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29

Webs Newsletter - Are you Subscribed?

June 29, 2007 | 3 Comments

In today’s newsletter from Webs, they are featuring a new100% wool in the worsted weight with 247 yards per skein, and at an easy on the pocket price of $4.99 before discount. Not to mention the fact that it is available in a wide range of colors for fall.
Also on sale is Filatura [...]

Jun

28

Wind Powered Fiber Mill

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

After all the rushing and traveling for the out-of-state baby shower, I finally found time to catch up on my magazine reading. I am a poor traveler and could not focus while in the plane. (Read - not in control of my bus while flying). So, I picked up my copy of Vogue [...]

Jun

27

Team Knitty Sock Yarn Arrived

June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My special order Team Knitty Sock Yarn arrived yesterday. This yarn is specially dyed when ordered by Mama E at C*EYE*BER Fiber Warehouse. I ordered this yarn June 2. I don’t think that was an unusually long time for a special order. The yarn color is as pictured on the website [...]

Jun

26

Project Finished!

June 26, 2007 | 2 Comments

The project that gave me nightmares is finished. In fact, it is finished and gifted! I spent the weekend in Connecticut with my pregnant daughter attending her baby shower. The project, a knitted baby blanket, is from a Leisure Arts leaflet titled KnitOne for Baby.

This blanket was worked on every chance [...]

Jun

21

TNNA Conference Yarn Report

June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

Knitter’s Review visited the TNNA early June in Columbus Ohio. ” TNNA stands for The National NeedleArts Association, and twice a year they host a conference where store owners, manufacturers, designers, publishers, and industry folk come together to learn, schmooze, and sell. Besides the marketplace, TNNA also offers a fantastic array of classes, [...]

Jun

20

Simply Soft Heather by Caron Yarn

June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

CaronYarn Company introduced the newest member of the Simply Soft family of yarns—Simply Soft Heather. A true marriage of soft lustrous fiber with soft, sophisticated colors makes Simply Soft Heather a truly special new yarn for fashion garments, throws, pillows, even bags and totes. We’ve designed Heathers to complement some of [...]

Jun

19

Knitting Daily is Live

June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Interweave Knits Knitting Daily is live. The site is fresh and interesting looking. The Editor, Sandi Wiseheart, is interested, for now it seems, in getting the opinion of the knitters as to what they want in patterns and designs.
As the PR page states: More informative than columns, more fun than [...]

Jun

18

Free Dishcloth Patterns

June 18, 2007 | 4 Comments

I stumbled onto Free Patterns by K1P1Keeping You In Stitches by clicking links on a page from another link. It’s amazing what you can find sometimes. This is a site full of free dishcloth patterns.
Many new knitters fine tune their skills with dishcloth patterns.
Many women find the cotton used to make these cloths [...]

Jun

15

Stop insulting my Grandmother

June 15, 2007 | 1 Comment

This is a post that is a little old, from January, but it struck a chord with me. It’s written by the owners of Rosies Yarn Cellar, a store in Philadelphia, PA and the blog is Rosie Blogs.
What is significant about this rant, and it is a rant, is that a store [...]

Jun

14

Yarn From Milk?

June 14, 2007 | 2 Comments

This Spring, South West Trading Company released the Vickie Howell Collection, a set of three types of yarn. These are Craft, made of 35% Milk Fiber and 65% Organic Cotton; Rock, made of 40% Soysilk, 30% fine wool, and 30% hemp; and Love, made of 70% Bamboo and 30% Silk.
According to Knitting News [...]

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