I am celebrating my Third Year Anniversary with a Gala Open House on February 27th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be refreshments, many third year anniversary specials, drawings and giveaways. We extend an invention to all the friends that we know and friends we’ve yet to meet to join us.
In reflecting on the last three years, I note that retiring from 40 years in office management and accounting to running a yarn shop was a wonderful idea. I have enjoyed this time meeting new friends, learning new knitting techniques, including an attempt at spinning and expanding my hobby to an occupation. The benefit of retirement is enjoying the company of friends while knitting up a new creation and being surrounded by beautiful fibers inspiring new ideas; so many years and now there is time.
Stitchy Women carries a large inventory of yarns, patterns and needles perfect for all levels of fiber artists, from beginners to experts. We carry yarns such as Cherry Tree Hill and Green Mountain Spinnery which are from Vermont. Also, a large selection of Cascade, Reynolds, Classic Elite, Plymouth, Brown Sheep, Kramer and many more.
Alpaca is big this year for sweaters, hats and scarves, let your imagination run wild. We have a selection of Alpaca Sock Yarn from Classic Elite too. Alpaca is so soft you want to walk around hugging it like a teddy bear.
Summer will be here before we know it. We carry a variety of cotton yarn and have samples of a child’s sundress with a knitted top and a fabric bottom as well as ladies’ tank tops. Cotton is perfect for dishcloths and many other uses.
For sock knitter, everyone loves the self patterning sock yarn which is knitted on size 0-3 needles. We carry several brands of sock yarn such as Cherry Tree Hill, Plymouth, Kramer and Tofutsies. For knitters wanting a quicker knit, Plymouth has a self patterning yarn that knits nicely on size 6 needles. This yarn is great for children’s sweaters, hats, scarves and mittens. Drop in to see just how quickly you can create a pattern without the fuss of changing colors. In addition we have yarn from Universal that will give you a tapestry pattern all by itself.
Felting is still popular whether you are making pocketbooks, animals or mittens. You cannot get any warmer mitten than our Minnesota Felted Mittens. We carry many feltable yarns such as Cascade, Lopi, Lambs Pride, Shepard’s Shades, Cherry Tree Hill, Green Mountain Spinnery to name a few. Mauch Chunky which is made by Kramer has a white that felts, come see our felted rabbit. Be sure to see the felted Alpine Boot Slipper pattern.
Another popular pattern is the Snowboarder Hat, a quick knit using two stands of bulky yarn on a size 15 needle. This is not a felted pattern. We have samples in the shop.
We now carry a selection of Ecological Wool from Cascade which has 478 yards in a skein. These have been a big hit for felting, sweaters as well as afghans. In addition to the Ecological Wool from Cascade we now have Ecological alpaca/ merino blend to add to our Cascade line
Classes are scheduled throughout the year. Please call for more information or visit our web site at stitchywomen.com. We are happy to give private lessons as well as group ones and are very flexible in meeting your needs. In addition we are now scheduling spinning lessons by appointment.
Thursday evenings we have a Sit & Knit from 6:00 – 8:00. We have the knitting circle in the front window where we can sit and knit. We have a self serve coffee and tea area, lots of laughter and even some knitting. Also, the second Thursday of each month some of us are knitting a block a month for an afghan. You can join at any time.