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Won't you come join us? Meghan Jackson of Butterflyknit.ca and I have joined forced to bring you the first in a series of mystery KALs to start in July this year. First up, Meghan has created a shawl that you can knit either in one or two colourways and in her words,  The perfect shawl for tiptoeing through a garden or anywhere else – just be careful of carnivorous plants in your wanders. The classic novel The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham inspired this unique floral edged all-over lace shawl. The project is constructed from the bottom up..  - Read More

We are really pleased to launch our new store interface and hope that you will find it an enjoyable shopping experience as well. In celebration of our new home, we are offering a 10% off discount code for all the products in the "Yarn" drop-down category!  Enter discount code "ILOVEYARN" when checking out and 10% will be deducted from your order at checkout. The sale runs from Tuesday, May 22nd right through to midnight, EST, May 28, 2012. Enjoy everyone! We will be adding products throughout the week of the sale so check back often - you might find something else..  - Read More

If you live in Sarnia, Ontario, my local yarn shop is a delight to shop in and sit and knit in! Janice and Caitlin have been open now for approximately 2 years and they have created a shop that's warm, inviting and a pleasure to be in. Not only that, they believe in supporting the local artists in town and I'm pleased to stock my yarns with them. This past weekend we had a small trunk show and it was lots of fun! We even had a few knitters in from Indiana who were excited to see what we had..  - Read More

What a lovely time in Toronto this year! We enjoyed the day a lot and the best part, as usual, was interacting with knitters. I always have such a lovely time doing so at each and every fibre show. The show was well attended this year and apparently numbers are up since last year which is a great sign that things are slowly but surely recovering. Very exciting!   In knitting news, I managed to finish my Vodka Lemonade sample for the booth by binding off in the car on the way to Toronto and steam blocking the sweater the..  - Read More