Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sign up for this Saturday's Classes Now!

And Next Week's Classes - for Knitters AND Crocheters!!

And while you're at it, let us know what other classes you'd like to see as we head into the holiday gift knitting and crocheting season!!


A Few Openings still Available in our current slate of Classes!
SheepFelted SHEEP! There are still a few openings in this Saturday's Needle Felted Sheep Workshop: August 24th from 430 to 630pm. Click  here for the details. The registration fee for this one session class is $45. but that includes your kit and tools to create your first sheep. Then, if you're ambitious, you can try the bear, the birds, the pigs, the buffalo or the ponies.
 
There are also still a few openings left in Saturday mornings SOCK Class. You asked for socks, and here's the class: you might want to take this class even if you've taken Diane's Anatomy of a Sock class, because Kirsten will be doing a different sock using different techniques.Thisclass is called Your First Sock and it is a cuff down sock, using either double-point needles or the Magic Loop technique.  The class starts thisSaturday August 24th, and meets the following 2 Saturdays, August 31st and September 7th from 9 to 11am. The registration fee is $65. and the details are here.
Felted Market Bag
 
Next week's new class is Kirsten's Felted Market Bag class, beginning on Monday. We've got a nice restock of Brown Sheep Shepherd's Shade inbound so you'll have lots of colors to pick from to make your bag your very own. Come into the shop and check out the gorgeous teal and black version Sarah knitted up. This class will meet on Monday August 26th, September 9th and 23rd, from 530 to 730pm; and the registration fee is $65Click here  to read all the details.
 
And for crocheters, we've got the Crocheted Baby Surprise Jacket. Learn how to turn this: Unsewn CBS Jacket
Into this:  Red CBS Jacket
 
This class starts this Wednesday August 28th, and continues on September 4th and September 11th, from 530 to 730pm. The registration fee is $65. and the class flyer is here.
 
Another offering for Crocheters: the crocheted version of the ever-popular Wingspan - Crocheted Wingspan. We've got 2 models in the shop so comeCrochetWingspancheck them out. This class is being offered on Saturday mornings, on September 14th, and 21st and October 5th from 930 to 1130am. The registration fee is $65Click here for all the details.
 
And the last of this batch of classes is Kirsten's Cozy Comfy Cowl, which if you knit from her recommended Cascade Eco Duo, is also going to be one of the softest things you've ever worn. You will never want to take it off. Think Alpaca! Read all the details here.  The class will meet onWednesdays -  September 18th and 25th - from 530 to 730pm and the registration fee is $45. Lots of great techniques will be taught in this class - provisional cast-on, cable knitting, and the infamous Kitchner bind-off/grafting.

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Knitting/Crocheting Project
The shawl projects are coming along nicely. We've gotten almost a half dozen shawls in already, and have yarn for over a dozen more waiting to be picked up by our volunteers. Sarah is the person to see if you've signed up and need to pick up yarn. If you have signed up and need to pick up your yarn, please do so as soon as possible so that we can see what we will have left. If you haven't signed up yet, but would like to join in, just reply to this newsletter and let me know and we'll add you to the list. We have patterns for knitters and crocheters and for all skill levels.

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