Wool N' Creatures

As we prepare to help decorate Little Joe's, the fabulous children's bookstore here in Katonah, with all things hand knit, it seems fitting to think about the animals that provide the yarn and the fun ones you can knit with it.

These birds from Meg Beckwell speak of spring.  But if you prefer working with larger yarn and needles you can try out a knitting sheep.

Sharing The Love Sale

Won't you be our valentine?

Today all red, red yarn is 15% off.

We are nothing without you!

x.o.

Jennifer

Barbara

Felicia

Rae

Peggy

Margaret

Dani

Debbie

Liz

Calling All Knitters

We're really excited to have an opportunity to work with Little Joe's Books on a really fun and slightly goofy event.  We've always thought that the perfect vacation is one that includes the opportunity to read and knit and now here's an opportunity to celebrate a book by knitting.  

Little Joe’s Books needs to completely decorate their store in original ways with knit items and yarn.  The contest celebrates the new children’s book The Extra Yarn, by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen.  This book is about a girl who finds an extraordinary box of yarn and begins to knit sweaters for things that do not typically wear sweaters.  

I'm thinking book jackets! Jacket Pattern. Jacket Pattern. Jacket Pattern.

Here are ways you can help.  You choose how many you would like to do.

1)     LEND Little Joe's anything you’ve knit or that you know was hand-knit by others.  You can drop them off at Little Joe’s Books or Katonah Yarn before February 25^th.  They will be returned in the first week of March.  (They are hoping for hundreds of items—no item is too small!)  These items will be used to decorate Little Joe’s Books (imagine books dressed in children’s sweaters and balls of yarn hanging from the rafters.)  

2)     GIVE us your extra (left over) balls of yarn.  We will donate them to the women’s prison afterwards.

3)     COME TO A PARTY!   As our THANK YOU, Katonah Yarn and Little Joe’s Books invites all participants to a Knitting & Wine Party upstairs in Little Joe’s Books on Wednesday, February 29^th from 6 – 8pm.   

If you plan to participate, please shoot us an email!  And please call with any questions.  You can drop off your knitted items at either Little Joe’s Books or Katonah Yarn.       THANKS!

Little Joe’s Books
25 Katonah Avenue
(Across from the Train Station)
Katonah
info@littlejoesbooks.com
914-232-7278            

Super YARN sale for Super Bowl Sunday

We thought we would add to the festive feeling of Super Bowl Sunday by having a sale.  After all, isn't a YARN sale to us what the Super Bowl is to fans of football? ALL Madelinetosh in the store and ALL Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK in the store will be  25% off for TOMORROW ONLY!  There will be LOTS of other yarn on sale too!  Sunday, February 5 from 11:00 - 4:00.  Please note that yarn purchased prior to, or after the sale cannot be included in the sale.

Kid Silk Haze Many Ways

The Kid Silk Haze Stripe snuck onto the shelves one week when I wasn't looking.  It only takes up one shelf and because it's already wound up in those adorable poufs, it is pretty inconspicuous.  In fact, with the ball band on it, it's hard to see that there's a whole lot of color going on in there.

But it stopped me in my tracks, and as you can see from the sample at the top, it knits up nicely.

I've always been a fan of Kid Silk Haze.  I crocheted this log cabin scarf as a result of having to have all these colors of the stuff.

Dani suggested a Sky themed shawl using Kid Silk Haze and here's what we pulled from the drawers.

And then of course there is this wonderful scarf and example of double knitting that Peggy will be teaching on Saturday, February 11.  Details here.

Guest Post From Across the Pond

Click on this link to read about a woman who crochets everything.  Everything.  There are pictures.

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