Spring
Yarns Are In
In the Shop
The spring yarns are in! New this year are four cotton and cotton blends.
Bebe Cotsoy is a 50% cotton,
50% soy silk yarn, 110 yards/50 grams and 5 stitches to the
inch. It is very soft and excellent for making baby things.
Cascade
Luna is 100% cotton, 82 yards/50 grams and 4.5
stitches to the inch. This yarn has a bit of texture but
not too much. It is easy to work with and great for any summery
thing you’d
like to make.
Matsuri is
a new yarn from Noro. It is 87% cotton and 13% wool, 145
meters/50 grams and 4-4.5 sttchess to the inch. This is
a braided yarn and has all the color changing goodness you’ve
come to expect from Noro, without the scratchiness!I’m
making myself a little spring hat out of it right now.
Aztec Boucle cotton
from Henry’s Attic is the yarn that I’m
the most excited about. This yarn is organic and naturally
colored, so there are no chemicals used in its production!
It comes in six colorways. The solids
are off-white, cream, camel and sage green. The two other
colorways are one ply of the white twisted with either the
green or the camel.
This is a great yarn for anyone who is
interested in eco-friendly products and maintaining
biodiversity. The boucle texture just asks to be made into
a baby towel or snuggly beach cover-up.
I’m
stocked up on all the rest of your summer favorites, including
Eden bamboo, Hempathy, Jamaica and Fixation.
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Spring
Workshop
We have space left in our Advanced
Double Knitting workshop; all other spring workshops are
full.

A double-knitted headband.
See
Alasdair Post-Quinn’s web site
for more examples of double knitting.
Advanced Double Knitting
Two-day
class:
Saturday, April 5, 1:00-4:00 p.m. and
Saturday, May 10, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
(note new
date for second class)
Cost $80
Taught by Alasdair Post-Quinn
This class will take
you beyond the basics of double knitting to
make
you feel like
a real
pro!
The
project for the class is a hat
that you will learn to double
knit in
the round.
Alasdair
will
provide a number of motifs to
choose from, or you can bring a favorite
Fair Isle pattern.
You
will swatch and start your hat
on April 5, work on the body
of the
hat for
the next
few
weeks, and return
on May 10 to do the crown decreasing
and finish work. You need be
familiar with the
basics
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Upcoming
Events
Spring is here, and that
means sheep and wool festivals! Click the name of
each festival for more information.
Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival
Saturday, April
26, 10:00 am-4:00 p.m. Rain or Shine
The Sheepshearing
Festival is great fun for everyone. See
all kinds of demonstrations from shearing to
lace making to sheep dogs. Pet a llama. Learn
to spin. This is also the only Sheep & Wool
festival that you can get to on public transportation. Take
the #70 bus from Central Square and get out at
the first stop in Waltham. I always have
a booth in the Fiber Tent so stop in and say
hello! (Note that the shop
will be closed that day.)
Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival
Saturday, April 26
New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival
Saturday &
Sunday, May 10 & 11
I’ll be at the festival on
May 11, so the shop will be
closed.
Massachusetts Sheep and Wool Festival
Saturday &
Sunday, May 24 & 25
Shop Closings Note that the shop will
be closed on:
- Saturday, April
26, for
the Gore Place Festival and
- Sunday,
May 11, for the New
Hampshire Festival.
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Etsy
Store
Our hand-dyed yarns are available
online!
As
seen on the Yarn Harlot’s
blog.
Due to popular demand, we offer a selection
of gorgeous hand-dyed yarns at mindseyeyarns.etsy.com.
The selection of fibers and colors changes
often as we dye new yarns and other dye lots are sold. To
give you an idea of our offerings. Recently dyed yarns
include:
- Acid Washed and Denim merino/tencel
blend washable sock yarns (shown at right);
- Sock yarns in the colorways Evening Sky,Ashes of Roses,
and Sky Blue.
- Double-knit weight 100% merino superwash
yarns Iris Sky and Pumpkin Patch.
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10%
Discount for Bookstore Knitting Group
Porter
Square Books, located right across the street from our
shop, in the Porter Square Shopping Center, has a knitting/craft
group that meets one Sunday a month. We offer group attendees
10% off anything they buy on days the group meets. |
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The
Doctor Is Always In…
…the
Knitting and Spinning Doctor, That Is!
I am always available during store
hours to help out with any problems you are having with
your projects.
Quick help is always free. If your problem
is likely to take more than 10 minutes or so to fix, please
call ahead and schedule a lesson. A 45-minute lesson costs
$12. Lessons where we are designing a pattern from scratch
or significantly altering an existing pattern are $20 for
45 minutes. (Please note that prices are subject to change
without notice.) |
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Shop
Hours:
Wed. - Fri.: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sat.: 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Sun.: 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Groups:
Knitting Group: Wednesday
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Spinning Group: Thursday
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
All Abilities Welcome! |
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22 White Street Cambridge,
MA 02140
(617) 354-7253
lucy@mindseyeyarns.com
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