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Halloween Party at SSYC!

I love when Halloween falls close to one of our open Saturdays! We get to celebrate with you in person, and it's a fun day of candy and giveaways and contests and all the things that can make Halloween fun for adults. We spend so much time and effort making this holiday special for the little ones in our lives, don't we? We deserve someone to make it fun for us too!

Saturday (tomorrow) in the shop, we'll have some special goods to show off, including limited edition Hedgehog Fibres Potluck fade sets created by Beata herself. I'll share these online next week. We'll also give you a treat bag with purchase, a chance to win one of five contests, and three lucky shoppers will walk away with a $20 gift certificate in their treat bag!

If you want to join us, come see us from 10-4 on Saturday, October 27 at 1315 E State Blvd in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You can join or share the event here on Facebook too if you like- invite all your fiber friends, have some lunch together down the street at Acme Bar, and knit your day away! Sounds heavenly to me.

Can't make it to the party? Join us any another one of our open days, listed here.

Ask the Knitters

Dear Knitters,

I'm starting to knit sweaters for the first time in decades of knitting. I've been predominantly a baby gift knitter or sock knitter until now. I've knit one fingering weight sweater, but now that winter is looming, I'm pondering a sport weight sweater. I don't see much sport weight, hand dyed yarn in shops. I see more DK weight that I like. Can I use these interchangeably in garment knitting? Have you done so and with what results?

Can you also recommend a pattern that you found to be easy and flattering? I'm not petite.

Thank you to all the SSYC blog readers!

-Sporty-or-Not in Spokane

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Help a knitter out and leave your advice in the comments section below.  Have a question you'd like to see answered here?  Simply title an e-mail Ask the Knitters and send it on to service@simplysockyarn.com . Your question could be chosen for this series.

Poste Yarn Contest

It's Socktober, so of course we are celebrating all things sock related here in the shop this month. We've had giveaways for stitch markers and tote bags, contests here on the blog and Instagram, and two Halloween Knit Kits! Let's keep the fun going with another contest! Tell me which one of these Poste Yarn Striping Sock colors you like best today and why, and you could be one of two randomly chosen winners of your fave! Leave me your comment by noon EST on Sunday October 28. 

Today, my fave is our newest color, Coeur D'Alene. I imagine sitting in front of a roaring fire in a ski lodge in snowy Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, knitting all the things and drinking all the hot beverages while everyone else skis. I'm already halfway through my first sock, and I look forward to getting these done so I can have another pair of socks for myself this winter. We had our first frost here in Indiana two nights ago, so we are definitely into wool sock weather.

Free tote with purchase!

We're having a two-day Flash Tote Giveaway in the shop! As part of our continuing Socktober Celebration, if you place an order online October 15 or 16, we will include one of these organic cotton totes in your package. You don't need to do anything to get it, other than place an online order during these two days- no adding it to a cart, no e-mailing to request it- we will automatically tuck one into your package before we ship it to your doorstep. And if you are local and choose "in store pickup", we will hold it for you to pick up on one of our open days.

Why? Well, we want to celebrate Socktober in style. And who doesn't deserve an organic cotton knitter's tote? Yes, we are having awesome sales (with more from Mineville coming next week!). Yes, we are hosting contests here on the blog and on Instagram for gift certificates and beautiful yarn. Yes, we gave away adorable stitch markers earlier this month. But we like to celebrate with you in many ways so that there's something that everyone can appreciate. So totes for two days it is!

What might you like to purchase today in the shop to receive a free tote? Perhaps you want to go all out and preorder your fade set. Or perhaps you just need a skein or two of Hedgehog Fibres Sock or Skinny Singles to complete a project. What about getting all those fun socks completed early for Christmas? Opal Yarn and Regia are known to be fun knits and easy wash and wear- perfect for gifting! Are you like me and in a stripey mood and want to knit all the holiday stripes? We have lots of those too. Shown above is Jollyville and below is Frankenmuth.

How about trying a new-to-you indie dyer like Miss Babs or Spun Right Round?

Spun Right Round's Singles in Monster Mash

Or take an international knitting excursion with Qing Fibre of London or Life in the Long Grass of Ireland?

Qing Fibre's Super Sock Sock in Blackhare

We really do have a bit of something for everyone. Help us celebrate all things sock yarn during Socktober, whether your using your sock yarn for socks, shawls or garments. It's perfect for all!

Finding the Time... a contest

Now that both my sons are in school, I thought I would find a lot more knitting time. After all, they are both in school during the day for the first time in 11 years and I figured that would give me plenty of time to work during the day instead of late at night and on weekends or whenever they were otherwise occupied. Not so. Instead I'm working more than ever (hey it's our super busy season) and not knitting much at all! ACK!

"I wish you sold time as well as yarn!" This is a common lament. I hear this nearly every day from those I'm corresponding with. We all just want to find another hour in the day, another 10 minutes at lunch, just more time to knit.

I've found my time lately at soccer games and at school meetings. But that's about it. What about you? When you're super busy with all that makes up life, where do you carve out time to knit up a few rows? Do you stay up later than usual, sacrificing sleep? Do you force yourself to not work through lunch, instead sitting alone and knitting a few rows? Or do you go without your knitting and just hope for time in another week? 

Let's make it interesting and turn this into a Socktober contest! Share with me how and where you find time to knit and maybe you can inspire me and others to find time to do the same. Comment below before noon EST on Sunday, October 14 and I'll randomly choose one of you to win a skein of our newest Poste Yarn winter striping color, Coeur D'Alene. I'm hope to cast on my skein tonight.... that is, after the kids go to bed and I carve out some time for myself!

To me, this color screams SWEATER WEATHER! Wintery but modern.

Hey, lets make this even more interesting and do a similar contest on Instagram to win the fall-inspired color Bryce Canyon. Go there to enter that contest too!

Glittery Gourd Knit Kit now available!

Go here to get yours! If you want to add things to your cart to qualify for free US shipping, might I suggest getting one of the extra skeins of Lampyridae so you can make something larger than a one-skein project with your kit yarn. The yarn is only available as an add on to the kit, so please only order an extra skein of Lampyridae if you also ordered the kit in the same cart.

You might also consider something from the gorgeous new batch of Miss Babs? We have new Yowza DK, Hot Shot sock or Tarte sock (which has a little bit of tencel for a pretty sheen). Miss Babs is a fixture at fiber fairs and festivals, and this way you don't have to wait in her long lines to get some. I love that she made time for us during her busy time right before Rhinebeck.

 Yowza DK in Ziggy Stardust

You might have also noticed that I have the Opal Rainforest 14 6ply collection in stock right now too. It comes in a 50%-larger-than-normal 150g ball. So you have more than enough for a large pair of socks. just arrived and I just finished my 4ply socks in color 9622. We just got a restock of the popular 4ply Rainforest colors too, if that's your preference.

Glittery Gourd Knit Kit, a preview

Tomorrow, Wednesday Oct 10, our second/last Halloween Knit Kit of the year will become available!

This is the Glittery Gourd Knit Kit, and each of the three pieces is hand made just for this occasion. First, we have a skein of Madelinetosh's limited edition yarn, Tosh Merino Light + Copper, which is their popular Merino Light singles adorned with copper sparkles. This yarn was released first to us a month ago, and is already sold out at Madelinetosh (I ordered a lot and still have some left for you). I do hope they have their mill make more next fall, but it's still up in the air. The color is Lampyridae, which I named because the color reminds me of the first section of the body of a firefly with the oranges with black dots.

The adorably Halloweeny bag for this kit is embellished with gold thread detailed pumpkins, stars and moons and this little bit of dazzle perfectly ties in with the sparkled skein of yarn.

This kit is finished with three Halloween stitch markers from Katrinkles. Katy specially designed these pumpkins and then etched out the pumpkins and laser burned the accents. Aren't they perfect?

This kit will go up for sale Wednesday morning, usually somewhere 9-11 EST at the Kits & Club link. And I will have a few extra skeins of yarn to go with this kit, if you want to grab one or more of those for a larger project. But they will only be available to those who also purchase the kit at the same time in the same cart. Please don't add it to your cart if you don't also have the kit in your cart. Because I will take it out before we ship. Sorry, but I really will, even though it will make me a bit sad to do so.

For those who entered our Socktober contest, we now have the winners! Rebecca, Martha and Elaine each won a $25 gift certificate to the shop. Congrats! Check the blog and Instagram throughout the month as we continue with the Socktober celebratory contests.

Original Find your Fade Sets - Preorder

Hedgehog has released the original Find your Fade set of colors used in the popular Andrea Mowry pattern, as you may have noticed a couple days ago on our website. Three of these colors were originally part of clubs so were unavailable to us all, but now Beata has decided to dye them again. Ours sold out fast, and we are able to offer preorders of those sets on Sock and Skinny Singles. That way, you know you'll be able to get yours without trying to stalk our website and miss out. Thanks, Hedgehog Team for accommodating us on this! You are awesome!

You can get your set on Sock or Skinny Singles, and we expect to be able to ship yours out to you the first week of November. Once in a great while there are delays clearing things through Customs, but it's not happening often right now, so I think our estimate is pretty accurate.

Please note that your set is being dyed just for you, so it's not eligible for our normal return policy. One you order it, it's yours. I can allow for a 24 hour grace period after you place your order, should something immediate come up. Make sense?

I do hope this alleviates some of the stress that these awesome beauties have caused. Yes, you'll wait a few weeks for yours to be dyed and shipped to us from Ireland, but this way you're getting a slight discount PLUS free US shipping. And no searching, waiting for posts and furiously clicking to have your item stolen from your online cart.  And you're welcome to add other things to your order if you like, just know that they will ship with the sets in early Nov too.

Spooky Kitty Halloween Kit now available!

Our first Halloween Knit Kit of 2018 is now available! Get a 4-5 skein project bag, a coordinating skein of Poste Yarn Striping Sock and hand made stitch markers delivered to your doorstep so you can start a wonderful Halloween knit.

If you'd like to add something more to your order to qualify for free US shipping, we've been dyeing up a storm in our Poste Yarn studio. We have so many awesome Halloween and Christmas stripes ready to go on your needles. Shown below are Elm Street (with Sunflower toes and heels) and Jollyville (with Cherry Red toes and heels).

If you really want to treat yourself, you can add something from our latest restock of Hedgehog Fibres, which includes all seven colors of the original Find your Fade shawl! When the pattern was released originally, it used three colors that were previously part of a club, so they were unavailable. Now Beata has re-released Sari, Harvest and Rosehip and you can get them as individual skeins or part of a fade set. If what you want sells out, I expect more late this month.

Spooky Kitty Halloween Knit Kit, a preview

I have to share first off that the inspiration for this kit is this awesome fabric. I mean, I don't own cats, never have, nor do I own anything kitty related. But dang, this fabric shouted at me. It's cute, the colors are modern, and the cats are more a design element as they are an exclamation that "I love cats!" And just a tip, I felt the same thing about a dog related fabric, so you'll see pups featured around Christmas.

There was something about the colors of this fabric that seemed so mod and just right, and I thought that there was going to be no better way to celebrate that than in stripes. And I wanted to make sure that the colors were just so.... so Heather made a striping skein in our Poste Yarn studio that is so great I want to make up a Sheldon-esque "Spooky Kitty" song about it. And Rachael named the colorway Overlook Hotel.... which is perfect.

The Tall Skinny bag for the kit is made by Angie at DnA Designs. Since Vickie at Bird Leg Bags retired from the bag making game, she passed on all her designs and know-how to her niece, Angie. So if you like the style of Vickie's bags, which we have carried for years, you'll see the same in Angie's bags.

We asked Katrinkles to design special Halloween stitch markers for us, and these are super lightweight and wonderful for keeping track of those stitches.

I hope you adore this kit as much as I do. For the oversized bag, striping yarn and hand made stitch markers, it will be priced around $70. I can see myself wearing these socks and using this bag all the time, rather than just in October.

I'll post this kit up for sale tomorrow, Wednesday Oct 3, mid morning EST. As usual, the quantity of our kits is limited. If you do miss out, our second Halloween Knit Kit comes next week. Here's a preview of that one, which features a smaller bag and a skein of the Madelinetosh TML+Copper (the yarn that's already sold out at Tosh, though I hope they offer it again next autumn).

Thank you for your continued support of our kits. I know it's frustrating when the one you want sells out too fast. Just know I do my best to work with all the contributing artisans to create as many pieces as we can. And I have some great things planned for winter and Christmas so you might find something inspiring then too.

Hey, Knitters! It's Socktober!

Socktober. It's the start of fall, the time of year when those of us in more varied climates put away our sandals and realize that we must now wear socks for the next few months. It's also the time when knitters like me wonder "What the heck have I been knitting for the past year? I have no hand knit socks to call my own!" Or we simply realize that we have no matching pairs to call our own as we've been stuck in the quagmire that is Single Sock Syndrome.

My Common Room Sock that still needs a mate. Definitely goal-worthy.

So let's make this month of celebration count, shall we? Who's in with me? Let's make a goal for this month. This Socktober. Perhaps your goal is to finish those languishing pairs so you have a few more for your holiday gift list. Or for your own sock drawer. Perhaps you want to look through all your closet nooks or drawer crannies to find those socks you know you have. Or perhaps you want to see just how many complete pairs you can knit up from Oct 1 through Oct 31. Oh yeah, we have yarn for that. Or maybe your goal is to finally knit a sock. Or to instead knit something other than socks with your self-patterning yarn. Maybe it's just to put no limits at all on your knitting and yarn love this month and just enjoy!

My goal is to simply focus on socks this month. Whether it's to finish those sample socks for the shop, start a new Opal pair, or finish something I've already started... I'm going to make socks my main focus, as much as I can, through Halloween. The one exception I can see myself making is to finish up my Halloween hat. 

Would you like to participate in Socktober with me? Let's make it interesting! Tell me in the comments below what goal you'd like to set for yourself this Socktober. Be as brief or as descriptive as you'd like. As you know, I (and many others) find a lot of inspiration in the things you share. I'll randomly choose three commenters to win a $25 gift certificate to the shop. Contest closes Friday, October 5 at noon EST and I'll e-mail and announce the winners as usual.

I'll continue to do my best to keep Socktober and our goals at the top of your mind with awesome contests here and on Instagram, new yarn, special Halloween Kits and more.... like this giveaway that's only for today. Here's a tease of the first Halloween Knit Kit that will be available this Wednesday. Details here on the blog tomorrow.

Process Knitter vs Product Knitter..... a contest

What was this...

...is now this.

I'm back to square one. Row one, really. But really it's causing me no stress at all. Which has made me realize that I really am more of a process knitter rather than a product knitter. This was pointed out by a commenter on Instagram, and boy is she right. For me, it really is more about the process of tinking away rather than producing the final product.

Two days ago, I tried on my Wurm hat after finishing 7 of the purl sequences and even though I'd tried it on a few times before and all seemed fine, this time it kind of fell over my eyes. I'm thinking that the added weight of the yarn as I kept knitting really made the size problem more obvious and pushed the brim down too low. I always think I have a big head, so I knit the large size, which was apparently too large for me (even though I even knit the brim on a needle size that was one smaller than recommended). So instead of bargaining with the universe about solutions that might work, I just tore it all right out and hand wound it right back into the ball. Then I immediately cast on in the medium size so that I wouldn't get discouraged and leave it languishing. And now I'm almost back to the part where I fold over the brim.

Can you relate to this? I'd love to hear about a project that either made you realize that you're a process knitter (one who enjoys just knitting away like me) or a product knitter (one who is more focused on the finish line and finished garment). So tell me in the comments below about whether you think you're a product or process knitter and/or perhaps share an example. This contest will end this Monday, Oct 1 at noon EST and the randomly chosen winner can choose any skein of Spun Right Round in Sock, Merino Singles or Squish DK (which is what this had is made out of in the color Haunts).

Knitting all the hats

That's what I feel like doing- knitting all the hats. And I luuuuuurve it.

I'm knitting my third one this month, and I could even start and finish a fourth one before September ends. You know how you just get on a kick and you can't get enough? Yep, that's where I am right now. Here are the two I've finished. The one above (using Spun Right Round's Squish DK in Dirty Denim) I cast on 104ish stitches on a 16" US 4 circ and just knit a 2x2 rib until it was long enough to wear with a big folded brim. Then I just decreased every other stitch, every other row til I was down to 6 or 8 stitches and wove my end through those stitches and cinched it closed.

Then for this hat (using LITLG Twist DK in Lichen) I did the same thing but b/c it's not for me and for someone with a more normal sized head I'm thinking, I cast on 96 stitches on the same needle and knit until i thought it was long enough and started the same decrease.

Thanks to all of James' soccer away games, I'm nearly finished with this Wurm hat, and that's even with dropping a stitch and tearing back over a dozen rows b/c I just couldn't make it look right by carrying the stitch up. I'm using another skein of Squish DK, this time in Haunts, one of the Halloween colors. It was a close match between this and Monster Mash. And now I'm thinking of doing hats for the boys in Ectoplasm. And then for every friend I have in other non-fingering weight options. Perhaps next in Cozy DK or Arroyo. Yes, I was on a cashmere Sockhead cowl kick earlier this year, and now it's hats. I don't think I've knit Christmas presents for anyone in years, but apparently I'm going whole hog this year!

And, of course, there's going to be pom poms on each of these! I can't get enough!

SSYC's Winter Knit Sets!

We've dyed up some super special, super big skeins in the Poste Yarn studio and paired them with totes to give you our Winter Knit Sets! That's right, we've brought back our big 250g Worsted Weight skeins and you can get one or both colors with a cute tote for just $38 each. If you bought that amount of yarn alone from another hand dyer you'd spend over $50 for the yarn alone!

Bountiful is above or Bay of Plenty is below.

How can we offer such a great deal? Well, we got a great price on the yarn from the mill and then we dyed the yarn in house and pass the savings right on to you. If you were able to snag some of this yarn last year, you'll remember that this stuff is super soft and machine washable. A really great knit. And there's enough for a winter accessory set- think a scarf and mitts or a scarf and a hat. Plus you get an awesome tote with it!

You have two options right now, the Bountiful Set or the Bay of Plenty Set. And we will have two more colorways for you next month too. I know that many of you love our themed Knit Kits (like the awesome Halloween ones I'll preview later this week), but those often include several hand made items and are more pricey. We like to create goodies that everyone can afford, no matter your budget. So please enjoy!

Did you also see that we have more Thrummed Mitt/Sock sets from Fleece Artist? We were completely out of these beauties. These come with a free mitt and sock pattern so you can make the warmest of fleece lined sock or mitts with your set. And the color combos are wonderful, don't you think?

Linen Canvas bags now available!

Earlier this summer, one of our 13th Anniversary Knit Kits featured a hand made, fully reversible linen canvas bag. This kit sold super fast and we received many requests for more of this type of bag. After all, it holds a 4-5 skein project, is made of a specially printed fabric made of soft linen combined with durable cotton, and it's just super cute. So of course, I listened, and our bag maker at Mommy Sews made us a collection of 10 different color options!

Gah, these totes are so cool, aren't they? I've paired them with the limited edition Halloween colors that Renee at Spun Right Round just sent us (hint: they're amazing), and if you choose both it's like putting together your own mini kit with bag and yarn, am I right? I have all the Halloween colors on Squish DK, Sock and Singles, and the colors are: Bitten, Ectoplasm, Haunts, Monster Mash, Part Werewolf and Poison. I've already snagged a skein of DK in Haunts for myself and I'll be making a simple slouchy hat with either a Black pom pom or a Party Pop one.

And if you've been waiting for more Dirty Denim to arrive so you can cast on a hat like mine (it sold out quickly) it's back in stock too! I've paired it above with bag 4- Indigo & Pebble.

Or you can make a kit for yourself out of Bag 3 - Salmon & Onyx with Squish DK in Haunts.

Want something brightly Halloweeny? There's Bag 5 Passion & Nectar with Monster Mash.

Or give a try to Bag 8 - Berry & Aubergine with fall staple Hayride.

How about ooky-spooky with Bag 10 - Greenery & Ink with Ectoplasm on Sock?

How about Bag 9 - Charcoal & Powder Blue with Part Werewolf?

Or go green with Bag 1 - Sprout & Stone with DK in Poison.

I hope you love these bags as much as I do!

Hand made, faux fur pom poms at SSYC!

Our new, exclusive line of hand made pom poms is now available! 

You'll see over 30 colors and 4 sizes right now, all hand made of great quality faux fur. All have ties for you to easily use a bow to hold your pom pom on your project and easily change it out as often as you'd like. Want a Tiffany blue pom pom? Great! What about a huge one that looks like a big ol' toasted marshmallow like the one above? Me too! We really do have a great array of colors and sizes ranging from 4" to 8", and more to be added as time allows and trends come.

Rachael knit the above Circumvolute hat a few weeks ago (in this yarn color Bug Jar) and of course she had to go and add an avocado colored pom pom to it. And the nice this is that it's just tied with a bow on the inside of the hat, so when it's time to wash the hat (or if she just wants a different pom pom) she just unties the bow on the inside and that's that.

Thank you so much for your continued support over the past 13 years. Your advice and requests guide me and the shop into what it is. You inspired me to create a yarn line nearly a decade ago, then our own dye studio seven years ago. Now we have this pom pom line and we will continue to do what you want us to do to fuel your craft. You make this work fun and varied, that's for sure! We all greatly appreciate you!

Qing Donegal Sock

Just in time for fall, I have a rustic looking tweed sock from Qing Fibre that is just as soft as any other merino sock yarn. Of course, I have all the fall colors...

.... and a more modern take on tweed with springy, bright hues...

There's so much to choose from! I also have all these colors on Sock, Singles and Super Soft Sock, should you want to go that way. But really, come join the tweed side with me first!

Staci is the winner of the Name that Color Contest, with the name Iced Berries. And Anna is the randomly chosen winner of this last contest for a skein of Gelateria. She says of the project she's working on..."Currently knitting a long cardigan that's taking me forever and Halloween colored socks for my daughter." Thanks for playing, ladies!

Faux Fur Pom Poms coming soon

Earlier this summer I shared that we were developing out own line of faux fur pom poms.... and very soon you'll see them in the shop!

I'll have more than 30 colors in 4 sizes for you, and I'll continue adding some as time goes on. I have a diverse selection for you, from natural colors to bold hues. There's definitely something for everyone... coming next week!

So get your hats ready for some embellishment! Or can you imaging little baby socks with pom poms on top? Henry has one hanging from his fan chain in his bedroom. And I'm about to add one to my key chain (perhaps the one with glitter strands). I love these things!

New yarn from Madlinetosh + Contest!

Coffee Grounds

Madelinetosh has sent us something super special, their limited release of Tosh Merino Light + Copper! That's right, it's a copper glitter version of Merino Light, their uber popular single.

Ayo

This stuff is only available this once, unless Madelinetosh is able to do another run next fall. I've already received notification that no more orders can be filled, and you'll first find it here!

Trip Wire

Sparkle doesn't show up even half as well in 2D images as it does in person. You can get an idea of how it looks in the photos, but the true beauty of it is really only seen in person.

Barbara Deserved Better

I do have quite a lot of it in dozens of new colors and faves. This yarn would be perfect for stashing a handful so you can add one skein to a shawl project and the other skeins the original Merino Light. You don't have to do an entire project in this yarn, though it would be lovely. Just one skein would make a larger project pop.

Tiny House

Again, this is the only batch I'll be able to get unless something changes next year. So if you really like, it let me know so I can pass word along to Tosh so they know how much it's loved. I do have their new silver glitter version coming in about a month with our epic winter-is-coming-sized order. So that will be super awesome too. But for copper glitter, this is it folks.

And now, for the contest! You may have seen all the new colors from Qing Fibre, and you could be the randomly chosen winner of a skein of the cashmere blend Super Soft Sock in Gelateria by leaving me a comment below before noon EST on Saturday, Sept 15. Just tell me what project you're working on right now (I've just finished a simple ribbed hat and closing the top on another) and leave a link to the project on Ravelry so others can see it if you want. The Ravelry link isn't required, but encouraged. Thanks for sharing!

Psst.... there's a second chance to win on Instagram!

Free notecard set with purchase through 9/15!

Simply Socks Yarn Company is giving away a set of four knitter's notecards (and envelopes) with each purchase through this Saturday! Just place any order online from Tuesday, Sept 11 through Saturday, Sept 15 and we will automatically include a set of four knitting notecards with your purchase. These include envelopes and are a great way to send some love to a knitting friend, or pin to your workspace to remind you of your fave craft. Heck, they are even frame-able.

If you are participating in FibreShare like I am (for the second time), it's a great way to get yarn for the person you are partnered with plus a little something extra.

You don't have to add these to your order, or request them at all, or even use a code. We will just automatically put them in your package before we ship it out. And if you are local, just place your order online as you always do and then chose "in store pickup" to come get them with your order on one of our open days.

What might you like to purchase to get your free notecards? Well just yesterday I added spankin' new dyer Six and Seven Fiber to the shop. Rachel's colors are awesome. And she offers her cashmere blend sock yarn at just $26 a skein and a single for $23. Serious luxury for affordable prices.

Alfalfa MCN in Standing Ovation

Barley Singles in Verden's Ende

I also have the two new color collections from Qing Fibre in the UK! The Bedrock Collection and the Shangri-La Collection have landed in the US and you'll find them first here. The colors in the Shangri-La collection are Bittermelon, Bronx, Datura, Dirt, Ember, Rambutan, and Shell Beach. The ones in the Bedrock collection are Bluerinch, Brick Caviar, Dust, Hero, Honeycomb, Moss, Nassau and Teal.

Finally, check out the Sale Section as there may have been some new lovely skeins added since you looked last. This is the last of our big Back to School Sale promotion. Dyers have discontinued bases to make room for new fibers, so much of what you'll see on sale is the last you'll see of it ever.