Happy Holidays (store hours and stuff)

Store hours for the remainder of the Holiday Week:
Thursday 12/23: 11 am to 7 pm
Friday (Christmas Eve) 12/24: 11 am to 3 pm
Saturday: Closed for Christmas
Sunday:  Closed
Monday: Noon to 5 pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 11 - 7 pm
Friday (New Year's Eve): 11 to 5 pm
Saturday: (New Year's Day): 11 am to 5 pm
Sunday January 2nd: noon to 5 pm

Last Minute Gifts:  You can still give a crafty gift... Try out e-gift certificate.  Select one from below. I will email you a pretty certificate that you can print out and stuff in someone's stocking just in time!

Gift Certificate Options

Option 1: $25.00 $25.00 Option 2: $50.00 $50.00 Option 3: $75.00 $75.00 Option 4: $100.00 $100.00 Option 5: $200.00 $200.00

Any questions, as always, just email me

Lacy Leaf Scarf Sample and Class Announcement

Knitted with the Spud and Chloe Outer in a fall color, this is the sample for the upcoming CRASH COURSE class.  Learn to Knit a simple lace leaf motif in this crash course. If you know how to knit and purl, this class is for you. All you need is about 120 yards of Superchunky yarn and big needles (all available at the store with a 10% class discount!) and you'll be half way thru the scarf by the end of class.

December 1 / 6:30 to 8:00 / $40 /
Register online  or Gift the class with or with out materials to a friend: 

Gift the class

Class only $40.00 Class plus yarn $68.00 Class plus yarn and needles $80.00

Weekend Events -- Learn to Knit, crochet or sew for $10 per class

The favorite gift for Father's Day is a tie.  And I love the way Alan looks when he is all dressed up in a suit and tie.  So we brainstormed about gift ideas at the store and I decided to share some of them with you.  All weekend, we'll be teaching you how to make a knitted, crocheted, or sewn tie.  The class is $10 per session plus materials.  Even if you've never knit or crocheted or sewn, you can make these items.  And Dad will always wear them! 

For my sewn tie, I chose a fabric with cars on it.  I may even make a second for Cole.  Wish me luck getting a photo of the two together next weekend!
So here are the workshop schedule.  I also listed the workshop on Sunday at the Natural History Museum. 
 
Saturday:

• From 12:30 to 2:00 / Learn to Knit or Crochet a Tie for Dad. Learn how to knit or crochet a simple tie for dad for fathers day. The class is free with the purchase of materials. And it's a perfect learn to knit or crochet class. Even if you never knit or crochet before you can make this tie. The workshop is $10 plus materials. Beginners Welcome!  REGISTER ONLINE

• From 2:30 to 4:30 / Learn to Sew a Tie for Dad: Even if you've never sewn, you can make this easy necktie.  Using cotton quilting fabric in fun patterns, make a great summer time casual necktie.  Beginners Welcome!  REGISTER ONLINE

Sunday: 

• From 12:30 to 2:00 / Learn to Knit or Crochet a Tie for Dad. Learn how to knit or crochet a simple tie for dad for fathers day. And it's a perfect learn to knit or crochet class. Even if you never knit or crochet before you can make this tie. The workshop is $10 plus materials. Beginners Welcome!  REGISTER ONLINE

• From 2:30 to 4:30 / Learn to Sew a Tie for Dad: Even if you've never sewn, you can make this easy necktie. Using cotton quilting fabric in fun patterns, make a great summer time casual necktie. Beginners Welcome!  The workshop is $10 plus materials.  REGISTER ONLINE

• At the National Museum of Natural History (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM)  Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Workshop: Enjoy a free lecture and a workshop on how to do hyperbolic crochet with the co-founder of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, Margaret Wertheim. Be sure to save the date and invite your friends and family! It’s a fantastic and inspiring introduction to the project, or a great way to reconnect if you are already on board! Bring your finished coral to show and share! Please RSVP to mailto:sicommunityreef@yahoo.comif you plan to attend the workshop, so we can have materials available for you.

free pattern from Blue Sky Alpacas

It's almost Thanksgiving so Christmas is just around the corner. So a small cute project to work on this sunday and maybe while you're watching the Macy Day Parade and Football games.

This Sunday from 1-3, the Holiday gift project is the Java Cloche. The class is free with purchase of materials. Learn to make a hat and if you're ambitious add the fair isle or if you are just a beginner who is tired of making scarves just learn to knit in the round. To make it even easier, I'll share how to convert this hat pattern into a cute neckwarmer.

So sometimes, it's hard to pick just one project for our sunday free holiday class. So I highlighted a few other projects that I'd love to work on but only so many Sundays. Here are two more that fit with the weekend.

turkey pattern thx spud and chloe.

and this acorn purse project. i thought it would be fun to carry around this month as the leaves are falling.

Yarn Cups made by a Local Artist

A local artist just brought these over to the Capitol Hill store. Beautiful hand-made bowls to hold those errant yarn cakes. A beautiful way to display and knit your yarns at home or a unique gift for the knitter who has everything.

The yarn cups are in limited supply -- The artist promised to get me a few more. The price is $35/each.