Episode 207: Missing Yarn

Where to find us:

 

 

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What’s New:

  • Knit Group is back IN-PERSON!
    • Wednesdays from 5pm-7pm (virtual group still being hosted)
    • Sunday from 1pm-3pm (virtual group still being hosted) 
  • PODCAST PICK REVIVED:
    • Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky - $12.50 per skein
      • 145y/100g 100% Superwash Wool
      • 3.5 Sts = 1" on US 10.5 Needles
      • For best results, place garment in a mesh wash bag, machine wash separately in cold water on delicate cycle. Tumble dry on low.
    • Details about Podcast Picks
      • Good in-store or online
      • Use code: GIVEN ON THE PODCAST
      • 10% off the weekly pick items
      • Runs for 2 weeks (9/30/22-10/14/22)
  • Check it all out at Must Love Yarn

What We Are Wearing:

FO’S:

WIPs :

Simmering:

Casting On:

Upcoming Events and Exciting Things:

  • Fall classes are up on the website!
  • 2022 Seasons of Vermont Boxes  
    • GRATITUDE box now available! Mountaintop Socks pattern, DK weight self-striping yarn + complementary mini-skein by Woolens and Nosh, and bag by Fitzhugh Perfectly (and lots of other goodies)!
    • June 2022 - BALANCE still available 

Other Things We Mention:

KAL/CALs: 

  • Seasons of Vermont (SOV) Along - PRIZES DRAWN - KAL will continue
    • Starts March 18, 2022 (Release date of the first SOV box in 2022)
    • Ends May 15, 2022* subject to extensions
    • Have a SOV box that you need motivation to use?  Join us for this KAL using SOV yarns and patterns.  Don’t have an SOV box?  Not a problem, use of the released patterns from the box and your project will qualify.  Use both yarn and pattern and gain extra entries. 
    • Want to look at the SOV patterns?  We have created a SOV Bundle

 

  • Summer Tank Along
    • Starts 6/17/22 
    • Ends 9/5/22
    • No Sleeves (i.e. Tanks), must be a member of the Ravelry Group, WIPs allowed
    • Come join us for a summer tank along.  There are so many different tank options out there both knit and crochet.
    • Take our Crochet Tank Class this summer

 

  • Cables & Lace Along (NEW & UPCOMING) - FO Thread & Chatter Thread
    • Starts 9/15/22
    • Ends 11/30/22
    • Project must have cables or lace or both (extra entry if the project has both).  WIPS allowed.  So many fun projects for something like this from a cabled headband, to a sweater like Three Seasons Cardigan.

 

  • Warmth With Yarn K/CAL (ANNUAL)
    • Starts 9/1/22
    • Ends 12/31/22
    • Our annual K/CAL for donation knitting.  Help provide warm items for donation.  We pick local organizations to donate to.  You can drop off your items at the store.  Not local to us? Donate locally and enter in the Ravelry Thread.

 

 

Episode 145: The Great Rhinebeck Cast On

Thursday, October 31, 2019

 

 Where to find us:

  • Kelly

Topics:  

PICK OF THE WEEK:

Katia Big Paint - comes with free hat pattern! $11.99

If you purchase in stock weekly pick yarns from Must Love Yarn, receive 10% off with the Coupon Code we mention in the podcast! Watch Episode 73 for a quick tutorial on where to enter the coupon code at checkout if you have any questions!  Be sure the discount is showing in your cart before submitting your order, we can no longer offer refunds for discounts that are not applied correctly. If you have questions please send us a message before submitting your order!

What We Are Wearing:

 

FO’s:

 

WIPs :

 

Simmering:

 

Upcoming Projects:

Events:

  • Saturday, November 9th, 11am - 2pm Green Mountain Spinnery Trunk Show!
    • Come stock up on your favorite yarns and patterns from Green Mountain Spinnery!  Don’t forget, all of the spinnery yarns count towards our Vermont Along entries (see below)!
  • Small Business Saturday and MLY Anniversary Celebration!  November 30, 2019
    • Food Drive
      • Bring in 5 non-expired/non-perishable food item for donation and receive a Coupon for in-store use the day of the event
      • Make a cash donation of $10 or more and receive a coupon for in-store use the day of the event (no credit card donations will be accepted)
    • Stay Tuned for more fun activities

KALs: 

  • Angela’s Instagram contest….and the winner is…...
  • Warmth With Yarn K/CAL - our version of the mitten tree.  We collect and donate hats, mittens, gloves, scarves, shawls, socks, and other items intended to keep the recipient warm.  The local charities who benefit: Spectrum Youth Services, COTS, ANew Place.
    • We will collect items beginning September 1 - November 15
    • Bring items into the store or mail them to us to be entered
    • We will also run a page on Ravelry for you to enter if you are donating these items locally to you.
  • Vermont-along - Celebrate Vermont’s designers and yarn dyers
    • Begins October 1, 2019 and runs through January 1, 2020
    • Use a pattern from a Vermont Designer (bundle here) or yarn from a Vermont-based yarn dyer/farmer.  Also any Patterns from the upcoming Nomadic Knits: Vermont will also count.
    • Use multiple items and receive additional entries in the FO thread
    • Have fun and find some new designers and yarn Dyers/farmers