Wow. What a week. The heat just seems to keep coming. I have never been a hot weather person-thank God I work in an air conditioned yarn shop. And the rain! Someone bumped my car this week not paying attention and slid up against my bumper in that deluge.
Alot has been happening however here at the Yarn Cupboard- new yarns from Malabrigo, Berroco, Spud and Chloe, Blue Sky Alpaca and Tahki are in. It seems that Nancy has found the last cubby hole to put the excess. Have I mentioned Thank God for Nancy? And new classes are forming and are on the go. Shannon is a whirlwind! She has people doing Fair Isle and graphing patterns. Entrelac is next- don’t miss it. Her scarf is gorgeous- as are her fingerless wristies. She has an entrelac sock class coming soon.
And of course Carmel-here every Saturday. Helping those who need it, and making a gorgeous Maggi Knits sweater. If you are interested, you still can join up.
And then there is Beth Coye who is the Lace Queen. They are upstairs now learning Beth’s own lace scarf pattern and also the lace leaf shawl. And I need to clean my desk.
August is looming and we know what that means- Its almost the holiday season!!!!!! I hope to see you soon-and don’t forget to check the class schedule. That may help with holiday gifts!!!

I’ve been thinking of this one for awhile. And aren’t we lucky-Bunny Dimmel has offered to lead us in a group on the first Wednesday night of the month from 6pm to 8pm. This will be a discussions/support/weigh ins if you like.and of course knitting. There will be a $5 donation-and please RSVP. Lets do this together-because if we support each other, we can do anything!

For those of you who do not know, we are having our first KAL. Sandi Wiseheart (Wiseheart & Friends on Ravalry) is designing a sweater that will actually fit! Hoorah!
Sandi who is the editor of the Knitting Daily Blog (and was with Interweave Knits forever) has agreed to do a KAL after seeing us here at Yarn Cupboard. It has taken on a life of its own with 300 people joining Wiseheart&friends.
Jennifer, at Holiday Yarns, is dyeing two new DK weight yarns for the KAL. One is a superwash merino and the other a merino/silk. This is a great opportunity, as the Kal is a virtual class with Sandi. She is a wonderful teacher. After this KAL you should be able to apply Sandi’s techniques to all your garments.
Please give us a call with any questions. And we hope to see you soon.

I am sitting in the shop with the TV on, biting my nails, watching the game. No matter what the outcome- the World Cup has been so exciting.
Carmel will be starting her Maggi Knits class in 2 weeks, Saturday July 10th. Carmel’s Saturday mornings will combine both her current class schedule and her finishing/help “students”. So Saturdays at Yarn Cupboard will be Carmel mornings. She will be here to help you with any project or any knitting problem for $15 for the morning, 10am to 12noon. If you are taking one of her courses, then there is just the class fee. We are all very lucky to have Carmel available to us.
And lastly, You need to see the beautiful tonal colors of Patti Subik’s Great Adirondack Merino Superwash. 4 sts to the inch. They have just arrived. Glorious. I left them on my desk all day, just to keep looking at them. We have a wonderful range of Great Adirondack yarns now, from lace, sock, fingering merino, cotton/silk, multi fiber, multi strand, ribbon, mohair, alpaca, sequins, bulky, and boucle. Come in and have a look at all the fabulous color.

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The TNNA show was a great success-meaning more yarn heading our way! It certainly was fun catching up with people I haven’t seen in a year and some of the designers for our lines here.Very busy with classes,fashion shows, lectures and meeting Jennifer from Holiday yarns for our evening debrief over a glass of wine! It is always a great opportunity to see what is new in the fiber business. The Tahki breakfast was especially nice listening to Stacy Charles on what is new coming for Fall. I sat with Doris Chan who had on a beautiful crocheted skirt that was fabulous. I love her work.
Since my return, we have had delivery already of Swans Island’s organic hand-dyed fingering yarns. The same people who make those gorgeous blankets. The yarn is luscious. And we have had a delivery of Great Adirondack’s beautiful merino fingering and matching lace weight yarns. For those of you who like lace -either of these yarns would be perfect.
More to come- But in the meantime, summer projects  are plentiful  at Yarn Cupboard. I still am working on a 60th birthday gift. I shall stop typing now and get knitting. Cheers.

It was an exciting night 10 days ago when Sandi Wiseheart came to speak to us at knit night. Well-by the end of the evening Sandi had offered to do a Sweater KAL with Yarn Cupboard. She will be designing a basic sweater that can be easily adapted for different figures. Sandi will go through each step with us giving us a lesson with each PDF. The objective of the KAL is to finally have a sweater that fits!!! And once you make a sweater that is perfect for you, you can adapt other patterns to make sure they fit you just as well. Sounds great doesn’t it??
If you go to Ravelry under the Yarn Cupboard group, and under KAL, let us know you that you will be joining us.
MEANWHILE-the TNNA show is this weekend and I am off to Columbus to see what I can find to continue to make the shop interesting to all of you. You can always email me if there is anything you want me to check out.
Wonderful Nancy will be at the shop in my absence.

My sister Maria, teaches art at Elmcrest school. She had some yarn she found somewhere at the school and started to teach one of her smaller classes to knit. I told her that I would give the best project a prize. Well, I was so impressed. Mind you these were both boys and girls, and they all did a great job. Some had more difficulty than others, but each finished a project-
So each now has won a prize- the girl with a scarf which she managed to finally control her stitch count got a ball of Filatura Superior Cashmere/silk- The boys with the perfect wrist band in two colors got 2 balls of an alpaca/silk/georgette, the boy who managed the square face cloth got Berroco Peruvia Quick for a hat and the other girl got the new Berroco bulky Campus for a hat as well. Apparently they were not so impressed to begin with, but they are very enthusiastic now that they completed a project. And Maria has taught them a wonderful life skill. Who knows, there could be a designer among them.

Thank you for all your warm wishes for my 1st Anniversary. The year has flown by and I have made such good friends with many of you who have supported me. It is especially important to me to have made such wonderful friends as I had just moved back to the States after 25 years abroad.
The sale is today, Friday the 21st 10-6pm, Saturday 10 to 6pm and Sunday 12noon to 5pm. 20% off on all yarns and specific yarns from 30 to 50% off.Thank you again for a wonderful year! Susan

Well- I have been up to my chin in boxes the last few days. Lots of beautiful yarns coming in. Lana Grossa’s Taglia is here. 100% cotton ribbon that is 3.5 sts an inch. Gorgeous pastels-and a wonderful book. I love it.
Plymouth’s new sock yarn is here-Zino-so new its hard to find it on the internet. Wonderful colorways, superwash, 436 yards. Berroco’s Origami has been the topic of the Yarn Harlot. Its here for you to have a look at.
And of course I always have many colors in the wonderful Holiday sock yarn, but Jennifer just delivered the Skinny Ewe Lace merino/silk. Beautiful!!!!! 800 yards. If you need more yardage, she is happy to dye to order.
I have been staring at it since she brought it in.
Oh-Artyarn. The Cashmere is back in and wait until you see the colors. (Marcela-the pink is fab)
There are so many options for you this Spring.
Gorgeous new colors in the Baby Alpaca Grande, Mushishi, and a new cotton from Plymouth called Covington.
Not to mention, so many colors in the Encore I can’t count anymore.
So that is what is new here this week. I did miss a few but you will just need to come in and have a look. Hopefully, I can have a bit of a rest tomorrow before I put anything else away. See you soon.

Wow. What a day. It has turned out to be a beautiful, bright afternoon. You may have noticed Jamesville is having an overhaul with the Town putting us all on sewers. The work is being done on Seneca Turnpike. And they are moving right along.
That being said, it hasn’t damped your enthusiasm. Many of you have started those Spring projects, many with the new Spring yarns. I am excited to see your finished projects.
I started today to work with Lang’s Street, the multi colored cotton ribbon. It is so nice to work with and the colorway is gorgeous. I am making a shrug that will eventually go to Mary. She or course came in to approve the color. There were a few colors she liked. I am using the blue as it has a denim appearance. And that seems to be the only thing she wears…
For those of you who are away for the school holidays-enjoy them! And to those who are home, but have the week off, enjoy this beautiful day.