LYS Day 2020

Thank you to all who visited yesterday for LYS Day. We had a great day. It was busy at times but there was lots of room for everyone to shop comfortably.

We used every inch of the parking lot.

I missed getting a picture of everyone who helped. Dad, Beth and Lynn were at the store at 7am so that we could set everything up. Cathy, Sarah and Wannietta came to help during the day and with take down.

We were all in agreement that it was much nicer than setting up for a show away from the store. No going a day early. No packing and unpacking vehicles twice. No driving. The one thing that didn’t change is the store is a mess inside. We walked everything in and dropped it. Tomorrow morning I have boxes to ship and then I need to get the website updated. After that I need to place orders. We are low on some colours of Le Petit Lambswool. Luckily their orders come quickly and we should see yarn next week.

There are talks about another event in October. You never know.

There are a lot of pictures today.

Meet Wannietta’s daughter Amanda. I’ve known Amanda for 20 years. She was just a toddler and now she’s all grown up. Wannietta just finished a test knit and brought it to show off yesterday. She wanted pictures and I suggested that Amanda model Wannietta’s shawl. Then I asked Amanda to model our Orianna Wrap.

Kits are back in stock and available on the website.

I spent today knitting and watching football. My Shift is finished! Okay, the knitting is finished. It needs to be blocked and seamed.

This was such a fun knit. And now that I have knit it I understand how the colours work better. I have ideas for making new kits.

Uschitita

It’s a great day when the Big Brown Truck pulls in with yarn from Uschitita.

Steffi did an amazing job with our colours. On Monday I will try and get everything photographed and on the website.

We made up Birds of a Feather kits for tomorrow.
From the top
Bon Bon
Feather
Frequency
Eyes Wide Shut

Picking which colourway I want is going to be hard.

My Shift is growing. I really thought it would be finished for tomorrow but that isn’t going to happen. I will put it on a mannequin on the needles. It isn’t the first time that I haven’t finished a sample in time.

People have asked if we will have individual skeins of Dyed in the Wool available tomorrow. We made packages with two skeins of the same colour - enough for the colourwork on Andrea’s new sweater Junction. No, not every colour because we would like to have some sleep tonight.

Here are a few housekeeping items about tomorrow.

COVID Protocol

• We ask that everyone wear a mask and practice social distancing
• Due to limited space we ask that you limit it to 2 family members
• The store will not be open
• Our parking lot will be blocked off - there is parking in the empty lot beside the store

We’ve been getting emails about coming into the store to shop for LYS Day. The store will not be open tomorrow. 

Now I have one more sign to make and a few rows to knit.

Spark

Ms UPS came this morning with three boxes. Two were from Harrisville with more Highland. I put Ebony with Dream State Ruination for Spark from Andrea Mowry.

This is Periwinkle with Ruination. Ebony is very safe but Periwinkle is calling my name.

Photo © Andrea Mowry

You can purchase the pattern for Spark on Ravelry.

I love a good shawl collar cardi! This bottom up, raglan cardigan gives a classic look a twist with all-over colorwork. Spark is knit in the round and then steeked and finished off with a garter shawl collar and cozy belt to keep out those wintry winds!

The last box was from Biches & Buches. More Le Petit Lambswool and Le Petit Silk & Mohair.

Mr. Canada Post brought in a box from Soak. We are restocked on large bottles.

You might have noticed a bottle of Soak in Sarah’s pictures yesterday. We all use Soak when blocking/washing our hand knits.

SOAK IS THE MODERN WAY TO CLEAN AND REFRESH THE LAUNDRY YOU LOVE. ITS GENTLE, NO-RINSE FORMULATION IS PERFECT FOR HAND- OR MACHINE-WASHING YOUR LACIEST LINGERIE, SOFTEST SWEATERS, SWIMWEAR, HAND-MADE QUILTS, EVEN BABY CLOTHES. IF YOU LOVE IT, SOAK IT

I placed another order with Uschitita on the weekend and we could see it in September. There will be great colours on Singles as well as Steffi’s Kidsilk Lace in matching colours.

I know that I will need Birds of a Feather in Eyes Wide Shut.

We will have more kits for Orianna in the original colours.

In the past I have mentioned weird dreams. Last night’s dream was about Cathy and Sarah. They started a radio program about knitting. Not a podcast. Not something you would watch online. It was a radio program. Where did that come from???

Deliveries

Uschitita arrived this morning. Totally out of the blue and boy was I happy to see the big brown truck.

These are the colours for Ambah's Orianna Wrap. Wow! Kits are available on the website.

Plus the many amazing colours of Singles including

Bouquet

Ella Ella La

Sugared Violets

Sweatpants

Vintage Rug

Wild at Heart

Mr. FedEx came with the Mason-Dixon Knitting Field Guides.

Later in the day we saw another FedEx truck with 8 brand new colours of Noro Ito.

I had a visitor this morning - Lynn needed yarn. She is doing well but misses work.

We had snow this afternoon in Ancaster. Yikes!