This Just In...

Marble Baby! We received our reorder of Marble Chunky, and along with it came the newest offering - Marble Baby DK. We have all the colors in stock now! Here's a peek:

LYS Tour 2010 is here!

Wow - we've had a great time getting ready for all of you who are planning to visit Knot Just Yarn during the 2010 Destination:Yarn LYS Tour. Our 1 skein project uses Mountain Colors Twizzle, a beautiful blend of silk and wool that is 'like buttah' to work with - it has become one of our faves! The free patterns are for a crocheted cloche hat (thanks to designer Nancy Brown for sharing this pattern) and our very own Scowl, which is a convertible scarf OR cowl that can be worn several different ways by clever use of buttons. We hope you like them and have a great time during the Tour. Here's a peek:

The one skein projects are the crocheted hat shown on the left (the Twizzle Beanie on the right also takes one skein, and is a pattern available for purchase) and two Scowls - the one on the left uses Gold Rush, and the one on the right was knit with Wildflowers.

We also have a Mountain Colors Trunk Show during the Tour, so you will get a chance to see many of the garments in person while you're in the shop! Many of them feature our 2010 Tour yarn Twizzle, but you can also special order patterns, yarn and/or kits in any of their colorways! The Trunk Show will be in the shop until Wednesday, June 26.

We're looking forward to another great LYS Tour, and can't wait to see you all !!

Spring 2010 KAL

We're now a stockist for Imagine Knit and Ysolda Teague patterns. For our Spring 2010 Knit-A-Long, we'll be knitting Falling Water:

This is a lovely garment, very sophisticated and just the perfect thing to wear on those chilly spring evenings (or in the case of our Pacific Northwest...pretty much all day!) Join us during our normal Wednesday morning, Thursday evening or all day Saturday groups for this Knit-Along. And of course, if you're a member of our Ravelry group but live too far away to come in to the shop, we'd still love to see your progress! Call the shop for your pattern and some yarn suggestions - 360-755-7086 or 1-888-477-KNIT(5648).

Preparations are well underway for the 2010 ReTreat March 19-21, again at Baker Lake Lodge. We have worked our way through the waiting list, and may have two or three spots still open. Give us a call for information or to reserve your spot!

Becky

What's New

Winky and Filbert have competition as shop mascots. Meet Hugo.

Here's a peek at the newest shawl and stick pins from Jul...they are rosewood, ebony, sterling silver, and the stick is also highlighted with natural turquoise - Beautiful!

We also have five different kits for fingerless gloves that include a skein of Kollage 1/2 N 1/2, a new yarn that is 50% milk and 50% wool. We brought in all the colors, so you have the choice of five patterns and 10 colors! These are presented in a nice gift bag, so this is a great grab-n-go project or gift.

Speaking of Kollage, we also have all the sizes of 24" circular SQUARE needles! These are ergonomically easy on the hands and arms, and give you a more consistent knitting stitch. Try a pair out in the shop, we think you'll like them!

Mountain Colors Trunk Show

It's here! We unpacked 29 garments received from Mountain Colors Yarns today, and are in the process of getting them put out for display. They will be here through the 30th of October. And don't forget to mark you calendar for Saturday, October 24. YARN PARTY!!! We will have Nancy Brown in the shop - she's works for Mountain Colors and is also a terrific designer in her own right. She will have all the Mountain Colors yarns, samples of all available colors and all the patterns for everyone to see and touch (no drooling, please). We will have samples of the yarn for you to work with, and there will be refreshments and drawings for door prizes. We hope to see you on the 24th, but if you can't make it on party day you won't want to miss seeing these projects in person any time between now and the end of the month.

Socrates Alpaca Sock Yarn - Yum!

Here's what all the colors look like (we couldn't fit them all in the big basket). Alpaca, merino, bamboo and nylon - 400 yards to the skein. I think I'm in lust.