NEW–NEW–NEW
Ironstone Yarns have been added to our list of companies with three exciting new yarns and pattern support:
SUN: Three yarns together, a ribbon, a sparkly and a thin nubby cotton. Make a beautiful Spring shrug with two skeins, or it will be lovely as a scarf or shawl for Spring! See the sample garment!
SKY: (see a pattern here?) Two thin yarns 70% cotton/30% rayon…check out the sweater sample.
SOLO: Sport or DK weight 100% cotton in vibrant Spring/Summer shades. We have a lovely short sleeved cardigan sample to whet your summer sweater appetite!
There are also four pattern booklets with great items to make from these yarns.
WORK IN PROGRESS WORKBOOK…wait, there’s nothing in it…well, in the back there are empty graphs…
But if you think about it…these workbooks are great for sketches and chart patterns that you want to make in the future, or notes about items you have recently made, or cut out pictures of things you would like to make. You will think of loads of things you do with this workbook.
We have restocked several of our ‘old standby’ books…so if we didn’t have it when you were in…perhaps we have it now.
Spinning in Southaven
Hank of Yarn will be open March 19, 6-9pm for spinners. Bring your wheel or drop spindles and spin with us. If you have always been interested in spinning but haven’t acted on your interest, come watch and/or try it out! We will provide light refreshments.
Knitting
How smooth the feel
of wooden knitting needles
Moving in my fingers
flicking the woolen yarn
Down and over
in the primal rhythms of a motion
As easy as singing.
Quiet, I grow comfortable
So to be joined
by threads to my forebears, women
Knitting in the sun
at windows of cottages and shacks,
Nearly idle.
Thoughts briefly rising and falling
Graze the pattern
emerging as I stitch
and may change it.
Though I keep to the overall shapes
that hands have known
Of themselves for centuries so well
I seldom look down.
My mind, become peaceable, can listen
to the silence of the ages
Till I find in the blunted click of the wooden needles
The music of the poetry I live by.
Phyllis Hoge Thompson
CLASSES _______________________________
Baby Surprise
Learn to knit the “Surprise Jacket”–aptly named because it looks like nothing on earth when you have finished knitting it…but it does turn into a cute jacket! Your instructor is Christy, and she will cover a brief biography of Elizabeth Zimmermann, the amazing designer and who, according to the New York Times, ‘revolutionized the art of knitting.” The final class will also cover options and minor pattern changes such as lengthening the sleeves, adding a hood, or a collar, etc. The pattern covers the jacket from infant to adult.
Scribble Lace
A fun way to mix bulky yarn with lace yarn! Laura will teach the inspiring technique of scribble lace, a way of creating lace without yarnovers or decreases.
Fair Isle
Our popular Fair Isle class is scheduled again for Saturday, March 6 from 1-3. These hats are turning out just beautifully using the Jojoland yarns. Sign up soon before the class fills.
Felted Slippers
Quick easy instructions to make slippers for any member of the family or all of them!
Mittens
Start knitting for fingers by doing mittens (one finger per mitten) and then you will be prepared to do a glove!
Check out our website for more details! www.hankofyarn.com
