Flash Sale on Spring/Summer Yarns

We are getting ready for the arrival of fall yarns and need room in the store. From now until August 1, select summer yarns will be 30% off.

-Rowan Silkystones
-Rowan Pure Linen
-Rowan Tetra Cotton
-Rowan Cotton Lustre
-Rowan Revive
-Rowan Summerspun
-Rowan Summer Tweed
-Rowan All Seasons Chunky (50% off)
-Classic Elite Cerro
-Classic Elite Sanibel
-Classic Elite Santorini
-Classic Elite Sandpiper
-Classic Elite Bella Lino
-Louisa Harding Noema
-Louisa Harding Azalea
-Louisa Harding Anise
-Debbie Bliss Juliet
-Debbie Bliss Delphi
-Sirdar Beachcomber
-Sirdar Cotton DK

Not sure what you can do with these yarns? Log yourself into Ravelry, and under YARN put in the yarn name.

Now click on the 233 projects and it will show you all projects that people have used Bella Lino for. It can take a while to go through these so Ravelry has added a filter

Now you can find the perfect project.

You might think it's too late to knit for this summer, but you can get started and have it ready for the warm weather of 2016.

These are in stock only. No special orders. No holds. All sales final. No returns.
If you live out of town, we will mail to you. Just call or email your colour requests and we will let you know if they are available.

Eccentric

Mr. Canada Post brought in a huge box from Prism Yarns this morning and I'm repacking some to send to Lynda. This new shawl is called the Eccentric Chevron Wrap. It is knit in 6 skeins of Merino Mia-100% super wash merino wool. The yarn is hand dyed by Laura Bryant and the colours are awesome. This colourway is called Neutrals.

There are many colour combinations available. I tried to get pictures but ran out of time. This is Jewels.

Light Autumn (the colour on the pattern)

We also have
-pastels
-sage/desert
-winter
-dark autumn

You can't go wrong with any of Laura's combinations. She has the most amazing eye for colour.

While I was away we received a new DK weight yarn called Drifter.

69% acrylic
25% cotton
6% wool

300m on a 100gram ball

machine washable
cool tumble dry

There is also a baby version. The colours are awesome!!

Now it's time to go grocery shopping. I don't know why Beth isn't offering so that I can stay home and knit :)

Lemon Difficult

Our friend Kate Atherley has a new pattern.

Admit it. You’ve got one in your stash. That skein of one-of-a-kind limited-edition crazy-variegated sock yarn that you just couldn’t resist? The one with all the colours and the fast changes and the overall craziness? The one from the charming little indie dyer at the fiber festival? The one in the sale bin at the yarn shop with the hilarious name? The one you created by accident in a misguided home dyeing experiment? 

Yeah, that one. This pattern is for that one.

The pattern for Lemon Difficult is available for purchase on Ravelry… 

This pattern creates a slightly asymmetrical triangle shawl that’s smooshy and warm and easy to wear. Depending on how crazy that crazy skein of yarn is, you can create a true statement piece…. Or something that shows off a more tasteful but still busy colourway in a clever and subtle way. 

Don’t be intimidated by the brioche: oddly, it’s easier to work in two colours than one, as it’s easier to see what you’re doing. These instructions are detailed enough that even if you’ve never tried it before, you will be able to manage it. It does require a little attention, but once you get the hang of it, it’s not difficult. This isn’t necessarily TV knitting, but it definitely would go well with a good audiobook or podcast.

Stephen West's last mystery KAL had a section of brioche. I enjoyed the stitch and you will get into a rhythm. As Kate says, it does require a bit of attention but it isn't as hard as it looks - or the instructions look. It takes a lot of words to explain but don't let that turn you off.

The alarm went off at 6am and I started watching the golf. All class confirmations for Knitting Camp have been emailed. I started writing a newsletter but I couldn't write and watch so I just knit and watched. It was excited and finally ended after 3pm.

We close on our townhouse on Wednesday so we needed to get the last few things out. There are some things for garbage. Some knitting books. I swept and cleaned toilets and dusted. Then Beth dropped a glass jar so it took a while to clean that up. It's a bit sad and then we heard the neighbour kids yelling and screaming. We made the right decision.

Knitters' Fair

I'm back to working on the Greyhound Shawl (pattern purchased on Ravelry) in Mrs. Crosby Hat Box.

We were up early this morning to watch the golf. It was very exciting and I didn't get as much knitting accomplished as I had hoped. The final round starts at 6 tomorrow morning - we'll be up early.

I'm writing while watching Big Brother. Then we have Beach Flip taped. Any show with renovating excites me.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair is one of the largest all-knitting events in Canada. For many years, the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild has offered a one-day fair organized "by knitters for knitters."

This Fair, held at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, now presents approximately 50 vendors offering the latest and greatest of knitting products. Imagine two large rooms dedicated to craft of knitting, where you can see and feel the latest yarn, ogle the vibrant colours, visit with your friends, listen to a great speakers, and pamper yourself with a hand massage. We offer an incredible display of yarns and fibre in every colour, knitting books, patterns, tools, and accessories.

Some new things that we are working on for this year include scheduled demos by vendors, and a Micro Market for smaller local designers and knitting-related businesses. We have also increased our focus to include more fibre! So anyone who loves to spin their own fibre before knitting it will now have more options at the Fair.

We also offer:

• Low admission price
• Fashion Show - 11 am
• Speaker - 1 pm
• Door Prizes
• Lunch Options
• Demos
• Knitters' Spa

Fair Details:

• Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015
• Admission: $7 per person, children under 12 free.
• Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location:

Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
400 East Ave
Kitchener, Ontario

Get your calendar marked. This is a day that you don't want to miss. We're going to have new yarns and new samples at the show. 

Magmatic Boom is finished

Here is Magmatic Boom (pattern purchased on Ravelry). Cast off and ready to be blocked. The pattern is easy to follow. The stitches are easy to do.

I used Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off. Knitty.com has a great tutorial for this bind off.

Today's public service announcement. You will need almost double the amount of yarn to do this cast off. Don't try to cut it short. You won't be happy if you are casting off a shawl with 400 stitches on the needles.

The yarn is a Party of Five kit from SweetGeorgia Yarns. The kits will be here at the end of August. My colourway is English Bay.

We also have Rusted and Snapdragon coming along with a few more that I can't find pictures of right now.

There will also be a few colourways coming with glitter.

I think I will block tomorrow morning while watching the golf. It starts on TV at 7am so it will be an early (OK, earlyish) evening.

I'm Home

The sun rise this morning was beautiful. We were up early (4am) to watch the golf and get the house ready to leave. Sheets and towels were washed and the house was in tip top shape when we left. I even managed to knit a few rows.

We're home now.

The clouds on the way home were awesome. After a few pictures it was time to get down to business. I'm almost half way through the last colour on Magmatic Boom

There are two episodes of The Amazing Race Canada to be watched so who knows how far I can get tonight.

I stopped by the store on the way home from the airport to see Lynn and she was unpacking a box from Lorna's Laces.

 April Showers

 Grasshopper

 Lava Flow

 Sandstorm

Thunder Cloud

We have these five colours in Shepherd Sock, Solemate and Cloudgate.

Now it's time to rest. I have that 'I need a vacation to relax after my vacation' feeling. And I'm working tomorrow. Thankfully it's a short day to get back into the groove of things.

She creamed me!

It wasn't even close. Back to our normal scores.

Beth took today's round very seriously. Here she is on the putting green before we started.

We played Tidewater which is almost to the North Carolina border. It is one of my favourite courses and the views are beautiful.

The houses on the course are beautiful. Every hole you pick out a different one that you would want.

The turtles were waiting on the 10th tee for us. When we pulled up to the tee box they came running. As fast as a turtle can move but these guys moved pretty fast. Beth fed them pretzels and they were very happy.

I'm glad that we played this morning. We just got in from grocery shopping and dinner. At 9:30 it is 87 out and it feels like 97. So hot and sticky.

Tonight is going to be early to bed. The British Open comes on TV at 4 tomorrow morning. There will be lots of knitting accomplished.

I won!!

We were up early and hit the course. As a 'warm up' for me because I haven't golfed yet, Beth suggested we play The Wizard. It's a great course. Not too long. Not too many long carries into the greens. And the greens were in fantastic condition.

Unfortunately for Beth I had the round of my life. I kicked her butt. She's already booked golf for tomorrow to get me back.

It was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-a. If you came in dressed like a cow then you got a free meal. The costumes were awesome!

 Of course Beth needed to put on a cow hat.

Magmatic Boom is growing and I'm part way through the fourth colour. My mom was worried that I would finish and have nothing to do but there is more yarn in my suitcase.

It's going to be an early evening. We have a 40 minute drive to the course in the morning. And I hate to be late so we're leaving extra early. I have a very strong feeling that tomorrow Beth is going to be the winner. It will be hard to duplicate today's performance.