My little guy started weaving yesterday. He's making a bag for his beloved "Fluffy Bear". Fluffy bear is special. He's made out of alpaca fur and is the softest toy on the planet. He will show you Fluffy bear if you ask him when you're here. Fluffy bear likes white and light blue, so that was why those colors were picked.

Frost is a perfectionist even though he knows his parents mess up on a regular basis. When I tell him it doesn't have to be perfect, he gets frustrated with me and tells me to "be quiet mommy". I'm so happy he's discovering the serenity of weaving.

Well, my silk and mohair shawl is finished and boy, did I learn A LOT!!! First, never warp your loom with mohair. The fibers stick together when alternating between up shaft and down shaft. Next time, I'm going to use Blue Sky Alpaca Silk for the warp and the fluffy mohair for the weft. Even though it was trying, I went slowly and separated the fibers when I had to, to the tune of a 12 hour shawl.

It took me about 45 minutes to warp the loom, about 10 hours to weave and another hour to finish it with the fringe. It is beautiful and I love how the two colors of mohair blended for an ethereal silver-blue. And, it's really warm due to the silk. Here are all the pictures. It's nice to be a novice again!

Well, we are loaded with bags, cases and pouches! Here's Frost with what's new...

From Namaste handbags, we have the Hip Holster. Put your ball of sock yarn inside, hang it over your shoulder and knit and walk at the same time! And, we have their lovely circular needle cases with an accordion-style organizing system (because we know you have more than 10 circular needles).

In addition, there are Spud and Chloe reversible totes, little Namaste notions pouches, Blue Sky Pretty "Cheep" project bags and a variety of other handbags.

Here are the covers of the latest Rowan Magazines and Fall Vogue Knitting.

If you're a quilter or sewist, you'll love Amy Butler's new yarns and knitwear patterns. The yarn has a beautiful hand and comes in her cheerful colors. Here's the stats on the yarn:

Belle Organic DK
50% organic wool, 50% organic cotton
50grams/131 yards

Betsy McCarthy's revised book Knit Socks! has arrived. We have a number of copies in stock, so if you want to reserve one you can call the shop and we'll put it aside for you. The book has eight new patterns and includes instructions for knitting socks on double pointed, two circular, and one long circular needle(s).

StitchCraft is hosting Betsy's Book Signing on Saturday, September 25th from 1pm - 3pm.

Betsy is teaching two beginning sock workshops at StitchCraft this fall. Tentative dates for the workshops are:

Tuesday, October 12th, 9am - 4pm
Sunday, November 7th, 9am - 4pm

You're welcome to get on a wait-list for these classes. Just call us at 360-993-2200.

Here's Betsy's Today Show appearance with Jane Pauley from last March.

Here are Autumn G's beautiful heirloom baby socks. Aren't they gorgeous? I believe the one on the left is from Nancy Bush's Folk Socks. Correct me if I'm wrong.

And...I took a load of preemie hats to Southwest Washington Medical Center last week. Thank you to all my customers who donated their time to make them. We submitted 21 hats this time. Please keep them coming!