Just added - Stefanie Japel, author of Fitted Knits and all around cool person. She’ll be teaching three great classes focused on knitting garments that fit and flatter. 

You can check out the details here. Already registered and want to change your preferences for Friday classes? Just let us know.

 If you’ve been waiting to sign up, don’t wait too long - we’re down to just a dozen spots left!  You can sign up online or by phoning us at 403-802-4770.

Alright folks, time to sign up for our Third Annual Fall Fiber Arts Retreat. You can find all the details here and you can even sign up online.

This year, we’ll be joined by:
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Nancy Bush
Cookie A
and Amy R. Singer! 

Edited to add that we already have 45 happy knitters registered! Space is filling quickly gals… don’t miss out! 

Our much-anticipated order of Merino/Silk Lace and superwash sock from Zen Yarn Garden is on the way and should arrive on April 18th! (But, it’s in Edmonton now, so I wonder what will take so long?)
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Forget that, it’s HERE folks!

Our 2nd Anniversary Party

Today beginning at 5pm!

Be there or be square!

A few days ago, I cast off this fun project, the Ribbons Baby Blanket from Evelyn Clark and Fiber Trends. I started it a few weeks ago for the store, and despite barely knitting for a week of that time, it worked up really quickly.

I love projects like this. Even though the rounds get longer and longer, by switching colors and stitch patterns every 8 rounds, it seems to be speedy and interesting enough to keep my interest.

The pattern comes with the flower-lace center as shown above, but also with an easy modification, making it great for newer knitters.

I used Louet Gems Worsted (not yet online) in four different colours. I used up all of the purple on the edging, and have enough of the other three colours left to knit a hat or two.

I don’t think it’d be possible to have had a more exciting new arrivals day. We started off the afternoon with a big box of love containing all the new prints and styles of bags from Lexie Barnes.

And right before closing, our long-awaited Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn arrived!

I’m heading into the shop at 8:30am to begin receiving everything and taking photos for the website so we’re all up to date by the time the shop opens at 11am. If you’ve pre-ordered a bag, it will be sent to you or we’ll phone you to let you know it’s in.

New stuff! Yay!

(Also marginally overshadowed by the other news are two cottony yarns from Araucania… also long delayed.)

The first few boxes of our Spring goodies started arriving last week.
In no particular order, as of March 29, we have in stock:

* Skacel Urban Silk in Neutrals (below) and 3 jewel tones!
* Classic Elite “Classic Silk” and “Silky Alpaca Lace”, plus great new colours of “Premiere” and “Provence”.
* Classic Elite’s 4 new books for Spring, including Jillian Moreno’s “Curvy Knits” - just for big girls!
* South West Trading Company Oasis - 100% Soysilk with amazing yardage. Also don’t miss “Terra”, my new favorite summer yarn - bamboo/cotton and soooo soft.
* Vogue Knitting Spring 08 and Interweave Crochet Spring 08! 

Come and get ‘em while they last! (None of this is online just yet - look for an update next week.)

I know a lot of you have Friday the 21st off. Why not come in and knit this afternoon? Folks will be showing up around noon, but we’re open until 5pm.

For the rest of the Easter Weekend Hours:
Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 11am - 7pm

See you soon!

We’re starting to see some of the exciting Spring and Summer yarns coming through the door. First up? Three great colours of Urban Silk from Skacel. This 80/20 silk/cotton blend has a lot of textural interest and shine. Come on in to check it out in person!

We just got in a handful of copies of Evelyn Clark’s new booklet, “Knitting Lace Triangles”. This book is a great deal at just $19.95CAD, and a must for every lace knitter.

(Not yet on our website… call or email to order!)