The year-round popularity of Manos Del Uruguay yarn continues to delight us. It seems we can never keep this gorgeous 100% wool in stock! Whether for felting a bag, knitting a jacket, or crocheting a scarf, MANOS meets everyone's needs. The colors are magnificent, and the variegated colorways in particular are memorable. We are now restocked with some of the most popular colors, including the often-backordered and elusive 113-WILDFLOWER.

Just in thanks to John the UPS Guy: fabulous colors of one of our FAVORITE summer yarns GIOTTO, more colors of DALE BABY ULL (and more on the way), and a wonderful new book for all levels of knitters: FUNKY and CHUNKY KNITTED ACCESSORIES. Check out the stuff! Spring is a wonderful time to knit!

And not to give our crocheters short shrift, we also have the new INTERWEAVE CROCHET magazine in the store. Since we now can perform this fabulous craft (thanks to the efforts of Kim, Karen AND Marietta), we are eager to explore this!

About two weeks ago, we turned around to discover we were almost completely out of BABY ULL. Out went a fax to the nice folks at Dale of Norway, who never received it!!! So we followed up on Monday, and today John the UPS Guy walked in with a big box of this wonderful washable baby yarn! We have a range of colors with about six more coming in a few days.

The new Spring Vogue magazine is here, as is the fabulous Louisa Harding pattern collection: BEACHCOMBER BAY DESIGN COLLECTION. Come check them out. We promise the warm weather WILL return!

has been cancelled. We open at noon; come enjoy the St. Patricks Day sale and cookies! 15% off any yarn or kit (including Mango Moon, Colinette, and Wool in the Woods) that has even a smidge of green and/or orange yarn!

We love holidays at WoolWinders. Come join us for our annual ST. PATRICK'S DAY SALE!!! 15% off any yarn that has even a wee bit o' the green or orange in it. ANY yarn! That means if you have been coveting the MANGO MOON kits or an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Colinette Afghan, it's yours, for a 15% discount, if we can detect even the tiniest bit of green or orange in any of the yarns. Please note that this sale is on existing stock only (no special orders) and that any sale merchandise is non-refundable, even for an exchange. And since the discount is applied, we won't be doing our frequent buyer cards.

The sale begins today and runs through close of business Sunday, March 19. So come on in, scope out the beautiful yarns on sale, and take a St. Paddy's Day cookie or two. Yes, they will be topped with green sprinkles!

We returned from a quick trip South to open three boxes that John the UPS Guy had delivered. We FINALLY have both SWIFTS and WINDERS in stock--these make great gifts (Mother's Day is NOT too far off!) for any knitter in your life. And a great yarn to wind on them? MANOS of course! We can never keep this yarn in stock for too long, particularly the variegated colors. And we have plenty now.

And two of our favorite books are back in stock: SALLY MELVILLE THE KNIT STITCH and COLOR KNITTING. We worship at the shrine of Sally, as her patterns are terrific, her instructions even better. We have taken to recommending THE KNIT STITCH to our absolute beginners--the book is nothing short of empowering for those eager to move beyond scarves.

John the UPS Guy brought only two boxes to us today, but they contained much needed things from KNITTING FEVER. We now are restocked with three terrific NORO books: SIMPLY NORO, NORO REVISITED, and NATURALLY NORO. While these are patterns for Noro's wools, the spring yarns gauge the same. So enjoy!

And last week we looked at our beautiful DEBBIE BLISS CATHAY collection (one of our FAVORITE spring yarns) and discovered we had forgotten to order white! It is here now.

We can. Because John the UPS Guy rolled in six big boxes today filled with GORGEOUS NEW SPRING YARNS!!! First up, two offerings from Ella Rae (whose design books blew out of here over the winter): KASBAH and SHIBU. Both worsted weight cotton blends, these will make fabulous shells and lightweight summer sweaters. Come see all her beautiful colors!

Next, our second big box from BLUE HERON YARNS. These yarns never stay in the store long for good reason-the colorways are extraordinary and their rayon blends make the hand of the yarn incredibly soft without splitting fibers (yes, really!). We are now fully stocked with BEADED RAYON, COTTON RAYON WOVEN RIBBON, RAYON SEED, AND COTTON RAYON SEED. We abolutely love working with these yarn and have found them to be machine washable on gentle as well!

And from our friend Cheryl Schaefer, new colors of the silk lace weight ANDREA and silk boucle PATTY.

Finally, Unique Kolours sent us the March ABFAB kit of the month--you might have seen it in our newsletter. Denims, greys, and ivorys. We see a beach house for this afghan!

John also brought reorders including the popular 365 STITCHES A DAY CALENDAR, KNITTERS COMPANION, and CASHSOFT DK. Can't forget our staples in the excitement of spring yarns!

Also, please note that our SPRING YARN TASTING is filled. We can't wait to see you all.

Simply click on either the overhead tab under CLASSES/LESSONS or on the left side of the home page announcing the classes. Remember that our classes are quite small and fill quickly.

And our SPRING NEWSLETTER will be out early next week. Don't miss it! Sign up on the lower left side of this home page and follow the process to be on our email list. This is the ONLY way you will hear in advance about special events, sales, etc. We don't want our fabulous customers to miss out on a thing!

They will be up on the website in a day or two (thanks, Stacy!), but if you are local, stop by and pick up a schedule for our spring classes. We have some goodies, including INTRODUCTION to LACE KNITTING and CROCHETED CAPELET. Old favorites abound. Whether you want to learn to knit, improve your skills, make a pair of socks, or correct your mistakes, we can help! Classes begin the first week of April and fill quickly.