Stitch & Pitch

A baseball game where knitting is SANCTIONED!!! They sold 1000 tickets to knitters and thier families! It was loads of fun. And, the Giants won!

The New Knit Scene

Interweave Press has a new Magazine out: Knit Scene. The Fall 2006 issue just arrived. Here are two little delights from it.
One is the Pointsettia sweater. Even if your eyebrows are not as perfect as this Spanish beauty's, I think the sweater is a winner.



There seems to be no shortage of felted bag choices. But this one is especially clever. The cut circles give this bag a crisp design element, when felting is usually more "soft".

The Magazine is $7.99 for 104 pages. Come check it out.

A Project "outside of the box"

I read about knitting with shredded t-shirts, and the idea intrigued me. So I gave it a whirl! It was really fun, and interesting, and unusual. I am working on patchwork squares, and I'll be turning them into a great bathmat, or small kitchen carpet. It's washable, and bright, electric colors. But, of course, yours could be more subdued.

We are hosting a class in August called "t-shirt knitting" if you would like to join us. It will be two weeks long, and cover the process of how to best go about cutting the shirts, as well as some basics of designing your own creation.

Finished Works Of Art

Two finished projects to show.



First, the Stitch Diva Studio Scarf, modeled by Cathy. She is an elegant woman, and the scarf just sings! Cathy is also a jeweler, and bead artist, so in the final rows, she added beads.


Next, we have Peggy's Fruit Cap. The twist here, is that Peggy did it in Tweed (Jo Sharp Silk Road Aran Tweed). It takes a chrisp hat, and makes it into an impressionist watercolor!




Bravo to both of these creative ladies!

Look What Came Today

I was oh, so excited to see THIS box! Blue Herron, Beaded Rayon. This is what I am doing the Clapotis with. Yummy colors!

Bea's Sweater

Sue has been working on a sweater for her good friend Bea. Here it is ready to go. It is done in Manos Cotton Stria, with Mother of Pearl buttons. It has a wonderful texture to it. Sue did a hem with a purl stitch boarder, which made it that much more 'crisp' and professionally finished.

Devon's Bag

Devon - and the bag
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

Devon did this fantastic little bag. It's from 25 bags to knit. She lined it when she finished. In the end, her bag is actually a functional purse, and has a little more structure. It is beautiful!

When Jo visited us, she brought a treasure trove of garments for us to preview. One was the Kimono Sweater from "Eclectic. Here it is, on several of us. This sweater was so beautiful! The button has a frog closure, and a wonderful silk tassle.

More tomorrow.

Noe Knit Flicks June

Can you believe the next Noe Knit Flicks is already next Thursday, June 29th!? Boy, does time fly. We could certainly use your input on what movie we should watch. Here are a couple of our ideas but we'd love to know what you would like to see so please feel free to add a comment.

Last month we watched the hilarious Best in Show. Should we continue the Chrisopher Guest series with Waiting for Guffman?

Or how about spending a little time with Colin Firth (sigh) & Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones Diary?

Or a classic Howard Hawk comedy from 1938 starring Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant, Bringing Up Baby?


Never been to a Noe Knit Flicks? Come on down, bring your knitting, grab a seat (or bring your own) and we'll provide an evening of cinema on our big screen for free!

Jo Sharp At Noe Knit (how happy are WE?)

Circle of Knitters
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

Jo Sharp visited us on Sunday Afternoon. Meeting her in person was such a treat. As if just hearing her speak was not enough, she came with a huge case of her work to share! She spoke to us about all aspects of the business. The discussion included how books go to print, and how pictures are taken for the patterns. We learned about what it takes to make a tweed yarn, a heather yarn, and a 'plain' yarn, and about the approval rounds, and the process at the mills. And she talked about pattern writing and double checking (a science, as you all are aware!) And we spoke about color, and the color wheel, and tone, hues, and saturation. It was all facinating. Jo was so plesant and easy going. We have all elevated her to "single name status" and will simply refer to her as "Jo" from now on.
It was an incredible day!

A wall of uncompromising design

A wall of uncompromising design
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

While they discussed the finer points of domino, I just marveled at the designs!

Bunnie and Vivan Hoxbro

Bunnie and Vivan Hoxbro
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

We went to go see Vivian. The colors are dazzling. The designs are crisp. And the knitting is technically brilliant.
http://www.viv.dk/CollectionUS/Cables.htm

Mom is working on the Domino knitting, and I am doing the Cables sweater.

The Yarn Market

Susi and Debbie Bliss
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

I just got back from the Retailer's Yarn Market (in Indianapolis.) While officially, it is a trade show... it is glorious! Can you dream up anything better than entire convention center full of yarn??? I went in search of the new offerings by Debbie Bliss, and ended up finding Debbie (herself!)
We chatted for a bit. She was everybit as nice as you would imagine she would be. What a delight!

Debby Ware Kits

We now have a selection of Debbby Ware kits in stock!

These kits contain everything you need except the needles. The uncomplicated patterns have been written so even a beginning knitter can succeed. The projects are adorable!

Roving

Did you know we now carry roving? This white ball has been washed once and carded. Two of them are one sheep's worth a wool! We also carry smaller pieces of roving in many colors as well as supplies for needles felting.
Needle felting is a fun and easy way create felted objects (such as the cherry here) as well as add embellishments to knit items and clothing.

We can teach you how in our Needle Felting Class.

Check out the pictures in this Flickr pool that show all the great things you can do with needle felting.

New Jo Sharp Books

New Jo Sharp Books
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

New Jo Sharp books have arrived!

Knit Issue 1 has men's, women's and home patterns. Many of the patterns use the new Jo Sharp Alpaca yarn collection. How beautiful is this sweater?





Saturday is full of patterns for women knit mainly with cotton yarns! Just in time to start knitting for summer!


Speaking of Jo Sharp, don't forget she'll be at Noe Knit on Sunday, June 18th. We are so excited to have her here! Give us a call to reserve your space.

June & July Classes

Fruit Cap
Originally uploaded by noeknit.

You've probably seen these incredibly cute Ann Norling Fruit Caps like this strawberry one but have maybe been a little intimidated to make one. Let us help you through it with our Fruit Cap class!

The class calendars for June & July are posted so come over & check them out. There's lots of new offerings such a Knitting Rx and the Continential Question. as well as favorites like My First Sweater. Stop in or call to sign up.

Is there a class you'd like to see? Let us know.

Two Scarf Day!

It was a scarf day today. Marezol is modeling a crochete effort from the new book "Happy Hooker". We were lucky to catch it, as it is a gift, and on it's way to the recipient.

Diana has on her own creation in Noro Kuryon.

Stella's Poncho

This is my friend Stella. She and I met at Halloween last year. We found out that we both like glitter very much. Stella is showing us a wonderful poncho from the Yarn Girls Guide, made with “fizz” fringe. Could anything be better?

Chocolate Sunday

Our first ever Chocolate Sunday was today. Chef Karletta gave us a narration of 5 chocolates. It was the perfect way to spend a cold afternoon.