Felted Bag Class

Felted bags are magical. They are very impressive looking. People will exclaim when you tell them that you made your bag: "You made that! How?"

If they don't knit, just shrug. Really build up the suspense of your own talents.

If they do, then they shouldn't be asking you how because they should already know how to make one since felted bags are seriously that easy. Tell them about the Felted Bag class at the Knit Nook, starting Tuesday, February 10, 6-8 pm.

A felted bag is so easy, you don't even have to purl. And the washing machine does all the felting for you.

Do you want to make the flower, too? Well, that's another class that isn't starting until April. So you will have plenty of time to knit all sorts of felted bags and then you make flowers out of the scraps.

Thanks for a great sale!

Whew! That was some sale we had!

I don't know why, but the night before a big sale, I'm always nervous that nobody will come. It's like throwing a party. You tell everybody about, spend all that time getting ready for it, and it would just be devastating if nobody showed up.

But you all did! (Check out Holly's blog for a pictures of the big event.)

Anyway, stay tuned for the spring yarns. They'll be rolling in shortly!

And thanks again!

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SALE!

[annoying male announcer voice--think car lot commercials or monster truck rallies]:

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!

THIS SUNDAY!

THE KNIT NOOK SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SALE!

EVERYTHING AT THE KNIT NOOK WILL BE ON SALE!

YARN, BOOKS, BAGS, NOTIONS!

EVERYTHING WILL BE 15% - 75% OFF RETAIL PRICE!

THIS SUNDAY ONLY!

BE THERE!

[sped up voice like at the end of prescription medication commercials]:

Sale is only this Sunday, February 1st, 2009.
Offer does not extend to gift certificates or class registrations.
All purchases will be final. That means no refunds or exchanges.
Please ask your doctor before you attend (kidding, just seeing if you were paying attention.)

We are Open!

I tried my hardest to be open on Tuesday. I was here at 10:30 and I shoveled the sidewalk in front of the store. I waited patiently behind the computer, phone beside me. But nobody came in. Nobody even called to check if we were open. When the mailman came to deliver the mail, he said, "Wow, I didn't think you'd be here! Everybody else is closed."



I stared out at the snow covered ground, and the sleet that was starting to fall (ah, the much talked about "wintry mix") and at a little after one in the afternoon, I went home.



If I was unsure if Tuesday was a snow day or not, Wednesday could not be denied. So we remained closed.



But now it's Thursday. The side roads are still pretty bad, everything is covered in ice, and between this and the hurricane last fall, I don't think we'll have any trees left come spring. But two days closed was enough. The novelty has worn off. We officially have cabin fever. So, here we are. Business as usual. Stitch and Bitch until 9 pm.



In other news, our Intro to Intarsia class begins Sunday, February 8, 6-8 pm. Tonya will show you how to read a colorwork chart (or design your own), use bobbins, and embellish your colorwork with duplicate stitch. Here is a picture of her tote bag still in process (it's a bird). The finished object should be displayed in the store by the SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SALE!!!

Did I mention that THE SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SALE IS THIS SUNDAY AND EVERYTHING IN THE STORE WILL BE 15% TO 75% OFF?!!

Sorry for yelling, I don't seem capable of talking about the sale in a normal voice.

Hat & Mittens: Crochet Edition

Nothing quite puts you in the mood for knitting like a snow day.

(Even though, here I am, at the shop. Nobody's here. I'm wondering if I shouldn't just close up and go sledding like the rest of you all. If you show up today and I'm not here, then check the big hill at Cherokee park.)

So knitting and snow days. But what about crochet? Crocheters aren't only about doilies and granny squares. They need to keep warm on snow days too.

Suzanne will be teaching Hat and Mittens: Crochet Edition Wednesday, February 11, 18, and 25, 6-8 pm. Here are some examples of her handy work (and they are also free patterns on her website) even though your hat and mittens are allowed to be grown up sized and all one color. Check out the class schedule for more information.




And those are her adorable children modeling the handmades. (What's the crochet version of handknits? Handcrots? Doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?)

What is it?

Is it the beginnings of a baby blanket?

A scarf knit at a gauge so tiny that only Liz would attempt it?

It's Flat Feet, our newest sock yarn from Conjoined Creations.

See? It's even living with the other sock yarn, so it must be true.

February Lady Class

Based on the Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern, the February Baby Sweater, from The Knitter's Almanac, Flint Knits has adapted this sweater for "a grown ass woman." (Wow, could I get any more links in that sentence? I was tempted to link "grown ass woman" to something hilarious, but I couldn't think of anything.)

The February Sweater Class is a six week class that will meet Friday, 6-8 pm, starting on February 13. Check The Knit Nook class schedule for more information.

While you can see almost 4,000 February Ladies on Ravelry and read over six hundred blog posts about it (this sweater is a phenomenon, people!), Becca was good enough to model the example we've got in the store.

Top down and a swing jacket construction makes this a very versatile sweater. Look, you can even be pregnant and wear it!

Becca enjoyed wearing this sweater so much, she kept it on well after I put the camera away. She even finished sewing up her first baby sweater, from The Knitter's Book of Yarn and knit out of Blue Sky Cotton while wearing the February Lady.

She did a superb job in her seaming, and it took almost no time. I suspect that while wearing a February Lady sweater, knitters of all skill levels suddenly become excellent finishers. I have heard that while wearing a February Lady Sweater, knitters are known to knit so perfectly that they never need to knit gauge swatches and they never drop stitches or make any mistakes. True, the magical properties of the February Lady are still unproven.

But if I were, I'd make one just in case.