new arrivals: yarney goodies

 Upcoming Event Reminders
May 7  Maisieblue's 1st Homegrown Fashion Show  7-9pm  
May 17  Magic Ball Party
May 3&4 Cast on Cecelia Blanket for May KAL
No Knit Night May 14th (Happy Bday Mosey!)
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Lots of new arrivals these past months. Here's some highlights

(warning: it's a long one....grab a cup of tea or coffee.....) 

Addi Rockets Needles

Addi Fans Rejoice.  The Rockets have landed. A perfect blend of the Addi Turbo speedy metal finish with the sharper Lace needle tips attached the signature flexible cables. Sharper tips and no metal smell as you knit. Love them!

New Yarn Company: Classic Elite Yarns

Liberty Wool: workhorse self-striping colorful superwash wool. Worsted weight and perfect for kid-friendly projects. Lovely, sprongy feel that makes me want to keep knitting. We set up a monthly subscription so 2 new colorways each month!

Chateau & Chalet: ooh la la so soft and scrunchy! A chainette constructed bulky in an absolutely soft to the skin yarn. Perfect for bulky accessories that are super soft next to skin. Super fast to knit so perfect for getting jump on gift-knitting.

Berroco Spring/Summer 2015

What a stunning collection this season! Huge amount of new patterns and new fantastic warm-weather yarns. It's the largest pattern release they've had - 8 booklets!.

 

All the patterns here, most of the new yarns with few more arriving in May. We also can easily do special orders for any Berroco stuff. Just let us know what you'll need.

New Berroco Yarns

Mixer
Mixer. This is a thick/very thin, shiny/matt, smooth/rough type of yarn. Definitely more like a novelty just for the wide range of textures/size. But end result stunning. Check here for colors and patterns. Has potential for fun accessories or when you want a bit o' bling-bling!

Our Diana shop sample just arrived today! And it's just like this one:

 Indigo

Indigo just arrived-still sitting in the box! Pulled a few out to take a beauty shot to show it off. I'm showing restraint from casting on that cover cardigan....but it's taking a huge effort......

A fantastic yarn from recycled denim! Rustic but soft hand and durable....washable! It's similar to Remix but stronger and thinner - more of a DK gauge. Perfect for garments and kids items. A Homerun Berroco! Have a feeling we'll be seeing this in their line for many many seasons. Our shop sample of Prickly Poppy just arrived yesterday and it's in a color we actually ordered (which doesn't always happen....)!

Shop sample: Prickly Poppy in #6452 Monroe (deeper raspberry in person than this pic

Returning Favorites  

Modern Cotton Soft, washable pima cotton/rayon blend, an extensive palette. Cool to the touch with a hint of sheen = fantastic summer yarn. You know it's a favorite yarn when I order up 20+ colors....including black (because that doesn't happen often because frankly black isn't easy to knit or crochet)!  Pattern inspiration

 

 

 

 

Berroco has this lovely free pattern Carioca which looks like a perfect summer cardi

Carioca: Love the lace details!

Another massive favorite: Folio. I can not express just how much I love this yarn! Adore it. Super soft, amazingly versatile and just yummy. Wide range of colors (again pretty much all colors they make so you know I love it). Right now I'm making a bias stole in all the purples. It's stockinette and I totally don't care! That's how much I love this yarn. The #344 Folio is the best-selling Berroco booklet for us. This season there's even more new patterns so I'm happy as a clam.

Noro

I'm a Noro nut. I love it, I hoard it and always excitedly await arrival of new stuff each season. This year I'm thrilled they're introducing more solids to co-ordinate with signature yarns. Last fall it was Silk Garden Solo, which we've got in shop. Just arrived! Tokonatsu My absolute favorite new yarn of the summer from Noro: super soft blend cotton, silk, rayon in lovely tweedy solids! Perfect for non-

Tokonatsu

Coming this May: Next entry in Noro's new tweedy-solid lines: Silk Garden Solo Sock.

Kureopatora 

Intense, saturated color + a softer 100% merino wool in a dk/light worsted weight with great yardage....just shy of 300 yds. Yummo!

Hot off the press is Noro Lace book.

 

 Love love love so many patterns. Here's few of my favorites:

 

 

   

 The current Noro Magazine issue which is one of best yet. Great patterns throughout.

We have two samples of #27 Rectangular Poncho! Large in Silk Garden Sock and a small in Taiyo Sock.  (Thanks to Cathy for her speedy fingers that churn out samples!) Errata exists so check Ravelry or ask us for our notes.

Amost at the end....

I promise......

Just few more new things.....

KFI Luxury: Indulgence Cashmere Sock. A sport  weight sock yarn with touch of cashmere. Will also be perfect for kids garments and baby blankets.Selling well. Sadly it's not something we can order up so when gone it's gone.

Whole bunch of Juniper Moon's Moonshine and  Moonshine Trios. Loads of solids and the multicolors. Nice to work with as temps get warmer. Has such a lovely soft hand. New book too with great patterns for their whole range of  yarns.

New shades of  Mirasol Nuna, a luxurious merino/silk/bamboo. Immediately cast on for a Vivid Blanket, one of my bucket-list projects. It's bit tricky to start but ea block is same pattern so after a few you'll be finding them easy-peasy. Hoping to make this a class later in the summer too.Love how this feels when I knit it.

Whew...... done! That's it for this new stuff preview!