Yarn Gallery Blog

Psych!  I’m not going to go all nostalgic on you and reminisce about this and that.  I’m glad we’re still in business, and I hope you got a chance to take advantage of our anniversary sale.  We’re all exhausted – it was busy!

Lots of photos to show you:

Aggie Wallace was visiting from Nashville and wore this scarf she made from the free pattern on our website.  Doesn’t she look great?

Suzanne Wetmore also modeled a scarf she made in Bubbles from one of our free patterns at the shop, in a wonderful pink/coral:

Janet’s Cabled Mitten Class wound up last week and showed off their finished (for the most part) mittens. Well done, all of you!

Rochelle Mann made this cute baby set from Dreambaby and (of course) her own adaptation of a classic pattern:

Donna Lengel bought this beautiful Noro yarn a few years ago and made most of a cardigan with it.  By the time she wanted to finish it, the yarn was discontinued and no longer available and there just wasn’t enough to finish the sleeves, so she flexed and made this great sleeveless jacket, which is very much in fashion and looks just great on her:

I showed you Janice Bieber in her Manos “Mirkwood” a few weeks ago. Then she had the inspiration to make these chunky gauntlets to go with it.  She chose a bright color of Haciendo, then embroidered the mitts with leftover Manos.  Just stunning!

Virginia Diehl brought in this wonderful Lily of the Valley shawl to show us, made from Silky Alpaca Lace, and bought yarn to make another:

Aaaaagh, all those nupps. Beautiful job!

Deb Schlarb does some wonderfully funky knitting.  Here is her son Jonnathan wearing his latest fish hat, and then one she made for his school bus driver:

And these socks, made from leftovers, are from The Knitter’s Book of Socks:

Next project?  The craziest tea cozy you ever saw – I can’t wait to see it.

And Stephanie Fishkin makes the most beautiful afghans and baby blankets for her family and friends.  The latest one is from Noro Kocheron.  She has them monogrammed at Initials Only, now conveniently located right down the avenue from us!

Some of you have asked how my sister’s puppy Gracie is doing, so Janet sent this latest picture.  She says it’s her Winston Churchill look, but I personally think she’s channeling W.C. Fields:

Puppies – they grow up so fast!

See you soon, unless you spent all your money at the sale!  If so, knit up something fabu and come show us!

Trish

Dahlia sweeter 1, a photo by yarngal628 on Flickr.

Hi Trish
This is the first of 2 dahlia sweaters made from fresco. Got to wait to block 2 nd one when first one is dry. I started the first and my sis wanted one too!!
Cya soon
Dave

Seems like everything I’m knitting these days is for me.  This little hiatus between holiday knitting and new yarns coming in for spring is a golden time where my knitting time is not committed to the store, so a few projects that I’ve been yearning for come to the top of my list.  Soon enough, spring styles and plant-based fibers will be calling for me, but right now, here’s what I’m working on:

This sweater, made from this ice blue color of Paloma, is one I’ve wanted to make all year.  May we say that the finished version is heavily adapted from the pattern, to be kind?  Simple things, such as length and neckline, and complicated things, such as sleeve caps, all had to be “adjusted” (i.e. fixed) to make things work. I’m tossing the pattern because I would have to re-write it to be able to sell it with a good conscience.  But now that it’s done, after being ripped out several times, I’m happy with it:

And I’m working on a Four Seasons afghan in beautiful dark jewel tones of Manos Clasica.  So satisfying to knit, and the stitch patterns are simple.  It’s good TV knitting, done in strips, then sewn together, although I think I’ll pick up along the edges (simple because all the blocks are edged with garter) and use 3 needle bindoff to connect the strips.  I took advantage of our snow day last Saturday to make some progress:

I’m whittling away at the projects I couldn’t resist bringing home over the last few months, even though I knew I couldn’t work on them right away because I had a lot of store models to knit.

Now, here’s what everyone else has been doing:

Sandy Albert finished her Mondo Cable sweater, done in Rittenhouse 5-Ply Merino.  Perfect fit and color – great job!

Donna Hain is on a roll, with another beautiful wrap made from a mixture of yarns, and set off with the perfect shawl pin:

and a sweet little cabled cowl in Chunky Mochi that she finished in a flash.  She bought the yarn one day and came back for buttons in a couple of minutes, or that’s the way it seemed to me!

Karen Walter is modeling a new shawl she made for the store from Filisilk, a drapey singles in wool and silk.  I totally forget the name of the shawl – hmmm – it’s free, it starts with an H – oh, well, sorry, you’ll have to come in or call.  I like the simplicity of it, with the traditional edging – very classic.

Anne Nordhoy made this adorable baby set in fingering-weight cotton:

Dreadful photo, I know, but you can see how cute it is.  She also went to Vogue Knitting Live in NYC and took a class from Elise Duvekot on Knitting One Below, then used what she learned to make this beautiful jacket, mixing a tricky hand-dyed yarn with a solid to blend the colors – again, sorry about the picture – we were so busy and the table was a mess!

Donna Guthrie made this adorable bag from the leftovers from her Fair-Isle Yoke sweater.  She, being Donna, also lined it and threaded a cord through the I-cord handle to stabilize it. Wonderful!

She comes from a talented family.  Her cousin Cathy made this lovely afghan for her and her niece did the embroidered flowers:

Sandy Yarnall came in wearing her stunning Crayon Box Jacket – it’s a work of art!

Beautiful jobs, one and all!

That’s it – they boys want their walk.  See you soon…

Trish

Lynne Nagle sent me this link to “Handmade Ryan Gosling”.  Apparently it’s a thing to post photos of Ryan Gosling – okay, not really sure who he is or why he’s famous, don’t care either – with sayings that would make him too perfect to be believed.  It was funny, and I loved it, so here’s the link: http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/  Enjoy!

Suzy Crump made this little Sonatina dress for her new granddaughter Anje, who is just up on her feet and able to model it:

She’s wearing it with black leggings – very stylish! (I like the sock in the background, too – not handknit I don’t think, but cute!)

That’s all I’ve got this week!  See you soon…

Trish

Crocheted Hat for Class, a photo by yarngal628 on Flickr.

Lynne just brought in the class model. How cute is this?!!

Class is Sat. March 3, 11:30-2:30.