Many of you know that I am an American, and that I used to live in Maine several years ago. At that time my LYS was a small shop in Brunswick, ME called The Knitting Experience, and it was run by a lovely woman named Chesley. I base a lot of my guiding philosophy at Passionknit on how she ran her shop. WWCD, what would Chesley do? She was always warm, friendly and welcoming. Eventually I learned that the reason Chesley quit her "normal job" and decided to open a yarn shop was because she was a breast cancer survivor. In need of a job where she could set her own hours and spend as much time as she needed...
I had a great time at Knit City! I met the lovely ladies behind Tin Can Knits, chatted with the Yarnharlot, saw Ysolda Teague walk by wearing her classic fair isle vest, I met Jane Richmond, and I ate all the salmon! By the weary tone in my SIL's voice when she asked if we had to stop for sushi again, I knew we had probably overdone it. (I still got myself some take out, though.) I also managed to find my next project: Crimewave from Pip & Pin. I was walking around and saw Megan wearing hers, and I simply had to stop her and ask about it. Pip & Pin had a charming booth filled with things I...
We are starting a Knit-a-long for Fall: Hood Shawl Cardigan by Susanne Sommer. I have pre-knit the pattern to make sure it would be a good one to recommend to knitters at a wide variety of skill levels, which it is. This cardigan is knit top down with a really fun construction. Its made from fingering weight yarn. For the KAL we will be offering a kit for the sweater which includes 5 skeins of Ella Rae Lace Merino Solids and the pattern for $125 in three colours. Colour A(stripes and hem) & C(body) require 2 skeins and colour B(stripes and trim) just requires 1 skein. For locals join us Thursday nights from 6-8pm at knit night to see...
We had a lot of fun at the Kitchener Waterloo Knitter's Fair this weekend!
Here is the pile of samples all packed up to go.
It's always fun to see so many Knitter's all night one place. I love spotting knitwear from patterns I recognize, and seeing new ones I hadn't found yet. And of course I love being able to show off what we have been working on at Passionknit!
Here is our booth; I had to stand really far back to get it all in there!
We received a delivery this week of a brand new yarn for us: Ancient Arts Reinvent. It is stunning, and its arrival just before knit night created a bit of a feeding frenzy! The colours in this yarn are stunning, and the names for them are half the fun. Names like Lookin' fine in my new blue jeans, A road less travelled, and Syrah by moonlight give the yarn so much more character. Several skeins have already found new homes, including a skein of Scottish Mist that made its way into my knitting bag, though I still haven't decided What to do with it, socks, shawl or other? If you have any suggestions let me know in the comments!...
