The Girl needed a knitted cape and we settled on Capuchon, the perfect “Red Riding Hood” design.

We used 7 balls of the soft and squishy Blackstone Tweed Chunky to knit the 6-8 year size.  With it’s generous hood and full cape, this should fit for many years.

The raspberry stitch was such fun to knit and created a beautiful border.  Using sharp-tipped needles makes knitting stitch patterns like this a lot easier–we used 6 mm Addi Turbo Lace circulars.

We love the peaked hood.  Cape is knit top down starting at neck edge with a provisional cast on.  The live stitches are then picked up to knit the hood.  This pattern would be easily customizable for other yarn weights or to upsize for an adult version.

Check out our newly posted finishing course.

We’ve finished the Chevron Baby Blanket.  It took a while ’cause we were waiting for restock of the  final “Graphite” colour.  What a great project!

We’ve put together an alternate colourway substituting pinks for the green and yellow. Stop by and have a look.

Every teapot needs a tea cozy and we love this one–lofty strands of Rowan Felted Tweed knit in a fun cabled rib pattern.  The Anniversary Tea Cozy takes 1 to 2 balls Felted Tweed held double, knit flat to allow for custom fitting of handle and spout. Cute and utilitarian.  Teapot from Shaktea on Main.

Here she is in the shop for admiring!  Shaker boxes by Brent Rouke.

The silk we mentioned a few weeks ago has arrived–lovely cones of Habu Tsumugi–16 colours to start with, more on the way!  Christa has begun knitting swatches, experimenting with multiple strands of silk held together and combined with other yarns such as Drops Alpaca and Rowan Kidsilk Haze.  Yum!  We’ll be back soon posting our results.  In the meantime, you can have a look here at some interesting perspectives from the designers at Ori Ami Knits and here on Ravelry for a great little dressed-up T-Shirt pattern, Pippin, that uses 2 to 3 cones of the Habu Silk.  Enjoy!

Syreeta stopped by and tried on our Stockholm Cowl .

With temperatures in the minus, it was just the day for warm cozy neckwear.

Style this versatile infinity scarf as a head covering or loop it once, twice or three times around your neck.  It’s sure to become your favorite winter accessory.  And if you’re wondering about the woolens in our window display–yes, more plaid and striped blankets from MacAusland’s, another winter must-have.

Selected Koigu colours on sale 15% off.  So many possibilities . . .

Stockholm Scarf, knit in the deliciously soft, weightless and warm Shilasdair Luxury DK.

We knit in the round on 5mm Addi Turbo Lace needles, casting off at 13″ (pattern calls for 14″)–desperate to wear the cowl in this cold weather .  Cowl used two skeins of Shilasdair Luxury DK.

We love the length and airiness of this cowl–wrap it two or three times around the neck and you’ll be surrounded in a luxurious cloud of warmth!

Kids age 8 and up–get started knitting with our Learn to Knit class!

This course covers basic knitting skills in a  fun environment that allows for lots of individual creativity.  Learn to cast on and cast off, knit and purl, experiment with colour and create random drop stitches while working on our free-form stripey scarf.

A bright palette and dropped stitches  add fanciful elements to this project.  Kids can change colours and create dropped stitches freely, creating a one-of-a-kind scarf.

Dates and Times:

Saturday Mornings, 9  to 10:30 am

February 4, 11, 18 and 25

Instructor:  Karen Holden

Cost:  $80 (includes materials:   yarn, 1 set bamboo straight knitting needles, darning needle)

Call or stop by the shop to register.

The Boy was happy to model our class sample scarf.