Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Yarn Crawl


We started our day at 9:30 am with just a few knitters - after our first shop, we took some time to Knit in Public. The weather couldn't have been better if we'd ordered it personally!


Second stop was Needles and Knits where the always welcoming, Tove posed with some knitters!
Waiting for other knitters to finish shopping, we decided some tailgate knitting was in order! Nancy even had a lawn chair in her car! Here's Lisa and Lynn! I think Lynn won the spending prize! Although, she did take the opportunity to announce to other knitters, that I had purchased Lantern Moon circulars! :)












Pick Up Sticks shoppers! My little yarn room has never seen so many knitters at one time. I was outside squealing with glee - it was just so exciting to see it. Above are Erin and Clare picking through the remains of Dream in Color and to left are Lynn, Elizabeth and Nancy checking prices on their handfuls of yarn!

Knitter's knitting in public after lunch! We had two more stops after this but I forgot to take pictures - I think I was overcome by fiber fumes!

We finished up the day with ice cream from Everything Chocolate on Main Street in Newmarket! Great big cone for $2 - excellent ice cream! Al in all we had over 20 knitters at various points throughout the day - a great success for the first time! Thank you so much to everyone who participated!

Monday, June 11, 2007

I have not forgotten

how to blog - contrary to popular opinion at the Yarn Crawl on Saturday! I did try to blog on Friday and the pictures would not load - and actually from the looks of things right now, they may not load today either. And that would be too awful because I have finished a Tulip Sweater by Dream in Color and I am ridiculously proud of it. After it was finished, I spent a good amount of time, doing the petting and sighing thing that often happens when we finish a project we really love.
Ah - here it is! This is a beautiful sweater and so fun to knit. Now - all of you know that I carry sock and lace weight yarns - that's my thing, right? Well, this yarn changed all that - I've ordered all the worsted weight and all the patterns. Demand is high so the wait will be a bit but it's soooo worth it. In the meantime - I am working on a version of this sweater in the Smooshy sock yarn - I'm really, really hoping to have a few kits of those ready by the beginning of next week. There should be a few girls kits and a few boys kits if all goes according to plan.
Our Yarn Crawl was a fabulous, resounding success - I've got lots of pictures to post but no time right now - I was swamped with orders last Thursday, Friday and the weekend and must get them all out today! Not my usual speedy self but wow! it was overwhelming!
Here's the sweater again - in case you missed it the first time - told you I was ridiculously proud of it! :)

Monday, June 04, 2007

And we're back!

Phew! Pick Up Sticks is alive and well and back on the internet. It's the strangest thing - I mistakenly thought it was my programmers but it turns out it was another company who handles my domain name registration - anyway - I'm not really sure what happened but it's back and I've never been so happy to see anything in my life!
There's lots of goodies on the way this week:
There's this:


the most beautifully self striping sock yarn I've seen - colors range from dark to light even in each individual stripe. A work of art!

















There's the yarn that these socks are made out of! And when you order this
yarn, you get this pattern for free!
And there's this.....
I re-ordered Apple Laine today and Louet Gems Merino. More Duets Original
will be here by the end of June with Duets Skinny to follow shortly! Lots to look forward too!
Yarn Crawl and Knit in Public is on!
Saturday June 9th
Meet us
at
Aurora Shopping Centre (Staples)
14800 Yonge Street, Aurora (southend)
9:30 am
Look for my Black Ford Escape with Pick Up Sticks decals!

No Pick Up Sticks?

It appears, much to my dismay, that my programmers forgot to renew my domain name. It's a big mess which I discovered on the weekend. It would be the reason why when you try to go to Pick Up Sticks - there is no shop. It should be sorted out today ..............urrrrr!

Friday, June 01, 2007

And the winner is......


Eleanor from Jefferson, Maryland!
Congratulations - an autographed copy of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off is on the way to you!