Loop & Leaf News
This coming weekend (November 7th and 8th) don’t miss the Tanglewood Fiber Creations trunkshow – Trish Andersen is bringing down baskets and baskets full of luxurious hand-spun, hand-dyed cashmere and cashmere blended yarns along with tons of sample garments. She will also have her spinning wheel with her – it’s the perfect opportunity to watch her spin another masterpiece. And with every yarn purchase she will have lots of free goodies to hand out.
Sunday, November 8th we are having a special event with Trish: a Candy Party! You will receive a mini skein of Tanglewood cashmere for a swatch, champagne, a free pattern of your choosing and Trish’s help in picking the perfect Tanglewood yarn for your pattern – all for just $20! Please call the shop to sign up for this event.
Crazy Zauerball
This gorgeous sock yarn knits up displaying beautiful, long color gradations in fabulous color combinations. Use it for shawls, hats, gloves and, of course, socks too!
Addi Clicks with new cases
The new Addi Clicks are here! In their new, fantastic, compact cases, they are a breeze to travel with. These new sets come with the US # 5 tips that the old sets left out, and additional tips and cords are still available for purchase to expand your Click set.
The Knitter's Book of Wool
This fantastic new book is packed full of information, patterns and inspiration. If you’ve ever wondered about this fabulous fiber, here is everything you need to know, with great tips on what to do with different types of wools, fibers blended with wools and which projects are best suited to what yarns.
Candy Party with Tanglewood Fiber Creations
Sunday, November 8th - 11am-1pm
At this great event you will receive a mini skein of a Tanglewood cashmere yarn, champagne and other refreshments, a free pattern of your choosing and Trish's help in picking the perfect Tanglewood yarn for your pattern!
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A Taste of Lace - Jared Flood
Sunday, November 22nd - 2:30-5:30pm
I have particular love for knitting lace garments in heavier weight wools than is traditionally the case. I find that, not only does this pairing of yarn and technique create beautiful and unique pieces of knitwear, but serves as a wonderful learning tool for beginning lace knitters. In this course we will be talking about the basics of lace and trying our hand at making some of our own with larger needles and heavier yarn. Topics covered include how to read a chart, yarn overs and directional decreasing, planning lace projects, getting ‘gauge’, reading your fabric, and the most important and magical part of lace knitting: blocking
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Colorwork Hats
2 Saturdays, December 5th and 12th - 5-7pm
This family of three patterns will be in the upcoming Interweave Holiday Knits and was designed by your teacher Catherine! Practice knitting with three different colors and learn some great techniques to get comfortable with handing so many different balls of yarn.
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