NEW Handmaiden Casbah Cashmere Sock Yarn!

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Handmaiden Casbah ~ $27.50

Handmaiden's Casbah cashmere sock yarn is an eternal pleasure. It is soft, squishy, and wears extremely well! It is made with 81% merino, 9% cashmere, 10% nylon, and 100% yummy.  Each skein is 115g and measures 325m, which means one goes a long, long way! Suggested tension is 26 sts = 4"/10cm on 3mm needles. Each skein is hand dyed, and because it is machine washable, it's great for every kind of project, including socks, baby & kids clothes, hats, mitts, scarves, and even sweaters!

FREE Mythos (2 to 3 skeins)

Milkweed Shawl (1 skeins)

FREE Multnomah (1 skein)

FREE Garter Stitch Baby Kimono (1 skein for 1-3mo size)

FREE Radius (1 skein)

FREE Sockhead Hat (1 skein)

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NEW Malabrigo Lace

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Malabrigo Lace ~ $8.50

Malabrigo's Lace is a soft, sumptuous feeling singly ply yarn - a very skinny version of their worsted weight yarn. It comes in 50g skeins, with an abundant 428m. Because of it's unique single ply texture, this skinny yarn is also great for making garments. The yardage also goes a long way, requiring between 2 and 4 skeins, making for very cost effective knitting. 

Ishabel (1 to 2 skeins)

Geodesic Cardigan (2 to 4 skeins)

Adrift Cardie (2 to 5 skeins)

FREE Crazy Lace Top (1 to 2 skeins)

FREE Citron (1 skein)

Featherweight Cardigan (2to 4 skeins)

Whisper Cardigan (2 to 3 skeins)

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com!

SALE Manos Serena 50% off!

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FREE A Little Ruffle (3 skeins)

Clearance 50%Off Manos del Uruguay Serena

Serena is 155m of pure, soft cotton & alpaca!  It is a Sport to DK weight, and generally knits on 3.5 to 4mm needles (gauge 22-26 sts = 4"/10cm). The colours are soft and bright, and has lot's of drape so it perfect for loose fitting garments. It's on sale for $7.50 (solids) and $8 (multis), regularly priced $14.50/15.50, but only while it lasts because we are clearing it out!

Featherweight Cardigan (6 to 10 skeins)

FREE Citron (3 skeins)

Whisper Cardigan (5 to 6 skeins)

FREE Cardoon (7 to 10 skeins)

FREE Crochet Chevron Lace Cardie (4 to 5 skeins)

FREE Crochet Sidewalk Shawl (6 skeins)

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New Noro Taiyo!

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Noro Taiyo

(100g-200m) $18.50

Ooo-oo, you are going to luuuuuv Noro Taiyo!  It`s everything you always wanted Noro Silk Garden to be. Instead of Mohair it has Cotton (40% cotton, 30% silk, 15% wool, 15% nylon), which makes it soft, light, and airy - perfect for any time, but especially Springy. And of course, the price is really nice - it has double the yardage of silk garden, but costs approximately $3 less per 50g.  The colours are also nice in bright, keeping up with current colour trends, and great for kids and babies! Suggested needle size is 4.5mm to 5mm, and the tension is 18 to 16 sts = 4 inches. There is only one thing to keep in mind with this  yarn - if your project is fitted, make it on the small size, since both cotton and silk tend to stretch. 

Take a look and see what people have been making with Taiyo!

• Lizard Ridge Blanket (11 skeins in assorted colours)
• Ten Stitch Blanket ( 4 to 7 skeins)
• Log Cabin Squares Blanket (12 skeins: 2 in each of 6 colours)
• Equinox Raglan (3 to 6 skeins)
• Simple Top-Down V-Neck (5 to 8 skeins)
• Lady Eleanor Stole (6 skeins)
• Top-Down Raglan (4 to 5 skeins)
• Clapotis (4 skeins)
• Simple Triangular Shawl (4 skeins)
• Noro Striped Scarf (2 skeins: 1 in colour A, 1 in Colour B)
• Turn a Square Hat (2 skeins: 1 in colour A, 1 in Colour B, or leftovers from your Noro Striped Scarf)
• Entrelac Scarf (2 skeins) 
• Mossy Baby Jacket (1 to 2 skeins)

Noro Striping Tricks! 

You can get great striping effects using Noro yarns, all you need to do is use colours of yarn and alternate every other round.

1. Yarn A is a Noro yarn like Silk Garden, Kureyon or Taiyo. Yarn B is a solid colour, like Cascade 220, Lamb`s Pride Worsted, or Malabrigo Worsted. For example, Turn a Square 
2. Yarn A is one shade of Noro yarn, and Yarn B is another shade of the same Noro Yarn. For example, Noro Striped Scarf.
3. Use only 1 colour of Noro yarn, but Yarn A is taken from inside of skein, and Yarn B is taken from outside of skein (ie. opposite ends of the colourway). For example, this Equinox Raglan.

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Select Noro Silk Garden on Sale 25% Off!

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Clearance!  Select colours of Noro Silk Garden are 25% off! (Reg. $12.50, now $9.40- while supplies last)

273 (8 skeins initially available)

272 (13 skeins initially available)

297 (6 skeins initially available)

293 (6 skeins initially available)

307 (5 skeins initially available)

Some FREE Pattern Ideas for Noro Silk Garden

• Top-Down Raglan (6+ skeins)
• Lane Splitter Skirt (4 to 9 skeins, and 1 skein Super 10 cotton)
• Ten Stitch Blanket (10-14 skeins)
• Noro Striped Scarf (2 skeins Noro, 1 Lamb`s Pride Worsed, OR 4 skeins of Noro, 2 in each of 2 colours)
• Turn a Square Hat (1 Noro, 1 Lamb`s Pride Worsed)
• Clapotis (8 skeins)
• Entrelac Scarf  (4 skeins) or Danica (6 skeins)
• Rosedale Cardigan (10 to 17 skeins)

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com!

New Yarns from Berroco!

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Wishshaw in Berroco Comfort Chunky (FREE)

Berroco Comfort Chunky ~ $7.15

This yarn is perfect for people who are allergic to wool, vegans, and is great for projects that require machine wash and dryability (baby things, kid things, blankets, men, seniors). It is so soft and cozy, it will be impossible for anyone to turn it away!  It is made from a high-end synthetic blend of 50% super fine nylon and 50% superfine acrylic, milled in Turkey. You also get a nice amount of yardage with it, balls are 100g/135m. Suggested needle size is 6.5mm for knitting, and 6mm for crochet, and the knitted tension is 14 sts & 20 rows = 4"/10cm. 

• See the colours available and basic stats
• Free patterns for Comfort Chunky from Berroco

Ravenna in Vintage Chunky from Book 302

Berroco Vintage Chunky ~ $7.80

Vintage Chunky is a VERY versatile yarn!  It is a high quality blend of wool, acrylic and nylon, which makes it soft, beautiful, machine washable, and quite durable. It also comes in heathered shades, which are stunning! 6mm needles or hook are suggested, and the tension is 14 sts & 21 rows = 4" (10cm). Additionally, the yardage is nice for the price, coming in at 100g/120m. 

• See the colours available and basic stats
• Free pattern for Vintage Chunky from Berroco
• Booklet patterns for Vintage Chunky from Berroco ($8.50)

FREE Patterns for Berroco Comfort Chunky & Vintage Chunky

Adults

• Shalom Cardigan (3 to 4 skeins Comfort or Vintage)
• Iced Jacket/Cardie (4 to 8 skeins Comfort, 5 to 8 skeins Vintage)
• Aidez Cardigan (6 to 9 skeins Comfort, 7 to 11 skeins Vintage)
• Wishshaw Coat (8 to 13 skeins Comfort, 8 to 14 skeins Vintage)
• Starsky Cardigan (8 to 11 skeins Comfort, 9 to 12 skeins Vintage)
• Jacqueline Cardigan (5 to 11 skeins Comfort, 6 to 11 skeins Vintage)

Babies

• Red Diamonds Baby Blanket (4 skeins Comfort, 5 skeins Vintage)
• Concentric Squares Baby Blanket (4 skeins Comfort, 5 skeins Vintage)
• Snug Baby Jacket (2 skeins Comfort, 2 to 3 skeins Vintage)
• Owlie Sleep Sack (2 skeins of Comfort or Vintage)

Kids

• Nantasket Kids Pullover (3 to 6 skeins Comfort or Vintage)

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com!

Upcoming Classes

Knitted Hat Workshop with Liane Schwarz

Skill Level: beginner (after scarves)

Monday Jan 17 & 24, 6:30-8pm

The next step after making scarves is making hats! Hats are fast, easy, and very, very satisfying! With a choice of three stylin’ styles, we'll teach you how to knit in the round, how to knit on double pointed needles (the ones that look like little chopsticks), how to decrease stitches and how to read a pattern. Knowing how to cast on and knit is the only requisite.

• Consists of 2 sessions over 2 weeks.
• $85 + tax (includes materials)

NEW! Swing Jacket with  Liane Schwarz

Skill Level: intermediate beginner

Tuesday Jan 18 & 25 and Feb 1 & 8, 6-8pm all four evenings

This class will help you gain all the necessary skills to make a sweater: sizing, increasing and decreasing, shaping, making buttonholes, picking up stitches for a collar and, finally, putting it all together with the proper seaming and finishing.

• Consists of 4 sessions over 4 weeks
• Basic price $220.+ tax (for materials and Lambs Pride Bulky or Cascade Eco)
• Premium price $290.+tax (for materials and Malabrigo chunky)

Beginner Crochet with Liane Schwarz

Skill Level: absolute beginner!

Monday Jan 31 & Feb 7, 6-8pm

Crochet is fast, easy and becoming very popular. You'll learn all the basics: how to make a chain, the foundation stitches (single crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, slip stitch), how to crochet in the round, how to read a ball band and a basic crochet pattern. You should be able to make a scarf after this class and, if time and inclination are there, a granny square or a crocheted flower.

• Class consists of 2 sessions over 2 weeks.
• $40 + tax (materials not included, 

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com!

New Peter Rabbit Angora!

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Fleece Artist Peter Rabbit Angora ~ $22.50

Peter Rabbit by Fleece Artist is so soft and fuzzy that you will want to adopt it as a pet and name it 'Fluffy'. It is 90% angora and 10% nylon (used as a binding agent to keep all those lovely, fluffy fibres from flying away), and knits on 4mm needles (22 sts = 4"). It's also long on yardage, weighing in at only 50g but putting out 250m. 

1 Skein makes a Floppy Toque

1 skein makes a Rose Red Beret

1 skein makes a Naked Star Hat (FREE)

1 skein makes a Cheeky Hat (FREE)

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com!

New Year, New Clearance Stock

A few days ago we reported that all of the Mission Falls yarns have been discontinued. We will not be ordering any more and are clearing out our stock, so come and get it while it is still around, and on SALE!  It's also the perfect opportunity to pick up some yarn and join our Sweater-Along!  Also, if you have a project with Mission Falls sitting in your stash, it's a good idea to pick up a few extra balls, just in case you run out. 


25% OFF
Mission Falls 1824 Wool (superwash, 4.5 to 5mm needles)
Mission Falls 136 Wool (superwash, 3.5 to 4mm needles)
Berroco Blackstone Tweed  (4.5mm needles)
Araucania Coliumo Multy (6 to 8mm needles)
Colinette Jitterbug (2.5 to 3mm needle)


30% OFF
Mission Falls 1824 Cotton (superwash, 4.5 to 5mm needles)

Try an Easy Peasy Sock Hat with a skein of Colinette Jitterbug (on sale)

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com.

2011 Sweater Knit-Along

Check out our 2011 Sweater-Along!

A Farewell to Yarns

Mission Falls 136 Merino Superwash as 

recently as a year ago as Margot

Mission Falls 1824 Wool, seen here in better

days as the Baby Sophisticate cardigan.

FALLS, Mission - Passed away suddenly but peacefully in her sleep at home on January 5, 2011, in her 10th year. Predeceased by her sibling, Lily Chin Yarns. Loving child of Mags Kandis, she will be fondly missed by her many friends and relatives both here and abroad. Mission Falls was a go-to superwash veteran. Soft and reasonably priced, she was a staple nobody expected to see pass away. Viewing at Knit-O-Matic yarns, followed by Shiva and 25% off clearance sale. 

(ie. all Mission Falls yarns have been discontinued and they are on sale 25% off)

Mission Falls 1824 Cotton in the 

starring role in Fialka.

As always, you can find us at knitomatic.com.