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Loook at all the beautiful shawls!

Kelly J — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:32:00 GMT

The first two weeks of the KAL have passed and beautiful progress has been made...

It all makes me want ot start another......

Brown Sheep sored in Orange and Tye Dye cotton was a hot pic, but Schaefer's Judith Alpaca and Kureyon were stunning as well.

But my absolute favorite was..... Schaefer's Miss Priss , it is fantastically bright.... and yes I did give it back ( regrettably) to the customer after this pic!

Hope your shawl's moving along and can't wait to see all the progress next week!

We interrupt this knit along for more yarn!

Kelly J — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:21:00 GMT

Okay,....... so this Shoulder Shawl inspired us all, ........I mean look at it .... Susan you did a marvelous job!

And I have to admit, I've been excited ,,,,, I am ready to divide the shoulders... and I am loving my yarn choice.............but

But.....YARN CAME IN TODAY!!!!!!

THE BEAUTIFUL NEW DUETS KITS FROM LORNA'S LACES AND MOUNTAIN COLORS! I am really sort of yelling/squealing this out right now.... They are gorgeous colors. Five colors combos, simple pattern and great price. Get your knit on baby!

And of course there was some additional skeins of Bearfoot in the mix!


                                                            And these new little cuties from Frabjous Fibers!
                                                                                 I love opening boxes!



                                                                                        Super fun and happy homes for our notions or change!

The Knitalong begins

Kelly J — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:36:00 GMT

The Entwined Shoulder shawl KAL started.
It was super fun... and lots of people filled the living room at YLYS.
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There was lots of sharing and talking....

And so many different yarns were used...

I got to start my Entwined Shawl too! While I was waiting for the Jojoland yarn to arrive, I spotted some Tahki Shannon tweed and so I started mine! ...which really means... I GOT TO KNIT!!! I am loving the way it is knitting and the pattern by the O/Cknitiot is fab! I,m now ordering her next pattern ...Isabella. Back to my shawl....I get distracted easy from all the fiber.

So many choices , so little knitting time...... Oh yeah Baby Magnus wanted me to share with you his thoughts on all the new stuff on its way in to the store.....

The pic says it all!

New Winter 09 Class List

Your Local Yarn Shop — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:53:00 GMT

Just a quck note to let you know the new Winter '09 class list is posted HERE!

Hope to see you around the shop soon!

I'm Backkkkkkk!!!!!!

Kelly J — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:26:00 GMT

He's three months old now and so is the store..... If you haven't been in lately, we have been moving things around and are almost done with getting the store together. Lots of great things to knit with.... and quite frankly..... I need to knit vicariously through you, as little Magnus does not allow for much knitting these days.

Pics to come, but as I sit here and try to tell you about the cool stuff I want to knit....it hits me like brick, it is almost Xmas....insane knitting will start to begin soon! Here are 10 great things to knit, even of you want to procrastinate!!!!

1. Any Knitting Pure and Simple top down Sweater. If you begin now, you will have it done!

2. Felted clogs, I promise these are the best gifts ever.... boy,... do we ever have loads of color and wool for felting!

3. Cashmere scarf....or hat! Every year I see a lot of you on the move ready to commit to the man scarf with great cables or pattern..... it can happen, even without the cables/pattern..... and while we have the cashmere...Alpaca will do the trick and help the pocket book!

4. A favorite for the whole family... Ann Norling's Head hugger pattern covers every size, and weight. You can knit a hat for everyone you know and have time to donate a couple too!!! or KalamazooKnits Spiral Snuggler, with one skein of Lorna's Laces Shepard's worsted you can knit a hat for both Mommy and child or daddy and child......these are also great for Chemo Caps!

5. Need something sparkly? Check out the Artyarns one skein lace scarf, easy to knit and the yarn is silk, mohair, with sequins and beads!!!! A one skeiner that is to die for!

6. New on the knitting scene is polarknits! This is polar fleece yarn, and all of their hat patterns are free on-line at polarknit.com..... check it out.... great for machine washing and all the kids in your lives!!!

7. A personal favorite of mine.......Socks!!!! Knit someone you love that great pair of socks! Do we have sock yarn......YES WE DO!!!I would say the best selection around! Mist Alpaca Socks, Alpaca socks (solid&handpainted),Soxx Appeal, Dream N Color, Mountain Colors, Opal, Panda Silk, Panda Soy, Panda Wool, Panda Cotton, Maisy, Interlacements tiny toes, Artyarns, Shibui ( every color) Jitterbug ( every color), Anne, Heather and Lola from Schaefer, Lornas Laces, Tye Dye Socks, Berroco Sox, Trekking XXL, Ella Rae, Aracaunia, Berrocco's Ultra Alpace Fine, Ambrosia and there is a few more that I haven't mentioned! Knit Socks!!!!!

8. Speaking of Sock yarn ..... take your leftover sock yarn and knit KalamazooKnits Sock ornaments for all that you know...

9. Desperation is starting to set in....... take more sock leftover and knit any of the KalamazooKnits ornament balls!!! Deck the balls baby!!! This is a couple hour project for anyone and a great for present decoration, for tree trimming, and as a little buddy to #7!

10 No time to knit, but time to buy........ Check out any of the Lantern Moon tape measurers, A bee, a lamb, a ladybug, a cake, a leaf with ladybugs and for the Holidays!!!!! Peppermint candies!!!! these are to cool!!!

Now I am in the mood, which number should I begin with?????

New Class List!!!

Your Local Yarn Shop — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:14:00 GMT

OK I know it's been pretty quiet around the old blog. As many of you know having a 6 week old takes up a whole lot of time. But rest assured we will be back blogging regularly soon.

The store on the other hand is extremely busy and the new fall yarn continues to arrive daily. The real challenge it turns out is getting it out of the boxes an on to the shelves. Stop by...you'll be amazed! While your there pick up our new fall class list. If you can't make it by, you can check out the classes here

Check Out The New Look to Our Website

Your Local Yarn Shop — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:26:00 GMT

If you haven't seen it yet please take a look the new look to our WEBSITE. While I will still maintain that it is a work in progress...it looks much better than before. Let me know what you think...suggestions are always welcome!

Fiber Fidelis,

MJ

Magnus George

Your Local Yarn Shop — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:08:00 GMT

It has been a whirlwind of a last 5 days. But Mom and Mags are slumbering peacefully downstairs as I write this...yes we decided to go ahead a keep the little guy...and name him Magnus George. Grand Mo wasn't so happy about the Magnus part but has since caved a bit as the George part was to honor her late father.

It turns out that Mags was a little jaundiced, well more than a little jaundiced, enough so that he needed to be sent home with this funky contraption called a biliblanket. It's light therapy to help process the bilirubin and get it out of his system by way of poop (which we are now terming "Make Big" thanks to Oma). It sounds simple enough, cram a large rectangle pad up his onsie for just 22 hours a day and then make big to poop away the bad bilirubin...oh and go back to the hospital everyday and poke another hole in his heel and squeeze enough blood out to see if we have to start the process all over again. Not so fun...but it all seems worth it since in my admittedly biased opinion he is just so flippin' adorable.

Stop by the shop in a few weeks to decide for your self.

Before I forget...one last thing, I have to say a huge thanks to so many people for their support and kind wishes. There are a few I want to thank by name:

Erica, Logan, Candy and David, Connie, Jan and Steve (and whoever at Zazio's that made the garganelli possible), Linda S, Mary Ann, Susan C, My Torrent Colleagues (Domestic and Abroad).

Last but not least, thank you Mom, Kelly and I are very blessed to have you as a part of our lives.

Oops I took to long to write this...sounds like the little guy just made big...

New Arrival

Your Local Yarn Shop — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:37:00 GMT

Well...I don't want to steal too much thunder, but I can resist.

I'm so excited and it's waaaaay too good of news to keep to myself.

We welcomed our little sprout into the world yesterday evening a little after 9pm weighing in at 7lbs 8oz and measuring 20 inches. Now if you have seen Kelly lately you will have a hard time beleiving that he was ONLY 7lbs 8oz and that there was only one sprout and not a pair or four.

Mom and Baby are doing very well, thank you

The name you ask? 93.4% sure it is Magnus (It's a good strong Viking name)

Pics to follow soon...

Have you tried the Yarn Dyeing Class? .... it's the easy way to dye!

Kelly J — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:52:00 GMT

I have to show you some great pics of one of our classes. Partially because I was asked about it, and partially because you got to try this! We offer yarn dyeing here at the store, yours truly is the designer of the pattern that is published through Kalamazoo Knits. It was a little obsession of mine to try my hand at color/dyeing without all the mess and expense of the acid dyes..... If you have any desire at all, you should try this workshop. No one has ever been disappointed, almost all are surprised at how easy this technique is, and how bright the colors are versus Kool-Aid dyeing.. Check out the pics and them come dye your own sock yarn with Erica in one of her upcoming classes!

Many colors....

Let the dyeing begin...

Cook and enjoy!

Take this class!

What we have coming in... and some inspiration of color

Kelly J — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:49:00 GMT

Since we are still under construction, we regularly get the question of what are you going to carry? Well, the question should really be .......what aren't we going to carry? My question is,.... what the heck is in all these boxes?

Well, I know there is a lot of Debbie Bliss Donegal and Luxury Tweed ( new, new, new) .....which is absolutely beautiful and we should have all the colors! There is every color of Ironstone's Harmony, a lovely bulky that is soft to knit with and great to felt with. Misty Mountain sock and lace yarns, A large shipment from Classic Elite, so I'm thinking Waterlilly and a few more new things.... We couldn't wait so we dug into the Sheep Shop Yarn box.... and that was shopped! Holly B, Susan C and Pam B could not resist. I didn't even get a pick of that, how's that for crappy blogging!

Here's some new additions to the walls...

A little Ultra Alpaca, Inca Gold and Cuzco from Berocco.... then ....

A little Highlander and Temptation from Alpaca with a Twist!

Where should all this Fanny's Fingering go?

The inspiration of color you say ....... maybe the next blog!!!!

Class is in Session

Your Local Yarn Shop — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Well...I flexed my Web Designer prowess and stellar HTML skills (they are on par with my mad Kung Fu skills) and posted our August class list. You can check that out here. They are all taught by our own, highly skilled (she really does have skills) Erica Owens.

In all seriousness, I know the actual website is leaving a lot to be desired, but we are really working on developing a "feel" for our eventual web presence. In the meantime it's all utility...all business.

Some of us like it that way,

See you all soon,

MJ

Chief Information Officer/Display Rack Builder/Hank Hanger

Can't sleep .. thinking of yarn!

Kelly J — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:04:00 GMT

It's 2 AM and I can't sleep. Today 20 boxes arrived at the store! Yes 20 and that wasn't including the 17 that had arrived on Friday. Xmas in July I'd say......or scream! So while we got all the Smooshy and Baby from Dream in Color opened, and there has been many a hands laid across the bags of Silk Garden/Kureyon sock yarn..... I keep thinking about those unopened boxes. Classic Elite, Ironstone, Durango Buttons, Fighead Patterns, Y2Knit patterns, and more is on the way. I'm re-imagining the floor layout...Oh the hubby will kill me as I might have to make him re-build.......

I also keep thinking of some of the new knitting folks that I met today. Thanks, Shelly, Shannon, Cindy, Cheryl and Gary for all making today a great day. I hope you'll enjoy the shop as much as I do already.

Where do I put all the baby yarn, vs the machine washable, together? Still need to build the Sock section, although I am partial to the whole store being sock related.

Going to try and sleep now, dreaming of more yarn! Yarn dreams to all!

I can't believe what we've accomplished in a week!

Kelly J — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:20:00 GMT

As I'm reviewing all these pics from the new store, it is amazing to see what has been accomplished in one week alone! This store has been a long time in the imagining, of both my partner and myself! Linda cheers to you!

Erica and Matt acting silly below! We have been having a silly time building homes for the objects of our desires! Check it out!

Over 100 colors of Cascade..... are you feeling the color love? Buddy below ,as he is decides that the yarn boxes are the best bed! Although we moved him ASAP.. we all knew he had the right idea of surrounding himself in fiber!

The many shots of the store and the beautiful colors make me want to shop and I did the buying to begin with!

Shop in boxes anyone? Me too, me too!

Well I hope you continue to check in as I continue to document in between my pricing and labeling!

We are open and have a great sunny living room t relax and knit in! WE ARE OPEN! I LOVE SAYING THAT!
Tues - Friday 10 AM - 6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4PM. We'll open longer hours when Oct and the wool weather arrives!

Hope to see you soon too!

New Yarn Continues to Arrive

Kelly J — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:44:00 GMT

Look at all this yarn!!!

Your Local Yarn Shop is open for business

Your Local Yarn Shop — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:05:00 GMT

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