Congratulations!

Saturday was a successful day for both Kniterary and Hedgehog Stitchery!

Many knitters came to join in and helped to create the fun atmosphere that Kniterary has.

Vickie showed off her new room full of Cross stitch supplies!

I still made time to help out with knitting enquiries! That is what I am here for!

I hope that everyone who attended had as great a time as I did!

Great day but No Web Site Again!

Wow! What a day at Kniterary! The shop was packed wall to wall all day long!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success! A special thanks to my volunteer knitters who added just the perfect bit of fun to the event!

After the great day....I am without a functioning web site again! I'll be changing hosts this week so don't fret!

Pictures soon!

But for now prize winners.

1st door prize was sock yarn by The Sweet Sheep. Won by Sue who was at the shop to claim it and is now finally starting her own personal yarn stash.

2nd: Soak fine fibre wash. Won by Cathy

3rd: Bamboo Yarn by Dyed in the Wool Handmade. Won by Retta

4th: Lana Knits Hemp Poncho Kit. Won by Chris

5th: Scarf and Head Band pattern by Vickie Hartog. Won by Marianne

AND... The grand prize of Hand Painted bag and mug by Carolyn Lorimer, Mason Dixon Knitting book and a lovely bag of shade grown coffee donated by The Cookie Shoppe .

Won by Gwen.

Congrats to all!

Now on to tackle the web site mini war!

May 10th Door Prizes

A Hand Painted Knitting Bag.

Hemp Poncho Kit.

The Sweet Sheep Hand Dyed Sock Yarn

Hand Painted Mug

Lang Jawoll Cotton Sock Yarn

Soak Hand washing Soap.

Kniterarians Celebrate!

Hello Kniterarians!

(If you are looking for the flyer go to previous post!)

This Saturday May 10th is a day of Celebration at Kniterary!

We are celebrating the Grand Opening of Hedgehog Stitchery, the 1st Anniversary of my proprietorship of Kniterary and the 2nd Anniversary of Kniterary your not so ordinary yarn shop!

There will be guest designers, food, door prizes and deals (Most yarns and accessories will be at least 10% off)!

Michelle of The Sweet Sheep will be demonstrating Crock Pot Dyeing at Noon and 2 PM. We will also have special priced, limited edition celebration sock yarn available for the day that Michelle has dyed.

Would anyone be interested in volunteering an hour or so on Saturday to knit in the shop? I hope that having knitters around will encourage any non-knitters to take the plunge. There will an extra 5% off any purchase for your time! The only request that I have is that you work on a project that uses yarn purchased at Kniterary. If you are interested please let me know what approximate time you plan on being in between 10 AM and 5 PM.

Please be sure to pass on the news of our Celebration to anyone you think may be interested in finding out about Kniterary and/or Hedgehog Stitchery.

Knit on Kniterarians!

Martina

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Anniversary Celebration

Anniversary Celebration
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Mission Falls Meets Area Rug

With a Great Niece or Nephew on the way I could resist Mission Falls cotton from Kniterary no longer. You can see from my personal knitting blog that a yarn purchase wasn't necessary, but there is no resisting the colours from Mission Falls. You can pick almost any colours and they look great together. What was really funny, was when I decided to photograph on something other than the bland sheets/pillowcases that I use when photographing for patterns to publish I decided to use our area rug in the family. How clueless can I be...the colours were the EXACT shades as were in the rug! The cardigan pattern is one I have made myself, incorporating cables of a different colour than the main body, similar to a sweater I made myself years ago from a knitting magazine, and then to go a step further I decided on stripes. Then, for one more twist on the cable, inspired by Fiona Ellis' daring, I twisted different colours in the X's than the O's in the Hugs and Kisses cable. I am debating writing this pattern up for Kniterary, because it may be a bit much. So, if you would like this or perhaps a simplified version, let me know and I will write it up. The baby shower was today, so, missed the deadline, but baby isn't due for a few weeks, and of course the cardigan is sized for over 6 months, so it will get lots of use.

New Look at Kniterary Arrives.

You must all come in and have a look at the rearrangement of the shop!!