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Monday, June 22, 2009

WWKIPD + Much More!

Hello! Good Morning! It's a beautiful day out here at Kitchen Kettle Village LYS.

June 13th was World Wide Knit in Public Day. We had guest knitters at both of our shops. I was at Kitchen Kettle knitting on some socks. How relaxing!

(Pictured Above: WWKIP Day @ LYS in KKV)

(Pictured Above: WWKIP Day @ LYS in KKV)

Emma's socks in maryjanes stole the spotlight and were the envy of every knitter there!

(Pictured Above: Emma's pretty socks)

Teddy was a good boy.

(Pictured Above: Teddy keeping the knitters company)

We have a June newsletter out. Click here to view it, if you haven't already subscribed.

I'd also like to share with you, LYS owner Bob Ellis is in a really fun band called The Wringers. There have been talks about knitting songs with needle clicks and my high old timey voice for vocals. If you're lucky you can catch them on Music Fridays at the downtown LYS. Call ahead. My son Mister Oc always has a good time dancing right smack in the middle of the band haha.




(Video: The Wringers)

I'm thrilled to say that I took the first part of the Magic Loop class last weekend. I was bursting with sock enthusiasm! My laddering problem is solved. Now when I pull on my stitch to tighten up the ladder it tightens around the circular needle's cord, which is even smaller than the needle part and gets rid of my ladders completely. Thank goodness. Quick, no ladders, and you gets to knit socks on ADDIS! What more could you want??

I was so inspired that I bought Cookie A.'s book Sock Innovation along with the provided book, Sensational Socks. Both inspiring and very helpful. I'm knitting a chevron pattern with my own hand dyed sock yarn (available at both LYS locations) along with a matching Ballad ball in brown.


(Pictured Above: KnittyDirtyGirl sock yarn)


All LYS classes are listed here. They all look very exciting. You should take the Brioch Shawl or the Radiate class! Gorgeous!


(Pictured Above: Brioch Shawl in Zara)

Below is a photo of Wendy's socks in a skein of Whorled Peace yarn + ShiBui, using a pattern from the Handpainted Sock book that I also own. (GORGEOUS BOOK). I watched Wendy knit it and the colorwork has a nice rhthym to it. I think I might want to try that next!



(Pictured Above: Wendy's sock WIP)

Thanks for stopping by! Please come see me @ my reception on July 3rd. I'm the featured artist @ the downtown LYS. http://lancasteryarnshop.com for more info.

Love,
Rachel-Marie + LYS Staffypoo

Saturday, June 6, 2009

June Newsletter

The LYS e-newsletter for June has been sent to our growing list of knitters & crocheters. It's full of news about Lancaster Yarn Shop. If you didn't get one, and would like to, go to our website http://www.lancasteryarnshop.com and sign up to receive it!

We've listed several new knitting classes, which are also on the website. We have several new teachers working with us to build a series of classes for knitters and crocheters of all skill levels.
If you don't see the class you're interested in, let us know so we can look into it!

We have announced our new summer hours for the downtown shop. We are now open only on Market Days--Tuesday, Friday & Saturday between 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. We'll be open late for First & Third Fridays, though, so please stop in when you come to town!

This impacts our Thursday evening knitting group, which we are moving next week (June 11th)to the Intercourse shop. Please join us for a friendly drop-in knitting/crochet group between 6 &
8 p.m. The address is 3519 Old Philadelphia Pike & there is plenty of free parking out back!
The Friday afternoon open knitting group will continue to meet at our downtown shop.

Don't forget about Worldwide Knit in Public Day! Join us at either shop between 10 and 2!
Bring your knitting & a chair! If it rains, we'll knit inside!

Are you on Ravelry? Please join our LYS group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/lancaster-yarn-shop! We'd love to see what you're working on these days!

Follow LYS on Twitter! @lancyarnshop

Happy Knitting!
Wendy

Monday, June 1, 2009

Join us for World Wide Knit in Public Day!

On June 13th please plan on joining us at LYS for Worldwide Knit in Public Day!!



United States, Pennsylvania, Intercourse
Hosted by: Wendy Ellis
Location: Lancaster Yarn Shop at Kitchen Kettle Village
Time: 10:00-2:00
Date: June 13, 2009


How to get there:
We'll be knitting on the front and back porches at LYS in Intercourse, PA. The shop address is: 3519 Old Philadelphia Pike Intercourse, PA 17534 (717)768-8007 www.lancasteryarnshop.com find us at www.knitmap.com

Please bring:
Please bring your chair, a cold drink for yourself and your knitting!
It can be sunny on the back porch,
so bring sunblock if you think you might need it!

The backup plan is:
In the event of rain, please come anyway!
We'll knit on the front porch and inside!

This KIP is not knitting exclusive

There are free bathrooms available nearby