ECO BABY IS HERE



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We just received ECO Baby by Debbie Bliss - these are just a few of the colors!

Look at these colors!

We received more Spindrift today.

Paul's scrumptious Lima scarf!

This is a gorgeous scarf that Paul designed.  It is made out of Rowan's Lima yarn and you can find the pattern at Main Street Yarn!  Paul is currently teaching a beginning knitting class and his scarf should grace our class list soon!

Rowan Handknit Cotton

We received new colors in the Rowan Handknit Cotton. 

This yarn is 100% cotton, worsted weight and machine washable.  Handknit cotton is not only great to knit with, it comes in beautiful colors.
Happy Memorial Day.....

Malabrigo Sweater

Lisa graciously modeled this store sample.  The sweater was made from Malibrigo worsted the pattern is from Book 3 Malabrigo, OXO Cable Pullover.  I enjoyed knitting it and of course knitting with Malibrigo worsted is a dream.

We have lots of colors in the worsted and we are getting a shipment with more colors this week.

Knit all Night!

"Knit all night" is back!  Next Friday, June 1st, come join us for a night of knitting from 6:00-10:00pm.  This is a time to come together, knit, and share with those who are equally as passionate about our love of fiber.  We have excellent door prizes and refreshments.  The cost is $15.00.

Charity Knnit

Tonight is our fist Charity Knit.  Paul and Claudia will meet you at Main Street Yarn from 6:00 to 8:00.  Bring a project of your choice or we have a hat pattern you can knit for the patients at Children's Hospital.  If you want to bring yarn for your project, there is no yarn requirement.
It has been told to me that when hats get delivered to the hospital, they spend very little time on the shelves.  They are in need for these hats.  A hat you can knit that will mean something to the children and their parents.

The pattern can easily be adjusted so you can bring any yarn, just bring needles that are appropriate to use with the yarn.  If you are not bringing yarn and want to use the donated yarn we have here, bring a size 7 needle.  If you would rather purchase yarn, the yarn for the projects will be discounted 10%.
This hat is knit flat so there are no double pointed needles required.  Any level of knitter can make these hats.
There are lots of worthy charities out there, so bring ideas.
Refreshments are provided.

Repost for Bloggers Only

Apparently it isn't a good idea to use bold font when communicating in the Blog.  Several of you weren't able to see the date, due to the "black out".  The date is Monday, May 28th, Memorial Day and our hours are 11:00 - 5:00.  Don't forget to say you are a blogger therefore you get 15% off your purchase.

FOR BLOGGERS ONLY!!!

On Monday, Memorial Day, if you come into the store and tell us that you saw our 15% off sale on our  Blog - you will get 15% off your purchase.  This applies to anything in the store with the exception of Addi Needle Sets.
Hope to see you Monday!!!

Our LYS project!

This is our pattern we designed for this year's LYS.  It is made from 2 skeins of gorgeous Joseph Galler Heather Prime Alpaca.  We have some beautiful colors! 

It is the FINAL day of LYS!

This the daily prize for our final day of the tour!  It has been so much fun seeing you all who took part in the tour!

Day 3 Prize

The Daily Prize consists of:
 ~1 skein 100% Extra Fine Merino Wool Yarn from Plymouth
~Clover Bamboo Knitting Needle Set Circular Needles 29"
~2 Juniper Moon Farm Knitting Books
~Debbie Bliss Spring/Summer 2012 Magazine

It's not too late to join the tour - all the stores will be open tomorrow 10:00 - 6:00.

Galler yarns

Here is something Galler yarns wrote up about us and the LYS tour!

The neurotic knitter wrote about us on her blog!

We got a write up in the Seattle PI!!!http://blog.seattlepi.com/neuroticknitter/2012/05/17/day-one-main-street-yarn/

Friday's LYS prize!

Here is today's LYS prize!!!   A BAG of Cascade Pacific yarn, the LYS bag, and a pattern by Lisa Ellis!!  Be sure to get to as many stores as possible and sign up for the drawing!

LYS Daily Prize!!!

Today's prize for the Daily Drawing is fanastic!  Two skeins of Debbie Bliss Party Angel, a set of Dreamz double pointed needles, and an LYS bag!  Hope all you LYSers are having fun!

Girl's Shrug

Don't let this little shrug fool you.  It goes up to a size 10 - perfect for just about any age child, grandchild, niece or friend!

There will be classes on June 3rd and June 10th with Amy to teach you how to make this very cute shrug. 

DON'T FORGET - LYS STARTS TOMORROW!

Pagewood Farms

Ewenice is proudly looking on our new Pagewood Farm order

We recieved a shipment of Pagewood Farm Yukon Sock Yarn.  If you've never seen Pagewood Farm yarn you should come in and check it out.  It is Merino Superwash/Bamboo/Nylon (70/20/10).  There are 450 yards in each skein.
This yarn is not only for making socks.  It makes a fun baby sweater, shawl or anything else you might want to make out of fingering yarn.

LYS Week!

Yipppeee!   It is LYS Week!!!!  Come in and pick up your passport so you can map out your tour ahead of time!  We can't wait to reveal our pattern and the fabulous yarn it is made from!!!  Hope to see you!

Aren't these the cutest???

Karen has made several different variations of this baby's hat.  The pattern came from "Itty Bitty Hat" book.  They are all made from Tahki Stacy Charles, Cotton Classic.

Crazy hat!

So for Father's day, my husband has put in a request...  matching mohawk hats for himself and our daughter.  So...  here is my first draft.  I will post a picture of the duo when they are done.

The SHIBUI IS IN

We just got our first shipment of Shibui yarn.  We have eight different colors (soon to be nine) and they are all fabulous.  You can make socks, baby sweaters, shawls and a plethora of things.  You'll love all the colorways.

Rihanna!

Rihanna is in!  It is 84% Nylon and 16% Lurex and 136 yards.  Come in and check out this beautiful yarn! 

The Principles of Knitting

We finally got "The Principle of Knitting" book in!  Yeah!  "The Principles of Knitting" is a comprehensive and timeless guide of the methods and techniques of Hand Knitting.  Anything you ever wanted to learn, to know about knitting this book has it.  It's a classic.

Knitting questions? We've got the answer!

Have you ever wondered about all the things you would like to knit but are worried about starting a project because you might get stuck?  Have you wondered how to even find gauge to get the project started or what kind of fiber would work best for your project?  Well, we have Knitting Help Groups!  They run every day and you get two hours with an instructor answering any question you might have.  The times are as follows...
Sunday        11:00-1:00
Monday       12:00-2:00
Tuesday       9:30-11:30 am
    and          4:00-6:00pm
Wednesday 12:00-2:00
Thursday     6:00-8:00 (for Crochet too(every week) and Spinning on the first Thursday of each month)
Friday         10:30-12:30
    and          3:30-5:30
Saturday      10:30-12:30
     and          3:30-5:30
Give us a call for more information or just come in for one of the class times.  We look forward to seeing you!

Cast On!

The newest issue of Cast on is here!  It features double knitting and a tutorial on making your own charts!  Come in and see what else this terrific issue has to offer.

Kool-Aid Hat

How cute is this?  Amy dyed this yarn by using lemon, mango, lime and iced blue raspberry Kool-Aid.  She will be teaching how to dye with Kool-Aid on Sunday, July 15 from 2 - 4.  It's not on the class schedule but you can still sign up by calling the store at 425-337-9606, emailing us at eweknit@mainstreetyarn.com or dropping by.  To hold your spot the fee of $25.00 must be paid for in advance.  Sign up soon, it's going to be a popular class!

POP!

Interweave just released the wonderful texture book!  Come in and check it out!

Its HERE!!!

At long last!  Vogue has put out a Crochet Magazine!!!  Come in and check out the beautiful designs featured in this Collector's Issue of VOGUEknitting Crochet!
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Last night at the Seattle Knitter's Guild, I saw a talk by J.C. Briar  jcbriar.com.  She has put out a book on chart reading and her talk was terrific!  One of her references and favorite books is this one, Knitting Patterns  Book 250.  It is in Japanese but the charts make it accessible for those of us fluent in other languages.  Give me a call if you are interested in the book, I'm going to try to order some soon!

425-337-9606

Any guesses?

Here is something that I'm working on for the store and Elya...  Any guesses as to what it is?