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Ooh, look at these socks . . .
Soon to be published in the exciting new Twist Collective.
Learn more »Mystery Project
Can you guess which shawl this lacey beginning is destined to become? More next week.
Learn more »A Very Good Tool!
Why waste fun knitting time with evil mathematical calculations when you can use this for perfectly spaced increases.Happy Knitting!.
Learn more »Cool Crisp Linen for Summer Knitting
The best yarn for summer knitting—it’s got to be linen! We’re making a guest towel a la Mason-Dixon Knitting but we’ve changed the stitch pattern to the classically beautiful diamond brocade.On the needles, Euroflax has the nice crunchy feel of unwashed
Learn more »We're Open on Monday for the Long Weekend!
We’re here knitting—come join us on Monday!.
Learn more »February Lady Continued
Almost finished! Button detail—you’ll always find the perfect button at Button Button on Cordova Street—email them (buttonbuttonATtelusDOTnet) to add your name to the notification list for their new location (moving in August).
Learn more »Harbour Lights
Sivia’s Harbour Lights Shawl pattern has just been published and we’re excited to be able to offer kits with the beautiful sample yarn, Alberta Rose Alpacas fingering weight alpaca, plus beads, beading hook and pattern.Go here and here to read more about
Learn more »FO and WIP
We’ve been away for a short vacation in Toronto (shop’s still open!) and, with a bit of extra knitting time, managed to finish yet another Wool Peddler Shawl (our third, actually, but this one without the lace border—just miles and miles of peaceful garte
Learn more »Knitwear on the Net
We knitters are always searching for the next great pattern.
Learn more »Summer Knitty
Hey, Summer Knitty is up!.
Learn more »The February Sweater Grows Up
Elizabeth Zimmermann’s beloved “February Sweater” can be found in this little gem of a book (along with 12 other ingenious projects, one for each month of the year).“February” is the perfect baby sweater, and if you have the desire to knit for a wee one,
Learn more »Hoops and Sweaters
The Girl came to the shop today and we had fun playing with our new hoops ordered from Christa.It was still sweater weather, so we dressed The Girl in some of our shop samples—she managed to just fit into the baby Tulip and Peacock cardigans! Hoops by
Learn more »Spindles
Drop Spindles and more.
Learn more »More Baskets!
Go here to read about these special baskets.
Learn more »A Blanket For The Girl
The Girl chose her colours and we knit her a Pinwheel Blanket in Blue Sky Alpacas Dyed Cotton.
Learn more »The Pi
We’ve been working on a Zimmermann Pi Shawl and today we started the lace edging.The edging is worked side to side, knitting together one stitch from the edging and one stitch from the “Pi”—576 times! OK, this is going to take a while.
Learn more »Baskets
We’ve been searching a long time for fair trade African baskets and yesterday they literally dropped at our front door.
Learn more »Wall o' Cascade
Good news about the beloved Cascade 220 (top yarn on Ravelry with 13,000+ projects)—we’re lowering our price to $6.95/skein, yes, really! So stop by, pick up a handful, knit a nice sweater, be happy!.
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