Great Crochet at Great Yarns

We have a Crocheter Extraordinaire at Great Yarns in Raleigh!

Deb has a design in this new Crocheted Shawls book.

This is the beautiful crochet shawl that Deb designed

in the book.

Deb can do anything that involves crochet.

And a whole lot of knitting too!

Deb is always cheerful and willing to help everyone with all

of their projects.

Many people have taken Crochet classes from Deb and have

"hooked" on it

Here is a beautiful crochet baby blanket that Deb just 

finished that is on display at Great Yarns!

THE WINNER IS...

Thank you all for participating in this little contest on our new blog!

I enjoyed hosting this event very much! 

But now, the suspense is making me feel a little queasy!

Prizes today are all wonderful sock yarns!

Some from Mary,

Some from Mary Ann

and some from my very own beautiful shelf!

I Had 78 hanks, skeins and balls of yarn on my shelf!

The nearest guess- without going over...

Our grand prize winner is - Michele D!!!

She gets this wonderful Three Waters Farm Superwash Merino in "Storm At Dusk" AND a Gift Certificate- good at all of our stores or the ONLINE STORE!

Mrs. D has been knitting her heart out for the Chapel Hill High Wrestling team's winning season, her husband is the coach! I hope she uses this prize as a treat for herself! I am so proud!

Three of you were also very close and your prizes are:

Nicole gets SHi BUi Sock- color 3001, they call it Pebble, it reminds me of the Carolina coast in winter... very pretty!

Mandy gets SRK On Your Toes- with aloe!  Shade ON223815-  a delightfully soft yarn in a very strapping colorway!

Lucinda gets Cascade Fixation in pretty pink and green, color #9904!

I can't believe it, but no one even tried to guess the amount of yarn by weight!

10 Pounds, by the way!

I thought about keeping those prizes to myself- I'm only sort of kidding!

But alas, there are two lovely ladies who had the next closest guesses:

M. Lagera with a long distance guess, gets Three Waters Farm Superwash Merino in Kaleidoscope! It doesn't count as cheating on a yarn diet if you win it!

and Cheryl gets SHi BUi Sock- color 323, a very vivid peacock!

 

and the winner of our employee contest, I am thrilled to announce is...

NICK in Greensboro! He will get  this colorful and exciting Opal in color #1435 and a surprise!

I can't wait to see all of the wonderful things that you knit with these yarns I love.

If you email me a picture of what you use them for, I  would be honored to post them on this blog and link to yours!

I will be sending you all an email, so you know it's you. Your prizes will be with me in the Carrboro shop on Sunday 1-4 pm. Come on by and say hello! If you are far away respond to my email with an address and I will ship your goodies!

Thank you all for playing, I had a blast! Just in case you were worried about me...

I get a prize too!

Regia Mozaik Color 

Shade 5560

Finished Projects

Here is lovely Rebecca modeling a newly finished store sample made in the new soft alpaca/cashmere blend King George.

This is a warm ribbed hat and scarf set made for a lucky daughter-in law!

Here is Rebecca modeling her own hooded and cabled sweater that she just completed out of the always favorite Cascade 220.

This is a finished sweater from the Fall Rowan made from wonderfully soft Kid Silk Haze and Wool Cotton.

Ann shows off her new sweater made in the now discontinued (sniff!) Rowan Cork. Notice the Rowan-like pose and gaze that you take on when you wear their products.

Patterned socks made out of Panda Cotton.

This is a beautiful baby blanket made by a customer for an as-yet-to-be -conceived grandbaby.

This cabled entrelac blanket is truly special.

This bag was made as a gift for a very lucky batman fan. The knitter graphed out the logo and designed the bag herself. How much fun!

I love seeing all the finished things people make. Please come by and show us what you have finished and we will take a picture and share them with everyone.

INSPIRED

I've been pondering knitting some copper wire into something for a while now. With two special Birthdays (actually one birthday, two special people) happening in a busy week, I needed something shiny and quick.

Reading Mary's Knitting Jewelry post got me to actually try it. 

I tell you it wasn't easy, I liked the thicker wire and I chose beads that had squared edges, so it took a bit of practice...

What fun results!

Here's what I came up with in just a short time-

and number two-

Amazing the things you think you'd never do.

Remember ladies and gentlemen that tomorrow is the last day to put in your guesses for the CONTEST!

I am so excited to start handing out prizes!!

KNITTING CIRCLES AROUND ME

I am surrounded by the coolest most inspiring people! 

That includes you who come into the shop, work with me, and read this blog.

I get encouragement and inspiration from you all.

There really is a huge amount of creativity right here around us.

I love to contribute to that, and I am learning to appreciate when the creative spoils come my way- without feeling too guilty!

Last year our good friend Mr. W. Lambe (of Guitar building fame) asked a wonderful and artistic woman to marry him, and I was instantly thinking about what to knit! It was an early summer wedding, so that automatically ruled out quite a few things. While roaming the shop one day looking for the ever elusive idea... I came upon this lovely lace weight in off -white... 800+ yards! 

Ah Ha! 

Beads! 

Random holes in it! 

I had the idea. 

This is what I did with it.

The name of the yarn is Lacey Lamb and as her name is Lacey, the future Mrs. Lambe, that was just too good to pass up! 

That's my hand, not hers, the credit for those two pictures goes to E.

The shawl came out great, she loved it. 

Then I whipped together a felted MoneyBag (another one of my sweetie's bright ideas) while they were on their honeymoon, and he and I filled it with all of our rolled change. 

That's what people really want when they get married, right?

MONEY!

So mission accomplished! I'm pretty sure they liked both of my creations, I got to enjoy the creative creating process, and not another thought about it.

Until tonight...

When Lacey gave me this-

My picture does not do this lovely painting justice, but that ball of yarn has got little eyes and a sly smile! I love him and he's my new friend! Did you see that at the bottom? "for Hannah"!!!

I  knitted things and she painted knitting things! 

I knit, she knits, we knit!

Let the World know you are a Knitter

We just got a new shipment of these car magnets . You can choose from slip, slip knit-which is left leaning, or K2tog- which is right leaning or K1P1 which s 1x1 rib

Only a knitter will know the code!

Color Explosion

Look at the Rainbow of color that came with the latest Lambs Pride Delivery!!!

Remember all these wonderful colors are not only available in our stores but you can also get them at our online store as well.