Deal of the Week ... while it lasts!

Cherry Tree Hill Silk & Merino DK ~ $25 (reg. $41)

• 50% silk, 50% merino
• 115g/285m
• 20 sts & 29r = 4" on 3.75mm to 4mm needles
• only 13 skeins left!
• see the colours we have in stock

New In Store - TOFU Sock yarn!

South West Trading Company TOFUtsies - $18
50% Superwash Wool
25% SOYSILK brand fiber
22.5% Cotton
2.5% Chitin (made from shrimp and crab shells!)
8 sts = 1"
needles: US 2 (2.75mm)
425m / 100g ball
machine wash and dry

• Tofutsies Shades
• See some pictures of finished Tofutsies !

• Free Patterns for Tofutsies (1 free pattern with purchase of each skein of TOFUtsies)

SALE SALE SALE SALE

July 16 to 31st
20% off all regularly priced yarns

Plus ...

Lantern Moon Embroidered Silk Needle Cases $27-30 (reg. $54-$60)
Lantern Moon Double Pointed Rosewood Sock Needles $16 (reg. $30.50)
Lantern Moon Destin Ebony Circular Needles $17 (reg. $33)

To see other great sale items check out our online site at ETSY !

New Patterns & Magazines: July 5, 2007



Interweave Knits Felt Special Issue $8.99

Berroco Jasper Book 266 - $8

Berroco Peruvia Book 264 - $8

Berroco Uptown Girl Book 267 - $8

Berroco Everything Felted Book 265 - $8

Berroco Something About Stripes Book 268 - $8

Summer Knitting Ideas: Part 3

Shrink Your Projects
If you've got kids or babies in your life summer is the perfect time to make their itsy bitsy little things that work up fast. Hats, booties, washcloths, simple sweaters and toys are all great things to work on when you don't know what to work on.

Hats
● Vine Lace Baby Hat

● Pea Pod Baby Set

● Fruit Caps

● Lil' Devil Baby Hat


Simple Sweaters
● Pie Wrap Sweater

● Zippy Toddler Cardigan

● Baby Garter Stitch Pullover/Cardi (pattern available in store)


Socks & Booties
● Better than Booties Baby Socks

● Baby Socks

● Bazaar Socks

● Old World Felted Booties

● Baby's First Socks


Toys
● Fruits & Veggies Rattles

● Bubby the Teddy Bear

● Knitted Teddy Bears

● Lola the Bunny

● Kate the Kitty

● Doll & Doll Clothing (the clothes are freebies but unfortunately you have to pay for the download of the pattern for the doll)

Summer Knitting Ideas: Part 2

A Diet of Small Acessories & House Projects
● lacy silk scarf for the first days of fall
I know it sounds prosaic, but it's a great opportunity to enjoy a skein of luxurious silk guilt free. Just one skein of a gorgeous silk like Fleece Artist Italian Silk or Handmaiden Silken or Silk Rumple will do the trick. All you have to do is find a lace pattern you like (flip through your books & magazines or roam the web for something you like - goodge dishcloth patterns and you'll uncover scads!) cast on a few stitches and you're off to the races! Keep in mind that laces stretches like crazy, so you can make your scarf shorter & wider than normal.

● Cotton Shopping Bags
Make some grocery bags to help save the environment. I recomend using Super10 Cotton - it's affordable, sturdy, machine washable and comes in every colour you could ever want. Shopping bags also make GREAT gifts, we've found that people LOVE them and use them constantly.
Knit
Linen Lace Market Bag
Himalaya Tote
Shopping bags
Market Bags
Recycled Bag (i'd do it in yarn, plastic bags are a pain to work with)
Hemp Bag (pattern available in store)

Crochet
Hemp Market Bag
Cotton Shopping Bags
Ribbon Shopping Bags