Show and Tell Friday

I thought you'd like to see a couple of the finished projects that Diane and Sam have made for the shop.

This cute little baby sweater is simple to make and only takes 1 skein of the Plymouth Encore yarn if you're making the smallest size. A great little sweater to make for baby showers.

This shrug is made out of Araucania's Chacabuco yarn. It's a bulky weight yarn made out of 100% pima cotton. The pattern is from Farmhouse Yarns. This yarn comes in some real nice hand-painted colors.

Market bags are becoming more and more popular as we try to protect our environment. Why not make one out of Plymouth's Fantasy Naturale yarn like this one? This would make great Christmas gifts for your friends and family and it only uses 2 skeins! Plus the pattern is free with purchase!

Summer Charity Project...
We've had a couple of people turn in garments for the Warm Woolies organization that we're focusing on this summer. If you have some bulky weight wool just sitting in your stash, why not make a vest or sweater for this group that helps orphanages overseas and an Indian reservation here in the states. I make this cute vest to donate out of the Cascade Victor yarn that's in our sale bin. There's still some of that yarn in the sale bin if you want to help with our summer charity project.

Classes...

Lisa designed this gorgeous Fiesta Coat that is on display in the shop. We're thinking of offering it as a class in October, so if you're interested, let me know. If we have enough interest, we'll definitely do a class. It's a great way to use a lot of different types of yarns together...and possibly use up some of your stash at the same time.

New arrivals...

• Vogue Knitting - Fall issue
• Knit 'N Style - October issue
• St. Charles Ritratto...a DK yarn in 6 beautiful colors
• Plymouth Forever sock yarn...a great yarn to use in making baby items
• Plymouth Alpaca Prima...6 neutral colors that would make gorgeous lace shawls and scarves
• Muench Family...an Aran weight yarn that is machine washable and has arrived in 11 yummy colors
• Feza Dazzle...in orange to be added to a white yarn for a great new UT scarf for this season (model scarf on display) and in white to be added to other colors of yarn for great scarves as well
• Feza Cyprus Mohair...beautiful yarn that you have to see to appreciate
• Malabrigo...100 pounds of their worsted yarn has arrived. I now have in stock 42 of our 45 colors.

And don't forget...today and tomorrow (August 1 and 2) are tax-free days. Come save the tax off of your purchases!