (823 - 1189 m)
Eight sizes available


This colorful top-down sweater, designed
by Artyarns' Iris Schreier,
is created totally in stockinette stitch.
We have complete kits in two separate colorways.  
Pattern download is included with purchase.  
With the August yarn discount, getting twelve mini skeins makes it very affordable.

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Tuesday 
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Wednesday
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

 

WOW!  

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SWEATER FUN FACTS 

                    From The Chicago Tribune, 2014.  Written by Mark Jacob & Stephan Benzkofer

 

🧶Many people don sweaters to fend off the cold. Turns out, they're powerful protection during Cold Wars too. In 1978, an assassination attempt on Bulgarian defector Vladimir Kostov, a former state radio editor who lived in Paris, was thwarted because a poisoned dart failed to penetrate his thick woolen sweater.

🧶James Thomas Brudenell was the British officer who led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. He is also remembered as the man whose subordinates wore a distinctive type of knitted clothing to ward off Crimea's chilly weather. That garment was ultimately named for Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan.

🧶Some people describe "Peanuts" character Charlie Brown's zigzag garment as a sweater, and others call it a shirt. In any case, that's not what he was wearing when the comic strip started in 1950. "For the first two weeks of the strip, he wore a plain white T-shirt," cartoonist Charles Schulz recalled. "But then I realized the strip needed more color, so I drew the sweater."

🧶A cardigan worn by a man is sometimes called a mandigan.

🧶That inexpensive cashmere sweater you got for a steal cost more than you think. The world's insatiable appetite for the famously soft garments led to overgrazing on the Alashan grasslands in China, which in turn was a major factor in the increase of dust storms so vast they crossed the Pacific Ocean and polluted air in the United States.

🧶Hockey players don't wear jerseys, they wear sweaters. Or at least they're called sweaters, hark back to the days when games were often played outdoors.

🧶English playwright Noel Coward popularized the turtleneck sweater in the 1920s, giving men the courage to come out of their shells and flout the shirt-and-tie status quo. But it was 1967 that was declared the "Year of the Turtle" by a fashion magazine. Popular with beatniks and artists, the fad was powered by the likes of Johnny Carson, Sammy Davis Jr., Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Steve McQueen.

🧶For a short time in late 1968, Francine Gottfried was famous. Dubbed "Wall Street's Sweater Girl," the 21-year-old bank data processing worker took the same route to work every day at the same time, and large crowds of men began gathering near the New York Stock Exchange to ogle her tight sweaters. Before the furor subsided, 10,000 gawkers showed up one day. "These people in Wall Street have the responsibility of handling millions of dollars and they act like they're out of their minds," said Gottfried, who moved on to work elsewhere. Her treatment inspired feminists to stage an "Ogle-In" on June 9, 1970,leering at male passers-by and commenting loudly about their body parts.

🧶In October 2013, Norway's NRK television network broadcast "National Knitting Evening," a show lasting about 12 hours — yes, 12 hours — that covered the complete sweater-making process, from lamb shearing to the knitting of the garment. More than 1.2 million people watched the show.

🧶Ugly Christmas sweaters used to be what made your grandmother special. Now they're a thing, a meme, a point of (ironic) hipster pride — and big business. There is a 21-event 5K charity race series, numerous pub crawls and the so-called National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day is the second Friday of December. People hold ugly sweater-themed parties, and if you can't figure out how to do that by yourself, there's a book. Major retailers claim to have the ugliest ugly sweater. And there's a robust market for used ugly sweaters ... so go raid your grandma's closet.