New from Destination Yarn, and a gentle reminder

November 10, 2020

As we move into fall, when most of us spend more time indoors, I would like to remind everyone that masks are required to enter the shop, and I am requesting your diligence in making sure they cover both your mouth and nose.

So you're aware, I wear a mask at all times when someone else is in the shop, and also when I am alone, unless I am finishing my morning coffee or having lunch.

Thank you so much for continuing to care for our community, and for those who may be visiting from elsewhere.

Nearly all inventory is also available at yarnfolk.com, and I continue to be happy to provide curbside pick up.

Current open hours are Monday - Friday, 7am-3:30pm, and Saturdays, 9am-3pm. In-store shopping: mask covering nose and mouth required for the duration of your visit. Please note that the scheduling tool we were using is not currently available on the new platform--if you'd like to reserve a shopping time, please email me: ann@yarnfolk.com. We continue to be mindful about making it possible to maintain social distancing in the shop.

…to learn (and do)

CURRENT CLASSES & EVENTS

Social Stitching via Zoom

Thursday, October 29, 4:00-6:00pm https://us04web.zoom.us/j/981942707?pwd=TExyQlRPWnB3OW40QkFZRCs5aVRtQT09 OR open Zoom and enter 981-942-707 for the meeting ID

PASSWORD IS 330044.

Reminder: we've consolidated to just one Zoom event for now, but if you'd like to share project photos, chat, or share KAL progress, we'd love for you to create an account at yarnfolk.com and participate in the community we're building there. No intent to be yet another social network, but it's an option for sharing that doesn't depend on any outside platform. You can find it here.

...to anticipate

Bumpy Road, from Destination Yarns, was used in my "teaser" photo last week. And this week it is available here in the shop, and online. It is a fingering weight slub yarn, 90% superwash merino, and 10% nylon. Destination Yarns specializes in travel and location-based color themes, and these are the Hawai'i collection--perfect for a winter staycation, perhaps?

I brought in not one, but two bases from Destination Yarns, and this is Passport, an 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon blend--great for socks and more. The Hometown Collection offered some options for customizing place names to evoke our own home here in Kittitas County--we've got D&M (Coffee Shop), Winegar's (Ice Cream Shop), People's Pond (Shoreline), Ellensburg Rodeo (County Fair), Wildcat (Rustic Barn), and the Davidson Building. Other colors I chose to round out the selection are Coal Mine, Pine Forest, Community Garden, Stargazing, and Campfire. If I was choosing for myself, I don't know how I'd do it!

We also received a couple of big boxes from Berroco, including fresh stock of Macro, and Coco. The season for quick projects from super bulky yarn is nearly upon us!

…to inspire

I will likely never stop extolling the benefits of swatching, so I wanted to share this video from Franklin Habit from his new Vlog series on YouTube. It's such a nice perspective, and one I fully embrace!

Also, if you had any trouble following the links to beginning knit and crochet resources last week, I've corrected the issue in the blog post from November 3rd.

...to stitch

Sharon's Glamping Blanket

My urgent desire to cast on for new sweaters has been tempered with the desire to make a holiday gift for my son's partner's family, where he has been living since the beginning of COVID. Making things is definitely my love language, and even though Sharon's Glamping Blanket is made with chunky yarn on US 10 needles--it's still a blanket. Enough so that I worked out the total number of rows, and the number of days remaining until I need to mail it, in order to determine how many rows per day I need to knit. (The answer is 8, which gives me a little buffer.)

I'm making the largest size, but the pattern also has instructions for a cat size (it was "written" by a cat, after all), a baby size, and a lap size. Casapinka is so thoughtful when it comes to changing up stitch patterns and colors to keep our interest! And for added camaraderie, there is a thread for the KAL in the Yarn Folk Community page at yarnfolk.com, and Casapinka runs a KAL group on Facebook. The pattern uses (in stock) Vintage Chunky, and there are drop ship options here (note that there may be color substitutions for some combos due to stock issues at the warehouse--we would confirm any changes with you).

Ohana

Ohana is on deck to be the shop sample for Bumpy Road--it's an unusual yarn, so you'll want to see it knit up to appreciate it! The pattern was designed with the Hawai'i Collection colors, but a different base; however, it derives its visual and knitting interest from stitch patterns that are simple enough that they won't be overwhelmed by the slubby texture. I'm enjoying this one a lot so far!