We continue our wildly popular SUNDAYS IN THE SALON this summer with a combination of gift ideas and small projects that will keep you challenged and inspired. Missing the larger projects? We have moved those to SATURDAY KNITALONGS. Check out that schedule as well. We begin each project the first Saturday of the Month and work on the project from 2-4 each successive Saturday. Please note: The SUNDAYS IN THE SALON and SATURDAY KALS are NOT substitutes for Beginning Knitting Instruction. All sessions require you to possess basic knitting skills: Casting On, Knitting, Purling, and Binding off. If more advanced skills are required, they are listed. June 1: Place Mats: Tired of afghans but don’t want to worry about fitted garments? Knit these cotton placemats. Perfect for your beach house or deck table! June 8: Lace Anklets: Get ready for tennis (or at least tennis shoes) with these adorable lace anklets. Again, there is prep work for these, so be sure to check with the shop. This is a great way to learn lace knitting. June 15, 22, 29: Store Closed for Noni Bag Program July 6: Cable Bag: Knit bags are all the rage and this one is easy and inexpensive. Made from the luxurious Venezia yarn, the combination of silk and wool knits to an elegant finish. July 13: Booties for Babies: Join us in a charity project. Knit easy booties that will be brought to Zimbabwe personally, where the babies are in dire need of such items. July 20: Easy Hat in the Round: The perfect project for a beginning knitter who wants to learn to knit in the round. Made from chunky yarn (the alpaca is delicious), this rolled watchcap is coveted by kids and adults everywhere! July 27: Mystery Crochet Project: We’re on vacation, so you know what that means! Crochet RULES!!!! Join Marietta or Heather on a mystery tour of crochet. Project will be announced prior to our departure! August 3: Beaded Bag: One skein of the elegant BEADED SILK yarn makes this lovely evening clutch. It will become your favorite fashion accessory! August 10: Linen Tie: Get your son ready for his first job with this lovely linen stitch tie. One of our most popular Sunday programs! August 17: Multidirectional Scarf: Any yarn, any width—is it a scarf? A shawl? You decide. And while you’re making it you are learning all about short rows! August 24: Undulating Scarf: With or without beads, this is a great way to learn lace knitting. We’re making our model from the lovely Schaefer Yarn Susan, and we’ll show you other yarns to use! September 7/14: Shrug: We made this last spring using Bamboo and then used a wonderful merinot to make one for the fall. This is the shrug that looks good on EVERYONE and is a quick and easy lace knit! September 21: Mitered Bag: knitting is a lot of fun, and this is an uncomplicated way to learn it. You ‘ll learn about modular knitting AND felting while making this bag. September 28: Button Wrap: Perfect for cooler fall weather, this is a simple rectangular wrap done in a mistake rib pattern and secured with three large buttons. We’ll teach you to make buttonholes, don’t worry!!! 
Our Saturday KALS have taken on a life of their own! Join the group for wine, snacks, and knitting your project each Saturday of the month. You don’t need to attend every session,but we do recommend that you attend the first week to get some basic instruction and guidance. JUNE: BEACH BAG. Knit yourself a Beach Bag that will carry you and all your gear through the summer! The perfect stressless knitting—no shaping or fit! JULY: FINISHALONG. OK, we’ve succumbed. Our customers have begged us for an opportunity to finish their numerous projects and they’ve promised that once done, Fos provide an opportunity to buy yet more yarn! So bring in your unfinished projects from past months or years (hopefully purchased here! Marietta will be on hand to assist with seaming and other finishing issues. AUGUST: BABY OWL SWEATER. The adorable sweater hanging up above our cashstand catches everyone’s eye. Believe it or not, the pattern is from 1966! You can make this for an infant or toddler depending on yarn choice and is a great way to learn cabling. With five Saturdays in August, we bet you’ll finish the sweater during the month! SEPTEMBER: TOP DOWN RIBBED SWEATER. Learn a new direction in knitting! If you’ve never knit from the top (or even if you have )this is a wonderful pattern, as it is shaped to a flattering line through ribbing. Any worsted weight yarn will do (we used the lovely NANCY from SCHAEFER YARN). The great thing about top down? Minimum (or no) finishing required! 
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The WoolWinders Staff
Jacqui Rose: Jacqui created the idea of WoolWinders during a two day drive from Austin, TX where she had been caught on a business trip during the events of September 11, 2001. Her knitting career began in Ann Arbor, MI where she began an Aran sweater for her college boyfriend, who promptly broke up with her between the back and front. She did not pick up needles again until her marriage in 1997. Jacqui wanted a shop that would reflect her passion for teaching, her orientation toward customer service, and her character trait of not taking herself too seriously.
Lew Rose: When Jacqui came to him with the idea of opening a knitting store, he did not, to his credit, suggest that she up her medications. Instead, he came up with the name, did her business plan, and promised to control the financial portion of the business. He then went further and learned how to knit. Lew wisely kept his day job as a partner in the Advertising department of Kelley, Drye & Warren, a large law firm in Georgetown. If you want to see Lew at the shop, it is best to avoid warm weather months, when he is pursuing his true passion of golf.
Jessica Armstrong: Jessica hails from Canada, where knitting is as regular as breathing. She is one of two mother/daughter teams at the shop and often works Saturdays with Alison Brown, who is learning the craft as well. Bring all your sock and shawl questions to Jessica, but do so outside of ski season, when she will be found on the slopes with her family! 
Alison Brown: Alison began coming to WoolWinders at age 10 with mom Jessica. She waited patiently until we could hire her at age 14, and in the interim learned to knit beautifully and hone her skills in filing, shelving, tagging, and all other retail matters. While she claims that she decided to work here based on her eligibility to attend the Holiday Party, we suspect that she has a fabulous future in fiber and crafts. 
Kathy Cea is an avid knitter, instructor, and designer. She is a TKGA-certified Master Knitter with a passion for well-written patterns and well-constructed garments. Kathy believes that a solid foundation of knitting techniques will enable you to be successful with any project. She has been teaching at WoolWinders almost since the store opened and is pleased to now be working in the shop one day a week. She really enjoys working with our customers on an individual basis and is happy to assist with selection of an appropriate project, answer a question about knitting technique, or help explain a pattern.. 
Gail Fox: Gail began working at WoolWinders in March, 2007, and brings with her the infectious enthusiasm and passion of a new knitter! Trained in graphic design, she has a strong sense color, texture, and all that is pleasing to the eye. After she and her friend Sheri took private knitting lessons with Jacqui, Gail was quick to tell Sheri, "I love being at WoolWinders so much, I have to work there!" That wish was granted very quickly. With two daughters in college, Gail and her husband David enjoy cooking, traveling, close friends and weekend visits to see the girls.
Marietta Green: You will recognize Marietta as the staff person who walks through WoolWinders most weekends with a measuring tape draped around her neck. As costumer for the Imagination Stage in Bethesda, she brings creativity, wit, and style to our shop. Marietta is an avid sock knitter and takes it as a personal challenge to acquaint everyone with the joy of double pointed needle-the smaller the better!
Brenda Lipowsky : Brenda is a native to the Rockville area and lives with her teenage daughter, husband, and dog close to the shop. (Her son is busy studying at college). She has been knitting since the early 80s when her husband opened a restaurant close to a yarn shop. While he gave up the restaurant, Brenda never gave up knitting. In fact, she regards it as her personal mission to acquaint everyone in her neighborhood with this lovely craft. Brenda juggles her time at the shop with her full-time position at Metropolitan Ballet Company. The position at the shop enables her to meet new people and start new projects. Her husband continues to wonder what she does with all her yarn…if he only knew!
Flo Meit: Flo comes to Woolwinders with a background in Textile Arts, which she studied in Belgium where she is originally from (French is her native tongue). Flo was taught knitting by her great aunt at age eight. As a teenager she worked at a yarn shop in her hometown where she made samples that people could purchase. After attending college Flo came to the United States as an au pair. She met her husband David in New York City then moved to the Washington area more than a decade ago. Flo and David now live in Boyds with their two children. She enjoys knitting for them and gets to try many different yarns for smaller size garments. Flo loves good quality yarn and would not hesitate to use it for children even if it means hand washing! Recently Flo taught her six-year-old daughter to knit, an activity they enjoy doing together.
Abby Ross: Abby continues the WoolWinders tradition of mother/daughter teams. After mom Kerry started working at the shop, Abby volunteered more than 30 hours of her time to earn a Girl Scout badge. She did such a great job that we offered her a paying job upon completion. Abby's hard work, organizational skills, and willingness to help with just about anything quickly earned her a place in our "family." You will find her at the shop most Sundays when she runs the register, tags and shelves yarn, and files our astounding pile of paperwork.
Kerry Ross: Kerry decided to learn how to knit when her family objected to the noise of the sewing machine and begged her to find a quieter hobby. She immediately fell in love with knitting and replaced the sound of the sewing machine with the melodious clicking of her knitting needles. Kerry’s creativity extends beyond the field of knitting to include painting, sewing and dance chorography. In addition to being a creative artist, Kerry holds a degree in Nursing and a certification in Personal Training. When she is not knitting, she enjoys spending time with her four wonderful children and husband.
Karina Rostomanya: Karina attends high school in the area and became acquainted with our shop out of a desire to learn to knit. She has proven to be a very quick study. Karina assists us after school two days a week and also works on Saturdays. Already familiar with our stock and culture, Karina is eager to help our customers at every turn. Karina left for college in California in 2007 but returns to the shop when she can to work and see all her friends.
Paige Waffle: Paige lives with her wonderful husband and two teenage sons. She's never met a yarn (or a knitter) she doesn't like and admits to being an avid knitter for over a decade (or two...). Paige has expertise in all knitting techniques and has created and written several original designs. Though she harbors a passion for fair isle knitting, she believes the most exciting aspect of knitting is encouraging others to tap into their own creativity. (that, and paying off the crdit card bill so she can buy more yarn![note: see wonderful husband above]) Paige is most in her element when giving personal attention to customers’ pecial projects: selecting a color palette, adapting a pattern, or correcting mistakes; and looks forward to getting to know our customers and their projects.When she is not knitting...she's never not knitting!
Heather Worley: Heather re-taught herself to knit after graduating college, and was pleasantly surprised after moving to D.C. in 2006 to learn that the knitting scene here is so huge! She has begun practicing self-control and cut herself back from four knitting groups per week to one. Her job at Woolwinders helps to bankroll her knitting habit. You can see Heather there on Sunday afternoons. Feel free to ask for pattern help - in addition to pattern-reading experience, she is not afraid to fix things by ripping back!