Northwest Team Fans, Go Forth and Knit!
Soccer spirit lifters. A sneak peak into fall fashion.
Classes, classes, and more classes.
Here’s what’s up this week at your favorite local yarn store, For Yarn’s Sake.
Timbers Army. Soccer fans rejoice! Local indy-dyer Knitted Wit has created a brand new colorway in the colors of the Portland Timbers just for For Yarn’s Sake, - “Timbers Army,”. Sport your Timbers spirit with a pair of green, chartreuse, and white socks. Or show off your team loyalty with a colorful scarf – the official regalia of a true soccer fan. Available in fingering and worsted weights. Go Timbers!
Not a soccer fan? How about Go Mariners, Vintage Portland Blazers Rip City, University of Oregon Quack!, Oregon State University Beaver Fever - For Yarn’s Sake has your team’s colors, just waiting to be made into something spirited!
Vogue Knitting Magazine Early Fall 2011 Edition. What? Summer just got started. Well, nothing stands in the way of forward-thinking fashion in the knitting world. The Early Fall 2011 Vogue Knitting Magazine is here, and it’s full of great ideas for our next season.
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7 special sections highlight what’s hot for fall. Like "Into the Woods" – a selection of romantic storybook-perfect capelets – that fabled fashion accessory of once upon a time - to make you feel like Little Red Riding Hood all grown up. There’s a section featuring patterns using elegant yet simple stitches, a nod to combining lace and luxury yarns, a large selection of designs featuring vertical detailing for a long, lithe silhouette, and a special feature highlighting the “Magic of Mohair” design winners. A great issue, not to be missed!
Cropped Capelet, by Yoko Hatta
Look and live like a storybook heroine in this romantic fashion accessory. Featured on the cover of the Early Fall 2011 Edition of Vogue Knitting Magazine, Yoko Hatta’s Cropped Capelet features vertically spiraling cables topped with seed-stitch filled lattice work. Finished with a crocheted chain that gently cinches ribs encircling your neck, it’s the perfect piece to wear while on your way through the woods to visit Gramma’s house - watch out for the Big Bad Wolf.
Yoko made her capelet in Lorna’s Lace’s Shepherd’s Worsted, “Poppy” – a gorgeously luscious, rich orange hue. And we have it for you, too. Or choose any of the lovely colorways of this extra-soft, hand-dyed yarn from Lorna’s Laces – makers of “pretty string.”
Materials:
Cropped Capelet Pattern, in Vogue Knitting Magazine Early Fall 2011 Edition
2-3 skeins Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted (225 yards per skein)
US 6 and US 7 40” circular needles
Cable needle
Stitch markers
“Got Sock Yarn – Don’t Want Another Pair of Socks”
Thursday June 30, 5:30-7:30pm
Are you accumulating an embarrassingly immense assortment of sock yarn in your stash? Let us help you find ways to use it to knit up fun items other than socks! Like a ruffled scarf, a snug as a bug pair of slippers, beautiful beret, or lacy fingerless gloves! Students should know how to cast on, knit and purl.
"Kids Can Knit (and Crochet) Too!"
Tuesdays 3-4:30pm
Session 1 – July 5, 12, 19 & 26
Session 2 – August 2, 9, 16, & 30
Looking for ways to keep your lovable munchkins busy and engaged this summer? Teach them to knit! In this fun class designed especially for kids, your little ones will learn the basics of knitting with Anne, and create colorful scarves, trendy hats, felted bags, fingerless gloves, and maybe even a simple sweater or shrug.
"Cast-Ons and Bind-Offs"
Thursday July 7, 5:30-7:30pm
Expand your knowledge of cast-on and bind-offs to create better edges on your knitted items and also learn when to select a particular type to use based on your project. Sretchy, picot, provisional, and Old Norwegian are just a few of the dozen choices that will be taught in this informative class. Students should know how to do a basic cast-on, knit and purl.
All Wrapped Up
Sundays July 10 & 24,12:30-2:30pm.*
Nothing is more beautiful than a stylish wrap draped delicately over your shoulders on a breezy summer night! Experiment with one of the season's latest shawlette patterns, venture into lace with a beautiful shawl, or create an airy, delicate wrap sure to become one of your favorite knitted items. Whether for yourself or as a special gift, wraps are a beautiful addition to any wardrobe! Students should know how to cast on, knit, purl, increase and decrease. *This is a 2-part class
JULY IS SOCK MONTH!
Say NO to store-bought socks! From first time sock knitters to experienced sock aficionados, we’ll teach you everything you need to know about knitting amazing socks. Come on – get caught up in the sock knitting fever!
Sock Basics – Getting Started
Saturday July 9, 3-5pm
Knitting socks from the cuff down is easy and tons of fun. In the first of our three-class series, knitters will learn a very stretchy cast-on, how to create cuffs, and knit in the round using the Magic Loop Method. You’ll leave class well on your way down the ankle. Students should know how to cast-on, knit and purl.
Next in the series: “The Mystical Heel” Saturday July 23, 3-5pm
Toe Up Socks
Wednesdays July 6, 20, & August 10, 5:30-7:30pm
Discover the latest and greatest approach to sock knitting! Knitting socks from the toe up makes the most of your yarn, and allows you to try it on along the way, thus giving a perfect fit every time. Best of all, no grafting! Even the most reluctant sock knitter will become a toe-up nut. This 3-part class will teach you everything you need to know about knitting amazing toe-up socks. Knitters will learn Judy’s Magic Cast-On, the why's, what's and how's of the "need-not-be-intimidating" gusset and heel flap, and an amazingly stretchy bind-off. Weekly homework assignments will help you move successfully toward the finished sock. Students must know how to cast on, knit, purl, increase and decrease. Experience with knitting cuff down socks is also highly recommended.
In Stitches – Blogging For Yarn’s Sake Style.
Where's the craziest place you've enjoyed knitting? See where Anne’s been found knitting her socks, and where she hopes to be sporting needles in the future. And check in on her progress toward knitting all 20 patterns in Wendy Johnson’s“ Socks From the Toe Up.”
Special Note:
For Yarn's Sake will be CLOSED for Independence Day, July 4, 2011.
We hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July Holiday!
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