Nothing makes me happier than the first bite of frosty air. It has finally arrived! We have had our first fire in the fireplace and I am ready to settle back into the sofa, watch football (even though the sox did so well) and knit the cold air away! Sounds like an oxymoron, but it is the truth. Everything I knit is intended to keep the cold air at bay; mittens for cold hands, socks for purple toes, and sweaters to give extra hugs of warmth on chilly afternoons. If you are ready to take on fall and winter knitting come on in to the shop and get inspired.

One of the very newest things that we have to offer is a limited, but ever changing supply of hand spun, hand dyed yarn from Brooksong Fibers; Roberta Evans’ very own sheep and farm. The undyed handspun yarn even has the name of the sheep that so thoughtfully donated its fleece. Annabelle, Tapio and Grace are lovingly cared for by Roberta and they love to see their fleece used by valley knitters. Roberta washed and carded and spun this fleece into the softest, warmest, most knittable yarn in the valley. She even designed a simple hat pattern that uses only one skein of this sensuous stuff so that you can treat yourself and any number of your loved ones. We give the pattern to you free when you purchase the yarn, the choice of 3 natural colors is all yours.

Brooksong Fibers are all processed without any chemicals or bleaches. The dyes that are used are all petro chemically free. This makes the colors very clear and the natural yarns very soft. Adrienne is using the multi colored yarn to make a pair of socks on a size 6 needle. We will have these on display as soon as one of them is done.  We are proud to support on of our favorite local growers of yarn by making this product available to you.

Now that fall is officially under way I want to remind you that we are open on Sundays from 1pm -5pm. We will continue to open on Sundays all the way through February. I want to be sure that you are able to get your “knitting on” whenever you need it. I think you will need knitting this winter if you are a Patriots fan like me. Go Patriots!! I am just about ready to start my Super Bowl sweater so watch for updates about that.

Happy Knitting! Linda