Happy Holidays!

Thank you everybody for the candy, the cookies, the flowers, the presents, and most of all your friendship! Have a Merry Christmas!

Holiday Hours

Along with drinking and eating, we know that knitting is a great holiday stress reliever. Here are our holiday hours so you can get your fix when you so desperately need it!

We will be closed Sunday, December 23 through Wednesday, December 26.

We will be open Thursday, December 27 through Sunday, December 30, but only 12- 5 pm. Stitch and Bitch is canceled this week.

We will be closed Monday, December 31 and Tuesday, January 1st.

After that, our hours will be the same: Everyday, 11 am - 6pm except for early on Wednesday at 8 am and late on Thursday until 9 pm.

Have a happy holiday!

Goings on

This past Saturday I was at the Rainbow Blossom Green Gift Fair. It's a great idea: get a few area businesses and artists together in one place for holiday shopping you don't have to feel guilty about. I brought some Lantern Moon baskets and needles (fair trade), Blue Sky Organic Cotton, O-wool, Perdues in Paradise Alpaca, and a few skeins of Farmhouse Yarns Lumpy-Bumpy (just some of our organic fibers). We also had a few of our handknits (sweatshop free and all). Here is the (overcroweded) table I set up.


On Sunday, Whitney finished the first half of her leaf scarf from the '06 Interweave Holiday issue. She is also teaching this class, starting Friday, January 4th. Read the description here for more information.

Here's a close up of her work. She's using Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere. Yowzah!

What I'm Into...

This week, I'm in Velocity's "What I'm Into..." column. Guess what? I'm into yarn and knitting. You can read the full article here.

Good Folk Fest 2007!

This weekend was the Good Folk Fest down at the Mellwood Art Center. Suzanne and I were there, selling our handmades.

Here is a picture of our booth. Suzanne is trying very hard not to notice that I'm taking a picture of her.


You probably recognize most of it. It's all from the shop. A lot of our customers came by this weekend and were overcome with recognition. "I remember this! I took that class! Wow, you haven't had this yarn for over a year!"

It was hard to pretend to be a "professional knitter" all weekend. Folks would come by and ask, "Did you knit all of these scarves?" And I would answer, "Yes. I mean--Irene knit that one for a yarn trade and my mom made those two, and I think I made that one when we moved that yarn to the sale bin--" And the ladies would just stare at me and slowly start to back away.

When I wasn't confusing people with my inability to answer a question, it went pretty well. Overall, the weekend was a success. Met a lot of great people, listened to a lot of great music, and generally had a great time. Good Folk Fest? More like Great Folk Fest!

Even Suzanne's son Zack had a great time!

Give Knitting!

Heifer International (www.heifer.org) is an organization dedicated to ending poverty and hunger in the world through sustainable giving. The theory is that giving a way to make a living is a more successful way to help those in need.You can purchase plants and animals that will be given directly to families in need as a "living loan." Every family and community that receives assistance promises to repay their living loan by donating one or more of their animal's offspring to another family in need. This practice ensures project sustainability, develops community, and enhances self-esteem by allowing project partners to become donors.

This year, the Knit Nook wants to raise enough money for a Heifer Knitting Basket--two llamas and two sheep that will help four struggling families earn a living wage. From shearing to spinning, weaving and finally to selling woolen goods at market, the gift of a Knitting Basket will help struggling families earn extra income to break free from the grip of poverty and hopelessness. Over time, as that gift multiplies and more animals are passed on to help others in need, entire communities will be warmed by the precious wool of a Knitting Basket.


A Knitting Basket costs $500, but we have faith in the generosity of knitters and know that we can do it in time for Christmas!

And when you give a gift, you'll get a stamp on your Frequent Buyer Card! It's just our way of saying Thank You!

Please click here to find out more about Heifer!

A Wedding on the Way...

Ross asked Whitney to marry him and she said yes! Congratulations!