Wowza, thank you for the awesomely busy two days! Our sale on a sale got a lot of y'all in a buying mood. We greatly appreciate you helping us make more room for all the amazing fall goodies we have coming. And I received a lot of feedback from those who were grateful to be able to buy yarns that they might not otherwise have the budget for. Win win!
In addition to the awesome sale, I have wonderful things to share. First up, I have a restock of all the sizes of the Addi EasyKnits Rockets. I've received several emails in the past month asking about them, and you'll find them all here. These are the 10" circs that have a smooth surface like all Turbos, but have one sharper Rocket tip (that's also longer to make holding it easier) and one normal Turbo Tip. Take a look at the pic above to see how those tips differ. It's a really nice tool to have in your knitter's toolbox.
Then I have the brand new Addi Ewenicorn circular needles in 24" and 40". These have the slick Turbo finish, the Turbo tips, but then have a spiral texture that helps the stitches stay on your needles until you actually want them to come off. Plus there's the SOS cord - it's a slit in the cord that allows you to insert a lifeline or waste yarn easily. The slit is easily threaded by putting yarn through a metal stitch marker like this one and sliding it through the slot. And the cord is just as smooth as always.
I love that Addi regularly tries out new designs and makes new tools for us. Yes, many of us stick with a certain type of needle most of the time. We all have our preferences. But there are certain needles and tools that we might use just 4% of the time but improve our enjoyment and ease in the craft 90%. For instance, I don't use bamboo needles. I find that I tend to bend them over time and I find knitting with slightly curved double points to be VERY annoying. So I stick with metal ones. But sometimes the yarns I'm using are pretty slick. Many three ply hand dyed merino yarns are so round and smooth that they can slip off my needles when I don't want them to. In that case, using the Ewenicorn needles would be very helpful because the spiral nature of the needle would help those stitches stay on the needle, but the smooth needle and tip would help them come off the needle when needed. So if there's a certain part of knitting that's causing you consternation, I'm saying that there could be a tool that is tweeked in a different way that provides a solution to your problem. It's why a woodworker seems to have an ABUNDANCE of tools for her job - she knows that the right tool makes the job SO much easier and better. Same in knitting and crochet.
On the yarn front I now have for you all the colors of wool-free CoBaSi. It's great for socks, but also lightweight garments where you want a bit of memory - cuz cotton alone has none, so this combo of cotton, bamboo, silk and elastic is perfection. And I think you'll find that the price is unbeatable. And it comes in 50G skeins instead of 100g which is great for colorwork.
The National Parks Collection of colors from Fleece Artist was so popular that I also now have their Wanderlust Series - well, it's here but likely not on the website til Monday. Based on beautiful island locales, each skein of Casbah (merino/cashmere/nylon) is a stunner. I have pattern ideas that I hope to share with you next week. Casbah was the first merino/cashmere/nylon yarn that we offered - heck, I think it's the base yarn that pretty much started the trend. Fleece Artist is known for starting up things like that, they have been doing this for over 40 years and they have a close relationship with the Canadian mill (and like every other mill) that makes this yarn base. And at $30 a skein, you're saving at least 10% on the cost of most other similar base yarns. The exchange rate from CAD to USD works in our favor, afterall. All their bases are priced well.
Oh, and I have knit up pictures of the four new Country Birds colors from West Yorkshire Spinners. Hover over them to see the color name. I'm knitting Woodpecker myself right now. I think it looks Christmasy, don't you? And I think Swallow has a vintage Americana look.
Gosh, I know there's more but my mind is a blank after a long week of yarn, kids, every appointment known to man, and the deluge of work that comes after taking the previous week off. We had a grand ol' time up north, but this week was a reminder of why business owners don't usually leave for a week!
One last note - if you're a local shopper (in person or for contactless pickup) I wanted to share that the City is tearing up State Blvd in front of our shop for miles. They are completing a huge water main project, so while you can definitely get to the shop, the best way for now is the back way from Crescent to California to our back alley where you enter the lot. The front of the shop looks torn up, but we are open on these days and for contactless pickup other days as always (just follow the instructions in the middle of this page). Nothing has changed, shopping and pick up-wise. But how you get into the parking lot might change depending on what the City has torn up. Believe me, you can park. If the huge delivery vehicles can get to us over and over every day, we can too.
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