New Rowan for Fall

Just look at these packed shelves! The new Rowan yarns are in and they are fantastic. There are three new yarns- Purelife Renew, Drift and Silk Twist as well as beautiful new colors in our old favorites. And of course, Rowan always has great pattern books- we got quite a few in. Check back soon- we have samples in the new yarns and I will be posting pictures shortly.

Chicago Yarn Crawl 2010

The Chicago Yarn Crawl has begun and continues until August 22.

There are 21 yarn shops are participating. All you need to do to be a part of it is stop in to any of the participating shops to get a passport. Make sure to get it stamped at each shop you visit for a chance to be entered in the Grand Prize raffle worth over $500. In addition, You’ll receive a 10% discount at each shop, a free shop pattern, and a chance to enter a raffle.

Our raffle prize includes:

• a della Q bag
• a Knit Couture knit kit
• Kaffe Fassett sock yarn
• a sock pattern
• a pair of bamboo dpn's

See you soon!

Another Great Customer Project or What You Learn In A Class!

Here is another example of a fantastic customer project. It is the Gathered Cardi from from the Spring/Summer '08 Knit 1. It is a great sweater on its own but what makes this one so special is the flower detail. Our customer recently took our Flower Class and realized that they would look perfect on her newly finished sweater. The colors are so pretty, I absolutely love it! Doesn't it look good enough to be for sale in one of the lovely Bucktown boutiques?