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Sale! New items were added to the sale page on 8 February.

7 February 2010

February is Love a Soldier, Knit a Helmet Liner month! I have joined a group of independent local yarn shops across the US to collect 30,000 helmet liners for distribution to troops deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq.

79 troops were deployed along with 320 others from the central Virginia area on Jan 15.  Hats I collect will be donated to this group first. If there are extras, they will be taken to Fort Pickett, VA.

Total collected to date is 8. Let's make this number grow!

FREE HELMET LINER PATTERN (PDF, 93KB)

I have knit several samples and they take about 10 hours to knit.

The liners must be 100% wool in black, brown, tan, charcoal or gray or variegated colors in those shades. The wool is a necessary safety feature as it will not burn easily. Attention must be paid to achieving the correct gauge, as these need to fit underneath the helmets. If you don't have any suitable yarn in your stash, here are some suggestions:

• Harrisville New England Highland
  50. Black, 49. Charcoal, 48. Dove Grey
• Dark Horse Rhapsody
  56. dark wood green, 63. dark steel grey
• Araucania Nature Wool
  14. brown, 38. brown
• EA Yarns Andes
  6. chocolate/almond
• Dale of Norway Freestyle
  blacks, brown, greys
• Jamieson Heather Aran
  126. Charcoal, 1190. Burnt Umber

Please send your completed liners to

Yarn Barn
5077 Andersonville Rd
Dillwyn, Va. 23936

Thank you for your help meeting our goal!

18 Nov 2009

This Hibiscus Cardigan pattern, designed by Anne Featonby, is now in stock. The design is knit in 9 colors of Jamieson Spindrift and is written for 6 sizes, 35" - 53.5" (finished).

 

 

Another recent arrival is Jane Ellison's Noro Men, with 17 garments and accessories knit in a variety of Noro yarns for men. The "Joben" design shown here is knit in aran weight multicolor Bonbori, finished sizes 42.5" - 54".

6 Nov 2009

Interweave Knits Accessories 2009 issue includes over 60 projects including scarves, hats, socks, and mittens. These would make great quick knits for holiday gift giving.

 

 

Several colors of the Nantucket Bagg Company's reversible, convertible multi-purpose tool bag shown here are now in stock. These bags can be configured as totes, rolls, or backpacks with the pockets either inside or out. The bag can be unzipped to lay flat so you can see everything in all 30 pockets.

 

4 Oct 2009

Some new 4-ply sock yarn from Regia has arrived. Flusi colorways are based on the characters in the children's story book Flusi and the Sock Yarn, about socks and sock monsters. The book includes a pattern for children's socks.

Hand Dye colorways have hand dyed self-striping effect. These are 100gm balls with a slightly different fiber content than most of the Regia 4-ply: 70% wool, 25% polyamid, and 5% nylon.

I also have a new book by Cat Bordhi, Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters, which explains how to make custom-fitted socks, worked in the round and with replaceable heels and toes. The book includes 28 designs to knit to your personal footprint.

9 Sep 2009

Images and yarn requirements are online for Jane Ellison's new Mirasol pattern books. The Mirasol Accessories Collection, Book 6 includes hats, bags, toys, a mobile, a blanket, fingerless mittens, and socks knit in a variety of Mirasol yarns.

The Mirasol Collection, Book 7  includes several sweaters as well as accessories. The featured yarn is the new Akapana, a baby llama/merino wool/donegal blend knit at 5 sts per inch.  The new K'acha yarn, a merino wool/suri alpaca/silk blend knit at 5 sts per inch, also features.

8 Sep 2009

All 51 colors (42 dyed, 9 natural) of Elemental Affects Natural Shetland are now in stock. This is an American produced yarn from shetland sheep in Montana.

 

 

 

 

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