Light up your projects—new Lumos colors & upcoming events inside!
Take a peek at the calendar below, but coming up we have:
TONIGHT: Can't Died in a Cornfield Stitchalong, 2nd Zoom meeting. If you are participating, look for a separate email with the Zoom link coming later today.
February 8: The Seahawks heard there was a watch party at Yarn Folk, so they did what it took to make it into the big game! Kick off is at 3:30.
February 15: Hits & Hearts with Rodeo City Roller Derby vs. the Walla Walla Sweets, noon at Ellensburg High School. Watch for ticket info--proeeds support Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center for this bout. Bring your project, and be ready to watch the best spectator sport in Kittitas County!
…mark your calendars
Social Stitching
Every Saturday, 2-4p
Every Tuesday, 10a-12p
"Can't Died in the Cornfield" Stitchalong
January 2026
Choose your own challenge for this January stitchalong. Inspired by a colloquialism that was a pillar of my childhood in Nebraska. Our next Zoom is January 27 at 7pm. More info here, and the sign up form is here--it's not too late to join in! PS, there's no set finish date for this challenge!
Valentine Surprises
Orders open through February 8th
Our annual chance to "treat yo'self" to a custom yarn surprise selected just for you!
Superb Owl Party
February 8
We hope the Seahawks will be playing in it (!!), but Mr. Yarn Folk and I decided we will be hosting a watch party upstairs at Yarn Folk. Kickoff is at 3:30pm. Snacks and sodas provided, and of course, this is a craft friendly event!
Yarn Riot @ Rodeo City Roller Derby
February 15, time and ticket info forthcoming
Yarn Folk is a proud sponsor of Rodeo City Derby, and we're inviting you to join us at this home bout at Ellensburg High School. Details above, ticket link forthcoming!
Hours Updates
Presidents' Day -- we'll be open unless the weather is really grim.
…new in the shop
Lumos Knitting Lights are now available in additional colors, and our restock included white, lavender, and black. These are so useful for low light, dark yarn, dark needles, tired eyes--you name it. If you don't have one, add this to your stitching kit.
We're in the ordering window for this year's Valentine Surprises, and you (or your sweethearts) can order through February 8th. There are four "levels" to choose from. If you ordered last week and didn't see your questionnaire come through, reach out to ann@yarnfolk.com, and I will resend it.
…to inspire
I cast on the Melt the Ice hat in solidarity with the good Minnesotans from all walks of life who are working together as a community to preserve their relationships as neighbors. But I also cast on as a chance to reflect on what immigration has meant in this country, for all of its 250 years.
Above is the Great Hall at Ellis Island, photo taken by me in June of 2016. I took my son on a trip to New York City and Boston, and following a red eye flight, we had time to spend before we could check in to our hotel, and I decided we should take the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty up close. What I did not realize was that for me, the real power of the place was next door, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. When we walked through the doors, just prior to taking this photo, I very unexpectedly burst into tears. I took so many photos there: photos of photos of long tables set up in the hall for processing, with hundreds of people waiting their turn; pictures of decommissioned artifacts; most haunting, pictures of graffiti etched in the marble pillars--notes left in hopes that family members following later might see them.
My own family's immigration history is in the distance. Based on when I know they were in Nebraska, many would have arrived in the 1800s. My maternal grandfather taught us to count to ten in German, and while he was born in the US, his father was not. I think about what it would have been like to leave a home at a time when transportation was so different--knowing you would likely never see those you left behind again.
Knitting on this hat is an opportunity to think on these things, and on ways to preserve compassion and respect for neighbors whose stories are different from mine, but perhaps more like those of my ancestry. Knitting is not all there is to do, but as a meditation on the project of working together for a more neighborly world, the time spent making those stitches has meaning for me.
...currently stitching
Prospect Pullover: in Ultra Wool. I'm making steady progress on sleeve #1. This is my car and bus project. Sleeve #1 is complete, and I'm working on the second. It was good (and perhaps lucky?) football knitting.
Elf-burgh: Seen above, this is very nearly all of one ball of Edition 3. I made the ties with leftovers from a different ball, but I would have had enough. But only just.
Kraken Cowl: Morris is still a treat to knit with, and I'm plugging away at the chart. Did not touch when I was ill last week.
Ginny Cardigan: Lanas Light held with Aerial mohair for the DK gauge, progress above. I've finished the upper back and upper right front, and I'm halfway through the right front.
