Friday Night: A Great Success

We had a great turnout and lots of fun knitting all the samples provided by Knitting Fever Euro Yarns as well as visiting with an outstanding yarn rep and new friend, Alyssa. She really knows every yarn, what patterns they work well with, and basically she’s just a load of fun. Based on the feedback from our guests an order was placed for this Fall and when you come to visit I can show you samples and share with you what is coming. Two people have already ordered sweater quantities of one of the new yarns!

Today was busy as well and for that I am always grateful. Tomorrow, Sunday, we will be open
1-4 pm for knit and visit — and since the store is all sparkly from Friday still, I get to visit too!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Sunny Days,
xx M.E. and Summit Yarn

 

FRIDAY: Open House and Yarn Tasting, May 17th 5pm to close

The samples are all prepped and I loved every one of them from the yarn line we will be sharing with you tomorrow…and the sock yarn is spectacular. The fibers were all soft and some are blends I have not encountered before. My fingers are crossed and I am so excited to hear your feedback about these yarns!

The next Open House will be late in June with a different line of yarn, probably on a Sunday afternoon. If you have day or time preferences, please let me know and I will do my best to schedule accordingly.

The studio is vacuumed, the displays are spiffed and I even…wait for it…cleared off the table. Of course that will be covered with the samples.

The studio will be closed from 3-5 pm to prep for the Open House and to grab a bite before we all get together for our evening of fun.

Looking forward very much to seeing Ewe all here!
xx M.E. and Summit Yarn

 

Open House and Free Yarn Tasting This Friday 5pm To Closing

Please be invited to an open house and FREE yarn tasting event at Summit Yarn this Friday from 5pm to closing. There will be a wide assortment of samples to try as well as the wonderful Euro Yarn rep to answer all our questions

In addition there are yarns marked down for clearance, the dollar bins are refilled and this week’s special is Colinette Jitterbug, regularly $25 marked to $18 for this week only.

The new Noro is in with sample garments and the range of weights includes worsted, sock and lace…all containing cotton for nice warm weather knitting and crochet.

Now am off to go trim six sets of cat nails. I startled one of my babies this morning and my room still looks like a crime scene. Three band aids to one hand. No knitting today. :-/

 

Knitty Templeton Contest — Fun but I Lost

I gave it my all and knit until I ran out of time. I still had three ideas that did not get completed: a shawl, cover the cat tree in these squares and a sweater that will come to fruition someday. I did submit five entries: a shawl, a tam, a slouchy hat, mitts, and a pair of socks. I learned to take a two dimensional square and turn it into three dimensional garments, how to listen to a project as it evolves and how to write my own lace edgings (and my own lace patterns too). It was a great experience. Yes, I am disappointed, honestly, but I don’t feel that I lost. I had fun doing what I love best — designing with lace; and I gave it my best effort. More, I have patterns that will eventually be published in my online Ravelry store. What has me most curious is: WHAT DID WIN?

 

Muted

Received some news that was the opposite of what I was hoping. These things happen. In the scheme of Life, this was really tiny. Not feeling very verbose tonight. My apologies. Will return with rays of sunshine for you tomorrow!
xx m.e.

 

The Fiber Factor Contest — not for me

After four friends independently told me about this contest, I downloaded the application and thought: sure, why not. Today I filled out the application and started writing my spiel for a three minute video about why they should pick me. I thought, halfway through this exercise, to go back and have a look at the rules. I googled the contest and came up with a ten page document chock-a-block full of legal-speak. This folks, is a year-long contest requiring no small amount of commitment. When I got to page four of this document I was reaching for my pepto-chews. I would have no right to anything I designed for 18 months — not to mention no guarantee of winning anything. One of the criteria for judging my knit creations would be my personality — oh, just swell! And they could use my information for up to five years to market themselves.

Do the math: 12 contestants, 6 challenges — that’s 72 designs for the sponsoring company for free. Not for me. And guaranteed that I would post a picture or forget some rule when most days I have trouble keeping my hands on my glasses, keys and phone. I don’t need a lawsuit on top of fighting off Alzheimer’s!

I completely enjoyed the Knitty contest. It rocked even if I win nothing — I still win by virtue of the fact I enjoyed the creative process. I even have seven patterns that I just have to type up and publish. But I will be damned if I’m going to design for a company for a whole year, and beyond, for free. Thanks but no thanks. This leaves more room for someone with a better personality and more funding than me. Good — go for it!

 

Templeton Square Designs

I just realized I can share photos of the five designs I completed inspired by the Templeton Square contest in Knitty Winter 2012. There was a pair of socks–each using two squares with afterthought heel, toe and cuff. Also a slouchy hat using three squares with matching writers (made from one square each). There was a Tam designed from a single square. My favorite was a shawl which took on a life of its own — with final dimensions of 60″ deep by 90 ” wide. Here are a few photos. Patterns coming soon in my online Ravelry store. xx M.E.

 

Dragon’s Hope Shawl

Sally Cameron, known on the fiber artist social network Ravelry (GO get your free account NOW), has released her newest pattern today in conjunction with the amazing South African hand dyer, Carle Dehning. I had the pleasure of test knitting this delightful shawl with a secret…how to make the stripes in striping yarn stay even as the stitches of the shawl increase! It took me three days to knit and the pattern was easy to memorize so I could visit AND knit. This is sure to be a pattern I will make more than once…especially for gifts.

There are three colors available — the green above, a red/charcoal, and a grey charcoal — all self-striping yarn. There are 350 yards per ball of this amazing and soft sock weight yarn (have made two pair of socks so far and they are washing and wearing great!). One ball is $22 and you may order from one or all three colors, as you will see that I have. Please note these are available for a limited time only and will not be repeated. Go to the Nurturing Fibers Group, under the Pattern Club Thread and it will tell you how to “me please” an order.

Go, go now. XX M.E. Langieri and Summit Yarn

 

Stitch A Week Just In

The UPS man just delivered a wonderful project for which there have been many requests. People are always looking for ways to improve their knitting skills and for new stitches. Here is the answer: Building Blocks.
We will be meeting Sundays as a group to share and visit from 1-4. There are 12 blocks to knit at the pace you choose.

Yarn for this project is available in every fiber and all price points here at Summit Yarn. Classes will remain at regularly scheduled times and Sunday will be our sit and knit time. Join in the fray and if you already have a favorite stitch, bring it along and I will make it work into the rest of these coordinated blocks to build our own unique afghan.

All techniques are supported with online video instruction and the project is designed by Michelle Hunter of Knit Purl Hunter. Project books are available and published by Skacel.

See you this Sunday from 1-4pm!
;-D

 

Random Photos

The Event was awesome yesterday and we all had a great time! Thank you to everyone who made our visit with Eve Ellsworth so special and fun!

The store needs reassembly, but I going to take a chance on doing that tomorrow. For your amusement, some random photos from my files:
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