The new Interweave Holiday Gifts issue has lots of wonderful projects including these mittens. They are called Epeiric Mittens by Chrissy Gardiner and are knitted in Elemental Effects shetland wool. Elemental Effects is a wool that is grown, processed & dyed here in the United States. It's perfect for color work. We've knit these in the original colors & a more colorful version.
Here Sandi Rosner signs Penny's book.
Then the dancing began! We listened to hits from the fifties and everyone had a chance to win some door prizes. We had some really special ones. Erica from Kollage Yarns brought some fabulous Kollage Square needles in sizes for sock making, and Benjamin from XRX sent 4 subscriptions to XRX Knitter's Magazine.
Here Nathania draws for another winner!
Kevin, Katrina, and Sarah decked out in their best '50's gear.
Charlotte has her pick of dance partners! Kaye, Carol and Sarah all wanting to dance with her. She's the belle of the Purlescence Sock Hop!
Kaye picks the winning ticket for the Grand Prize - the Louet Julia spinning wheel. The winner is Melissa who declined the prize, so it went to the runner up - Penny! Congratuations Penny!
Thanks everyone for making the Purlescence Sock Hop one of the best events ever!
Love, Nathania, Sandi, & Kaye
This darling sweater is knit out of St Denis Nordique from the Fall 2009 St Denis pattern booklet. Robin kindly knit up the sweater for us, isn't it adorable? Come in and see the lovely range of colors in this versatile sport weight yarn.
Mary Scott Huff is signing her book "The New Stranded Colorwork" tonight at the shop. Come on by and meet Mary and get your copy signed
Rowan Pure Life wool is on sale this week at a 35% discount just in time for the arrival of Ann Budd's new book "Knitting Green". This lovely sweater in a DK weight yarn is perfect for Pure Life. We have both the British Sheep Breeds undyed and the Pure Life dyed colors.
We have new sock patterns from Beth Brown-Reinsel, Shibui Knits & Cookie A. Here is one of the Beth Brown-Reinsel patterns called Norwegian Fana Socks. It's perfect for Lorna's Laces Sport. Check out the fabulous colors available.
We got to purchase our new Apple Computer system today!! See the car full on Apple boxes!! We are going to have a new cashier station using our new iMac, and a new iMac for the office. Sandi and Nathania each got a new MacPro to create more of their beautiful knitwear designs. We'll be working to transition to the new system over the next few weeks.
Here is Kaye relaxing on the Chaise after a busy day at the Yarn Swap. She is swatching the lovely Cascade Ultra Pima, a 100% cotton sport weight yarn. It's perfect for summer tops and sweaters. Now is the time to start your summer knitting!
Here is our home away from home at Sock Summit. We have even less space than we do at home, but luckily there's room enough for our wonderful Purl Up & Dye yarns and fiber.
In addition look at all that Flat Feet and Mini Mochi. It's a booth full of color and yummy yarn and fiber goodness.
Here are the first pair of Flat Feet we finished. Knitting from the sock blank is really fun! Sandi couldn't wait to see what the sock would do next, and how the blank would ravel. A quick blocking and they are soft and comfy and fit like a dream.
We have lots of new colors of Flat Feet in our booth at Sock Summit. Hope you can come see us at our booth - 818 at Sock Summit.
