10/09/2026
🧶 Feature Friday Show Notes 🧶
Feature Friday, October 9th - a magical new scarf yarn!
Missed the live? Catch the replay here: (https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18bAZG5LWM/)
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What's on my needles?
I've dug out my Flock Vest to continue stitching away on her. I'm past the armhole separation, so I went ahead and paused the body to knit the armhole edging. I like to see the sweater unfold as it is knit and hate leaving all the finishing for the very end. So I'll mix up the order of knitting when I can. Because why not??
📓 - Flock Vest by Andrea Mowry
🧶 - Ideal from Manos del Uruguay
I have succumbed to FOMO and started a new sweater out of Lucky Tweed. I've wanted to knit another sweater out of this lovely Donegal tweed yarn from Kelbourne Woolens and a group of friends decided to cast on the Winter Lamb sweater. I couldn't resist, so I cast on earlier this week!
📓 - Winter Lamb pullover by Ashley Weeks Cart
🧶 - Lucky Tweed by Kelbourne Woolens (color: Pistachio)
And now that shop hop is over, we're full steam ahead on all things advent!
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Things mentioned today:
A whole list of fabulous books:
The Knitter's Sweater Fitting Bible
No Fear Sock Knitting
The Beginner's Guide to Visible Mending
Handy Pocket Guide to Embroidery Stitching
How To Knit A Ghost
The Doodle Knit Directory
A new tool from Twice Sheared Sheep, called the Project Harmony Wheel. It's a great tool for selecting colors for your projects!
The holiday sock yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners is 25% off, so stock up now to get started for holiday knitting. Socks would be great, of course, but this yarn would be great for a hat too!
And finally, the magical scarf yarn from Sirdar! These 300 gram balls feature all four house colors from Hogwarts, the magical school from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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Classes Coming Up!
Knit Companion: What Can It Do?
Saturday, October 17th from 10:30a -12:30p
Instructor: Karen Collins
Description: This 2-hour, hands-on class is designed for those who want to try the free version of the popular app KnitCompanion, using either the Android or iOS platform. Follow along in person on the large screen as Karen demonstrates some of the capabilities, and learn to set things up on your own device.
Oops! Now What?
Saturday, October 17th from 1:00p -3:00p
Instructor: Karen Collins
Description: Do you find yourself frustrated by mistakes in your knitting, wondering how did I even make that mistake? In this class you will learn tips and tricks to prevent making mistakes, learn to read your knitting so you can identify mistakes, how to process and plan the method to fix the mistake, and finally how to correct the mistake with confidence.
Save the Date!
A Sweater Workshop, taught by Karen and Lindsay
Saturday, November 7th, all day
More details next week!
Small Business Saturday
Saturday, November 28th
A festive day to spend in Charlotte 🎄
