Yarn Sale and the Harlot at Webs

Webs is celebrating their 33rd anniversary with a yarn sale. This sale is good until May 25th. Nuro Kureyon] new fall colors out and they are available now at Webs.

5th ANNUAL TENT SALE
Saturday & Sunday, May 19th and 20th
10:00am – 5:30pm
Please join us on Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th, for our fifth annual Tent Sale! There will be special purchases and discounted yarns on sale at phenomenal prices! Spinning wheels, equipment, and fiber will be on sale for 20% off. Whether youâ€™re a weaver, knitter, crocheter, spinner, felter, or dyer – this is THE sales event you donâ€™t want to miss. If you only get to WEBS once this year, be sure to make it for this sale!

4th ANNUAL FLEECE MARKET

Saturday, May 19th
10:00am – 5:00pm
We will once again be hosting our annual Fleece Market on the first day of our Tent Sale. This is a fun event for the entire family. Many local sheep and alpaca growers will be on hand to offer a variety of fleeces, fiber, and yarn for sale from their own animals. A variety of breeds is always represented. Come browse, buy from the producers, talk spinning and even bring your wheel and spin! WEBS will have several spinning wheels on hand and ready to try!

But, even more exciting is the fact that the Harlot is coming to Webs.

THE YARN HARLOT IS COMING BACK TO WEBS!

Wednesday, May 30th at 6:00pm, at The Calvin in downtown Northampton (increased capacity)

We are so thrilled to have Stephanie Pearl-McPhee a.k.a. The Yarn Harlot
We will kick off the festivities at the Calvin. There will also be a cash bar. Stephanie will speak at 6:00pm and then open the floor to Q&A. Once the program is completed, we will all return to]WEBS for a book signing. For those of you not wanting to wait in-line, we will have a bunch of pre-signed books that you can purchase. The store will be open for shopping until the last knitter leaves.

First, this event is free, but we will be partnering with a local charity. More info to follow. Second, we will be taking donations for hats as well. Anyone interested in bringing a hat or sending one if you are unable to attend the event should feel free to do so! We’ll be sure to get them to local organizations who can distribute them.

MOST IMPORTANTLY – YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT!!
The Calvin holds a limited number of people, we can accomodate many more people back here at the store, but if we sell-out the event, we will not be able to take walk-ins at the Calvin.

Stay tuned for further updates, announcements and surprises!

Next Pattern:

I talked the other day about how much I am enjoying vests lately. Another reason I’m liking them is that they give me an excuse to knit something sweater adjacent without actually knitting sweaters, since I have about 24 knit sweaters and don’t really need more right now.

I recently designed a completely basic, bulky V-neck sweater worked in two pieces from the bottom up as a way to teach people how to design a basic garment for themselves.

This vest fulfilled a dream of mine because I’ve always wanted to make something with Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick‘s Hudson Bay colorway, and I happened to be at my local Joann (before all the bankruptcy sales started) and there were exactly three skeins of this colorway, all of the same dye lot, so I figured that was a sign that I needed to take them and make something.

Three skeins isn’t a huge amount of yardage (about 318 yards) so I thought a vest would be a great choice. And it worked out perfectly that I could make the vest I wanted in the right size for me and used almost exactly all the yarn (I think I have about 2 yards left). And that was with only doing a round of single crochet around the neckline and slip stitches around the armholes because I didn’t have enough yarn to do ribbing.

I love it just as it is, though, and the process the post walks you through could be used to make a vest of any size and in any gauge that you want. But to be honest I kind of want to knit another one exactly the same in a different colorway, and maybe with some ribbing next time.

If you’d like to knit your own vest or just see how I made mine, check out the post over at Our Daily Craft. I think this is a great way to learn the basics of designing on a small scale and an easy way to build knitting confidence.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

Twist Your Stitches for a Fun Vest Knitting Pattern

Knit a Vest with Cabled Details

A Beyond-Basic Vest to Knit for Fall or Spring

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