The product of an eight year labor of love, fashion historian and designer Susan Crawford has pulled together an incredible collection of designs in The Vintage Shetland Project. Delving into the heritage of Shetland’s knitting traditions, Crawford worked with the Shetland Museum and its curator Dr. Carol Christiansen, choosing the best original designs from the… Read More »
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Week Wound Up – Friday, December 15th
Greetings from space! Here’s what has been happening around the shop this week as well as upcoming classes and events. Just Landed! Pichinku Flatiron, a custom color from Freia. Check out this post for a full run down of all exclusive items we carry. I Feel Like Craft mugs from Shelli.Can Lykke interchangeable needle sets… Read More »
New Holiday Notions are Here!
All this week we’ve been eagerly opening boxes to find all kinds of exciting new notions for the holidays we’re so excited to share with you. With a wealth of new tools to add to your collections, we are so happy to welcome Brooklyn Haberdashery, Cohana, and Akerworks products to our shop, and new items… Read More »
Tool Tuesday: Tulip I-Cord Maker
The Tulip I-Cord Maker is perfectly designed to quickly and easily whip up an i-cord braid for any project. Best used with lace, fingering, and sport weight yarns, this nifty tool rests comfortably on your table for easy cord making. Beyond projects, crank out a decorative braid to wrap gifts, decorate gifts, or twist into… Read More »
Tool Tuesday: Knife-Edge Scissors
I’m so excited about this week’s Tool Tuesday featured item. These little scissors have been one of my favorite items to ever join my tool kit in years of knitting. Freshly restocked this week, we are enjoying these knife-edge scissors. Forged from iron and a compact 4″ long, the edge is wonderfully sharp for precision… Read More »
Tools Tuesday: Love + Leche
Summer is a time for on the go knitting and travel. We’ve been putting together some great projects for the summer movie season, like our Wonder Woman KAL, and debating the best yarns for road trip projects. To help with these busy summer months this week’s Tools Tuesday features our Love + Leche lotion bars…. Read More »
Tool Tuesday: Pom-Pom Makers!
A pom-pom is a wonderful thing- whether you need to finish a hat, need a fun decoration, or want a fast and easy fiber project with the kids, pom-poms are the way to go. We’re always on the lookout for fun new tools to make pom-poms, and this week we’re featuring two of our newest… Read More »
Week Wound Up – Friday, May 12
Greetings from space! Here’s what has been happening around the shop this week as well as upcoming classes and events. Just Landed Amimono Fibre Rinse and Wash from Unicorn Fibre Hedgehog Fibres Merino Lace New colors of Kalinka Neighborhood Fiber Co. Kits for the Joji Mystery KAL Events The Road to China Lace trunk show… Read More »
Tool Tuesday: Lacis Copper Scissors
When it comes to our tools, we often focus on the function. Tools are there to help us get to the beautiful finished object, and we rely on that practicality. But when we spend a long time with our tools and love them for their own sake, we often pick out a tool that is… Read More »
Goldfish Memory KAL-It’s a Wrap!
Today is the final day of our Goldfish Memory Knit-a-Long! Hopefully you’ve finished your, and enjoyed making this fun, spring-ready wrap, even with the snow day. As a reminder, post your pictures of the finished wrap on your Ravelry page with #fsGoldfishMemoryKAL and tag us on Instagram using #fsGoldfishMemoryKAL in order to be entered to… Read More »
Stitching Survival Skills are Back
Starting Wednesday, March 15 we are relaunching our weekly stitching survival skills drop-in workshops. From 6pm-6:45pm every Wednesday one of our experienced instructors will offer a crash course on one technique, covering cast-ons and bind-offs, adding colors, fixing mistakes, and many more. These workshops are absolutely free, so come and build your skills. We’ll be… Read More »