Today when I walked into the shop I was greeted with a fresh new look. Dixie and her son were quite busy yesterday taking apart and rebuilding bins. It looks fantastic!
Tonight would be a great time to stop by and check out the new look while coming to Thursday Night Knit Club and while you are here check out the 60%off sale wall, we have put a a lot more yarn in the bins making room for the shipments Dixie has coming soon.
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It seems to be a bit to hot to do either of these activities outside, and I don’t think my husband would want me to play badmitten in the house so I think I will stick with knitting, with the air conditioning on full blast!
Dixie”s scarf is fashioned after brooklyntweeds noro scarf with just a few alterations. Knit in a 1×1rib with 3 skeins of Tonalita each of a very different colorway, one row with each color.If you haven’t seen this yarn yet stop on by it is really gorgeous!
Tonalita Scarf :
3 skeins of Tonalita
The ball band recommends a #9 US needle, Dixie used a #6, you decide on what needle to use there are no rules here.
Cast On with 39 sts with color A.
Drop color A and start color B, knit across in your pattern 1×1rib, drop B and start color C, knit across in pattern. Repeat this sequence for length of scarf. BO. Voila a beautiful scarf of many colors!
Enjoy!
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Sharon has been really into her crocheting. She found this pattern here which is a Garnstudio pattern.
She was having some challenges with the stitch so to help her I had to start my own scarf. I seem to understand crochet stitches better when I actually do it.
Well together with both our heads we figured it out and they turned out great! Sharon, thanks for inspiring me you keep me on my toes when it comes to crocheting.
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Jeannie was looking for an afghan to knit to give as a wedding gift for her son and future daughter inlaw. She wanted it to be something very special. And special it is! Dixie found this great pattern on ravelry or if you are not on ravelry you can find it here.
It is an afghan knit with 3 aran patterned panels which are sewn together and then a border attached. Jeanne spends her winters in Arizona and worked on it while there and when she came home for the summer she stopped by to have help in sewing it together. It is just beautiful!
Before she went to Arizona last fall she stopped by and learned how to cable without a cable needle which saved her time wise in her knitting.
She does say that she would rather not knit another bobble for awhile! Congratulations on the upcoming wedding and I am sure they are just going to love it!
Hi Dixie & Cindy….........
Here it is…......eleven months,two weeks,three days, 186 hrs…..
but who’s counting??
Wouldn’t have done it without you two…thanks for pushing
me beyond what I thought were my limits
Jeannie
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Congratulations to Chris for being our May Door Prize Winner. She won some great purse inserts that will keep her very organized!
Remember for every $10 you spend at YDK you can put your name in for the monthly door prize.
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We have just marked down our 50% yarn wall down to 60% off. This a limited time so be sure to come in and check it out. We have Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere
Rowan (variety), Inca Alpaca from Classic Elite, Elsebeth LaVolds Angora, Dale of Norway (Heilo, Falk, Baby Ull, Hauk), Jamieson DK and more.
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Garnstudio has just put on there web page instructional videos for everyone to use! Be sure to check them out here. Right now they have Knit and Crochet with others coming soon. If there is a technique that you would like them to put on their web let us know and we will pass along the info.
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