time is running out!

Let's make this quick. You need gifts, we have gifts, gift ideas, supplies, advice, and the most important thing of all, knitting support!

Time to check a few things off your holiday to-do list. Shall we?


1. Gift Certificates. They seem basic, but they are always a hit with knitters. We carry them in many denominations, or we can combine some to get you the perfect amount. This is the perfect gift for you to give your knitting friends or the perfect hint to drop to your children or partner.


2. Sue's Seed Stitch Washcloths. Say it with me: "no more apple themed coffee mugs!" Sue is our resident teacher, and she has designed the perfect alternative to the glass apple paperweight. A chic pair of washcloths paired with a pretty soap make a fabulous present that is low calorie and never needs to be dusted. This is also a fabulous hostess gift when you pair the cloths with a bottle of your favorite bubbly. Come in and get the pattern free with purchase of yarn.


3. Little Mittens. Didn't get to knit for everyone on your list? Maybe you still can. Come in and buy a single skein of fingering weight yarn and turn out a few pair of these cute mitten ornaments. They are a great tree ornament, gift tag, or even thoughtful little gift for the members of your office or your child's teacher. Get the pattern from Pink Argyle.

4. Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. The book is the perfect gift for a knitter, and the projects inside have the potential to round out your entire list: bulky scarves, fast hats, baby bootees, and great ideas for yarn gift decor like pom-poms and tassels.


5. Chic & Cheap Gift Wrap. Try this for a fun way to wrap handmade gifts. Wrap the present in brown butcher paper, parchment, or interesting newspaper like the funnies or pages from local foreign language weekly. Then tie the package shut with a few yards of pretty yarn from your stash. You can add tassels, pom-poms, felted flowers, and i-cord bows to top off your pretty package!

out of the boxes

We have had several shipments of fantastic things hit the store just in time for the after-Thanksgiving-shopping-rush. Even a few new items! We received a big shipment of books--both new titles and some oldies-but-goodies no one should be without.

Restocked Yarn

The big news is that we received a huge shipment of Manos del Uruguay. We are stocking some new colors and we have expanded our selection in the yellow/orange/red family. Come in to check out "topaz" and "pumpkin" to see how beautiful oranges can be!

We received a big order from Berroco that contained many of our diminished color stocks of Pure Merino and Ultra Alpaca.

Similarly, Trendsetter got us up to speed on colors for Tonalita and Dune.

Plymouth rounds out our restock with a huge shipment of Encore and Baby Alpaca Grande. We are pleased to announce that the variegated shades of Baby Alpaca Grande were so popular that we restocked the two we "tested" and added a third variegated shade!

Books

We are pleased to say that some of our most requested titles are back in stock. We have Sally Melville's The Knit Stitch, Ann Budd's The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, and Debbie Stoller's Stitch'n'Bitch back on the shelves and waiting to go home with you!

While you are here, check out Sally Melville's other two books in The Knitting Experience line: The Purl Stitch and Color. We also stock other titles by Debbie Stoller including Stitch'n'Bitch Crochet:The Happy Hooker and her brand new titles Son of Stitch'n'Bitch. This is a fantastic book of patterns devoted to the men in our lives.

Finally, we have the perfect suggestions to get your holiday knitting up and running--small project books. We have restocked old favorites Last-Minute Knitted Gifts and Leigh Radford's Oneskein.

The new kid on the block is Judith Durant's new book 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders. It is her follow-up offering after last year's One-Skein Wonders, and in this blogger's opinion, the new book contains far superior designs. The focus has shifted away from novelty yarns to beautiful stitches that show off the stunning yarn selections.