July is the time for...

vacation!! This July the folks at Knit 1 are taking a vacation. We've revised our hours for the month but ask that you check the website before you head over to see if there are any changes for that day.



The rest of this week our hours:

Wed 8th: 3-8:30
Thurs 9th: 5-8:30
Fri 10th: closed
Sat 11th: closed
Sun 12th: 12-4

From July 13th - 31st:

Mon, Tues & Fri: 1-5
Wed & Sat: closed
Thurs: 5-8:30
Sun: 12-4

The Wednesday night Open Project Class & the Thursday night Beginning Knitting Class will resume the first week of August. The Thursday night Crochet Class is still on, please email by Thursday mornings to sign up.

Hope everyone is having a great summer! See you in August!

What do we have to do....

to get you interested in our crochet classes??? We keep hearing crochet is the next big thing and yet... where are the droves of knitters looking to add more skills to their knitting bag of tricks? Or the craftless crew? Where are you? Maybe if we slashed the price of the classes in half 5 classes for 50 bucks...would that pique your interest? These days that's less an hour than a cup of coffee!




Here's the deal: sign up any time in the next ...say from Memorial Day through the 4th of July and get a block of 5 crochet classes for $50. You don't have to use the classes within that time, only purchase them. Why stop there? Buy a block of 5 Open Project Knitting Classes and get 2 free. Interested in learning to knit? Take $20 off the price of the beginners class. If you're looking for something to do this summer look to Knit 1.

Sale Sale Sale

Spring is in the air! Time to open the doors and air the joint out... stop in this Fri, Sat & Sun for our Spring cleaning sale. Yarns under $15 are 10% off; yarns $15-$30 are 15% off; over $30, 20% off. Take an additional 5% off sale yarns.
Books 25% off.

Congratulations Tellisa Amos!!

Congratulations to a loyal friend of Knit 1's! All the Sunday students know how hard Tellisa was working on her school project and it paid off. Tellisa won the award for "Excellence in Sportswear" in the student's fashion show. This photo is of her mad skills as the designer and seamstress of both the knit and sewn garments. The black dress was knit using Cascade Venezia worsted, while the other two knit pieces used Malabrigo. The lacey elements are yarns from Habu. We raise our knittin' sticks to you T! Good work!

Check back with us later in the week for our posting of when our Spring cleaning sale begins.

Don't let your yarn habit suffer...

Knit 1 has plenty of deals to satisfy your cravings while still being mindful of your wallet.

At the top of my list is Eco Wool from Cascade Yarns. We love this yarn!!! At $15 for 478yds of wool that's $30-45 for a sweater!

And less than 2 skeins ($30) for a gorgeous throw found here: http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2007/08/hemlock-ring-blanket.html

Check out the color card: http://cascadeyarns.com/cascade-eco.asp

Also keep in mind Malabrigo's worsted weight yarn.
Cascade 220, another great yarn from Cascade.
And our 20-30% off sale bins.

It's that time of year again!

Hard to believe the holidays are upon us once again! Never fear though there's still plenty of time to make your gifts. A couple of new yarns you might want to try for those gifts... a beautiful merino/bamboo DK by Frog Tree or if bigger is better for you an organic thick/thin from Swedish Yarns with plenty of yardage in one skein to easily make a hat or scarf. But for all our die hard Malabrigo fans the next shipment should be in the first week of December! Plenty of new and favorite colors.

If you're looking for ideas to pass on to the non-knitting gift giver in your life we have from the small: bamboo tapestry needles, silk project pouches and hand made stitch markers to the large: Jordana Paige knitting bags, della Q knitting bags and luxurious hand spun yarns of cashmere or silk or maybe even camel. For those that can't decide we always have gift certificates.



Speaking of hand spun luxury, Knit 1 is having a trunk show for Dreamland Arts Britta Cruz Saturday Dec 6 from 12-3. Britta will be on hand with her spinning wheel creating her unique yarns. One of a kind creations that will truly inspire!

Here's something else we found inspiring. Check out this rug (look at the arms in the left hand corner to give you perspective of size)! It took the wool from 18 merinos!! And check out the knitting needles that were used. Our arms are tired just looking at them!





















Then there's this. A yarn rep sent it to us and we thought it was a fun idea. So even if you don't make your gifts spread the love of hand made ones! http://www.buyhandmade.org

And lastly, we try hard to maintain the hours that are posted but sometimes, as the saying goes life gets in the way. From our kids (the 2 legged and the 4 legged variety) having some sort of emergency to getting caught in bad traffic (and everything in between) we hate being late. If you arrive at the store at 1 during the week or noon on the weekends and the door is locked please go to the cafe next door and inquire, they usually know if we're going to be 5 minutes or 15 minutes late. Sit and have a coffee (on us!) we would hate to miss you. But also know that we are often times there beyond when we say we're closed and we never rush you out. It may sound corny but we care and want you to have a good experience at our store.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday season!!

Help us make room for our Fall yarns!

The Fall yarns are arriving and we're running out of space. Many yarns are 30% off to make room for new yarns and a lot of old favorites that have been coming in daily. Sale yarns include silk, bamboo, cotton, alpaca and more. All back issues of magazines are $2 off the cover price.

Knit 1 also carries roving for spinning or felting and felting needles.

We have 2 winners from our design contest. Gorgeous designs by Trisha Woodson and Nancy Salyers. Their work is currently in our window with the patterns available in the store. Trisha's patterns are also available on Ravelry and her blog www.ttwcreative.blogspot.com