What's Been Cookin'

Many new things to show you at the shop. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and take a look!

The new Noro Sock Yarn is a fun knit. A little rough on the ball, it sure softens up after it is knitted and washed! We have all but one color in the shop right now!


Kim has a new niece coming this spring, (I told all you something was going on last summer...) so she whipped up this adorable little dress out of some Southwest Trading Karoke. This is a Knitspot pattern. If you are familiar with their lace patterns, you should check out what else we have in the shop from them!

Cool weather like we have had recently calls for a good pot of tea. Without a good tea cozy, it cools down fast. Why not knit one to match your teapot? Nan knitted this to cover hers and loves it! This and more can be found.....

in here...!

I showed you this last week in pieces. It's together now and ready to worn by a new baby..coming this spring... It's from Dale of Norway using the Dale Falk. We also just received a ton of Dale patterns from past seasons. There are some beautiful things in them and what a great way to try a new technique! Something small = Little invested (time and money) + a great learning project.

This hat is (Komi) found in the great Hats On book by Charlene Schurch. The book has 31 different hat patterns using all weights of yarn. There are cables, 2 color knitting and many different cast ons to try. I used the new Punta Del Este Mericash. 80% Merino Wool and 20% Cashmere. After I wiped the drool off of it and stopped fondling it, I blocked it and haven't taken it off since!

...And if you are up for something new....Try some Armenian Knitting. This new book by Meg Swansen and Joyce Williams has some beautiful patterns with this hat as a sort of "introduction" to the technique. Usually, the pink cable would be knitted in using the intarsia method. Many avoid this like the plague because you often have bobbins or balls of yarn hanging from the back of your work. In Armenian Knitting, the CC (pink in the hat below) is carried and trapped every so often all around the hat. If you look carefully in the picture, you can see the pink trapped on back side of the hat. Twice as warm and very fun. This was knitted with Unsupun Icelandic wool. It comes in "wheels", extremely warm and light as a feather. Stop in to take a peak inside this hat!