Are you ready to knit for the coming Holidays?  The Christmas season is just two months away.  There is a pattern for a nifty little stocking stuffer at the end of this newsletter.  It is just a small holder for left over bars of soap.  I use mine to wash the bottoms of my feet, to scrub out the laundry tub (different holder, whew!!) and to wipe down many surfaces (again 3rd holder). It is made out of cotton so the cost is very small but the holder is something I really would hate to do without. 

COTTON UPDATE

We are now carrying limited amounts of 12/2 and 8/2 cotton.  The price the factory offered to us was too good to pass up.  If you have watched any of the news media the price of cotton is sky rocketing along with almost everything else.  So when the factory asked if we wanted some 12/2 and some 8/2 along with the purchase of our normal 10/2 cotton it just seemed smart to stock up.  The colors available at this time are as follows:

10/2 COTTON $8.00 per pound

When you look at the colors Daffodil, Cream and Jasmine you see a tan color behind them on your screen.  There is no tan with the yarn.  The tan on your screen is so that you can see the yellow color better.

DESIGNA KNIT 8 IS NOW HERE

DesignaKnit 8 is now available and it is fantastic.  The new program has been completely restructured bringing DesignaKnit into a modern windows environment.  Here are some of the new features: It has an extended thumbnail viewer which allows you to browse through shape files and stitch patterns; They've added  new search and sort options allowing you to more easily find saved information; It provides up to date windows functionality including long file names, network, and mouse wheel support; It is compatible with 32 and 64 bit Windows;  It allows editing of shapes and stitch patterns freely with 20 levels of undo and redo; It provides more specific shape pattern printouts, as well as better yarn calculation.  I could go on and on.  As always those purchased through this shop come with in the shop or on the phone lessons and help. And yes, it is easy to learn over the phone. This is really exciting. Click here to have a look at the brochure and pricing.

NEW PAGE

There is a new page in this web site.  It is called MANUALS.  Right now it has several of the smaller manuals in pdf format.  Because it is in pdf format it will download very slowly.
When I can figure out how to put it into a different format the manuals will download more quickly.  Until then just say order a pizza to be delivered and say to yourself...It's free, it's free.  Here's hoping that some of you can make good use of them.

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR WINNERS

The Minnesota State Fair is long over and we have received the announcement of who won the prizes in our awards categories.  Rebecca B.  won $10.00 in Lot 306-Best Adult Sweater.  Delores K won $10.00 in Lot 307-Toy.  Carol S. won $10.00 in Lot 312-Not Otherwise Specified.  Lot 311 hat, scarf and mittens had no entries.  It was fun to go in and see all of the wonderful knit items that were entered this year.  Hope all of the winners enjoy the accolades.  Kudos to all who entered.

October 15, 2011. Loveland/Ft Collins, CO.  Contact Debra debraeachus@comcast.net