Fall News
Alpaca is still in! Wonderfully soft, well priced and beautifully colored, alpacas is still the yarn to knit. Look for new yarns and new colors in existing yarns coming in for fall. Also great new yarns from Berroco and Arucania, new Silk Garden sock yarn from Noro and Mission Falls new sport weight superwash wool in the same colors as their 1824 aran weight wool.
I'm also getting a lot of great new knitting baskets, needles and notions (think "sheep tape measure" from Lantern Moon
Don't forget the Baby Pattern of the Month Club! Join at any time, and get my DK Weight Baby Hat pattern for free, and every month get 20% off materials and the pattern for free if you buy that month's project. It's great fun!
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Charity Knitting
Knitters are generous people! I’ve visited several websites dedicated to charity knitting and most of them seem to be inundated with donations, and are encouraging crafters to find local charities to benefit from their work. So... make anything you feel like making, and I’ll see that it gets a good home. The usual needs are: children’s hats and mittens, preemie hats, chemo caps, baby blankets and lap blankets. Some good websites to visit for free patterns and info about charity knitting are:
I’ll also be accepting donations of yarn (at least half a skein of new yarn, nothing that’s been sitting in Grandma’s attic for decades, please) to distribute to those who want to participate but don’t have the yarn stash to plunder. PLEASE, ALL donations need to have the yarn content attached in some way (synthetic, synthetic/wool blend, cotton, washable wool, hand wash wool) so the recipients knhow how to care for their items. I’ve also ordered 10 copies of Knitting for Peace, a great book about charity knitting with basic patterns for hats, socks and mittens, also chemo caps, blankets and child’s vest pattern, which I’m selling at 20% off to help everyone along.
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