Archive for March, 2006

from Japan! Olympus cotton and silk

In Stock Now! click here
These little balls of cotton from Japan are so cute. Teeny balls but good yardage!
It’s crochet cotton but knits up great on US 2 and US 3 needles.

Herbs - 100% Cotton - 96 yds - $7.00

Next up, this silk blend! 4 standard colors and 3 with sparkle!
Silk Bijou - 127 yds, Rayon, Silk, Poly $15.00

Claudia Hand Painted Socks

Kelly is knitting the Jaywalker Socks (free pattern available at MagKnits) with Claudia Hand Painted sock yarn!


Hello! These are gorgeous! Really shows off this yarn.
Click here for our current selection of colors.
(and ps. 40 skeins of chocolate cherry will be here next week!)

SWTC and Insubordiknit

We received some new colors of Phoenix and Oasis, and there’s more in stock of the other colors.

Insubordiknit Monster hat kits are back!!!! Will be on the website very soon.
We also got some Raggamuffin kits and really cool skeins.

And! Material Whirled yarns are back! Lots of sparkle and totally fun. In stock soon…

alpaca gloves and vintage cotton tank

more customer creations to look at!

Jillian of sknitty.com knit the mac & me firm fit gloves with Blue Sky Alpacas Sportweight.

This finished knit makes me want a pair, how about a black and fuschia pair to match my new sneakers? hmmmm…

Marion knit this tank with Karabella Vintage Cotton, she used just a bit more than 4 balls of yarn, making it affordable and SO retro classic!

Thanks for sending in your knits girls!

a few new colors for Spring!

Wanted to show you the new Blue Sky Alpacas Cotton colors… we only have 5 skeins of each in stock, but more are coming! click the photo to go to the shop…

colors: 628, 626, 627, 625

It’s Crazy Around Here!

Okay, so this “bad blogger” hasn’t updated in a while. Sorry! ;-)
Lots of great things are happening: Indie Week, new Japanese yarns, new Spring colors, bamboo crochet hooks, ball winders, Lornas Laces will be here soon, phew! I’m exhausted just typing about it. All will be available shortly.

First off, Indie Week!
Here are some highlights and quickly sold out items.

Mama Llama stitch markers

And in the store at this moment, All Things Heather self-striping sock yarn!
(well, in the store but it will take a day or two for me to photgraph them
all and add them to the website.

new Indie designers are here! (click the images)

And here are some cool new handspuns and hand painted, including more Ozark.
     

And “oh my gosh” you’re gonna die when you see the new Insubordiknit monster hat kits! Some of the coolest yarns we’ve ever seen.

Also want to let you know that new colors of Blue Sky Alpacas cotton are about to be on the site, and you must see the new patterns. Speaking of patterns, I’m still working on getting the Chicks with Sticks patterns up there. More Lexie Barnes bags will be here next week, we’re taking orders for full sets of the popular and oh-so-dreamy rosewood circular needles (24″ length, full set at 20% off, just email us), and….Okay, I’m out of “breath” ;-)