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I’m in search of new and different yarns and patterns for the shop.
I started a pair of socks for my niece Claire on Saturday using Schaefer Yarn Nicole. It’s a superwash merino and nylon blend, and the colors are beautifully shaded. I’m using the two circular needle method, working on the heel flap and will soon turn the heel. I think this is the fastest I’ve ever done a sock.
Kathy Wise has joined our yarn shop family. She’s a wonderful addition to the shop, as some of you already know. Kathy has been knitting most of her life, so if you need any help with knitting projects we’re well staffed to meet those needs.
Donna Marie is continuing her crochet classes every other Saturday from 12:45 to 2:45. This is a great way to brush up on your crochet skills or learn how to crochet for the first time.
In January we’ll be introducing some new classes. One of them will be the Baby Surprise Jacket. Jenn will be teaching this on Saturday, January 14 and 28. You can come in and see the sample we have knitted up in the shop.
Kathy Disantis will have her Knit with Kathy class the first Saturday in January. She’ll help you with any project you have questions about.
We look forward to seeing you this holiday season and into the new year!
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November 4, 2011 — This has been quite a busy fall at My Sister’s Yarn Shop. We started off with the annual Yarn Discovery Tour, and we had record numbers of visitors this year. It’s so nice to meet and share stories with other yarnies from all over northeast Ohio.
We then had our first ever “yarn tasting” event. We had such an overwhelming response we scheduled two more yarn tasting sessions to meet that response. It was great to see so many knitters and crocheters enjoy tasting the new yarns. We’re already planning a tasting for the |
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new spring yarns.
With the holidays coming up, I have some suggestions for creating lovely scarves. One skein of Rowan Kidsilk Creation will make a wispy lacy scarf in one day.
Rowan also has a new Kidsilk Haze Stripe yarn with colors by Kaffe Fasset. We have a free pattern for a beautiful one-skein scarf for that yarn.
TuTu from Crystal Palace makes a fun ruffle scarf with two skeins.
Our newest sock yarns are Pagewood Farm and Claudia Hand Paint. They both have vibrant colors. You can use them for socks, scarves, shawls and so much more.
I received some of the Schaefer Heather, Anne and Nichole hand painted sock yarn. Cheryl Schaefer has a magical way with her hand painting.
Yesterday (November 3), on the third anniversary of our shop opening, I was the proud recipient of an Impact Award from the Green Chamber of Commerce. Each year the Chamber presents four Impact Awards. Mine was for Vision. We’re proudly displaying the beautiful engraved crystal award in the shop.
When we lived in Michigan I worked in a local yarn shop. While there I started planning on opening my own shop when Dave retired and we moved back to Ohio. I chose the location in Green because of its location between Akron and Canton and its supportive community.
In three years we have met many new friends and have been amazed with the growth of our shop. I would like to thank all of my friends and customers for such great support. On to the next three years!
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September 1, 2011 — Wow, August flew by! September is here, the new fall yarns are still coming in, and Yarn Discovery Tour (Sept. 9-24) is already upon us.
I won’t take up space talking about Yarn Discovery Tour, as you can already learn |
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all the details at yarndiscoverytour.com .
I’ll just say that even if you don’t win one of the nice gift baskets that will go to winners of the various drawings, you will have great fun visiting the 14 Northeast Ohio yarn shops participating in this year’s tour.
We‘ve been busy moving yarn around the shop and finding homes for our new yarns.
We received three new yarns from Tahki Stacey Charles. Melody is a wool and acrylic blend in a chunky weight. It has great shading and wonderful colors.
The other two from TSC are Stella and Crystal. Stella has some sparkle and Crystal has little sequins in it. They would be great for a special outfit for the holidays.
I made a one skein scarf with the Crystal. It’s on my blocking board. I'll have it in the shop next week.
From Rowan we received Colourspun, Creative Focus Worsted and Dolce Vita. Colourspun is a dk weight wool/mohair/polyamide blend with soft shading colors. Creative Focus Worsted is a wool/alpaca blend. Nice and soft and it felts great too.
Dolce Vita is a fun looped wool/polyamide blend. You can finger knit a scarf with one skein in five minutes. It makes a great fast gift. While I was in Norway, I bought a silk and mohair blend yarn called Sandnes Silk Mohair. It’s so nice that I’ve decided to carry it in the shop now. The first color, a pretty silver grey, came in this week along with patterns. Come in and pet it.
I also brought in Fame Trend sock yarn from Marks & Kattens. It has beautiful bright colors with long color strands.
I’m now off to knit a necklace with the Tahki Stella yarn.
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July 19, 2011 — Since I last posted, I’ve ordered new yarns for fall and winter. They’ll start arriving in early August. |