Welcome to the 21st Century! During our annual Staff Meeting, one of our amazing emplyees suggested that we investigate a link to Amazon.com to assist our customers in buying books at a great value. So we did. OK, Lew did. And voila—our newest feature. Every Thursday we will have a BOOK OF THE WEEK on our blog. Click onto the link, purchase the book from www.amazon.com (they have amazing prices) and WoolWinders gets a credit. This is a great way to help our wonderful customers who want to support their local LYS (that would be us) but understand that we simply can’t carry every book and our prices will be considerably higher than on the web. Isn’t modern technology wonderful?

And so, without further ado, the book of the week:

How great is this book? We bought FOUR last week and gave them as gifts. One recipient sent us an email saying she found 12, yes TWELVE, patterns she wanted to make.

Yet another reason to look forward to Thursdays.

to open and coo over the stuff we’ve received. So in the shop NOW are the following: CRYSTAL PALACE NEEDLES (straight and dpns), the new issue of VERENA ( a very hip and trendy knitting mag) and some exquisite beaded and sequined yarn from TILLI TOMAS. The last item won’t last long as our FEARLESS FELTING workshop FILLED within TWO DAYS!!!! So hurry in if you want to check out this beautiful feltable yarn.

We are so excited about the upcoming weekend that we couldn’t wait until our usual Thursday to post.
First off, SHELBY will be at the shop Thursday night from 6-8 PM to show off her new sock yarn. WoolWinders is proud to be THE ONLY shop to carry Shelby’s amazing colorways. Come check them out. We bought a small quantity to start and we’re guessing they won’t last long. But don’t worry—we have already talked to her about re-orders.

Next, we start our JUNE KAL on SATURDAY with the uber-popular LACE THROW SQUARES. Want an easy way to learn lace knitting? Need a portable project for upcoming vacations? This is the project for you! The squares are lovely and simple to knit. Sewn together, they create a beautiful throw:

And on Sunday, just in time for FATHER’S DAY, we will be knitting the LINEN STITCH TIE. This is a gorgeous handknit tie in a stitch so interesting it looks like weaving. And hey, you could get TWO from one skein of SHELBY’S YARN!!! Other choices are JITTERBUG, MELODY, or KOIGU. The tie can easily be knit in two weeks.

Both programs are FREE OF CHARGE and run from 2-4 PM.Basic knitting skills (casting on, knitting, purling, and binding off) are required. We ask that you do call and sign up so we have a spot at the table for you (and enough wine, quite frankly).

Yep, it’s at the shop! It should be up on the website in a few days, thanks to our lovely webmistress Stacy. But if you can’t wait, just come on in and get a “hard” copy (gasp)

And stay tuned for some exciting announcements that will bring the shop into the 21st century.