New Sample Alert! Liesl is Done!

Here she is - Liesl.

Sarah knit us one more sweater before she headed off to school. She knit the 38" size and used exactly one ball of Cascade Eco on 7 mm needles and made few modifications to the sweater. After the sleeves were separated, she knit the purl rows to eliminate the purl ridges on the body.

This sweater is knit from the top down and you can use most yarns from a worsted to aran weight. Ysolda provides instructions for a shorter length sweater, a wide and high neck options and has great pictures of all styles on her site.

Pattern can be purchased here.

There are 1126 projects on Ravelry , join the craze and check out everyone's projects to see which style, colour and yarn would work best for you.

Here is Sarah's version she knit for herself - she used 3 skeins of Cascade 220, 7.5mm and knit the 46" size. I don't know about you, but I can't decide which colour to make for myself. A grey one? A purple one? The same colour as Sarah? Blue? Ack!!!

NAMASTE!

You've heard us go on and on about how much we love these bags...so this time I"ll spare you, except to say that we got a few new styles in! Yay!

New to the Sheep is the perfectly stylish and slouchy Malibu bag in the limited edition eggplant colour!





As well as the handy dandy mini clutch; it's a knitting notions case as well as an adorable evening bag or clutch!





And finally these sweet little pouches...



these little cuties are just $6.00!

Of course we re-stocked all of our old favourites like the Zuma and Laguna as well...

The New Knitty is Out!

It is a good one! Go and check it out.


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Go Knit

We are very happy to report that a fresh supply of Go Knit pouches just arrived at the shop! We are even happier to report that the brand new metallic silver colour is amongst them, as well as a lovely purple called "orchid", in honor of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's!

this Just in!

This week has been an exciting one for knitting magazines!

Drop by to take a look at the New Debbie Bliss, Interweave Spin Off and Interweave Knits Weekend special issue!



All of these magazines are bursting with cozy fall knits, great articles and a tonne of knitting inspiration! Just be sure to come by quick, because they're going fast!

Fiona Ellis!

You have probably seen her designs and books around (and you've likely knit one or two of them yourself!) and we are very excited to have Fiona Ellis at the Sheep this October to teach two fantastic workshops. Hope to see you there!

Morphing Cables:
Fiona is famous for her morphing cables, which morph into other patterns! Whether you are a cabling expert or newbie, come on out to learn a thing or two about how to make your cable knitting more fun and interesting! Fiona will touch on cable design as well as making Celtic knot cables.

Date/Time: Saturday October 31 from 9am-12
Cost: $ 45.00

Includes: includes cable needle, squared paper and the Naked Sheep pen

*Please bring a light coloured medium weight yarn and appropriate needles

Dive into Design:
Get your creative knitting juices flowing with this 2-part workshop in design. In part one you will experiment with swatching, and transforming inspiration into knitting. In part two you will learn how to refine your ideas from part one. All skill levels are welcome!

Date/Time: Saturdays October 3 and 10 from 9 am-12 - total of 6 hours!
Cost $ 75.00

Includes squared paper, coloured pencils and the Naked Sheep pen!

*Please bring small amounts of medium weight yarn in as many colours as you can (and are willing to share!). You will also need appropriate needles.

WARNING: this class may change the way you see the world!

To register for either of these classes drop by the store or give us a call at 416.691.6320

Edited to add - all participants receive a one time 15% storewide discount on the day of class! (Regular priced items, class fees excluded)

Baby Ull

We are happy to announce the arrival of a lovely new yarn to our shelves. Dale of Norway's Baby Ull is a soft and squishy superwash merino in a very light fingering weight. As the name suggests, this yarn knits wonderfully into baby garments, but Baby Ull is also a great choice for fair isle and stranded knitting projects. Adrian Bizilia (perhaps the Queen of colourwork?) knit and designed her snail mittens using Baby Ull.



Edited to add by Lisa - this yarn is so fab to knit with. I am knitting a baby sweater and bonnet set called Lucille!

Cozy in Camel

The pattern is Clothilde by Kristen Hanley Cardozo. It is available for download off Ravelry for $6.50 (USD). Here, Missy of Painted Fleece used 1.5 skeins (at $20/skein) of her lusious 100% camel yarn. This little shoulderette is light weight, and an ideal size for wrapping up in on a cool fall day.





Here is a look at the lovely selection of colours we currently have in Painted Fleece camel yarn...

Ostrich Shawl Sample for Sale = $50.00

Well folks, we have gone through alot of the samples that were at the store prior to August 2008 and will start displaying the ones that are on sale. All others will be donated to either Street Knit or to the Goodwill.

This shawl was knit with 4 balls of Be Sweet Boucle and trimmed with Ostrich feathers. The total cost of the project to knit for yourself is $200.00. The sample we are selling is $50.00, plus we will throw in a sample SOAK packet so you can rinse it when needed.

Buttons!

Take a look at these lovely new buttons that just came in from Nature's Wonders...
They are hand made from both local and exotic woods, and look fantastic!



For just $6.00 each, these buttons will beef up any sweater

Oh, and fans of our old favourite Cascade 220 will be happy to hear that our shelves have been refilled with 25 new fall-friendly colours! Let the sweater knitting begin!