A Little Knitty

Today marks the FIRST day of the slow yarn crawl and we are SO ready to do this thing!!! You have all summer to visit shops all over Oregon & Washington. At each stop you will receive 2 free patterns, a stamp in your passport and entries to win shop prizes as well as regional and whole crawl prizes if you finish a region or the WHOLE DARN CRAWL!!! For more information about the crawl go HERE We have passports back in stock and you can purchase them in-store or online HERE If you would like to shop the yarn crawl virtually, check out this page HERE

Here is the link to our latest newsletter 😍May 26th 2021 A Little Knitty Newsletter (mailchi.mp)

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Rainier Roses is hosting a very fun sock knit a long over on her youtube! To enter to win prizes....... #1 Subscribe to her channel #2 Comment on the video below with your favorite color of her yarn (you can see all the colors on her website HERE )

Throughout quarantine this was the NUMBER ONE asked for kit!!!! PUNCH NEEDLE!!!! It's a fun way to play with yarn and you don't need to learn a new skill, just start coloring with yarn!!  I found these locally made kits and HOPE to set up some classes with the owner of Myra & Jean in the future!! Without further ado...here are the cute kits now available in-store and online ! The kit contains everything you need to start right after you open the box. - 8x8 inch frame with fabric (primitive linen) stretched on it (stretched on by Myra & Jean, frame by frame) - printed design you can apply to whichever side you prefer to punch on ( traditionally punch needle is applied from the back and loops form on the other side, but some people prefer the punched side to be the front. - high quality acrylic yarn carefully selected and weighted for each color - punch needle tool - written and video instructions provided via a link to PDF Made in Seattle, Washington For more instruction...

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What a whirlwind 2 weeks it has been. I went from worrying we would get pushed back to phase 2, to finding out the state will reopen at the end of June and the CDC announced vaccinated people can go mask free!!!! WOW!!!! I'm still figuring some things out...but we have Private Lessons, Small Group Help Sessions and CLASSES all back in July (and a couple private lessons in June too!!!) Our employees haven't had the chance to be fully vaccinated yet, so we will be requiring face masks by ALL shoppers (vaccinated or not) until June 4th. After the 4th we will follow State guidelines as far as mask wearing and distancing is concerned. Vaccinated customers will not be required to wear a facemask, unvaccinated customers will be asked to continue to wear them while shopping, during social events and classes. We will not require vaccination to take a class. We will not be checking immunization records as we TRUST our customers will not lie and endanger others in our community. We unders...

Join Susan every Wednesday in June as we knit the pattern 'One & Done' by Casapinka on ZOOM!!! This is the perfect pattern for a wild skein of fingering weight yarn!! Knit-a-long fee includes pattern, printing and one skein of malabrigo fingering weight yarn (if you would rather use a locally dyed yarn, you can upgrade for $8!) If you are registering online, please note at checkout what yarn you would like included in your kit. You can see malabrigo sock HERE or malabrigo mechita HERE Susan will be available for any questions you may have along the way, but this isn't a class where there will be lecture times....it's just a group of people getting together to knit the same thing. Everyone will be at their own speed, there is no required homework, knit as much or as little as you would like. Make-up sessions are not available and recordings will not be made, as this is more of a social event than an educational one. If you have any questions, please email info@alitt...

We are so thrilled to bring back the Flax Sweater-A-Long This isn't so much a class, but a gathering to work on the Flax Sweater together (IN PERSON!!!!!!) and help out at any point that you need help! This is great for someone attempting their first sweater or someone who has attempted a sweater but it never fits right! Who: Anyone who wants to knit a top-down raglan sweater. This is a perfect first sweater if you haven't tried. You must know how to knit, purl, increase, decrease, use double-pointed needles and/or magic loop. What: We will all be knitting the same pattern, Flax by Tin Can Knits This sweater is available in a large range of sizes, looks great on males, females, babies, and is the perfect first sweater! You can view the pattern here:  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flax When: Saturday, August 14th, 28th, September 11th & 25th from 6pm to 8pm. You can come to as many or as few sessions as you would like. This isn't a class where we are all at th...

We are thrilled to announce that we are bringing back some private lessons back!!! We will have Teresa Waldo in the shop on some Friday afternoons in June & July. She will have two 1 hour sessions available for Private Lessons. This is a session where you can bring anything you are working on or want to work on and she can help you through the rough spots! Feel free to bring multiple projects!!  We are working on small group help sessions and hope to have those added back to the schedule on Thursday evenings!! June & July Openings June 11th 3pm or 4pm June 18th 3pm or 4pm July 9th 3pm or 4pm July 23rd 3pm or 4pm The dates above our the current offerings. To make your appointment or see what is currently available, please check out our calendar HERE

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We are excited to be participating in our 3rd year in the Slow Yarn Crawl This slow crawl is the perfect way to explore new yarn shops and have some summer fun. Spread over three months in the glorious Oregon and Washington summer, this crawl encompasses the best parts of every yarn crawl: patterns, games, prizes, and yarn shops! ​ Save the Date! May 28- September 6, 2021 You can read all about the crawl on their website HERE You can purchase your passport in-store or online HERE And here is a sneak peek of the free patterns we will be featuring here in our shop: KNIT CROCHET A HUGE Thank you to Kickin' Crochet for designing our crochet pattern!!

We have some amazing self-striping yarn from Night Owl Fibers and I started a sock with it to show off how it stripes And I frequently ask what type of toe I used. The video below is great for self striping yarn and of course I LOVE how Very Pink Knits does her instruction! Enjoy!! Jen

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Maribel of Rainier Roses has dyed up some GORGEOUS mini sets that are now available in-shop and online ! Each Mini Set contains five 20gram skeins of fingering weight yarn 75% Superwash Merino Wool 25% Nylon 92 yards each We highly recommend using a set like this for a cowl like the Cozy Mini-Skein Cowl on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cozy-mini-skein-cowl Or the Faded Beanie like the hat we knit with the purple skies kit https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/faded-beanie

And we ordered a few new things like this Island Orca and Felted Soaps! The felted soaps even come with a soap dish (sorry, the individual soaps don't) They all smell AMAZING!!!! You can find these lovely creations in-store and online HERE

Drifter & Subtle Drifter are the yarn of the month for May!! This super soft, DK-weight yarn is perfect for baby knits or easy-care sweaters for people of all ages! I'm currently crocheting this blanket (this isn't my photo...this is from the pattern page as mine is VERY tiny but I'll update with photos soon!!!) with a few colors of the Subtle Drifter  We have also used Drifter for a really cool entrelac scarf (we used this free pattern , but went down 2 needle sizes as we were using DK yarn) And probably my FAVORITE project I have knit with Subtle Drifter is the Entrechat DK sweater. This is my GO TO for baby showers!!! there is an adult version too!! And the cute crochet shirt underneath is the Jasmine Baby Shirt by Kickin Crochet also knit with Drifter! This yarn is usually $9.50 per ball, but right now it is $7.60!! You can find this yarn in-store or online: Drifter HERE and Subtle Drifter HERE