New Yarn from NORO!

Hey folks, take a look at Noro's latest summer yarn...







...Its Shirakaba, a light worsted weight silk/cotton/wool yarn. Working in a yarn shop that carries a lot of Noro, I hear people crying the blues about that one wacky colour that throws off every ball of Noro (I'm paraphrasing here...I kinda love those odd colours) Anyway, if you are one of those people who wants to know what you're getting when you look at a ball of yarn, this Noro is made for you! It still stripes, but very subtly. So you're getting the same colour all the way through; goodbye wonky lime green stripe!

you get 125 metres per 50 gram ball and each one costs $9.95. Awesome!

Learn to Knit Lace

We have a class coming up to teach you how to knit lace! Join Kate on May 30th and June 6th from 10am to noon to learn how to work lace stitches, how to read and understand lace patterns in both chart and written form.

Kate Atherley will provide tips, tricks and techniques to make lace knitting easy and fun. We’ll also talk about properly blocking and finishing your lace to show it off properly. By the second class, you’ll be well on your way to completing your first rectangular lace scarf or shawl!

Price: $40 + materials,Includes Leaf Lace pattern. Bring or buy at least 500 yards of worsted weight yarn & 5mm or 5.5mm needles.

Please note - You can only get this pattern at the Naked Sheep - it is an exclusive pattern design by Kate Atherley! If you would like to purchase the pattern online = GO HERE.

This is the scarf/shawl you will be making. We knit ours in with 5 balls of Classic Elite Princess!

New Knitscene 2010 Issue!

Sorry for the absence - don't know how the days flew by so quickly without blogging, with the shop being super busy, I guess it slipped our minds. Opps = I'm sure you will forgive us - lots of posts are scheduled for the remainder of the week, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, we received the new Knitscene 2010 Issue! See inside the magazine HERE.

This issue is full of patterns for the beginner knitter, but they are all so awesome, you will want to make them all!

Sprout Yarn

Here are some project ideas you can knit with the Sprout yarn we recently knit a baby blanket with:

The Bunny Blanket Buddy - you only need one skein!

How about some face/wash cloths? These are great to scrub deep, but not abrasive against your skin:

The Circle Washcloth - looks like a lot of fun to knit!








Or some crochet scrubbies: UPDATED TO INCLUDE PATTERN LINK.

There are a million and one patterns you can find online (okay, I might be exgratting just a bit, but there are alot you can find!)

We also have a lot of other cotton yarns you can use for these projects or anything else you have in mind that cotton is great for.

All Alpaca Yarn is 20% off!

Hey Naked Sheep knitters - all regular priced yarn with alpaca content is 20% off for the month of April. Only exception - Viola Fancy sock yarn is not included, no special orders, no holds.

Choose from our ever popular Alpaca Peru (think Fiddleheads, Baktus scarf, fingerless mittens - we have all of these knit up with this freaking fantastic yarn)

Why not our Baby Alpaca Sport - an aran weight 100% alpaca yarn that is heaven to knit with or our Misti Alpaca Lace or Sock yarn?

Customer Finished Object!

Suzy, one of our great Naked Sheep knitters spun Dyed In The Wool roving, designed and knit herself this awesome shawl:

Believe me, the colours in this shawl are awesome, just a bit hard to tell in the photo! Great job Suzy!

April Newsletter Posted!

Our April Newsletter is posted!

See all the great news happening around the Sheep in April!


CLICK HERE!

Spin Off Magazine Arrived.

This is an awesome magazine for beginner and expeirenced spinners! Check out their website HERE. Great free patterns, a forum and tips galore. Have fun.

playful stripes cardigan

We are just so smitten with the Never not Knitting patterns that recently arrived at the shop that we just couldn't wait to cast on! So I am knitting the playful stripes cardigan in my beloved Baby Cashmerino. I LOVE baby cashmerino! Knitting with it again has reminded me of just how soft and squishy this yarn is. Colour selection was a bit of an ordeal, just ask anyone who was in the shop at the time.

Anyway, here is a look at what I've knit so far...





This little sweater is the extreme of cuteness! And great if you have scraps of yarn to use up, because the stripes done use very much yarn. Pop in to visit the sweater in person, at the rate I'm knitting it will be finished before long.

NAMASTE

These bags are GORGEOUS! I love them so much that I considered running away with them...





But my conscience got the better of me and I put them back on the shelves (for everyone else to admire!)

So, here is the scoop. We got it a bunch of new Laguna bags and their newest style the Monroe bag. We have them in black, red, teal and eggplant...so pretty!!



Laguna bags are $75 and the Monroe bags are $85. These bags are perfect for knitters, they have great compartments inside for storing all your knitting notions, patterns and other bits.





We love these bags, and use them as our everyday purses...though there is always some knitting in the mix too!