06.27.08

Do you have Flat Feet?

Posted in What's New at 11:21 pm by Sue

Well, you should! (Sorry, couldn’t resist – I’m a sucker for bad puns!) I’ve been so busy getting our latest shipment of Flat Feet sock yarn photographed and up on the website, and I just finished. No small feat – we photograph every single Flat Feet yarn and list them individually. You told me you really don’t want to hear “let us choose one for you”. So we don’t do it that way. We take lots of photos so you can see exactly what you’re getting – and we’ll send you the very same yarn you see in the photo! Just don’t wait too long to check them out – our last shipment of Flat Feet sold out in just a day and a half!

Don’t know what Flat Feet is? (Flat Feet are? Are these things singular or plural??) It’s the newest innovation in sock knitting – the yarn comes in two connected “flats” or panels of stockinette stitch, hand-dyed in color combinations ranging from tame to wild! And here’s the cool part: you UNRAVEL it to knit! You know how you frog back or unravel your knitting when you need to go back a few rows? (Going back a few rows is something I am quite familiar with, unfortunately.) Well, this is similar, except the flat knitted piece you’re unravelling is actually your “ball” of yarn – you knit directly from it! And it folds flat in your knitting bag. Neat, huh?

Did you notice that the paragraph above is not showing up next to the Flat Feet photo? Can any of you who blog in Wordpress email me to tell me how to get the text to appear next to photos? I’m new to Wordpress, and I’m having some adjustment issues…

You’ve been asking for a sale – okay, here ya go! Take 25% off of Lily Chin Chelsea yarn – regularly $6.00, on sale for $4.50, now thru July 4th. Chelsea’s a great year-round yarn for warmer climates, and a super summer yarn for the rest of you. It’s a wool/cotton/acrylic blend in sport weight – great for socks, summer tops and cardigans, and baby items too.

And a contest too? I must be punchy from taking all those Flat Feet photos – okay, we’ll do a blog contest. Just post a comment about your favorite thing to knit (socks? baby items? fairisle sweaters?), and ask your friends to post too. Make sure your friends mention YOU in their posts. If at least 15 people comment by midnight on July 4th, I’ll give away two $15 store credits toward your next Great Yarn Company order – the first will go to the winner of a random drawing that includes everyone who commented, and the second will go to the person mentioned in the most comments! (Go on, bribe your friends – who’ll know??!)

Counting blog comments (and sheep – it’s LATE!),
Sue

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06.17.08

Houston’s full of knitters!

Posted in Tuesday Tips at 9:20 pm by Sue

Well, did you do it? Did you get out there and KIP (Knit in Public) for International Knit in Public Day on Saturday? I did! I met a whole lot of knitters at the mall, and boy, did we ever knit! There sure are a lot of knitters in Houston… Everyone had a good time, lots of stitches were accomplished (and a few were dropped… ask me how I know). I had a great time handing out our new Great Yarn Company gauge rulers. If you don’t have one yet, don’t panic! We’re tucking them into every outgoing order (while they last), so if you didn’t get one yet, look for it in your next package from GYC!

I hope you got to spend some quality time with your family on Father’s Day. We stayed in, and I made a special dinner for my dear hubby. We’re not originally Texans, but we’re getting the hang of it – he requested chicken-fried steak – something this New Orleans girl had never cooked before, but I rose to the occasion, and ya know, it was pretty darned good. (Note that I didn’t say healthy… because you can’t say healthy and chicken-fried steak in the same sentence!) We ended with Boston Cream Pie, another of his favorites. I wasn’t quick enough to photograph the chicken-fried steak, but I did get a quick pic of the dessert, just before it disappeared.

Tuesday Tip:
Now and then, but always on a Tuesday, I’ll share some of my favorite knitting tips. I’ve been doing this one for a long time, and it saves me a lot of headaches. I usually knit 2 socks on 2 circulars, with two balls of yarn in action at once, so tangles are a frequent problem. The tangles are caused by turning the work the same way over and over again, which wraps the working yarns around each other. The solution is to attach a split-ring stitch marker, safety pin, or bit of waste yarn to the outer edge of one sock. I usually put it on the edge where my round starts. When you turn the work, turn it so that the marker always passes either on the edge of the work closest to you, or farthest from you (doesn’t matter which, as long as you do it the same way every time). So now you’ll turn your work clockwise one time, and counter-clockwise the next. No more tangles!

Happy Knitting,
Sue

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