Excited for Socktober Give Away!!!!

Hello All! Hope you're having a good end to your summer!

We're working on our Fall class schedule. Sign up here for our next e-newsletter! It should be available in the next few weeks.

Our downtown Lancaster shop has packed up and moved. Come see us at our new location at 3519 Old Philadelphia Pike in Intercourse, PA. We're open 6 days a week. Monday - Saturday 9AM - 6PM. Join us Thursday evenings between 6 & 8 p.m. for a drop in knit & crochet group. Bring your own coffee, sometimes there's wine to share! More info at http://lancasteryarnshop.com

Owner, Wendy is still knitting the spot check socks, almost through the second sock! She cast on a sweater that will be a Christmas gift--so we'll be vague about it, except to say how much she loves her Addi turbo needles ! She's got a few shop samples underway, too (of course!). Among other things, she's working on a long, narrow scarf in Schulana kid-seta, a mohair & silk blend. Wendy finished up a couple of ballband dish cloths in TSC Cotton Classic that LYS carries. 2 skeins made 2 dishcloths in that pattern, and a third in a simple stripe.

Rachel-Marie has been knitting on her chevron socks and can't wait to dye new colorways! She specializes in "confetti style" patterns, and likes to watch the different colors pop up in her stitches. She's also been dyeing bamboo, organic cotton, alpaca, and wool. Keeping LYS customers entertained with new colors and textures. This knitty dirty girl keeps track of her upcoming projects very carefully here in her Ravelry notebook.

We're still working on our part of the world's longest scarf! This project is sponsored by Heifer International and Keep the Fleece.org. We've got two scarves going; one is a corriedale wool from a farm up in Denver, PA, and the other is a worsted alpaca from Kur-Del Farm in New Holland. Stop in to knit a row or two for this great cause! Your donation of one dollar a row will support an international effort to safeguard rare fiber producing animals!

Wendy is knitting a square for the Poetry Society 'Knit a Poem' project. Check out their website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk

Are you ready for Socktober? The newest season sweeping the hipster and savvy knitting community? We're planning a month of fun, funky sock-y love! Break out those DPNs and try magic loop! To get you all excited about socks in time for this special month we're running a special give away!

Post a sock related comment on this blog and you might win
the pictured set of KnittyDirtyGirl sock yarn +
matching ball of Ballad for heel and toe +
Addi 40" #1 needles + Favorite Socks Book.

(7-29 revised) We'll use a random number generator to pick a name for the drawing on October 24 and contact the winner! Make sure to leave a way for us to get in touch with you.

Sock Related Comment example:
I just love knitting socks Magic Loop style on Addi knitting needles. They go so fast. I'm looking forward to Socktober!

Okay, more blogs soon. Rachel-Marie has lots of bloggity things to share with you! =)

Knit On!
Lancaster Yarn Shop Staff

Online Shop, Field Trip, Ingrid Michaelson

Hello LYS Friends!

We now have an online shop! yayyyy! The webshop is is now full of classes, Lamb's Pride, and Shibui sock yarn. If you need something special not listed in the online shop, just send me an e-mail @ lancasteryarnshop@gmail.com and I'll do my best to make you a custom listing to buy. That's not the only news to report, we had an LYS field trip last week!

On May 3rd, LYS owner, Wendy, took Katie + Jeanie + I to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. We all had a fabulous time, such an inspirational trip.

(Pictured Above: L to R Jeanie, Katie, and Wendy @ MS&W
during the Ravelry meetup)

(Above Slideshow: Various Pictures + Videos from MS&W)

We came home with lots of goodies including autographs from the Ravelry.com staff!

and we were all tickled pink to meet Amy of Knitty.com!

Even despite all of the rain, we couldn't have asked for a more fiber enchanted day! We all went home with soggy feet and happy hearts.

We're not the only ones with knitting on the brain, Wendy recently discovered Ingrid Michaelson on a PBS show. One of her songs "The Hat" apart of her "Boys + Girls" album, is a beautiful song with some knitting references. She doesn't openly offer this song for free, but you can catch a glimpse of it at around 2:30 in this adorable interview (below). And please, go ahead and buy her music, she's so worth it!

Well I hope you all have a wonderful day. Knit, Knit, Knit!
Love,
Rachel-Marie + the LYS Staff