Summer yarn sale!

C'mon in! Our annual summer yarn sale is going on now through August 14th. Yarn is 20-50% off! Now's a good to time to stock up. Summer is over before you can blink in Maine, and soon we'll all be thinking about knitting warm scarves again!

In the meantime, if you want to knit up a quick and cool summer vest, please go to the Knitting Fever website for the pattern. There's lots of other wonderful free patterns on their site. Check it out! We carry much of their yarn line, and if you see something we don't have, we'd be more than happy to order it for you.

In other news, the Bob Nichols needle felting workshops are now scheduled! The beginner class will be on August 7th from 9:30-noon, and the intermediate class is in the afternoon from 1-3. The workshops are $20 and all supplies are included. Please check this earlier post for more information about the class. Bob's a great teacher and his classes are so much fun! Please call 872-2118 to sign up, or just stop by the store. Stop by anyway, and check out the yarn sale. That yarn you've been hankering for may be 50% off!

Needle felting class scheduled (and other news)

We're happy to have a date for our upcoming needle felting class with Bob Nichols.It'll be on June 19th, from 9:30 to noon. Check out Bob's needle felted art over at the Valley Arts Alliance website. Bob is a great teacher and it'll be a lot of fun!. The workshop is twenty dollars including all the supplies you'll need. Please call 872-2118 to reserve your spot.

We've got lots of new items in the store. The HiyaHiya needle set pictured above is absolutely gorgeous. The same company also makes what they call Dumpling Cases, filled with stitch markers. Check them out! Wonder how they open up? You'll have to come into the store to find out!


If you can't make it into the store, we do ship. Don't hesitate to call us, tell us what you want or need, and we'll get it right out to you. No, we don't have an online store, because we're old-fashioned that way.

Two special classes coming up!

On Saturday, May 8th from 1:00-3:30, Roberta will be teaching "How to Knit a Short Row Hat." The class is only $5 and includes the hat pattern. Short rows are a great technique for shaping, and learning how to do them in a small project is a great way to learn! Call 872-2118 to sign up, and to find out what you need to bring to the class. Call soon - we have a feeling this one will fill up fast!

There'll be a needle felting class with a special instructor, Bob Nichols. You can read about Bob and his fiber art here. We haven't scheduled it yet - please call 872-2118 for more information. Needle felting is fun and easy. If you've ever wanted to make a cute little animal or doll with this technique, here's your chance to learn! Needle felted animals are so cute! If you're in the shop, check out our selection of needle felting books. The projects in them are irresistible, like the ones in the picture above from the book "Wool Pets".

If you're in the mood to knit a felted bag or purse, we've got lots of wool yarn on our sale table right now. Stop by and check it out soon because once it's gone, well, it's gone for good.

Lucy Neatby workshops

We will have some truly special knitting workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6th and 7th, with Canadian knitter extraordinaire Lucy Neatby. That's Lucy above, and you can learn more about her at her own colorful blog, "Happy Stitches."

Lucy describes herself as a "technical knitter." Here a run-down of the workshops:

Tuesday Morning 9-Noon "Ship Shape Shoulders"
Suitable for beginners and up.
Learn to work short rows to eliminate stair-steps on the shoulders of sweaters. Deal with cables, mismatched seams.

Tuesday Afternoon 1-4 "Fringes, Folderols, and Furbelows"
For intermediate knitters.
A mixed bag of interesting techniques to add exciting beginning and finishing touches to your knitting.

Wednesday Morning 9-Noon "Gilding the Lily"
Must have working knowledge of kitchener and mattress stitch as these will not be covered in detail.
We will look at a variety of refinements to the detailing of your pieces, owkr on provisional cast-ons, make a double knit pocket, and trim a choice of pocket top. A more intensive class than the others.

Wednesday afternoon 1-4 "Merrily Down the Tubes"
Advanced Class
Test and compare many methods of achieving a tubular cast-on. Incorporate invisible channels suitable for i-cord or elastic within a a rib followed by a sewn tubular bind-off for single and double rib fabrics.

All workshops are $30. Call 207-872-2118 for more details, find out what supplies and swatches you need to bring with you, and to sign up. This should be fun!