The feel of warmer mornings in the air

This morning is a beautiful, sunny morning in New England! There is the hint of spring in the air, the grass is turning green, my gardens are green - with weeds! Weeds already? Come on! But enough of that.

Saturdays are great. We have a wonderful group of women that meet for our Saturday morning 10-12 class. They are buzzing with happenings during the week, show and tell and working on their projects at hand. The group waxes and wanes, depending on if people sign up for a 6 week class session or drop in for one session for help and community spirit to keep them inspired. This is the last week in the 6 week session. It is always a day of mixed emotions. Some will return for another session, some will move to another time and day because they want their weekends free with warmer weather approaching.

Our children's class meets once a month for an hour on Saturdays also. It is amazing to see these young people pick up new ideas so fast. They have little fear. We all learn from them so much.

Our KAL group met yesterday. Yes, C. found more issues with the pattern. We did a brief "meeting of the minds" chat of how we will deal with the issue. The KAL is usually a Knit a long. We are called this our "Kurse a long". But we have still had a great time working together on this. Our next challenge will be picking buttons. We have a lot of buttons, but will they be right? WE will be opening the catalog to possibly place an order.

Sunny Day!

Yes! We have had sun for the last two days. This is a good thing! Things always look better when it is sunny, don't you think? Saturdays are always fun with our classes and seeing friends that are busy working during the week that come by on this day.

This week has been busy with representatives from yarn and button companies calling on us to place spring orders. Yes, I said SPRING! It is sometimes hard to to envision what spring will be like when we have not even started into winter yet. I do have to say that there are some new beautiful yarns and buttons coming out. We are excited about the spring line up so far!

One of the areas I think we lack in are the patterns for the crocheters in our lives. I always say that crocheting has been like Cinderella in the fact that she got left behind for the ball but I think she is getting dressed right now. Last year, Tahki Charles dedicated a whole booklet for crochet. The book is in the store. This coming spring Berroco will also have a booklet that has crochet and knit in it for the person. Can't wait for the book to come in!






Just in! Look at the new sock yarn that just arrived. Opal sock yarn. It is the original hand painted, self striping yarn. The colors are gorgeous and so much fun. Right now they are in baskets next to the hand crafted jewelry by Eileen and Joan.

Our coop has been bringing in great items for the holiday season. The Unique Boutique women have some wonderful items for Hanukkah. It is early this year so don't caught without your Judicial items. They make wonderful gifts also. As some of you know we also welcome custom orders. Please note that if you are thinking of a handmade item as a holiday gift, please drop by soon. The members need time to work with you and create your item. We don't want anyone to be disappointed.




Next week we will be winding down our evening workshops until after the holiday season. There is already a great line up on our website with many more to be addedfor January. Our 6 week instructional classes will continue. If you are able to drop in on a session, it is $15.00 for two hours or if you would like to commit to joining one of our groups, we would love to have you and those are for 6 weeks for $75.00. The next 8 session begins December 1 and runs through until January 31. These classes do have an instructor present ready to help with bumps in the road.