Jody Long Shop Event Mar 14th

The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!!!

Okay.... I exaggerate. It's just one Brit and he's awesome. 

Come meet Designer Jody Long Mar 14th from 12-3pm. He's traveling cross-country with a big ole trunk show of his designs and yarns. It's a unique to have a designer do events....but he's also a yarn line designer! 

We are huge fans of his yarns and shop a testament to our Fan-Girl crush. We currently stock Alba, Andeamo, Andeamo Lite, Ciao, Airspun, Rovesoft, Summer Delight, My Little Sunshine and (coming soon) Flora, Ciao Carnivale and My Little Sunshine Happy Stripes. 

We're looking forward to insight into the "create a brand new yarn" process. Seriously...how the heck does he have time to twice a year create new yarns and design new patterns (290 patterns in his portfolio)? 

Jody arrives with a big trunk show (probably not all 290, but as much as he can pack into the car!). We will hear about his long 20+ year career as a designer and how he got his start as a LYS shop owner many years ago. We plan to ask him to demo his 3 tops invaluable tips or techniques too. There's a specially designed secret USA Tour Shawl pattern just for his event attendees. It's in Alba and it's gorgeous! 

Check out all of Jody's patterns on Ravelry. You can see our online book and pattern inventory too. More info on Jody's patterns and yarns from our past newsletters: here, here (scroll down page).

Follow Jody on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and his website. He's very active on social media and loves to engage with his followers. Here's the USA Tour Schedule. 

So Save the Date! Then head to our shop Mar 14th at High Noon, your projects in tow and questions at the ready!  Come for nibbles, freebies, discounts and lots of handmade garments! We love Jody's lines and are thrilled he's winding his way up to the foothills just to see us! We're building our inventory up in anticipation of Jody's arrival (and Kim's casting on new projects of course....). 

Read on for highlights of his latest new Fall/Winter collection. 

Airspun

This new yarn features merino, blown through a polyamide core to create a soft, fuzzy yarn with a delicate halo effect. This construction will give you a durable, light-weight fabric ideal for cool weather garments and accessories. It's heavenly! 

Airspun has 9 colors in a gentle gradient effect in very generous 365 yds (75gm) ball. Hard to capture the subtle, elegant ombre colorways. Need to see them in person to appreciate. It's a DK (#3) and gauge ranges: knit 21-24st on #US 5-7; crochet 12-17 sc = 4" on a F - H hook. 

Kim has two Airspun wips on the needles (yeah.....she has a cast-on problem) and finds the yarn has a very flexible gauge range. It's more worsted gauge in a Broken Seed Stitch on an #8. For a lace patterns you could go up or down needle size. It's a very forgiving yarn and delightful to work with. Would make a fantastic lap blanket. 

There's a pattern booklet called Autumn Hues (patterns shown in collage below). We have a shop sample of the lovely Grace cardigan (bottom left). 

The shop sample is a small.....but Kim can, if wearing a t-shirt, squeeze into it! Its beautiful. Light, lofty and warm. The vertical cable neckbands super slimming and the peplum style is flattering. Our sample is in the dusty Rosette #002 color way. 

Rovesoft

Rovesoft is a easy-care blend of Peruvian Alpaca and Highland Wool with super-fine acrylic to create a super wash, soft to the touch workhorse yarn. It's worsted weight (#4) with gauges: knit = 16.5 st on 4" on a US 9; crochet = 11-14 sc over 4" on US I. Jody designed yarn to be long-lasting, hard-wearing yet easy care. Lovely blend of alpaca and acrylic. Would make a fantastic cabled hat and scarf set.  (Kim's not cast on with this yet....but the day is young so bound to happen at some point! )

As always, Jody has awesome range of versatile, wearable garments to show off his yarn. Winter Vibes has several classic shaped sweaters designed to be wardrobe staples.