What's New: 7.28.10

As the boxes begin to arrive and we prepare for the fall knitting season, everyone at the shop gets excited to open boxes and see what's new. Fall Knitwear Trends include both fine and chunky to super chunky knits, layered knitwear including leggings and knee socks, as well as, skirts and dresses, too. Long sweaters to the knee as well as the short boxy sweaters and asymmetrical closures continue to be in vogue.

I now have 4 bags of projects lined up for the next few weeks and not even half of our fall orders are here. So much yarn and so little time- Life is too short to knit on cheap yarn!

UPS is smoking hot this week. Tina and Angel are rearranging the store to make room for several HUGE shipments arriving this week. Check out some of the new yarns below. We don't want empty cubbies.

Berroco sent us 12 boxes weighing more than 600 lbs. Some boxes are here and others are in Chicago. The UPS driver warned us that tomorrow we can expect to be hit big time. We should have new stock marked by the weekend. This shipment includes a restock for Vintage Wool and Weekend Cotton, plus new yarns. New to the shop are: Borealis, Vintage Chunky, Remix, & New COLORS in Blackstone Tweed, Vintage, Weekend, & Peruvia Quick. Also watch for the new Sox Metallic colors. As Always, there is good pattern support for all of the Berroco yarns and a new pattern book from Nora Gaughan as well.

Borealis is a chunky acrylic wool blend that has great sheen & colors.

Remix is a Aran weight mixture of rayon, cotton, acrylic, silk & linen that has the feel of silky wool. It boasts 216 yards of recycled fibers for $10.50 a skein.

The new Royal Alpaca from AslanTrends arrived and it is gorgeous. The 17 colors are beautiful and the hand on this yarn is wondrous..It is Dehaired alpaca. So why does that process result in gorgeous yarn? The process separates the coast fiber from the softer fibers which adds a great deal of softness to the final product. It makes the exquisitely soft yarn perfect for wearing next to your skin. This worsted weight yarn boasts 220 yards per skein and sells for $15.00 which is a bargain for this beautiful new yarn.

Great New Book Arrivals:

The newest addition to the Isager pattern collection. This book by Helga Isager (Marianne's daughter) is full of inspired creations representing the Popular culture. She offers at least one pattern for each ten year period starting with 1900 covering the 20th century. We carry the Isager yarns to support this new book.

Wonderful new lace patterns can be found in Knitted Lace. Get a free pattern for the Cat's Eye Scarf which is found in this new release. Norwegian Sweater Techniques for Today's Knitter.

Freebies & Resources

This week's weather is too hot to wear slippers unless you have the air turned way down, but it is never too early to starting holiday knitting. Check out these cute adult Mary Jane's knit in super bulky yarn.

Check out many new patterns available from Drops.

I liked a number of the new designs including: