SPRING YARN TASTING IS THIS FRIDAY -- are you registered?
Sorry for yelling 😆
But our Berroco Spring Yarn Tasting is this Friday, and we have a few spots left!
Your ticket to the event includes
- mini balls of four new Berroco yarns, and new colors of two existing favorites
- a yarn tasting menu
- the Spring 24 Berroco newsletter
- a sheepy sticker
- a coupon for 50% off any Berroco PDF pattern
- a chance to win the door prize--a kit to make a project in one of the featured yarns
- plus refreshments, good company, and a chance to look at the pattern books for Berroco's spring designs
You can register here, and we hope to see you Friday!
…mark your calendars
Berroco Spring Yarn Tasting
Friday, March 20, 5-7p register here
Social Stitching
Every Saturday, 2-4p
Every Tuesday, 10a-12p
Yarn Folk 13th Anniversary Party
Saturday, April 11 - save the date!
Local Yarn Store Day
Saturday, April 25 - save the date!
…new in the shop
Just in time for Spring Break and Easter crafting we have a new shipment of Woobles! We selected a fun crew of spring garden friends for this order! They are a great introduction to crochet, and you can find them here.
…to inspire
It might be the perfect scarf. I normally get very bored knitting rectangular scarves. It's nonsensical, I know, but the Attabi Scarf is different. Here's why:
You need two skeins of Gusto Echoes Aran, and the gradient color shifts keep things exciting.
It's straightforward enough that you don't need a cone of silence to work on it, but the twelve row repeat isn't boring.
That repeat? After you've done it a few times, it's easy to memorize.
Built in i-cord edges give it a clean look.
The basketweave pattern is elevated by a couple of rows of strategic yarn overs and decreases.
A good (but not excessively aggressive) blocking gave me a generous 8" x 72" size.
The pattern makes it easy to use nearly every bit of your yarn, which is so satisfying.
US 8 needles, so it flies! I think I finished in under three days.
Find the Echoes Aran here, and the pattern here!
...currently stitching
The Edgar Slipover in Berroco Vellina & Berroco Aerial is percolating right along. I have a few more inches on the body before I begin the split twisted rib hem. Then the last step is the neckband ribbing. I've even woven in most of the ends along the way. ⭐️
I swatched for the Arcuate Vest in Blue Sky Fibers Organic Cotton Sport. Thought I would cast on Sunday, but I got mesmerized by the amazing progress I was making on Edgar. This will get cast on this week.
The Ginny Cardigan in Lanas Light and Aerial was static this week.
