I just completed this adorable bamboo cabled hat.  I think it will go to my nephew Aiden. I am so in love with knitting with the bamboo, it is so soft ans silky in your hands. I used Rowan Bamboo Soft, and the pattern for this comes from the book 101 Luxury Yarn One Skein Wonders. This book is amazing for quick to complete gifts. I plan on using it a bit more before the holidays. Yes, there is still time to finish some wonderful home-made items for your friends. I will make sure to share with you as they are completed.

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday. I went on a hike with my dad and all the dogs and then ate a ton, it was perfect!

Then back to work on Friday! The UPS man just brought us this lovely Lakehouse fabric pictured aboveas well as the cordinates that are shown with it below. It reminds me a little of Thanksgiving with all of the lovely confections ready to eat, so it was perfect to feature today. It feels very romantic, and has a little bit of metallic in the print.The cursive writing that makes up the background is a list of wonderful french pastries that is making my stomach growl. I don’t really want to cut it up, so I am going to have to search for a pattern with some very large blocks(any ideas?). Hmmm, better start searching. Enjoy your long weekend, if you get one!

So, as I said before, we are very busy trying to get all new displays up for the new year. It is a lot of fun becasye I am getting to work a lot on quilting, but also a little daunting. My work room is a mess. Here is one of my tables, to give you a sneak peak at a simple quilt that I am working on with the Spellbound collection from Art Gallery. I love the vibrant colors!

We have a new class schedule that covers this week through the holidays, the link is below. It is a little smaller than most schedules, because we know that there will be lots of family and festivities that everyone will be enjoying. It has some of our classic favorites, as well as a few new holiday gift ideas. Above is a wonderful new headband (*Hip Holiday Headband) that we are offering a class on. It is so simple to make, and makes a fabulous hand made present.

Heads up for the binding class that is offered this Thursday. I know it is short notice, but is was the only way that we could squeeze it in. We have been asked by many to offer this class, which has not been on our schedule for a little while. Jeanette does the most beautiful bindings around, and she is the teacher, so don’t miss out!

Holiday Class Schedule

It has been one of thise weeks where it feels like I am running and running and yet not much is getting done. I missed getting up a new and wonderful fabric on Friday ,but there are too many good ones around to skip it! I am dying over these new polka! I love the bold colors and of course the oversized polka dots(who doesn’t love polka dots?). They are yet another one of the fabulous fabrics that came from Lecien. So, I guess I am back to my busy work, no more fun with fabrics. Argh! Look for our new Holiday Class Schedule coming out tommorow.

I can’t keep stop petting this new Minky. The ladybugs are too adorable. Plus, call me crazy, but I swear that this Minky is softer than any of the others!

Yay! Our Lecien Japanese fabrics came in! There are so many amazing fabrics it was hard to choose what to put on the blog today. I am sure there will be much more to come, but I am especially fond of these Linen & Cotton blends. The prints are teeny tiny and have monkeys and fruit, I just want to pinch the fabric. It has been a bit like Christmas around here, so much fabric is pouring in, we are running out of places to put it!

The fabric is flowing into the shop like crazy. There are a lot of fabulous new prints but I especially love this collection called Kiwi from Timeless Treasures. Usually I would not pick lime as one of my favorite colors, but these fabrics change my mind! If you are Lecien lover, get excited! We have over 100 bolts of the amazing Japanese fabrics coming in on Friday.

Sample Sale:

We are changing up some displays and doing a little bit of purging. Upstairs at the shop we have a sample sale going on with a lot of beautiful retired store samples and displays, all for sale at great prices. Come check them out!!

I brought out this scarf today to keep warm in the newly frigid temperatures around here. I forgot how much I like it! So I thought I would share the pattern with you. I actually made a few of these last year, and no matter what color or yarn I chose, I was really pleased with the result. The pattern looks more complicated then it is, and knits up really quickly. I held together a basic Aran weight wool blend and a fine angora that changed colors slightly to make the scarf shown here. But I also made a few of them with only the wool blend, both turned out wonderfully. I also like my scarves really long, so you may not need as much yarn as the pattern calls for. Have fun!

Peacock Scarf Pattern