We in charge of shop while Boss Girls gone to wet,
green island places with Little Boss People.
Let's have fun. Cats Away and We Mice Play!
Weekly Friday KAL Summer Sock Circle
Now is the time if you've wanted to tackle socks. Starts June 7th with our weekly sock drop-in circles: Fridays 12-2pm. Maureen will guide you along as you tackle your first, or umpteenth sock. Her favorite go-to sock pattern: Crazy Sock Lady's 9" circular Vanilla Sock. Come to pick out yarn, needles and get your complementary pattern for joining our group.
Last summer we held a Sock KAL using the Knit 2 Socks in 1 book (Kim is still working on her socks...) If you're intrigued by this awesome sock method join us on Fridays. It involves a tube, life lines and (eek!) steeks...or cutting your yarn on purpose! (Yes, we "cut" stitches on purpose!)
Note these Friday Circle are a free KAL/drop-in sessions for those wanting an excuse gather weekly and knit on socks with others!. It's for those who know basics of knitting and want to up their game with a new challenge.* Or be challenged to actually finish socks already on the needles
(........Kim hides behind desk......drags her multiple sock wips with her.....)
Socks are the perfect summer-travel-project to shove in your bag and hit the road! Let's go! It's summertime and the knittin' is good!
"Honey I can't do that now...I've got to go to my Sock Circle!"
*Want to Learn How To Knit? Sign up for individual classes with Kim. Sessions this summer on select Thurs Jun-Aug. Watch for future blog posts or call/email to inquire*
Plan to visit during the weekend June 6-9th the nine Central Calif. participating shops. Get your GSYC passport stamped, find some pretty new summer projects, and collect all 9 shop commemorative stitch markers too (you can never have enough st m's). What's a Yarn Crawl? It's a fun road trip excuse to visit regional yarn shops! Each one usually has special grand prizes, perks, commemorative bling and extended shop hours. Each shop has special promos, kits, patterns or raffles in addition to grand prizes.
Here's list of participating shops with links to their websites. There's a nice mix of yarns, fabrics, paper, bookstore and gifts, and even live baby animals! More importantly....it's great chance to plan a fun road trip with friends and/or family for a weekend road trip.
GSYC Prizes: Get your GSYC passport stamped at all nine shops, turn in at last shop visited to enter into awesome prize drawings:
Grand Prize: $100 gift certificate from each shop
First Prize: $50 gift certificate from each shop
Prize Baskets (9): A gift basket full of goodies.
Suggestion: Murphys is a great place to finish up with all the wine tasting rooms. You complete your journey, then collapse with a nice cold sip at one of our favorite tasting local rooms, Millaire's (that's wine-maker Steve, peeking from behind the grapes!), or his other Murphys original winery, Black Sheep. (Bonus: Black Sheep directly across the parking lot from maisieblue! LOL)
Our Golden State Yarn Crawl has a website with all the details, lists shops to visit and even a map!
Shops are all about 1-2 hrs driving distance from each other. Totally do-able over the course of 4 days. Our shops all have extended hours for the event: 10-6pm. There's an Alpaca Farm with BABY ALPACAS!!!! Here's a newbie cria. Be sure to get to Macedo's Mini Acres by Turlock. Pet an Alpaca!
A pefect wrap for year-round, but especially for Spring flip flopping weather. I have absolutely NO business casting on anything for the next decade..... But....yep,,,,,this baby going on the needles tonight! I love working with Alba so its a no-brainer.
Come into shop to grab some Alba and get your LYS Day Promo Code for the free pattern (via Ravelry). Pattern available to download starting Apr 26th.
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Our Thursday Shop Group needs a new KAL too. This is perfect! Hoping to entice my compatriots in casting-on to whipped this one up next! Join me on Thursdays 12-2pm at our Drop-In Group. I'll be working on this shawl (along with many other projects).
Jessica doing a Live Zoom KAL open to everyone!
Jessica will meet on May 4th 7pm EDT on Zoom. Grab your yarn and needles. She'll show you the ropes, walk you through the stitches used and answer questions. Perfect if you feel stuck or just want to have company as you knit. Note: Cast-On Party will be recorded so you can watch later. Pre-register here (scroll down to bottom for sign ups).
Berroco Seeing Double Cowls
Once again like last year it's a Berroco 2-fer-Cowl patterns! This year they are busting out the color! Byte (Crochet) and Pixel (Knit) versions. These cowls are exclusively available through our stores and will not be available to download on Ravelry or Berroco.com. Patterns Byte and Pixel free with each yarn purchase in our shop this weekend.
Few years back Berroco introduced a great baby yarn: Vintage Baby. It's a true "baby" yarn, meaning sport (think in between sock and dk). We love it. It's adorable little mini skeins (50g), washable and awesome colors.
Now they've added Vintage Baby Handpaint. Sweet little hanks in same baby friendly yarn in rich, tonal multicolor or perfect splatter, speckles. Use separate or together since the colors blend perfectly. As with it's Vintage Baby, this new line perfect for all things baby but now with a touch of fun.
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Have a gander at our past blog posts: Vintage Baby Trunk Show We had this in shop couple years back and fell in love with all the patterns:
I've STILL got a Kirby (still) on the needles (stranded on sleeve island) and (weekly) I plan to tackle mastering Frankie, (on my crochet bucket list). My Kirby WIP is further along now than seen in blog post. It's just waiting for me to finish the sleeves.....( "I just need to finish these stupid sleeves!). The blog post highlighted 5 WIPs. To my credit...the Fuzzy Mustard JoLo-ish baby cardi I actually finished last year and it's working it in the shop! 1 out of 5 done not so bad! LOL [Scroll down the blog post for one of my favorite tips: IC cords in lieu of stitch holders/waste yarn.]
You can find our Vintage Baby and Vintage Baby Handpaints online or in the shop. It's a great yarn when you need smaller amounts, baby/kid friendly and don't want to break the bank!
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