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Plus most of the time we are doing same day shipping!

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On my Silver Reed LK150 Knitting Machine.

If you have been following my blog, I've been knitting away on my LK150 over the last few months. This raglan jacket is knit out of bulky weight yarn, FEZA Fanatic. At tension 9, on every needle the fabric is fairly firm, which is a good thing for a jacket I plan to wear often. For a softer fabric every other needle would work a more drapy fabric.

This raglan lace top was in Knit 'n Style a couple of issues ago. It is a hand knit pattern from Knit One Crochet Too. Mary Anne Oger wrote the machine knit instructions. The yarn is Babyboo, which is soft and drapy. Hand knit on a US#5 needle it gets 5.5 sts per inch. I thoroughly enjoyed translating the chart to the LK150 knitting machine. And it knit up super fast!

If you are in the Portland area, I will be speaking on hand knit lace and machine knit lace for the Fort Vancouver Knitters Guild August 10. Email me, and I'll get you more information.

My next plan is setting up the Silver Reed SK280 knitting machine . It is a standard gauge punchcard machine. The plan is another jacket, perhaps. In fairisle. As soon as this newsletter mails, the machine will be setup next to the checkout counter. I will be working on it for sure during the last few hours on Saturdays, and perhaps other days of the week as well. If you want to watch, come on by, or email or call to make sure I'll be working on it.

Biennial Knitting Machine Seminar

Plans are beginning for a knitting machine seminar once every 2 years, here in the Portland Area. Needle-Tek’s Fall Festival Machine Knitting Seminar has retired and, with Bea's assistance, I hope to continue on with the tradition.

Here is an email sign up list. I will use this list to let you know of dates, locations and times of seminars, as well as a registration methods, as soon as they are worked out. This list is specific only to this seminar and will not be used for any other purpose, nor shared/sold to any other person or company. When notices are sent out, there is a fast, easy unsubcribe at the bottom of each letter, should you decide you no longer want to be notified.

Machine Knitting Seminar Email Notifications and Updates page.

Reversible Sliding Rib Scarf.

Scroll down to see how to get this free pattern.

New colors from Lorna's Laces

"Magnificent Mile" is a cheery blend of soft banana yellows.

"The Outer Drive" is soft aqua shading away to faded aqua.

"Lincoln Park Zoo" is shades of bright pink to medium pink. This pink is the coral-like pink in flamingos. Sometimes referred to strawberry pink.

"The Bean" is light shades of slightly greyed tan, taupe and off white.

"The L" are colors you would find in a glass of bordeaux. Wine red, that in spots leans into plum purple (just slightly).

"Buckingham Fountain" is sable tans to soft, very light tan.

"Navy Pier" is steel blue green, along with spots of steel green.

"Grant Park" is yellowy greens, soft and somewhat dusty.

"The Skyway" is all shades of dark green, like a forest.

Now fully in stock in Shepherd Sock, Shepherd Sport, Shepherd Worsted, Shepherd Bulky and Helen's Lace

New Christmas Stocking Kits from Googleheim

Charmie of Elegant Heirlooms has two new Christmas Stocking Designs in her line of Googleheim Christmas Stockings. It always amazes me that her stockings sell consistantly all year round. I always get a surge in November, but it continues to surge through January. And all year round. This June, another big surge of kits being shipped occurred. And that was even before I was able to get her newest kits up!

New Oat Couture Patterns

Manzanita Jacket #GU434
Aran Weight Yarn

Wind River Pullover #GU435
Sport Weight Yarn

Amalie Top #GU437
Fingering Weight version & DK Weight version.

Sweet Home Sweater #GU436
Worsted Weight Yarn

OVERSTOCK! Normally $17.00 per hank. Now only $5 per hank on remaining stock. Lorna's Laces Grace

OVERSTOCK! Normally $17.00 per hank. Now only $5 per hank on remaining stock. Lorna's Laces Glory

Clearance prices on lace weight mohair and silk blend yarns
Knit One Crochet Too Douceur et Soie and Cascade Kid Seta $4.95 & $8.95

The pattern I am offering this time was inspired by a scarf a customer brought into the store. She loved this scarf that was hand knit by her granddaughter many years ago and wanted to be able to knit it for others as well.

I call it sliding purls just because the 2x2 knit/purl pattern was always moving diagonally across the scarf. The scarf lays flat. Knit it short to lay under your winter coat. Knit it long to wrap many times around your neck. Increase stitches and knit it wide enough to wrap around your ears when winter is particularly cold and biting. Photo was done in Cascade's Eco Duo. This natural eco yarn is a 70% Undyed Baby Alpaca, 30% Undyed Merino Wool yarn, and very very soft. But you can use any yarn. Pattern repeat is just 4 sts, so can be adapted to any weight of yarn by just adding or decreasing by 4 sts.

Click here to down load the free pattern: Reversible Sliding Purls Scarf.

I hope you have enjoyed this issue of Yarn Store News! Angelika