Saturday, August 22, 2009

3rd Anniversary Sale



It's our biggest sale of the year!

Join in the fun and help out the Frank Neighborhood Project. Bring your donations of new household and children items and enter your name into fantastic drawings!

A year of sock yarn?

An Offhand Designs knitting bag?

A $100 Fiddlehead Yarns Gift Certificate?

Alice Starmore's new reprint of "Fair Isle Knitting"?

A ball winder?

See you on the 5th!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Summer of Socks!

A few weeks ago there were a boatload of socks making their way into the shop. Below is just a sampling... Miss Carol brought her sock "scarf" ala college tour with her. A pair for each of the college visits she accompanied her son to. They are gorgeous but thank goodness he's in, huh?
Miss Emily brought her 3 beautiful girls and her amazing Kai-Mei's from Cookie A's new book.
Thanks for sharing, ladies!



Thursday, July 2, 2009

Maybe some people just aren't cut out to knit...

My brother-in-law is to computers as we are all to knitting.
He sent me this link today.
Seriously, kudos to Merel for being "green" but I think she is missing the point.
Boring??? What has she been knitting?

Friday, June 19, 2009

A Bright Spot!


Road construction is plugging away... Weather was fightful last night...




But...the day was brightened with a box filled with March Hare! Glorious colorways...Italian Plums, Hawaiian Shave Ice, Pesto, Pumpkin Patch, Driftwood, Mahogany, Spanish Lavender, Glacier...and our favorite...Fiddlehead Fern!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

On Green Street


Downtown Kenosha is holding "Bloomin' Days" this weekend. It's a great celebration of music, food and fun. As part of "Bloomin' Days", GREEN STREET will feature exhibits and wokshop about alternative energy, gardening, recycling and other great eco-friendly activities like KNITTING!!


Fiddlehead Yarns will be on GREEN STREET (on 6th Avenue A, between 59th and 60th streets) teaching everyone that walks by how to knit tomorrow (Saturday the 6th)!


Grab your knitting and join us! We will be there from 10am to 6pm. Sit and knit or teach someone else to knit! We'll all be there and hope to see you too!

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Dressed For The Weather


This weather is so iffy. One day it's a scorcher and then next...bust out your winter coat. Out for a walk yesterday, the 3-footer's brother needed a better hat. We grabbed some new lucious cotton and worked this up. He loves it, can you tell?

Stop in the shop, grab some Araucania Ulmo (ravelry link) and cast on for your favorite 0-6 monther!
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Cotton Hat
Directions:
CO 90 sts, PM and join untwisted.
Work in 1 x 1 rib for 4 ½ “
Decrease:
*K 15, dbl dec; repeat from * to end of rnd
Knit
*K 13, dbl dec; repeat from * to end of rnd

Continue in this manner until *K3, dbl dec* rnd.
After completing this rnd, *K1, dbl dec*, omitting the K rnd. (10 sts remain)
Cut yarn and run through all sts. With a darning needle, weave in ends.

Abbreviations:
dbl dec slip 2 stitches together (knitwise), purl 1, pass slipped stitch over

Thursday, May 28, 2009

More Sock Knitting Fun

Saturday is the second and final installment of our Cookie-A-Along. If you didn't join us 2 weeks ago, there's still time!
Sock Innovation was out of print already but we managed to score a bunch of copies as soon as they were reprinted. If you haven't gotten yours yet, now is the time! Call the shop to have yours put aside.
Those? My Kai-Mei's from the book. ...now to decide on the next pair!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Crazy, alright...

With a long drive this past weekend, I brought a bunch of sock yarn with me to knit on. Working on a simple toe-up, 2x2 rib sock is the perfect project to keep me busy while my husband complains that the car ahead of us does not belong in the left lane.

Toe-up socks allow me to get all the work out of the way at once and then cruise right up the leg, letting the yarn do the work.

So after finishing up a pair just north of Madison, I cast on with the new Zauberball Crazy. It's a little different than the plain Zauberball in that 2 colors of yarn are plied together and change fairly frequently.

After turning the heel on the first, I decided to begin the second so I could ration my yarn once I get to the leg. I like playing "chicken" with the yarn, seeing how far I can knit and bind off with as little left as possible. (No, I don't keep any for darning. I would rather knit a new pair than keep a small clump of yarn laying around waiting for a hole to start.) So...I cast on for the second pair with the other end of the ball and what do I find??? ...a completely new color mixture! How fun, huh? Warning: for those of you who must have precisely matching socks...STAY AWAY!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Cookies at 10 am?


Don't forget Fiddlehead Yarns is hosting a Cookie-A-Along this Saturday, May 16th from 10am to Noon! Bring your

book, sock yarn and needles. We have got a lot of socks to knit so see you Saturday!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

May Classes Are Here!

Visit our website to sign up for May classes. There are a host of patterns and techniques to learn. You may even want to grab a friend (or your mom...in honor of Mothers' Day) and learn how to make a snazzy beaded knit bracelet. We are also offering a fun knit-along in May - make that a Cookie-A-Along. Choose a Cookie A. sock pattern and join us for two Saturday mornings. Be sure to check out the new Cookie A. book in the shop and all the delicious sock yarn making its way onto the shelves.

Friday, April 3, 2009

The Knit Kit Is Here!

The Knit Kit arrived at the shop yesterday! If you are looking for a way to keep all your knitting tools organized, this might be it.
It contains a crochet hook for picking up dropped stitches, a yarn cutter, a clicking stitch counter, tape measure and a small door on the back that contains point protectors, stitch markers and a scissors.
Keep all these things in one spot and never have to fumble at the bottom of your bag again!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Zauberballs are here!


A fun new sock yarn in gorgeous colors!
1 ball makes a pair of socks.
We have all 9 colors.....9 pairs of socks!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Enjoy it while it lasts!




The three footer and I were playing baseball in the backyard today as his brother looked on from his seat in the stroller. Chasing after balls all over allowed me to see these... Looks like I won't have to replant parsley this year!

My sister gave me these snowdrops last year. So beatiful and petite!


This is my great-grandmother's peony bush. Each year I hold my breath until it appears!

The classes are up here! Take a class and then sit in the backyard practicing while you watch things grow!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Simple Style


Simple Style is here!
A great book with simple, beautiful designs. This might be the perfect book to choose your mindless summer knitting from!

Monday, February 23, 2009

New Classes!

March classes are up! Check them out here.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Show a Little Love to the Area Food Pantries and Get a Treat for Yourself...

It's the month of love! Friday and Saturday February 6th and 7th bring in at least 2 non-perishable items to the shop and receive 10% off your total! Not only will you get a perk for your knitting-self, but the rest of you will feel pretty good too for helping out those in need.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

My Beloved Moleskine

A while ago I began keeping a "knitting notebook". In it I entered notes on various projects that I wanted to begin or had begun. I used it for everything and always had it with me; notes from my classes with Lucy Neatby and Beth Brown-Reinsel, family members' measurements, when I started a project, finished it, the needles I used, the yarn label and maybe even a snipit of the wool. During times of chaos I always remembered "Well, at least my knitting is organized". I have a few things going right now that have been ongoing projects for some time. The oldest? A sweater that I began before I had the two, now 3 footer. Once I became pregnant with him, I put it aside, knowing that I wasn't going to fit into it for a while. Celtic Dreams is a beautiful sweater with many cables and interesting techniques. Over the past 5 years I have picked it up at various times knowing exactly where I was thanks to my notebook.
I am working on a special project right now which I had written extensive notes in my book. Last week, realizing I needed a refresher as to what I had done on the first sleeve, I went to get the book. Now, as I said earlier, many things may be chaotic, but my knitting is usually not. I went to my knitting bag to retrieve my book and it wasn't there. Come to think of it I hadn't seen it since I made out my Christmas list....before Christmas. (I keep a list of OOP knitting books in there in case the 3 footer's dad is looking for any last minute gift ideas..).
After weeks of ripping the house apart, my closets are clean and my knitting book now looks like the one above...EMPTY. I stopped at Barnes and Noble and bought a new one to start again. Do you know how hard it was to purchase that thing? It was like surrendering to the fact that it is truly gone.
Yes..my name and phone number was in it. There is a spot for a reward amount. I'm adding a few more zeros to the number in my new one. The 3 footer's dad says it will turn up...

We do a lot of recycling at my house....Maybe the 3 footer thought he was helping....

And please don't ask me what size needle I used....I don't remember...that's why I had the book...

Friday, January 16, 2009

New Classes!

New classes are posted here. Scroll down and sign up!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

We're Here!

The shop is open and classes are on! A little snow is not going to stop faithful knitters!

Friday, January 9, 2009

A Lite Treat!

Lori graciously gave me a wonderful recipe for these little treats last year. They are great in a pinch and are not as sinful as they taste. A few at Ditch N' Stitch took an interest so here are the instructions for them:

Chocolate Chip Meringues

2 egg whites
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

300 degrees
lightly grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper
Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and vanilla on high until peaks form. Beat in Sugar, one tbsp at a time, until stiff peaks form. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop 2" apart. Bake 20 minutes or until firm and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.
Makes 36

Monday, January 5, 2009

It Starts Early at Our House

Having to wear mom's experiments, that is...



I gave my sister a onesie for the 2-footer's cousin-on-the-way. I should have gotten one for the 2 footer's brother too...
It said
"Life would be so much easier if my mother would stop knitting".

Henry's wearing the Baby Suprise Snowsuit. It's a little Elizabeth Zimmermann (Baby Surprise) and the rest here. Berroco Ultra Alpaca....I think those are tears of joy...



Sunday, January 4, 2009

It's a Blissful January!




This month all Debbie Bliss is 20% off! Now is the time to load up!
Other sales, special orders and previous purchases are excluded.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Technique Workshop: Double Knitting


If you are looking to add one more thing to your skills bag....stop in the shop tonight at 5 to learn the art of Double Knitting! It's a great way to create a reversible fabric, double thick and double warm! Did we mention it's FREE??