In the Shop

Addi Turbo Needles

I am now carrying Addi Turbos. I have sizes 0-6 in the 40” circular length for knitting socks. I also got size 3 Addi Lace needles in the 32” length just to try out. Over the next year, I will be increasing my stock of Addis.

Highlighter Tape

This year, I went to the New England Needlework Association trade show in Sturbridge. While I was there I got this new highlighter tape. It is fantastic if you have trouble keeping your place in a pattern. The adhesive is the same as that on a Post-it note. The big difference is that you can pull out as much as you want, and it’s see-through, so you can tell what you did on the previous row.

Zitron Merino Pencil Roving

I also picked up some wonderful Zitron 100% merino pencil roving, which can be spun or felted. These yarns come in many different colorways and shade slowly from one color to the next. If you Navajo-ply your singles, you get an effect similar to Trekking XXL sock yarn.

Other New Roving

While I was at the New Hampshire Sheep & Wool Festival, I bought 60+ lbs of fleece that I am having Zeilinger Wool Co. make into roving for me. I found white and gray Romney as well as a gray Corriedale and a gray Cottswold. I can’t wait to get them back. They should be here sometime in late July or early August.

Calling All Ravelers!

There is now a Mind’s Eye Yarns Ravelry group. Search for Minds Eye Yarns on Ravelry’s groups page. (Notice there’s no apostrophe in the group name.) I’ll be using the group to let people know about dye days and shop events and to answer people’s questions. You can use it to ask me questions, make colorway suggestions (I always love suggestions!) or just to talk amongst yourselves.

Summer Hours& Closings

Closed Sundays June 15–Aug. 31
As usual, I will be closed Sundays through June, July, and August. I will be open again on Sundays starting after Labor Day weekend.

Closed June 30-July 15 for vacation
I will be back in the shop for my regular summer hours starting on Wednesday, July 16. The shop floor needs some lovin’ in the form of a few coats of polyurethane so if you walk by and see the front room empty, that’s why. Someone always thinks I’ve gone out of business when I do the floor. Never fear! I’ll be open again on July 16 with a shiny, shiny floor!

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.

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.

My Blog

You can follow my adventures in the shop and in the rest of my life at www.fullserviceyarnshop.com.

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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