Sheeps Ahoy will be at the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair this coming weekend. Details are as follows:
Saturday, September 11, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Bingemans, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ontario
$5 per person, children under 12 free.
This show is the biggest knitting-buying orgy in Canada. Come on by and say ‘hello’.
Watch this site over the next few days as I add all the new stuff we’ve received to prepare for this show. All the new stuff will appear under the category NEW STUFF on the right side.
Sheeps Ahoy is now selling designs by Mabel Corlett. Check under Patterns->Mabel Corlett Designs to see what we have. I can kit up any of these designs for you. The kit prices will show up under the Kits section in a few days. Check them out!
Border Collie Shirt-Tail
Taiga
Border Collie Sweater
Grass Creek Park Sweater
Grass Creek Park Vest
Holiday Fair
Shy Sheep Cardigan
Shy Sheep Vest
Anniversary Twist
I knew I would take a break from colour knitting for a bit once I finished Hibiscus. I just didn’t realize it would be such a short break. But this sweater has been calling out to be knit for a while now. So, allow me to introduce you to Flowers of Life by Ron Schweitzer, pattern from Schoolhouse Press. I have kits made up but they aren’t on the website yet. I’ll price them and add them in the next few days.
I’m back. Knitting Camp was wonderful (how could it not be) and I have lots of knitting ideas to share. I’ll try to update the blog with some of the highlights in the next couple of days.
As Meg would say, “Knit On”.
I’m at Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp. I will read my e-mail if possible, but will not be answering the phone. I’ll get back to you on July 13 when I’m home.
It had to happen! I now have a completed Hibiscus Cardigan (designed by Anne Featonby) to show you. It is even more lovely in person.
There are more pictures on my blog (see Deb’s Blog in the Links section on the left).
I have two pieces of news to share with you. First, I will be attending Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp from July 8 to 12. Sheeps Ahoy will be closed during that time. You can still send me an e-mail (I will check my e-mail while I’m away) or leave voice mail for me. I’ll take care of you on the 13th.
The second piece of news is very exciting. I will be at the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair this year on Saturday, September 11. See the link for details of time, cost, directions, etc. I hope to see some of you there.
Check out my blog to see what’s on my needles and what has been happening in our house.
For those of you who are interested in knitting Hibiscus and would like some support, Anne Featonby (the designer of this cardigan) is hosting a knit-along/tutorial on her site, Shades of Shetland.
Anne has been knitting beautiful fair isle designs much longer than I have. She has a wealth of knowledge to help get us a finished Hibiscus Cardigan we will love to wear. I say ‘we’ because I plan to keep close track of Anne’s tutorial. My Hibiscus has most of one sleeve now, but I’m sure I will learn a lot from this tutorial too.
If you need the kit, let me know. I have lots in stock here at Sheeps Ahoy, ready to ship.
A number of people have asked me for a basic sock pattern. I’ve used this in classes to teach people to knit socks and have given it out to other knitters who are interested in try out socks. So we now have a basic sock pattern on this website – in the left sidebar. Please use it responsibly - don’t sell it, let people know where it came from and don’t cast on too many pairs of socks. Enjoy.
I have a booth at the Downtown Knit Collective’s annual event called Knitters’ Frolic this coming Saturday, May 8 from 9am to 5pm. I have kits of Mabel Corlett designs, kits of designs in Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, sock yarn, books, etc.
Full details on this event can be found here.
Just between you and me – I feel a whole lot like a teenager at my first school dance. Please stop by the booth even if it’s just to say hi.
