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Virginia knits ... imagine a wheel with Richmond as the hub ... knitters all over the place ... from Virginia Beach to Bristol, from Winchester to Danville ... fiber folk are everywhere
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Checking in!
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!
How are you guys? Post something - tell us about your crafts, your kids (2 or 4 legged), your garden ... come on!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Daisy Days, April 24 - Pick up your Mother's Day gift!
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.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sedalia Fiber Fest - May 15, 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
2 At A Time...Toe Up by Mellisa Morgan-Oakes
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
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
Monday, March 22, 2010
Manchester HS Spring Bazaar
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
Monday, February 1, 2010
TG Designs will be at Daisy Days in April.
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.
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.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Knitters - Plan Ahead ~ save the Dates
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
“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
Friday, November 20, 2009
New Arrivals Just in Time for the Holidays
Coordinated Colors Yarn Shoppe
2703 George Washington Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23693
757/874-3939
www.coordinatedcolors.com
Hampton Roads Largest Yarn Shop
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.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tavern Spinners & Weavers Holiday Sale
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.
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.
Monday, November 2, 2009
HUGE BY THE BAG SALE
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
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
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Next $5.00 Workshop: Fixing Minor Mistakes
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
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
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Student missing from concert in Charlottesville
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, October 3, 2009
Saturday Workshops You Don't Want to Miss!
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
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
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Vegas, Death Valley and Date Milkshakes!
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Crochet Along With Me
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
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?
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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Oh, KIS me, you ask? Knitting In Staunton of course!
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.
and enter, you are greeted by this phrase:
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
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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!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
"Unsighted" - The Tactility of Textiles
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
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
Friday, September 11, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
"Unsighted-The Tactility of Textiles" opens Tomorrow!
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
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
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