Virginia Knits

Update and updates needed

2012-01-24T09:26:00.003-05:00

Really looking forward to being more moblie and more verbal in the New Year.

I have been knitting....Lots and lots of lace starts and dozens of hats. Really working on my felted hats and purses and embellishment patterns, thanks to the grands and greats...If one gets something the others can't be left out.

Bryer is still with me almost every day. The little redhead spitfire is now 3. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays I am also watching 3 year old Christian and his brother Taylor in Glen Allen.

My three day a week PT is now down to one day and I am feeling so much better. Gotta keep up the exercises. If anyone one wants to come out to the farm and walk, I'd love to have some companions. We could walk, lunch and knit...Or visa versa...

Back to list duties. We'd like all of you to update your information and if you know of happenings like nearby fiber festivals or happenings we need that information updated also.

It seems we have some addresses on the list that are no longer active or valid. It would be helpful to us, since membership is limited, if you could let us know if you are still interested in being a member of this group....If you have friends that would like to be members please don't hesitate to e-mail Cathy or me....Please drop in and say hello and let us know what you are doing these days....Remember this is your blog spot too. Let's all use it.

Christmas Gifts from Art In Glass

2011-12-05T16:29:00.001-05:00

Blues to fushias

Shades of Gold

Greens & Aquas

Little dishes, 3.5"

Big (cookie) dishes, 8.5 square with gentle curve

Medium sizes

Berries and Ribbon

tgdesignsglass.blogspot.com

Dulles Christmas Show this weekend

2011-11-08T14:09:00.000-05:00

We will be at the Northern VA Christmas Show at the Dulles Expo Center this weekend November 11 - 13. Our booth number is 454.5 - 455.5. Look for our new signs Art In Glass ....by TG Designs

Waynesboro Fall Festival this weekend

2011-10-03T22:57:00.001-04:00

Come see us in Booth #30 on Saturday and Sunday at the festival. Here are some pictures of what will be in our booth.

Spend July 4th at Fredericksburg Heritage Festival

2011-06-03T09:41:00.000-04:00

Our next show is the Fredericksburg Heritage Festival on the 4th of July in Downtown Fredericksburg. If you don't have plans this is going to be great. The festival kicks off with a 5K marathon, followed by a parade, entertainment on stage all day, family activities and of course the craft show with artisans from all over.

Here are a few pictures of our last two shows.

Virginia Beach Spring Market pictues:

Gosport Arts Festival - Old Towne Portsmouth

2011-05-31T12:49:00.000-04:00

We are Continuing our
YARN LIQUIDATION SALE

You heard it here FIRST!
All YARN Inventory will be 40% off

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Memorial Highway
Yorktown, VA 23692

757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

All YARN Must GO

2011-05-19T17:37:00.000-04:00

40% off SUPER SALE

Beginning MAY 20th
All YARNS-Books and Patterns will be discounted.
Tell your friends! Nothing held back!

Every yarn~~Every Type MUST be sold!

Needles and notions will not be included in this
COMPLETE inventory sell out~~sorry
Cards will not be stamped and all sales are final.

No Dealers---No Discounts---
We Reserve the right to Limit Quantities
We Will Be OPEN MEMORIAL DAY 11-4

Traffic will be light so grab your friends and car pool for this once in a life time event.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Memorial Highway
Yorktown, VA
757-874-3939

www.coordinatedcolors.com

See us at Gosport Art Festival in Portsmouth this weekend Booth H-121

2011-05-06T11:21:00.002-04:00

Sally Melville to Teach in Yorktown!

2011-05-03T23:59:00.000-04:00

We at Coordinated Colors know very well that money is tight.
The cost of Gas is off the wall and everything is getting more expensive.

We are doing our best to keep prices as low as possible for our customers.
We believe that buying local and American as much as possible will help all of us in the long run.

We sincerely thank all of you, our customers for your continued support and patronage!
Like so many other small companies, Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe does not want to have to close.
We very much want to continue serving the knitting and crocheting community.

3 Think about which three independently owned stores
you’d miss most if they were gone. Stop in and say hello.
Pick up a little something that will make someone smile.
Your contribution is what keeps those businesses around.

50 If just half the employed U.S. population spent $50 each
month in independently owned stores, their purchases
would generate $42,629,700,000 in revenue.* Imagine the
positive impact if 3/4 of employed Americans did that.

68 For every $100 spent in independently owned stores,
$68 of it returns to the community through taxes, payroll,
and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national
chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing
comes home.
1 The number of people it takes to start the trend...you.

©® Cinda Baxter 2010; all rights reserved. Proudly supporting RetailSpeaks and independent retailers everywhere.
* Employment statistics courtesy U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2/6/2009; 68/43 courtesy Civic Economics, 2008.

Classes AND Workshops

May 7th

Beaded Knitting or Crochet
Enjoy the company of others while learning to use beads
in your projects.

$45 includes ALL....
You supply a size 6-8 needle or hook.
Spring Scarf is the project in pretty spring colors.

We have room for YOU in this class!

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May 14th
Needle Felted Silk Scarf

We have just a few seats left in this class.
Using PageWood Farm's Silk scarf we will be teaching needle felting.

NO KNITTING or CROCHET required!
You will have the luxury of creating your very own unique design using a variety
of mediums.

This workshop is FREE when the materials are purchased
in our shop.

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ATTENTION Crocheters....

May 28th and June 4th --11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Have you ever wanted to try thread crochet but were intimidated by it?
Have you wanted to be able to read patterns?

Well now is a good time for you to TRY this new skill AND Learn To Read Patterns too!

We will be holding workshops on Learning to read patterns...class project A Doily!
Using thread or another yarn weight will be up to you....You may come to one or BOTH classes.

$5 per person with advance registration

$10 on the day of the class

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Directional knitting/Crochet Through Short Row Technique

Shaping and designs through short row technique
We have a marvelous new yarn and a terrific Pattern set for this class.
This is for knitters AND crocheters alike!
Learn about short rows, what they are and how they are used.
$5 per person plus small material costs.
Tentatively scheduled for

June 4th at 1:30

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For those of you who have asked...we are wanting to schedule a new sock class.

Please let us know if early evenings or weekends would be better

We do have a few pair of hand knitted socks now available for you to purchase.

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Now Accpting Reservations for

SALLY MELVILLE

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Friday -- Early evening

TWO COLORS, TWO HANDS

Two color stranded, also know as fairisle, is one of knitting’s most glorious traditions.

This workshop explores the techniques we need to make beautiful fabrics with heavy emphasis

on alternative methods of using your hands (and even your neck) to manage the yarn.

Cost: $75.00

50% down required to hold your seat

Please pay by cheque or in cash.

You WILL be given a receipt.

Tidewater Knitting Guild of Virginia Members, A discount will apply at the time of registeration.

SUPPLIES TO BRING : more homework yarn + part balls of 2 other colors

Standard knitting accessories, scissor, pen and paper.

HOMEWORK :

With DK or finer yarn and appropriate size circular needle,

long-tail cast on 120 stitches (or whatever number of stitches fits comfortably on the needle).

Join work, and knit 1 round.

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Join us on RAVELRY

And please don't forget to share this news letter with others!

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Knit Virginia ~~ Knit the World!

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe Spring News

2011-04-12T16:08:00.000-04:00

Workshops:

April 14th

Marina Scarf

During our Sit 'n Stitch Time

Free lessons with Purchase

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CROCHET Workshop Alert!

$5 class plus materials…..

Increasing Decreasing and

what Does THAT LOOK LIKE on a pattern?

Am I turning at the end of the row correctly?

Come ask questions and pick up a few basic skills.

APRIL 30th! 1:00 to 3:00

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MAY 7th

Beaded Scarf Class $45 includes

EVERYTHING!

This is a terrific spring scarf and IF

you need to practice increasing or

decreasing this will help you. The beading is just

one more skill you can perfect!

IF you've had a bad experience before

Come ANYWAY.

No requirement to bead if you don't want to.

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SOCK YARNS ARE ON SALE

4/15 through 4/30

Learn to Knit or Crochet Lessons are held Tuesday and Friday's by appointment....$10.00 per afternoon

May's color for the KAL Skacel is sponsoring will arrived tomorrow along with new colors of Fortissima Sock Yarns.

We stock American Yarns

and

Accessories!

Spring Yarns are in!

The last 2 colors of Riveting are in stock!

Along with MANY NEW OTHERS!

Now with all of these New Yarns--

it is time to plan a trip to YOUR local yarn shop!

Who's Who~

You know that guy who stocks yarn

and nicely winds those otherwise messy hanks into nice neat balls for you?

His name is: Bryan

Little does anyone know but he is one of the driving forces behind this shop. He keeps the yarns stocked and seriously works very hard to make sure you have what you need when you need it.

REMEMBER

May will now be known as officially.....

Bryan

Appreciation Month!

Be sure to bring him a diet soda

if you're so inclined to do so.

His favorite is diet Dr. Pepper!

I wanted to share with you an email I received from the owner of Skacel

"We truly appreciate your patience as we await more addi Clicks in both the Basic Turbo and the Lace versions. You are probably asking, why the delay? Well, we had a choice of volume versus quality, and we have chosen quality. Thus the factory is making some adjustments in how the sets are made to assure us that every tip we send out has a smooth connection.

I know the delay is a hardship on many of you, and I assure you, Thomas Selter, owner of addi, and his crew are doing their best to find a solution as quickly as possible. This is not a pleasant situation for Selter or skacel either, as we all are taking a loss while we work this out. However, Thomas and I strongly believe that everything we sell should not only work, but should be of the highest standards. That is what addi and skacel have always been about, and accordingly, we will not ship until once more we can assure our high level of quality.

At this time we do not have an anticipated arrival date. However, I do assure you, that as soon as we do, we will let everyone know.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Karin Skacel"

Check this out! Knitting Help is a terrific place to go to if you can't get in to your local yarn shop at 2 am

A bunch of great video cast ons:

Casting On Stitches | KnittingHelp.com
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on

Just a gentle reminder:

We price match other area shops and

add 10% on top of that.

It certainly helps when you are buying

a $24.00 hank of yarn!

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Old Liberty Fibre Faire / Fest - April 16, 2011

2011-03-18T13:55:00.000-04:00

Y'all all come on down, ok? Let's support our girls!

2011-03-11T15:04:00.001-05:00

Times are Changing and so are things at Coordinated Colors

Spring is a time to do a complete change overs and we are changing....

that means older lines have got to go!

Come in Saturday March 12th and enjoy a big discount on these yarns
Are you ready?

30%--35%--40%--Up TO 50% OFF

ONE DAY ONLY!

We are clearing out inventory as fast as we can and

YOU get the benefit of this!

Have a favorite yarn? Saturday IS the Day to get it!

If you don't, it may not be here.

We will be open from 11-4 no later...

Hurry in and pick up some wonderful bargains.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

South East Virginia's Largest Retail Yarn Shop
Knit Virginia---Knit the World!

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Ohio Show in May

2011-03-09T20:26:00.003-05:00

Is any one from my area (Central Va) going to the Ohio Show? I need transport for a bunny....I'll get you what you need to you to transport her : cage with plastic bottom, water bottle and bedding and supplement your stash cash, if you would be so kind.

By the way: Cathy Tyree and I are the blog parents... and I at least should be sited for child neglect. I want to to feel though that this is your blog spot. I am helping raise a two year old grand daughter and it is a lot harder than I remember.

The Latest News Worth Telling.....

2011-02-18T13:10:00.002-05:00

Here's an inside "TIP" for you!

Hiya Hiya Sharps

Will soon be available for you to purchase!

Newer sharper tips...

Get The POINT!

KOLLAGE Riveting

Yarn made from denim jeans

NOW IN STOCK

The Patterns are wonderful!

NEW COLORS of TYE DYE COTTONS are HERE!

We also have just received some NEW

Hand Dyed SUPERWASH Yarns from

INTERLACEMENTS

Presidents Day SALE

11:00 - 4:00

We will be honoring all US Companies!

20% OFF

Yarn-Needles and even Needle Cases

Girl Scout Cookies are here.

Please come by and pick them up!

If you didn't order any but would like to

purchase some--we have boxes available.

Every penny supports the local GS Troops

We carry a WIDE variety of

Buttons and embellishments for all your projects.

Knitting help Tuesday's at 1:00

Crochet lessons by Appointment Friday's

MARCH 19th WORKSHOP

Dying your Yarn

$25.00

materials included

Sign up for this today

Entrelac is tomorrow at 1:30

for those of you signed up.

Don't forget

We PRICE MATCH other area shops!

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Sheep Shearing Day 4.09.11

2011-01-27T14:38:00.000-05:00

~ say whaaaat? ~

Sheep Shearing Day at Thistle Cove Farm is April 09, 2011. We begin around 9 a.m. and the sheep are shorn by around noon but the good times roll until 4 or 5 p.m. depending on visitor interest.

Clinton has been shearing sheep for about four decades and knows his stuff by now. He'll answer your questions, let you take photos and enjoys the process and the day...generally -smile-.

Lost Arts Guild members demonstrate heritage crafts like spinning, weaving, basketry, broom making, blacksmithy, making mountain dulcimers, quilting and more. It just depends on who is available that day.

Cove Community Association members sell home made food and beverages and all members live in this valley and are proud to answer questions.

Directions are found at Thistle Cove Farm with more information on the TCF blog. If you have need of more information, e-mail Sandra, address on the blog, and she'll help, best she can.

Clover Hill High School Craft Fair

2010-11-05T23:35:00.000-04:00

The fair will be tomorrow (Saturday) 9 - 3 at the new high school. It is on Kelly Green Road which is across from the fire station on Old Hundred road. Hope to see you there. Look for our sign - TG Designs, LLC

Rick Reeves wheel for sale

2010-11-04T13:52:00.005-04:00

I've decided no reply means its okay to do this, and I want to post before I lose my nerve on selling this one.

Purchased this from a friend a few years ago. She had never finished it, and the bobbin on the wheel is about 1/3 full of the only spinning she says she did. I swore I wouldn't use until I finished it first and I've never done that, so I've kinda decided it deserves someone who can care and use it better than me.

The info:

Unfinished. 24" Saxony. 3 bobbins - one on the wheel and two on the lazy kate. 3 flyer whorls. Still has oriface hook. Signed and dated 2000.

Asking $1000, but will entertain offers, especially if I don't have to consider how to ship it. The wheel is in Spotsylvania County right now.

Below is a second picture of the underside of the bench showing the signature and extra whorls.

Yarn Shop updates

2010-11-01T09:43:00.002-04:00

I was wandering around the blog trying to remember who was the "manager" if you will since I was wondering if something was allowed.

Anyway, I noticed the yarn shop list needs updating. Sadly, My Favorite Yarn Shop in Warrenton closed recently. I also discovered that Knit Happens in Alexandria had closed when I went to Old Town recently, though there is a new (to me anyway) one called Fibre Space.

Anyway my question - I've decided to sell a 2 of my 3 wheels - is it okay to post "for sales" here?

Piano keys from my kiln

2010-10-31T08:03:00.000-04:00

If only I had a bigger kiln I could do all 88 of them!

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe Spookiest Sale of the Year

2010-10-28T17:22:00.004-04:00

Happy Halloween!
Friday and Saturday are the last 2 days of our
Very Spooky Sale!~~~ Find out what YOUR discount is!
Each one is Different. Scary isn't it?

Bring the kids with you - we have treats for them!
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We have brand new solid colors in of LANA GROSSA Sock yarns.
As well as many new and exciting beautiful ribbon yarns

just perfect for the holidays.
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Are you an avid lace knitter? Do you want an easier way

to do your entrelac designs?
We have THE workshop for you....NOV. 13th 1:00 $10.00

No material purchase required.
Bring your yarns and needles

Knitting in Both directions without Turning your work.

See your pattern easier, find errors quickly-save hrs of unnecessary frogging.
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We will be running the ever popular

Finishing Techniques workshop once again.
NOV. 20th 1:00 $10.00

Homework required

Workshops are limited to 10 people per class so please sign up early.

Don't foget to get your ticket for the drawing to be held on November 20th!

It's our Anniversary and to celebrate our 8th year--we are giving away of set of

ADDI NATURA CLICKS

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

South East Virginia's Largest Retail Yarn Shop
More Yarns~~~Better Prices !

Lapdog Creations: REVIEW: Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Ra...

2010-10-27T09:37:00.000-04:00

Lapdog Creations: REVIEW: Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Ra...: "Knitting at Home: 60 Classics from Ella Rae Designs by Leanne Prouse Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books (October 5, 2010) ..."

Come get your pumpkins & black cats!

2010-10-20T14:10:00.000-04:00

Nancy and I will be at St. Christopher's in Richmond Va this Saturday for their fall marketplace. Look for our sign TG Designs, LLC. Here are some of our Halloween fun pieces.

Montpelier Report (finally!)

2010-10-10T18:35:00.001-04:00

I finally did a report on Montpelier on my blog.

Fall Festivals - Montpelier

2010-10-01T16:03:00.000-04:00

Well, I want to go to Montpelier, but I don't think my personal life is going to let me. So, ladies, please do this: please post here so that Olivia and I can live vicariously - and pics too please!

I wanted to go to Shenandoah last weekend but depended on Chan for a report ... if you went, please post something here, alright?

Montpelier Fiber Festival

2010-09-23T20:05:00.003-04:00

Who is going? I'll probably be attending on Sunday, but I am open to a change...I'd be glad to carpool with anyone coming this way.

With all the grandbabies things are quite busy. I know I have been neglecting posting. I have been knitting, knitting, knitting. I have two Rose of England Teacloths ongoing in lace weight....Lots of little Mary Janes and I have developed a cute little Saddle Oxford/ Athletic Shoe pattern for the boys...and I have two ripple baby blankets ongoing for psuedo grands ( ie: babies of children that have been like my children..)

Bryer is still with me about 12 hours a day. She is almost two and quite "independent"...Used to be when she climbed out of her crib she came looking for me. Now she wants to know where I not so she can get into something she isn't supposed to....By the time she goes home all I am good for is a little Farmville and off to bed to knit. The house is a wreck.

Miss Caroline Grace came early, 9-11-10, which would have been my father's 100th birthday and it looks like Marissa Elizabeth will be here any day now. They actually made a "trial run" to the hospital this morning....We are triple booked this weekend...with the "beauty queens" going to the fair. Hannah is having a housewarming/birthday/pig roast complements of their landlors and Thomas and his friend Joel...and FC's 45th highschool reunion....so my bet is Marissa will plan to arrive then....oh and Boston College/VA Tech at 12:00.

Caroline picked to come during the VA Tech/JMU game...Bless her...Not that I wanted to sit in the pouring rain while we got our hineys beat or the joyous ride home with my guys...My son did give me a blow by blow update on his "computer" phone...until I told him " if he could not say anything nice, not to say anything at all...Apparently after that nothing nice happened.

Please remember this is not my site, but your site...Please feel free to post about what you are working on.... what you want to work on... and.....what is going on fiber wise in your area...

... and vendors and guilds we WANT to know about your workshops classes and sales...

Out of the kiln - for all those VA Techies out there

2010-08-20T09:19:00.000-04:00

This is a great tray - just took it out of the kiln.

RCK Market Faire - a day at the Faire

2010-08-16T16:10:00.000-04:00

Saturday was River City Knitters' 2nd annual (?) Market Faire - a shopping event sponsored by the guild in order to introduce different types of knitting products to the membership and community at large. I had a great time organizing and working with all our vendors and Saturday was a day to visit with them and the many shoppers who came by. Below are some photos for your viewing pleasure!

Barb welcomes participants ... she is way too organized!

Anne's Glass & Pottery Enterprise - AGAPE

Hermes Alpacas

Mary Martin Designs

Issy Thomas says "Whaaat?" (in her lilting British ac-cent)


Janet Pierce's Mary K table - you're right - not yarn!

Serendipitous Ewe (Maryland) indie dyer

Kirtland's Yarn Barn - yarn store in a van!!

Flint Hill Mini Farm

There were more wonderful items to see, touch and buy, but you'll have to send me YOUR photos so I can post them, ok?

RCK Market Faire this Saturday, August 14

2010-08-11T22:01:00.001-04:00

Here I am in my studio getting ready for the Market Faire on Saturday!

Here is a bit of what came out of the kiln today. ...along with some pretty blue pendants and new shawl/scarf pins.

This Saturday is the RCR 2nd Market Faire from 10am -2pm at Imperial Plaza (1717 Bellevue, 23227). We are having about 15 vendors so you won't have to go home empty handed...you will probably find some gifts to stash away! This event is open to everyone - hope to see you there.

August 28-29 you'll find me and Nancy in Portsmouth VA at the Seawall Art Show in Booth #79 - TG Designs.

Check out my blog: Art In Glass by TG Designs

Save the Date!

2010-08-10T14:06:00.002-04:00

Two upcoming fiber festivals that I'm participating in this year —

The Shenandoah Fiber Festival in Berryville, Sept. 25 and 26,

and the Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials in Montpelier Station, VA (near Charlottesville) Oct. 2 and 3.

Come and say hi!

Ellen

River City Knitters 2nd Market Faire - August 14, 2010

2010-07-17T09:44:00.000-04:00

River City Knitters is proud to announce its 2nd Market Faire - to be held on August 14, 2010, in the Richmond and Virginia Rooms at Imperial Plaza, located at 1717 Bellevue Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Imperial Plaza is centrally located almost directly at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 95, Bryan Park interchange.

Shopping time is 10 am to 2 pm. Please come and support local artists and vendors! More detailed info to be posted soon!

If you'd like to be a vendor, please go to the RCK website link above and contact them directly - there's still room for you but the space is filling up fast - which is great for our shoppers, members and guests!

Furniture sale at my husbands store!

2010-07-09T22:00:00.000-04:00

If you need a sofa, dinette some bedroom furniture/mattress or a futon - go see my husband Gerald (who owns Environs) he is having a big warehouse inventory liquidation event. His warehouse is at 205 East German School Road (232-4133) and his store is at Stony Point Fashion Park.

It's open!!

2010-07-02T21:07:00.000-04:00

Yay! Let's go to Culpeper and visit Doghouse Yarns ---> check out Chan's report here, ok?

photo borrowed from Chan : )

I can't hardly wait to drive on up!

Trips & jobs

2010-06-24T13:08:00.004-04:00

Still looking for work, the job I really wanted I didn't get. Had a phone interview this past Friday and a face to face this past Tuesday. Not really sure I want the Tuesday job.

We travelled to South Caroline for South East Linux Fest (SELF) June 11-13 and had a great time. I got the chance to go and knit with a bunch of lovely ladies from the Spartanburg Knitting Guild. One of ladies was kind enough to come to the hotel and pick me up and take me to the meeting and to a nice little yarn shop outside of town. I also met a couple of other ladies that knit/crochet at SELF. One of the ladies joined us at the Barnes and Noble for the knitting time.

I and my son made 360 sugar cookies to be handed out at SELF and they were a big hit with everyone.

I finished my socks from the yarn that I kool aid dyed in orange and cherry. I used the "Leaves of Whimsy" pattern.

July 19th was knit in public day, my local yarn shop had an event where we sat outside and knitted in the parking lot. She had a nice sale on all her yarns and knitting bags.

July 19th was also the USS Yeager/Rising Star Picnic which was held in Blacksburg at the Caboose Park. We had a great crowd and a good time with good food.

This Saturday I will be travelling with my hubby and father in law to Lynchburg for a home board meeting (The Odd Fellows & Rebekah Home). This will give me some knitting time.

It seems we stay busy during the month of June.

WWKIP in the Northern Neck

2010-06-08T07:33:00.002-04:00

Please join the knitters in the Northern Neck at the Knit in Public event at the Farmers Market in Heathsville on June 19. We will be knitting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will have space either inside or outside, depending upon the weather. Bring your knitting and come join us. We will have some afghan blocks on needles for those who would like to knit, but don't have a project that is appropriate for knitting out. We will also provide some quick instruction for those who have never knitted, but would like to contribute a few stitches to the afghan blocks.

The finished blocks will be donated to From the Heart Stitchers.

The Farmers Market will be held in the field and pavilion behind the old courthouse off Hwy 360 in Heathsville. Lunch will be available at the restaurant in the Rice Hotel/Hughlett Tavern adjacent to the Farmers Market. The Tavern Spinners and Weavers Guild will also host an open studio in the room above the restaurant.

Please come enjoy a quiet, knitterly day in the beautiful Northern Neck.

2010-06-07T12:41:00.002-04:00

MEET and GREET

Melissa Morgan-Oakes
author of
2 at a Time Socks
and
Toe-Up 2 at a Time

Friday June 18, 2010
Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

South East Virginia's Largest Retail Yarn Shop
More Yarns~~~Better Prices !

2010-05-28T13:24:00.001-04:00

2 At A Time...Toe with Mellisa Morgan-Oakes

ALMOST SOLD OUT!

JUST 2 ( maybe 3) SEATS LEFT

Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks - 6 hours
Taught by Melissa herself right here in Yorktown, VA.!

What could be better than socks knitted 2-at-a-Time?
Why 2-at-a-Time socks knitted from the
toes to the top, of course! Now there’s no “second sock syndrome”, and you can build your socks
from the toes up – no yarn shortage surprises, you can make a cuff shorter if need be! Under the
tuition of the creator of this novel knitting method, students will create their own miniature
sample socks using the technique outlines in the book
Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks.

Class Date June 19, 2010

Held at : Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Memorial Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692

757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Sedalia Fiber Festival

2010-05-27T18:12:00.003-04:00

I was a vendlor at the Sedalia Fiber Festival. What follows are random thoughts:

Wonderful fibers, great colors, but what happened to worsted weight yarn? Patterns still call for them.

Great support for raffle items. Lots of chances to win great yarn, a spinning wheel, etc.

Traffic was less than desireable. With the yarn available, more should attend. Understandably, the venue is out of the way, but perhaps the VA community could help support this great event.

Charity Knitting at the Beach

2010-05-27T18:05:00.002-04:00

Feeling rather smug, but thankful for my vacation at the Outer Banks, NC. Decided to charity knit this week in thankfulness for my good fortune. You know, knit on the beach....So far, 12 preemie caps & one chemo cap for a neighbor with ovarian cancer. I indulged at the LYS for patterns & yarn for a caplet & shrug (a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!). I love supporting the LYS. Hope this blog inspires VA interchange of ideas.

WWKIP - NoVa Edition

2010-05-25T08:54:00.002-04:00

For those Northways - World Wide Knit in Public Day - Event NOT knitting exclusive!

12 * June * 2010

Join us as we knit with hundreds of other knitters around the world on the same day! Come share your enthusiasm, projects, food and laughter as we all come together and knit in public!

Where: Kitty Pozer Garden, 3999 University Dr., Fairfax VA 22030

When: June 12th 10am to 2pm

Bring: Chair, Picnic blanket, Hat, Sunscreen, Snacks to Share & Your Project!

A special thanks to our local area yarn shops for their support by donating goodie bags to be raffled:

Fibre Space (Alexandria, VA)
Uniquities Yarn Shop (Vienna, VA)
Old Town Needlecrafts (Manassas, VA)
Natures Yarns (Fairfax, VA)
With Yarn In Front (Centreville, VA)

Spread the word and help us all spread the love for our crafts!

Event hosted by: Angelica Sauceda creator and organizer of Knit Together Fairfax http://www.meetup.com/Knittogetherfairfax/

WWKIP - invitation from the Chesterfield Knit Night Group - Aloha!

2010-05-24T09:22:00.000-04:00

Hi. The Chesterfield Knit Night group is hosting a WWKIP on June 12. Feel free to post the following info to your group if you’d like to join us!
WWKIP
United States, Virginia, Richmond
Hosted by: Chesterfield Knit Night
Location: Maymont Park
Time: 11:00 AM - Dusk
Date: June 12, 2010
How to get there:
Maymont Park is located at 1436 Hampton St, Richmond, VA. Directions can be found at www.maymont.org
Please bring:
Water, a bagged lunch or snacks, a chair or blanket, extra yarn/needles for people who would like to learn to knit! Feel free to bring children and make a day of it at the park. There will be no “official” meet-up spot - so wherever you feel inspired to knit/crochet/talk (and they have many gorgeous settings), enjoy!
If it rains, the event will be canceled
This KIP is not knitting exclusive
Be aware: There are no bathrooms nearby.

RT&OF

2010-05-13T14:09:00.003-04:00

A reminder for those of you that may be unaware...June 6 is the third annual Rustic Tarts & Old Farts Hoot 'n Holler in Martinsburg, WV. If you'd like to attend, please email me at Diana (at) TLCPhotography (dot) com. I'll send you an invite to our group on Yahoo, where you may learn all the details!

What's this?

2010-05-11T17:35:00.005-04:00

I started working on this project Friday evening. I worked Saturday and Sunday too. Any idea what it's for? I'll give one hint: Sedalia Spring Fiber Fest. I needed it because I am going to Sedalia for Saturday's festival.

The photo above was taken Saturday.This photo is the almost finished project.

Like I needed another reason to knit...!

2010-05-04T14:22:00.001-04:00

I got sucked into the Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup on Ravelry... have any of the rest of you joined that particular bit of insanity?

Earrings and pretty things for Mother's Day

2010-05-04T10:44:00.001-04:00

Look for my tent on Saturday, May 8 at the Strawberry Street Festival in the Fan, on Hanover Avenue. I will be in spot #38, TG Designs, LLC. This will be a great time to pick up gifts for Mothers Day.

The Sarah Collections - these square bright transparent studs were originally created for my best friend Sarah.

The earrings featured on the right side are called Fire in Ice. Once you put them on they throw out firey colors which are different with everything you wear. There are pendants to match. These are also a favorite of brides.

Yes, we make clips too!

We take Master Card and Visa.

Checking in!

2010-04-28T10:13:00.002-04:00

Take a look at this cool blog: Totally Tutorials - lots of good info here folks!

How are you guys? Post something - tell us about your crafts, your kids (2 or 4 legged), your garden ... come on!

Daisy Days, April 24 - Pick up your Mother's Day gift!

2010-04-23T21:01:00.001-04:00

Give your Mom a one of a kind gift for Mothers Day, I'll be at St. Catherine's Daisy Days(6001 Grove Avenue, Richmond Va) tomorrow. I'm inside, look for my banner TG Designs, LLC Handmade glass.

2010-04-23T07:59:00.002-04:00

Check this out:

This is a photo Brooke submitted to a conntest. It is of the Princess Jade (aka The Queen of Mean) ....She is wearing a 5 hour baby sweater and standing on a blanket I knit in Ol'shale of a very loud variegated Redheart Yarn. Not my best work but possibly now my most famous.

see more

Sedalia Fiber Fest - May 15, 2010

2010-04-16T09:15:00.005-04:00

I have volunteered to help and would love to see people I know (or people I know but don't know what they look like!)!

Please say hello if you do make it to Sedalia - you can probably find me in the Raffle area b/c that is where I will be working.

2 At A Time...Toe Up by Mellisa Morgan-Oakes

2010-04-14T16:49:00.001-04:00

We just received 25 copies of Melissa’s new book and it’s wonderful!
Copies are available at a 10% discount to those signed up to take her class in June.

Ok now it is seriously time to sign up if you have been hesitating. Need payment arrangements, see me.
The shop is not making any money off the class fees. Wish we were but we’re not. Bringing Melissa to you for her classes is costly….we appreciate you signing up and buying her book here with us.

Those who took her first class know how much fun she is and what a great teacher too.

Join us in June for Melissa’s new class….Toe-up

There is a Days Inn here in Yorktown within walking distance for those coming from out of town.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
4909 George Washington Mem Hwy
Yorktown, VA 23692

www.coordinatedcolors.com
757-874-3939

Manchester HS Spring Bazaar

2010-03-22T17:31:00.001-04:00

Dont' forget to come visit us this Saturday, March 27 from 9am -2pm at ManchesterHS on Baily Bridge Road for the spring bazaar. Here is a look at one of our newest pieces.

TG Designs, LLC

tgdesignsglass.blogspot.com

Christina & Nancy

TG Designs will be at Daisy Days in April.

2010-02-01T13:11:00.000-05:00

Mark your calendar on April 22 & 24th TG Designs, LLC will be at St. Catherine's Daisy Days.
We have our kilns fired up and are working on some new items.

I recently read that turquoise is going to be one of the "hot" colors this spring.

Knitters - Plan Ahead ~ save the Dates

2010-01-07T12:38:00.006-05:00

Coming This Summer: Melissa Morgan-Oakes author of
“2 At A Time Socks”

You’ve taken her class 2 at a time socks, now why not try toe up?
Melissa will be here soon after her new book debuts. Her classes are not only instructional but they are FUN!

Toe Up 2-At A Time is the title of her new book. advance copies can be reserved now at Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe.

A $50.00 deposit will hold your seat with the remainder due on or before the class date. ($40.00 )
We are currently looking at class dates on JUNE 19th and 20th.

Plan Ahead - Save the dates!

So please if you are wanting to take Melissa’s newest class, please drop me a note (sb@coordinatedcolors.com) and let me know.

There have already been people asking to reserve seats in this new class and we expect a large full class very quickly.

Melissa Morgan-Oakes was taught to crochet, tat, and sew at an early age by women who
encouraged her to work without commercial patterns. Looking for new inroads in fiber art,
Morgan-Oakes taught herself to spin and knit. She brings the perspective of a self-taught knitter
to her classes. A registered nurse and former home-schooling mom she now teaches knitting,
writes, and designs patterns in beautiful Western Massachusetts

Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks - 6 hours
What could be better than socks knitted 2-at-a-Time?
Why 2-at-a-Time socks knitted from the
toes to the top, of course! Now there’s no “second sock syndrome”, and you can build your socks
from the toes up – no yarn shortage surprises, you can make a cuff shorter if need be! Under the
tuition of the creator of this novel knitting method, students will create their own miniature
sample socks using the technique outlines in the book
Toe Up 2-at-a-Time Socks.

Information will be published on this group, on Ravelry and by newsletter. If you are not getting the newsletter, please go to our website (www.coordinatedcolors.com) and sign up for it.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop
More Yarns~ Better Prices

New Arrivals Just in Time for the Holidays

2009-11-20T16:19:00.001-05:00

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop

NEW ARRIVALS:

Just in time for your favorite holiday scarf pattern:
Plymouth Eco Silk

147 yards of THE softest yarn you have ever touched!

And at a most affordable price!

Caron Natura Pounders

Perfect for those larger projects

10 colors, others can be ordered.

HIYA HIYA Inter changeable Sets are going out as fast as they are coming in. We usually have stock however there is a chance that these may be a back order item closer to Christmas.

LAST CHANCE:

Christmas/Holiday yarns in solids and multi's

SOCK YARNS!

Just got in a delivery of new SOCK yarns by Punta Yarns.

Merisoft Handpaints Sock yarn and I want one ( or more ) for me. Trouble is they are all too pretty. Every time I go by them, a different color calls out to me!

And they feel absolutely scrumptious too.
I even asked my children to pick a color hoping that would help me decide but …..I want them all.

Guess I will just have to order more.

And I thought the worsted yarns were unbelievable.

We have restocked SMOOSHY by Dream in Color and Knitosophy too!

Join us on RAVELRY and get special discounts, free patterns and more!
This is where we post specials for our Ravelry Group Members ONLY!
Sign up today and get those Ravelry Specials now!
http://www.ravelry.com/groups/coordinated-colors-yarn-shoppe

Free Patterns From Our Companies:
http://www.universalyarn.com/patterns/389.pdf

http://www.puntayarns.com/all-yarns.htm

Knitted Christmas Tree Ornaments:
http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/minutia_09/minutia_09.html

Please pardon our dust as we continue to have repairs done.We experienced some damages due to the North Easter.

Tavern Spinners & Weavers Holiday Sale

2009-11-17T06:45:00.002-05:00

If anyone is up in the Northern Neck of Virginia on Saturday, December 5th, please stop by and say hi to us. We will have a booth upstairs in the Transportation Building behind the old Rice's Inn Hughlett Tavern. The event is from 10 to 3. Lots of quality crafts will be available for sale so you can finish off that holiday gift list in no time!

If you happen to be living or visiting the Neck on a Sunday and can hang around for a few hours, the Spinners and Weavers meet on the Second Sunday of each month in the Transportation Building from 2 - 4 p.m. We are primarily spinning at our meetings and but we also do show and tell of our latest knitting, crochet and weaving projects.

Fingers crossed, we will soon have a weaving studio which will be open to the public where we can offer lessons on weaving, spinning, knitting, crochet, felting and other fiber arts.

HUGE BY THE BAG SALE

2009-11-02T14:05:00.001-05:00

HUGE

Before Inventory Clearance Sale
Yarn By the BAG!
Knit - Felt - Crochet Yarns

All are at OR below cost!

Lots of your favorite companies too.
Fiber range from Acrylic/Bamboo to Wool.
These yarns will NOT last long.

During Normal store Hours

Doors Open at 10:30

FRIDAY we will be closong early due to
a family member having surgury

OPEN SATURDAY 11:00 - 4:00
NO CLASSES

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop

The Next $5.00 Workshop: Fixing Minor Mistakes

2009-10-23T15:30:00.000-04:00

NOV 14th 3:45pm

Fixing simple mistakes workshop $5.00
Limit 10 people

Sign up early please, this has been widely requested!
No supply purchase required for this but you will need 2 swatches on stitch holders, yarn, needles, safty pins and a crochet hook.

Also:
We are starting a new class for those who want to learn to knit. This class is also a great class for anyone who wants to “brush up” on their beginning knit skills.

Class is on Saturday beginning November 14th at 1:30

Fee: $45.00
4/5 sessions

There will also be a class starting one evening during the week.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop

Student missing from concert in Charlottesville

2009-10-22T11:35:00.003-04:00

Today, Thursday, new details emerge - the young lady mistakenly left the concert while looking for a bathroom and ended up outside of the Arena ... she could not go back in the concert because of a no reentry policy ... while I understand the philosophy for the policy, what are folks thinking leaving a teenager outside, away from their friends and relative safety, in a strange town...?? Am I the only one concerned about this update?

Saturday Workshops You Don't Want to Miss!

2009-10-03T18:22:00.000-04:00

Saturday, October 17th 4:00pm
Tubular Cast on/off

This provisional cast on will not only make your knitting look more professional but it will end the worry of too tight a cast on for your projects.
The tubal ribbed cast on is probably the most elastic of
cast-ons. Stretching as far as the yarn will allow, this is the most preferred cast on for socks, cuffs, neck lines and any other smaller areas.

Come and learn this marvelous cast-on, while enjoying the company of fellow knitters.

Cost for these and other workshops to come is only $5.00
plus the materials.

Keep up to date by reading the news letters and our blog,
Equal Opportunity Yarns

New inexpensive yet highly educational workshops will be scheduled approxinately every 2 weeks.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy
Yorktown, VA 23693

757-874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Vegas, Death Valley and Date Milkshakes!

2009-09-20T02:04:00.002-04:00

The furniture market was good -always fun to see the outrages things that are made. Haziza makes some really wild furniture and accessories using acrylic - take a look. I really wanted something for me but it is so expensive that you need a trunk full of spending money to get.

We stayed at Treasure Island and they gave me a bottle of champagne for my birthday. When they found out Ger's was around the corner they brought up another.

We left on the 18th and drove to Pahrump a really small town a little over an hour away. Their one and only yarn store is....Walmart. It is a friendly little place and a great base to see a lot of things, Death Valley being my favorite. Today, since it is Gerald's birthday he got to decide what he would like to do. We went to China Date Ranch and had a date milk shake then travelled a back road that we had never taken through Death Valley - really pretty vistas. I don't think we will ever see the entire park..but will certainly keep trying. We saw a baby coyote and some rabbits. At sunset we were almost at Badwater so we decided to stop and eat dinner at Furnace Creek Ranch (they have one of the borax 20 mule team wagons out front - a real one not a replica and it is so much bigger in real life than I expected them to be)... we shared a "Cowboy gyro"! It was a great day but now I need a shower and shuteye since we are up early again tomorrow for more adventures.

Crochet Along With Me

2009-09-16T17:37:00.002-04:00

OK, so it's not knitting, but starting tomorrow I'm going to be leading a Motif Afghan Crochet-Along on the Lion Brand website. I'd love to have all the Virginia Knitters join me for a virtual good time.

I spent last weekend in Schaumburg, IL at Stitches Midwest. Always such a treat! The hotel and convention center there is the newest and spiffiest place I'm likely to be teaching in. There is actually lots of --gasp!!--natural light so four days in a hotel doesn't give me cabin fever.

Also, if you happen to check my website today, it's undergoing maintenance--hopefully will be up and running tomorrow.

Edie

KIS me ... what?

2009-09-16T10:16:00.010-04:00

This past weekend, I attended a small knitting retreat with some girlfriends. We stayed at the oh-so-lovely Stonewall Jackson Hotel in downtown Staunton, Virginia. The hotel was very nice and the employees were so accommodating. Staunton, however, was - in a word - awesome! I am in love with Staunton! How is it that I had never been there before? I just don't know! It is quaint, friendly, pretty, picturesque, interesting, historic, educational... you get the picture. AND the Stonewall Jackson Hotel is on the National Trust Historic Hotels of America register - just how cool is that?

In addition to a shop and restaurant laden downtown area with neat old hotels and B&Bs here and there, Staunton is home to On the Lamb, a LYS tucked into a lovely old historic Victorian home that Joe (and John) are returning to its previous grandeur.

As you walk up to the front door

and enter, you are greeted by this phrase:

It was true.

We entered as guests and left friends!

Joe and Angel even treated us to dessert Saturday evening
-- I think it was just so they could visit some more:

I will leave you all with some more photos of our weekend - we had such a good time that I am looking forward to the next time I am blessed enough to spend the entire weekend with such a wonderful group of friends - old and new.
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On the Lamb - porch

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a pair of Jo(e) bookends

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Holiday inspiration

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More fibery goodness

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Walked down this road to dinner on Friday night

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Behind the Hotel, entrance to garage

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one of the lovely sunflowers outside the fence at On the Lamb

Oh, KIS me, you ask? Knitting In Staunton of course!

"Unsighted" - The Tactility of Textiles

2009-09-15T07:48:00.003-04:00

There is an opening reception at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen on Thursday, from 7-9 pm for my fiber arts exhibit entitled, "Unsighted". The exhibit is an effort to invite the unsighted community into the "visual" art experience, changing it to a tactile art experience. Every piece is designed to stimulate the sense of touch.
Please come. Please introduce yourself once your there. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
It's mostly weaving and felting, with some hand-spun thrown in to several pieces.
The address is 2880 Mountain Rd, Glen Allen, VA
Thanks,
Cherri

9/11

2009-09-11T08:53:00.000-04:00

Never forget.

"Unsighted-The Tactility of Textiles" opens Tomorrow!

2009-09-09T09:45:00.002-04:00

I have a solo show opening tomorrow at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Rd, Glen Allen, VA.
It's an entirely fiber arts show, and it's TOUCHABLE! The opening reception is next Thurs 10/17, from 7-9 pm. Please come!!!!
The object of the show is to open the art experience up to #1, the unsighted community, and to allow us to experience fiber arts the way they are intended.....by touch. Weekend hours are sporadic, so you may want to call ahead to confirm when the art center is open.
See you there.
Cherri Hankins

Yarn Shop News Blast

2009-09-05T14:11:00.000-04:00

Want to get $5.00 off your next purchase? ( Free yarn -yeah!)
All you have to do is introduce a friend to our store.
If they make a purchase and sign up for the newsletter, you and your friend
each $5.00 off your purchase. Min. purchase $ 15.00. New email sign ups will be verified.
This is a great month to bring your group of friends.
Why not take that field trip you’ve been planning during September?

Just a note to let you know that the store will be closed on Monday, September 7 in observation of the Labor Day Holiday.

With school opening next week, we will soon be resuming classes.
Check out the website for the standard list of the usual and check the newsletter as we add more and more
special classes this fall. Including the crochet garment class, entrelac for beginners and mobius too.

Lucy Neatby Will not be able to come this October as not enough people have signed up for her to make the trip worth the cost.
We are truly sorry for this as we did expect a sold out class. Refunds will be given in person, so please ask for your deposit back next time you visit the shop.
This I am sorry to say is a big disappointment.

We are closing out the remainder of Tofutsies sock yarns at a super sale price of $9.55

For your knitting and crocheting projects we carry 65 current colors of encore and have stock of the additional
recently discontinued 16 colors. that’s a whopping 82 colors to choose from in the Encore line alone!

Universal Yarns has a wonderful free pattern booklet on line. Please feel free to download a copy for yourself today.
Bring it with you when you shop for their wonderful Poems yarns with us.

Free Universal Poems booklet
http://www.universalyarn.com/pattern.php?pattern=375

Please do remember that we do Price Match any of the other area shops. Find it for less or on sale somewhere else and we will
match or beat their prices. This excludes closeout prices, discontinues and special orders.

Sit and Stitch changes days…Have changed from Wednesday to Thursday by popular request
Please feel free to join us every week on Thursday from 12:30 to 5:00 pm. .

Limited Amount of Christmas yarns are in stock now.

We have the most wonderful and fun yarns back in stock for that one of a kind scarf or shawl.
Great Addirondack’s Potluck. These fun all in one yarns change textures and colors as you knit.

I have really enjoyed using these yarns and others like them. You never know what is coming next!
The colors are rich and bright and the simplicity of this is even better. No changing yarns as you go, the yarns do it for you!

News From Denise:

New and ready to ship!

Denise Interchangeable Crochet Hooks are ideal for Afghan/Tunisian crochet, double-ended crochet, and a wide variety of knitting applications. Hooks interchange with Denise knitting needles to open a whole new world of possibilities for creating unique fabrics.

Kit includes:

* 12 individual hooks, sizes F5 (3.75mm) to 19 (15mm)
* 7 cord lengths: two each 3" and 5", plus one each 9", 12" and 16"
* Four end buttons & two extenders
* Detailed Tunisian Crochet instructions courtesy of Interweave Press

Can be used as standard crochet hooks, or make Afghan/Tunisian hooks from 8-37” by using different combinations of cords in the kit. As always, 30”, 40”, and 52” cords are available separately to expand the possibilities even further. Hooks are also available individually packaged - ideal for double-ended crocheters or knitters who want to add a few hooks to their knitting kit.

A wide range of knitting applications includes easily picking up stitches for button bands, necklines, or modulars, expeditious cast-ons and bind-offs, and quickly picking up stitches after “frogging.” Add crochet to your knitting or knitting to your crochet with the flick of a wrist. Help your customers expand their fibercrafting horizons!

Since October 2006, the Pink Project has raised over $115,000 to support breast cancer research. Knitters are a powerful force! They’re planning to introduce the crochet kit in pink as well, but we haven’t settled on a timeline yet. We’ll keep you posted.

Feel free to contact us with any and all questions.

CPSIA Exempts Yarn

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has just exempted yarn from the rigorous lead testing and certification requirements required for children’s products under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). This is very good news indeed for the hand-knitting industry, which was worried about the implications widespread testing would have had on the manufacturer, all the way down the distribution chain.

For more on this ruling, go to www.apparelnews.net/news/manufacturing.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop

Tico and Joe wanted me to invite you over to their site...

2009-09-01T15:17:00.001-04:00

so that you could see their handsome faces! Click 'em here...

Come on by, ok?

A bit of housekeeping.

2009-08-28T10:59:00.002-04:00

We have had some new members since we last discussed this. If you'd like to be on the map, have your blog address, shop or website listed on the side bar or be named in the member list you should let us know...okay let Cat know because I will just forward it to her 'cause Iam lame about those things... We used to do it automatically, but someone objected, so we haven't done it automatically since then. This is one site where it is okay to advertise so long as it is fiber related.

Feel free to add any of these to your signature line also.

Also I sent out an e-mail a few weeks back and got several returned as wrong address. If your information has changed please let me know. I have a Virginia Knits list and a Virginia Knitters list in my AOL mail box. I have been trying to reconcile these with each other to see if the mistake is mine, but it is very time consuming. I wish I knew how to print them off, but for the life of me I don't ...I told you I'm lame about this kind of thing.

Maybe it is time to do a roll call to see who is really listening.

I wish I were knitting.

Knitter Magazine /UK

2009-08-25T18:10:00.003-04:00

Would anyone/s be interested in sharing a subscription to Knitter Magazine. The British one not Knitter's...

I figure we could circulate them round robin style...Maybe you gals in River City?

Does aanyone locally subscribe. Not that anyone is local to Beaverdam, but you know what I mean.

I'd love to get my hands on the back issues for a few days

Workshops/swaps/???

2009-08-25T12:59:00.002-04:00

Who would be interested in planning, hosting or attending a mini work shop and what subject would you like to teach or learn....?

Would anyone be interested in a a secret pal exchange?

How about a meet up or swap...?

new member

2009-08-25T08:25:00.002-04:00

Hello, all-
I found this site a while back and just joined. Thanks for having me!

I live in Waynesboro, and as you can see from my screen name, I both knit and crochet. Actually, it's my career as well as my hobby, so I'm blessed--or cursed, depending on deadlines. I'm happy to be a part of a more regional group, and hope to see some of you at the NoSo Knit in September.

My husband and I will be celebrating out 25th wedding anniversary that weekend, and we had already planned to go to Roanoke that weekend, so I'm going to drop by NoSo for an hour or so. It probably wouldn't be a good idea for me to spend hours of our weekend getaway at a knitting event; he's very supportive of the whole knitting thing, but that would be pushing it.
Happy knitting!

Edie

River City Knitters Guild Meeting ... aka Shopping Event

2009-08-24T11:19:00.008-04:00

Yes, Olivia-Lee did finally drag herself into town on a Saturday morning for a guild meeting... and yes, I did tempt her with getting to meet the ladies behind TG Designs. She did, however, have a really good time - see above photo - O is the one in the bun. I am glad she was able to make it and I am also glad she got to meet so many of my other knitting friends! It was really neat for me to have so many friends in one spot for a couple of hours.

Chris and I got to Homewood Suites really early - about 7:45 am. I wanted to make sure we got there before any of the vendors arrived to set up. As it was, only TG Designs arrived early and I was even beginning to wonder (worry) about the others. Unfortunately, several folks - ok, lots of folks - got lost despite the directions. I don't know if they forgot to bring the directions or just thought they knew where they were going, but it was poorly marked signage wise and that did not help either! About 8:30 I got a call and one of the vendors had to cancel - she'd been stomach sick all night (I so hope she is better now)! The rest of the folks trickled in and I am glad I'd asked Chris to come along and play sherpa! He is such a good sport.

I think all the vendors had good sales and I had several folks asking about doing another shopping day next year and could I find MORE vendors! LOL I guess that is good feedback, eh?

The rain held off until we'd finished lunch (as reported by Olivia earlier) ... then it rained cats and dogs on the way home! Again, I am glad it did not rain on everyone coming and going from the Guild meeting.

Grand opening

2009-08-23T09:03:00.004-04:00

Hi there! Pocket Meadow Farm is moving. We have found a cute little storefront in the heart of Berkeley Springs (19 N. Washington St.) and will be open for business there Sept.1. We're having our grand opening Labor Day weekend, so if you're up this way, please stop by.

Ellen

At long last...I escaped!!!!

2009-08-22T16:31:00.004-04:00

Well !!!!

Cat finally got me to a guild meeting for the River City Knitters, by bribing me with, of all things, some bits of melted glass. I have recently bought a used Kiln that I hope I/we can make buttons with and I have been wanting to meet a glass artisan.

I got up early and found the surface of the kitchen table and fixed a major midday barbeque chicken meal/dinner for the crew cutting corn (a tradition for the last day cutting) and snuck out of the house before anyone could apprehend me.

She/Cat had arranged a mini craft show/sale for the guild with TG (Taylor Girl) Designs as one of the guest vendors and our own Pat Kirkland of the Yarn Barn as another. I was glad to see Pat alive and well after her recent health scare. I also finally got to meet Chan after many conversations...and so many other people that, if I have forgotten you names, please forgive me.

A good time was had and many dollars was spent by all... and River City now has my very tardy membership application...and my bank account is considerably lighter. I didn't buy something from every vendor, but I contributed to the coffers of quite a few.

I came home with two pins, and placed a custom order for one more, a bag of Melody and some adorable froggy stitch markers...I really don't use beaded stitch markers often, but my Mom used to collect frogs so I had to have them...Perhaps I will find a creative way to display them....A pin maybe???

I joined Cat and Chris for lunch...and then God tried to drown me for my sins. The radio was announcing flash flooding, and the rain falling at the rate of 3" to 5" an hour, as I rounded the bend past Echo Lake at about 20 mph. I should have stopped somewhere, but I was afraid if I did not press on I might not be able to get home. I had to cross three major creeks and the South Anna between there and the farm. As it was it had hardly rained at all when I got home.

...and not a dirty dish to be seen asnywhere when I got home...either they cleaned up after themselves... or took the whole mess to Grandma's...which is a more likely senerio...

Friday --- and not a day too soon!

2009-08-21T10:24:00.005-04:00

Hi, all. It's Friday. Sigh. Glad to see the weekend come.

With the weekend comes River City Knitters' Vendor Trunk Show event. Saturday from 10 - noon (or a little later if we're having fun and a good turnout) RCK meets for a short monthly guild meeting and an opportunity to jump start any kind of buying spree you want to start, be it for the holidays or yourself - you can indulge.

Please check out the link for RCK where you can then click and see who is coming and what wonders they are bringing for us to feast on!

On another note, Robin C. and I went to visit with the Maidens Weaver on Wednesday evening. We had a good time meeting Cherri and seeing / touring her studio. Cherri is in the process of preparing for a show in September and has many lovely projects in the works. We met two students who were working on projects - one lady was dressing her loom and the other was working on a table runner using rag strips... both very interesting to see. I have little to no experience with weaving and am fascinated. Robin is anticipating the arrival of a loom which a good friend of hers is sending from Oregon... stay tuned ... I can't wait to see what Robin will do with it... she has lots of lovely fabric and yarns, any of which would make wonderful weaving projects...

I want to wrap up with some photos I took in Virginia Beach a few weeks back... we had a good time at the Cavalier Hotel... and hope to go back again soon.

The young yellow lab being hauled unceremoniously by her owner here had been a naughty girl. We saw her tromping down the beach; all of a sudden she made a bee-line toward two older ladies. These two ladies had just set up their chairs the way they wanted them, had pulled some coffee and breakfast out of a to-go bag and planted themselves in their seats -- only to be set upon by a huge, wet dog who proceeded to gobble their Mickey D's breakfast! They were nice about it, but the doggy-mom was not a happy girl!

On Wednesday, the full moon seemed to rise out of the Atlantic...

Breathtaking, isn't it?

Amazing Wedding Knitted wedding dress

2009-08-17T12:13:00.002-04:00

Thought you all would appreaciate this. One of my scotty people sent it.

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Request an invitation

2009-08-11T16:42:00.007-04:00

You must be a member to post here, that said, if you have come across this site accidentally and you would like to be a member, we would love to have you. While we are restricted to 100 members there is plenty of room for more. My address is olmommee@aol.com and Cat will supply her own if she wishes. The purpose of this group is to facilitate fiber related discussions and activities and invite people to find someone/s in their area to meet up with in a "safe" environment...Shop owners and other vendors are encouraged to post if you are having a particular activity or workshop you think will be of interest. Feel free to post a link to your personal or business website or blogsite and also to post your ravelry name in your signature line...We will post them to our side bar with your permission.

If you'd like to be put on the map also let us know. You might find someone just around the corner to knit/crochet/ spin with. That was my hope when we created this spot....and I still need spinning lessons.

NoSoKnit Roanoke

2009-08-08T21:15:00.001-04:00

I just got this notice from Rae:

Registration for this year's NoSoKnit will soon open. To join the list to receive NoSoKnit announcements for this year AND FUTURE YEAR, you must join the Yahoo Group RoanokeNoSoKnit. (This is NOT the list you joined last year, which was used only for those registered for the 2008 event.)To join this list, either: * Join on the web at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoanokeNoSoKnit/, or * Send an email to RoanokeNoSoKnit-subscribe@yahoogroups.comPLEASE join this list ASAP. I can add people to the list, but Yahoo Groups will only permit me to add 10 people every 24 hours. If you want to make sure that you receive NoSoKnit email notifications, you *must* join the Yahoo Group.If you have questions, please contact me.Thanks,Rae

State Fair Vs Montpelier Fall Fiber Festival

2009-07-24T18:36:00.003-04:00

I find myself again in a quandry. Do I submit my entries to the Virginia State Fair or Fiber Festival Competition/s. They are yet again overlapping.

...So would you rather your masterpiece be viewed by the general public and promote our craft to many or would you rather it be viewed and judged by your peers/masters...???

I have queried the Fiber Festival folk to the necessitity of these events are running concurrently. My thinking being they are smaller and it would be easier for them to move their timeline. Still your entry to them has to be in by Sept 19th for a Oct 3 & 4 viewing and the fair runs Sept. 24th to the 4th...If you'd like to let them know how you feel, the Fiber Festival competition e-mail address is skeinandgarment@gmail.com.

Summer happenings

2009-07-22T09:55:00.002-04:00

My summer has flown by or so it seems. We have been busy going to WV for our club meetings and to South Carolina for South East Linux Fest (Linux/Fedora is a free operating system for computers). My hubby is a Fedora Ambassador which means he helps others fix problems and promotes the one laptop per child program (in the fall you can purchase a laptop for a needy child and receive a second laptop for your child, for only $400.00). This month I have spent 3 weekends helping my mother in law with a yard sale. This weekend (July 25th) we have a picnic in Blacksburg with our WV Club (Fan Club of Star Trek) which also puts on Rising Star (http://www.rising-star.org) a Science Fiction Convention. August 1st we will be Bluefield, WV or VA for Lemonaide Days with the above club which sponsers two soap box cars for the underprivlaged children to race. August 8th is my hubby's family reunion which we will be attending (close by home) and then we leave for Walt Disney World on August 15th and will return home on August 23rd. We will be taking our son and his girlfriend with us to Walt Disney. September and October are full of travel and activities as well but dates escape me at the moment.

What is everyone up to this summer

2009-07-21T11:33:00.003-04:00

I am sure everyone is busy knitting away this summer or gardening or traveling or, like me, keeping grandchildren and/or grandpuppies.

I have been knitting on a series of little cotton dresses in Paton's Grace for my grandaughters. It is a pretty yarn, but heavy. I hope to get the patterns worked up to sell on Etsy... to support my habits. I don't know what I'll do for the boys, but they will want equal knitting.

You can skip this rant if you wish:

This is going to be a very expensive year. Hannah has graduated high school and starting JSRCC in August to get the courses she needs to start with Bon Secours Nursing School in the spring. Bryer is 8 months old now. Hannah is losing her very meager child support right when we need to buy her a car, pay school fees and put health insurance on her and the baby... Would you believe, because we are farmers, she does not qualify for financial aid???? Something is wrong with this system. Poor hubby works 16 hour days 24/7 365 days a year for less than minimum wage and they think he should sell something to put his stepchild through school while we support her and the baby.... Our health insurance alone is half of our regular monthly income and I suppose most of you know what has happened to the little bit of investment income we used to have.

Sam has come back home to live, but we have yet to move everything out of my stash room to give him a place to sleep...Perhaps this weekend...Will I ever have my own space? I am trying not to complain too loudly. I'd rather have the kids here where I know they are okay than elsewhere...

The Rascals are doing great. Pepper and Rascal have enjoyed brief visits with their daughters recently. The former Darla, now Gracie, will be coming to stay for two weeks starting the 23rd with her sis the former Jacquie, now Darla, while her mom is visiting family in Paris. Hopefully her sister Jetta, formerly Jennie, and the former Dottie, now Georgia, will be able to visit for a puppy party. We do have a lot of name confusion when they visit. Perhaps I should revert to "girls" again. It is fun that they don't seem to forget each other.

We also have an extra big mouth to feed. Gizmo is staying with us. She is a foster that belongs to a friend of my son. You can look her up on Craigslist pet forum. She is a lovely dog that is supposed to be a lab dalmation mix, but working with her, I get an inkling she may also have some border collie in her. We have a goat and she shows classic border collie behavior with him and she will fetch for hours non stop. I am working on her with basic obedience and she is coming along nicely. She is a great dog, but I really can't keep a fourth dog. She in turn has adopted a tabby male kitten from the barn. Why he chose her over the three dogs that are more his momma's size and color I can't tell you, but he is her constant companion....so if anyone wants a lovely dog and a kitten let me know... I'll deliver...

In the meantime, I'd like to stimulate some discussion. What is everyone up to and would we like to plan a get together or some get togethers? I am still in need so some spinning instruction. The spinning wheel and I went all the way to visit her former mom, Diana at their studio in WV for Rustic Tarts and Old Farts... with Eugenia in tow, but we never got around to a lesson. It was a lovely day...Eugenia enjoyed visiting on the drive. Found we had a lot in common, like being bookaholics as wells as fiber addicted. One of our members, Pat Kirkland of the YarnBarn brought a van full of yarn and I bought some great Melody selections. One a beautiful teal mix is going into a Reverse Farose Peacock shawl. I have the center portion worked out in the shape of a peacock's body and Leo (Dear MM or MMarioKKnits) is going to help me adapt the feathers in the tail to fan out behind it.

Pat is currently doing a design workshop on EZasPi(@yahoogroups.com). If you haven't dropped in recently, it promises to be very informative, especially for those of us who find we don't fit the norms in most patterns...

Ya'll pipe up now and start some chatter.

Rustic Tarts and Old Farts

2009-05-29T14:36:00.002-04:00

Is any one in the Central Virginia Area planning to go Sunday the 7th? I'd love to have a few people to car pool with. Cat may or may not be able to go and will ride with us if she can. I am happy to drive my Camry.

Berkeley Springs Studio Tour + Knit-In and Spin-In

2009-05-20T09:31:00.003-04:00

The Studio Tour is coming at this weekend. We are planning a special event here — a "modified" sheep-to-shawl demo (modified because the sheep were sheared a month ago! and because everybody is invited to help).

We are inviting your participation! I'll show you how to prepare and spin from longwool locks, so bring your drop spindle, wheel, and knitting needles (size 5 or 6). Our spinning teams will handspin the dyed longwool locks, and the knitters will create small squares (any size) which will be pieced together for the shawl.

The finished shawl will be donated to the Morgan County Art and Elegance fundraiser in November.

Please note that individual instruction in spinning or knitting for beginners will not be possible during the event (there's only one of me!), so some basic skills will be needed to participate, although everyone can help with fiber prep!

I hope to see some of you here!

Info on the shop is here:
http://pocketmeadowfarm.net

Lucy Neatby to Teach!

2009-05-11T15:41:00.000-04:00

It has been a hard year to wait on this !
Lucy Neatby will be here this coming fall doing her double knitting classes and her workshop on steeks as well.

ABOUT LUCY
Lucy Neatby is an internationally recognized teacher, designer, and writer who thrills knitters around the world with her inimitable charm, knowledge, and uniquely colourful designs. Her passion of nurturing and empowering knitters, and putting them in control of their art, is legendary!

I have never tried knitting socks inside one another or knitting a tube within a tube and I am looking forward to trying this as
I and others learn new skills. Lucy is a wonderful teacher and a great person. Lucy is so well know for her fabulous teachings that she is well booked 2-3 years
in advance. After waiting over a year for an opening, we are proud to offer her illustrious classes to you!
Below are the classes we will be offering the weekend of October 9th.

Dabble into Doubles: 3 hours
Gain an insight and deeper understanding of your knitting. Try a variety of types of double knitting to produce 2 layer fabrics.
You will start with tubular knitting on straight needles, open and condensed bind-off methods and learn the
magnificent double-knit pocket trick. Using 2 yarns you will be introduced to positive and negative dk color knitting and quilting techniques for added
texture and warmth.

Double Up and Around: also 3 hours
Make an Exploratory journey into other realms of double knitting. ( which produce 2 layer fabrics)
Beginning with tubes within tubes, worked in the round, starting with one color of yarn, then yarns and
then with color patterning. You will be learning different ways to handle yarns for maximum efficiency
and how to incorporate shaping into double fabrics topped off with tubular bind offs. this technique is widely used in mittens and socks.

She will also be offering her workshop on steeks if enough people are interested.

The First Cut is the Deepest: 3 hours

Cutting your knitting is a liberating experience. It really isn’t scary. It offers many benefits and opens up new construction and design possibilities. What exactly are steeks? Whilst knitting a sample for with centre front and armhole steeks we will discuss suitable yarns and how to plan for cutting. We will practise fully fashioned shapings, use of markers and securing methods. We look at possibilities for disaster management, adapting armholes and necks for cutting, making mixed gauge fabrics fit and Siamese sleeves. For our finale, we will make the first incision!

There is a maximum of 20 seats per each class session. Sign up and advance reservation are required. $50.00 per class to hold your place is required.
Classes are expected to be $100.00 each per session. Balances are due on or before October 1, 2009.
We will also be keeping a waiting list.

If you might be willing to host Lucy for the weekend, please give us a call or come by and see Sherri. Lucy is very open to stay with another knitter and is good company.

Wednesday Sit and Stitch group will be working on learning to do hats. They will be donated to our charities. Lesson and help are free.
Use our patterns or yours.
Please join us from 12:30 on.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop

Designing an Aran sweater

2009-05-02T10:45:00.003-04:00

Hi all: I am new to this blog, so I hope I am "blogging" correctly. I have several projects in mind that I need help with beginning. I would love to learn how to design my own Aran sweater, but first, I have a pattern for an Aran sweater that is designed to fit very loosely, and I wanted to make it more fitted to me. I already have supposedly the perfect yarn for this sweater (20 sts to 4", using size 7 needles), but I can not achieve gauge, even on a size 5 needle. The pattern consists of Charts A-E, and to achieve gauge, it says to knit Chart A. The pattern is written for separate pieces, and I want to knit it in the round. I know Richmond has several yarn shops that offer lessons to groups, but I wanted some one-on-one instruction. Do any of you know of someone who would be willing to work with me on this pattern to help me get going? I could probably do the rest of the sweater on my own, its just difficult for me to get started. You can leave me a comment here with your email address and I'd love to contact you. I live between Richmond and Charlottesville. Many thanks! Gwen

(phone number deleted by CAT, new sentence re: contact options added, to be on the safe side!!)

2009-04-07T09:40:00.002-04:00

Ladies I have not died. I did get every little germ going around this winter. The babies are keeping me very busy. The puppies should be going to a new home soon and Bryer (the baby who lives here) is getting much bigger. For the last three nights she has slept through the night. Hope she keeps it up. Maybe I can get back to a more human schedule and get some stuff done...I have dozens of newly started projects...Serious "startitis" going here...Every yarn I pick up has to be tried out...

I need to get back to a swatching program and maybe I can stop this. With FOUR new grandbabies I am itching to keep knitting, but it seems my hands are so frequently full....

Meet Wendy D. Johnson in Person!

2009-03-13T09:17:00.000-04:00

Wendy says:

"I can tell you right now, I’ll be doing a book signing at Knit Happens in Alexandria, VA on Saturday April 18, beginning at 2pm. It’ll be an informal event, and I’ll have the actual socks from the book for you to take a look at. I hope to see as many of you there as possible. Bring your socks."

Silent Auction of Fiber Stuff

2009-03-02T16:12:00.002-05:00

The Tavern Spinners and Weaver's Guild of the Northern Neck, Virginia will host a silent auction to raise money for our future guild studio on the second Sunday in March from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Rice's Inn/Hughlett Tavern Transportation Building.

Everyone is welcomed to bring an item to donate for auction. You may put a reserve on the item and if it doesn't sell, you can donate it outright to the guild for the guild's use or take it back home with you. Any fiber related item (weaving, spinning, fibers, yarn, baskets, and other items such as gently used tools and even large items are welcomed).

Or, if you would like to shop for a deal on a gently used, previously loved item, please come along and put in a bid.

Refreshments provided.

Call 804-450-2652 for more information.

14th Annual Sheep Shearing Day

2009-02-23T10:03:00.004-05:00

The 14th Annual Sheep Shearing Day at Thistle Cove Farm takes place 4 April 2009.

This working day on a sheep and horse farm is open to the public and begins around 9 a.m. when Clinton Bell, Master Shearer, arrives to shear my small, rare and primitive Shetland sheep and Merino, Romney and crossbred sheep. He's usually finished shearing around 1:00 p.m. but the day goes until 5:00 p.m.Lost Arts Guild members demonstrate and sell traditional Appalachian crafts such as hand and farm spun yarn, woven rag rugs, baskets, brooms, iron courtn' candles, mountain dulcimers, wooden benches, decorated gourds, knitted/crochet/felted goods and more. Everything is hand crafted by folks living in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia.

Cove Community folks will sell hot food and drink to benefit educational programs throughout the year.

Directions are on the Thistle Cove Farm website; please call first to make sure the event hasn't been cancelled due to weather or shearer emergency.

Yarn and Fiber Tasting!

2009-02-16T23:23:00.002-05:00

If anyone is planning to be in the Berkeley Springs area next Saturday, please stop by for our 2nd annual Yarn and Fiber Tasting. More details here.

spindles

2008-12-15T08:57:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to let you spinners know that I've just gotten in some of the really cool SpinOlution drop spindles. Email me if you're interested!

Ellen

What NOT to put in a news letter

2008-12-06T12:15:00.003-05:00

Over the years, I have tried to teach my children to be kind and giving. I try to also be and hope that what I do and how I help others will reflect in the actions of my children. I think all mothers feel the same way. Recently the number of hungry people in our area came across my desk. Statistics of people in this area needing help and I felt sick. The numbers have grown and have continued to grow. As a family, we have participated in all the local food drives and this year that has not been enough it seems for the growing need in our community.

When I was approached and asked if my store would become a drop-off location for one of the homeless shelter's food collection drive I pondered the idea. Of course this wasn't any problem!

Still I wanted to help make a difference. I knew that in my own pantry were many items bought with every intention of being used however these items had for some unknown reason had not been and were sitting there hiding behind the newer items. Cleaning out these items would help but if we all did that would it really be enough?

So I made one of those executive decisions....Why not send the info out in the news letter and instead of a discount coupon inserted, give a discount of 20% off any item of your choice when you bring in a food donation? And do this year round, not just a certain time of year.

So I put that in the newest news letter with the little bit of new yarns info and a reminder that we have a new and wonderful supply of gifts and stocking stuffer. Much to my surprise, we had someone complain!
Oh well....Cant please everyone.

I still think helping others in any way I can is a good thing to be doing.

Berries

2008-11-28T12:41:00.002-05:00

My suggestion for any type berry that's ripe, or even a day past prime, is Cobbler.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Melt one stick butter, no substitutions, in 9x12 glass baking dish.

Mix well together
~one cup self-rising flour
~one cup sugar
~one cup milk
~one tablespoon baking powder
~teaspoon vanilla OR almond - both taste wonderful with berries

In sauce pan, heat one quart berries - black, blue, rasp or mix berries until you've got a quart

Pour flour, sugar, milk mixture over melted butter.
Pour heated berries over all and bake about twenty minutes or until brown.

This is really, really good with ice cream while looking at a beautiful knitting book.

BTW, Fiber Femmes blog has some great book reviews today.

My stove is a 1914 Acorn and to say the ovens are cranky is to put it mildly. I've learned to bake visually.

Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm

2008-11-19T22:44:00.001-05:00

We're making our flight arrangements this weekend. Can't wait to see you.

* Holiday Mail for Heros *

2008-11-14T15:26:00.000-05:00

The American Red Cross is sponsoring a national "Holiday Mail for Heroes" campaign to receive and distribute holiday cards to service members and veterans both in the United States and abroad.

The goal is to collect and distribute one million pieces of holiday mail.

"As we enter this holiday season-a time to celebrate with family and friends-it's important to remember the thousands of men and women who serve our nation in harm's way and those who are recovering in military and veterans hospitals," said Army Col. Norvell V. Coots, commander, Walter Reed Health Care System. "The Holiday Mail for Heroes program is a wonderful outreach effort and a great way to acknowledge the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform."

Holiday cards should be mailed to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456

All cards must be postmarked no later than Dec. 10. Cards should not be mailed or delivered to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

For more information, visit www.wramc.amedd.army.mil or www.redcross.org/holidaymail for Holiday Mail for Heroes program guidelines.Walter Reed is not accepting mail addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier."

If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these people, who have sacrificed so much, would get.

Peace.

Thursday's child

2008-11-13T19:50:00.002-05:00

Congrats to Olivia's family - she has a brand new granddaughter today - Bryer Elisabeth came into the world at 8:19 am. She weighed in at 7 lb. 9.5 oz, 21 inches long, with reddish brown hair. I am sure she is a beauty!!!

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe Receives 2008 Best Award

2008-10-31T10:40:00.001-04:00

U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., October 20, 2008 -- Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe has been selected for the 2008 Best of Yorktown Award in the Yarn category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USLBA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA)

U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USLBA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USLBA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

What would you do with a quart of VERY (found in the back of the refrigerator) left over blueberries?

2008-10-28T16:28:00.001-04:00

What would you do with a quart of VERY (found in the back of the refrigerator) left over blueberries?

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Grow your stash without feeling guilty!

2008-10-21T11:19:00.001-04:00

Here at Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe we are helping you save money and continue to knit without worrying.

Has your yarns stash built up?
Does it contain yarns that you have not used for those projects the children have out grown?
Do you still have projects planned you know you will never get to? A lonely ball of this or that?

Here is a wonderful idea for all that sad, unused yarn just sitting around waiting to be worked up.

We are having two STASH BUSTING EVENTS!
Bring your clean, unused yarns in on either November 1st or December 1st and trade them for store credit during normal store hours.

That’s right. We will be giving store credit of $1.00 for each pound of clean, unused yarn of an type.
The Coupons will become raffle tickets when you redeem them.

Each coupon will be eligible for not only the $1.00 store credit but also for
entry into a drawing for one of two kits.

From acrylic to wool, labeled or not, all can be traded in.
The traded yarns from your unwanted stash will then be donated to local groups doing charity work. It’s a win/ win situation.

Even your DH can’t complain if you are “trading” for new yarns now.

Saturday, November 1st and Saturday, December 1st are the big days to remember.

Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693

757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com

Wear all Your Rainbows !

Invitations to blog

2008-10-17T15:34:00.002-04:00

I recently sent out invitations to some folks I met last winter at the Knitters at the Lake retreat... I hope they will join us and blog with us! Olivia and I would really like to stir up some creative juices here and get folks to blog more... comment more... communicate with each other... c'mon! share, dog-gone-it!!

Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival

2008-10-17T12:03:00.004-04:00

Is anyone planning to attend this festival next weekend (25-26th) in Berryville, VA? I cannot go on Saturday, as the studio is open and I have a wedding to officiate, but I intend to be there on Sunday with my DH Sherpa. :-)

http://shenandoahvalley.tripod.com/ is the website. I've never been to this one; it usually falls on the weekend I have family in for my mother's and my joint birthday dinner, but this year it's the week before. So I cannot vouch for how good it is, although I do know some of the vendors are good quality. However, a friend of mine who's been liked it.

Diana

Virginia Knits

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May 14th
Needle Felted Silk Scarf

We have just a few seats left in this class.
Using PageWood Farm's Silk scarf we will be teaching needle felting.

NO KNITTING or CROCHET required!
You will have the luxury of creating your very own unique design using a variety
of mediums.

This workshop is FREE when the materials are purchased
in our shop.

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