The NorthCoast Knittery Fall 2014 Newsletter

Fall 2014 Newsletter

707.442.YARN info@northcoastknittery.com 407 2nd Street, Eureka, CA, 95501

Grand Reopening For the past 6 years, our Brick and Mortar store has been thriving in our storefront on Imperial Square, but it is time for us to move to a location that can meet our expanding needs.

As of October 4th 2014, you will find us down the street at 407 2nd St. Visit us during Arts Alive at 6:00pm for a big Reopening party.

There will be tasty food, refreshments, local art, and music.

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Fall Transitions

On a recent morning, I snapped sticks. It was a pile of branch cuttings from our fruit trees that had been drying, some for one year, some for two.

I was so peaceful, snap…snap…snap. This will be our kindling to start our fall and winter fires in our wood stove. As I did what some persons regard a menial task, I reflected on my contentment. I was participating in a larger rhythm, the great shift toward colder months ahead, and I was preparing.

Like the ants in that proverbial tale of ant and lazy grasshopper, I was laying up goods now when the days are still warm, but getting shorter. We’ve also been laying up other goods—our garden is plentiful right now, and canning has been a rather constant event at our house lately. True, we don’t have to depend on these canned goods to survive the winter like our ancestors so recently did, but somehow knowing we are harvesting, and preparing the harvest, gives me a sense of place, connected to my human heritage and the natural world, right here, now, in Humboldt County. It was considerably darker this morning when I arose at my normal time, and last night, I was surprised that when I went outside to gather vegetables, it was already dusk. Geese have been flying over. Summer vegetation is withering. Fall transitions are here.

-Harry Wells 1

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Contents Fall Favorites...................03 16..........................Events Culley.............................06 Sets of 3.........................07 Colburn...........................08 Leaving Cowl...................09 Snack Break....................13 Tools & Accessories...........15

17....................Workshops 18...........Guest Workshops 19.................Staff Projects 20............Christmas at Sea 21....................Shop Local 2

Fall Favorites The Fir Cone Stitch

The Fir Cone Stitch reminds us of the life that thrives on the forest floor among the fallen leaves, conifer cones, and debris from the ancient redwood trees. This lacy stitch will make any garment your favorite for this fall season.

Multiple of 10 + 1 stitches Row 1: Purl Row 2 (right side): K1, *YO, K3, sl 1, K2tog, psso, K3, YO, K1; rep from * to end.

Row 10: K2tog, *K3, YO, K1, YO, K3, sl 1, K2tog, psso, rep from * to last 9 sts, K3, YO, K1, YO, K3, sl1, K1, psso.

Row 3-8: Rep Rows 1 and 2 Rows 11-16: Rep Rows 9 and 10 three more times. three more times.

Row 9: Purl 3

Repeat these 16 rows.

Wynter & Blackthorn

These dyed and undyed sister yarns by Classic Elite are both bulky weight blends of merino wool and baby alpaca fiber. Spun with a loose ply, these yarns are unbelievably soft, and are surprisingly lightweight for a ‘heavyweight’ yarn. But be warned- when you wear these plush yarns, everyone wants to cuddle up!

Wynter: $15.00/120yards/100grams Blackthorn: $14.00/120yards/100grams

Natural Colors Worsted

When choosing our favorite yarns for the fall season, Swan’s Island Natural Colors was a no-brainer. Swan’s Island dyes their skeins of yarn with only natural dyes from insects, minerals, and plants. The rich earthy tones achieved in their yarns are absolutely perfect for this fall’s wardrobe.

Natural Colors Worsted: $32.00/250yards/100grams

Mohawk Wool

Mohawk Wool has been popular- but

rightfully so. This undyed blend Merino and Romney Wool was sourced and spun here in the U.S.A. This yarn is also 10% Nylon, which is just enough to give it the durability it needs for a lot of wash and wear... Perfect for socks or gloves!

Mohawk Wool: $23.00/375 yards/100grams

Tara Tweed

The color palette alone makes Tara Tweed an instant Fall Favorite, but the lovely speckled texture from the tweed helps too. Tahki Yarns was able to mix the sophisticated look of tweed with the softness of luxury yarns- and their result was Tara Tweed.

This yarn is an aran weight blend of wool and nylon, and it will no doubt be one of your Fall Favorites, too.

Tara Tweed: $7.50/122 yards/50grams

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Fall Transitions in Humboldt County

We find ourselves transitioning into the fall season. While the average person might mournfully pack away their shorts and swimming wear, we fiber enthusiasts are signing a different tune. It’s finally time to dust off our knitwear and thick winter projects that were too heavy to knit during the hot summer months.

We have many reasons as to why we’re excited for the seasonal fall changes: Fall is harvest season, so the local farmers markets are all overflowing with top-notch fruits and vegetables.

Blackberry bushes thrive and produce huge bounties of sweet berries that you can enjoy wherever you go. Bright and sunny days with cool temperatures and evening fog means we can enjoy our favorite day trips but still have a cozy evening at home with our knitting and loved ones.

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Culley

As you spend the day working in the garden harvesting the vegetables that you’ve been waiting to enjoy, the unisex zip-up Culley Vest keeps you warm while still allowing you to work without feeling confined. Knit out of Hempwol, this vest is soft, warm, and durable for plenty of wearing and washing. The ribbed sides keep the vest fitted, so you look good while feeling comfortable.

Culley Pattern $6.00 Woodlands Book $24.95

Hempwol

65% Wool 35% Hemp $13.00 / 250 yards / 100 grams

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Sets of 3

It’s as easy as 1-2-3. 1 kit, 2 skeins, 3 sets of keyhole scarves. Complete your everyday ensembles with a scarf for every occasion- a casual, a sporty, and one for elegance. Designed for the fashionista on-the-go, these keyhole scarves will keep your neck warm and your style flawless. Keep a watchful eye for the second release of these Sets of 3, with matching fingerless mitts. Purchase your kit now and receive the second release patterns free of charge.

Sets of 3 Kits

Includes patterns, beads, and yarn. $50.00.

2 skeins of Baby Lace 100% Superwash Merino 700 yards / 4 ounces

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Casual

Let the texture do the talking.

Everyone will know that even though it’s your day off, you’re still going to look impeccable.

Sporty

Playful colors and surface design energize this keyhole scarf. Pump up your sporty style with this lively knit.

Elegant

Don’t sacrifice your warmth for date night. Keep it cozy and classy with rich jewel tones adorned with dazzling beads.

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Colburn

The coastal air can get frigid in the fall, so you need to be prepared. This versatile and unisex hat, gloves, and scarf set will keep you cozy while you walk along the beach, catch fresh fish off the docks, or as you’re out on the town.

Colburn Set Pattern $6.00 Woodlands Book $24.95

Fresco 60% Wool 30% Baby Alpaca 10% Angora $11.00 / 164 yards / 50 grams

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Leaving Cowl

By Maria Magnusson Olsson for Maria Magnusson Knitwear

You Need: -US size 6 needles- DPN or 16” circular.

-50g of Sport Weight Yarn. I used Swan’s Island Natural Colors Merino Silk Sport Weight.

-A Tapestry Needle.

Gauge: 23 sts + 20rows = 4”.

Instructions: Cast on 128 sts and start knitting in a round. Be careful not to twist

Start following the chart repeating the chart 8 times every round. Read the chart from right to left.

Option1: Picot edging Knit 10 rounds After knitting row 1-20 two times Next round: *K2tog, yo*, repeat and 1-10 one time (or as many as until end. you wish for) knit the chosen edging Knit 10 rounds. once more.

Option 2: Seed stitch edging 1st round: *K1, P1*, repeat until end of round.

2nd round: *P1, K1*, repeat until end of round.

Repeat these two rows 4 more times.

Written instructions at: ravelry.com/patterns/library/leaving-cowl

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“Great art picks up

where nature ends.�

-

Marc Chagall

A Recipe For

The Hungry Knitter

Pacific Cod and Chanterelles with

a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Serves 2

Ingredients:

Sauce: -1 large red pepper -1/3 cup half & half -1/2 cup parmesan cheese -3 tbsp. chopped basil -2 tbsp. butter -2 tbsp. diced garlic -2 tbsp. olive oil -1 tbsp. lemon juice -Salt and pepper to taste Entree: -2 pieces of fresh Pacific Cod -4-5 oz sliced chanterelles -1 tbsp. minced garlic -Olive oil -Salt and pepper to taste -Lemon slices for garnish

Instructions:

Sauce: 1. Coat the peppers in Olive Oil. Preheat and roast the peppers at 350 for 15 minutes. Cool peppers in a paper bag (approx. 45 minutes). Remove skin and seeds, and cut into small pieces.

2. In a skillet, cook peppers with garlic, basil, and olive oil for 10 minutes.

3. Put mixture into a blender and puree. Pour back into skillet, and reheat to a boil. Add half & half, butter, cheese, and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Place aside.

Chanterelles: 1. SautĂŠ Chanterelle slices with garlic, and olive oil. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

Halibut: 1. Coat Cod with olive oil and garlic. Broil the slices at 350 for 15 minutes.

2. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Lemon slices make a tasty garnish.

Serve on rice seasoned with butter, dill, and cumin.

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Tools & Accessories

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Dreamz Needles We asked several of our customers to try them out, and the verdict is in: Everyone loves them! These colorful hardwood needles have a polished finish with pointy tips to help your knitting move along faster. Dreamz needles are available in straight, double pointed, and cable.

Tools from Wool Tree Mill Drop Spindles, Lucets, Wool

Trees, Tool Palettes... These handcrafted tools have all been locally produced with the fiber lover’s needs in mind. Our friends at the Wool Tree Mill work hard to create top-notch tools and accessories to make your knitting and crochet experience easier and more beautiful.

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October 4th, 2014. 6:00 - 9:00pm

Arts Alive Grand Reopening Party After a weeklong closure for relocating, we’re going to reopen with a bang!

Join us in our new storefront down the street (407 2nd Street, Eureka) for food, refreshments, music, local art, and of course- plenty of yarn!

October10th, 2014. 4:00 - 7:00pm

I Love Yarn Day We all love yarn, so let’s celebrate! This worldwide event is a special day for all of us yarn-lovers to get together and raise the public awareness of our favorite crafts. Join us for some seriously fun times: a Fiber Flash Mob and group yarn bombing the tree and sidewalk area out front!

October 18th, 2014. 10:00am - 6:00pm

Custom Order Day Sample yarns, garments, and color cards for yarn companies we don’t normally carry in stock. You’ll have the opportunity to custom order any yarn in any color from Jade Sapphire, Sweet Georgia, Zealana, and Knit Collage.

This is also a special opportunity to custom order any yarns from Alchemy before old colorways are discontinued!

Don’t miss out, and stock up on all of the colors and yarns you need.

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g Workshops Upcomin Full schedule available at:

northcoastknittery.com/workshops

Knitted thGlovesth

October 18 and 25 , 2014 12:00pm - 3:00pm $50.00

This two-session class will teach you the steps for the construction of gloves, both with and without fingers.

We will cover basic design, stitch manipulation for fingers, and practical tips about adding stitch patterns and colorwork variations. You will complete a plain glove in class.

Dyeing Handpainted Skeins th

January 25 , 2015.

12:00pm - 5:00pm. $70.00.

KnittingthWith Beads February 7 , 2015.

12:00pm - 3:00pm $60.00

Learn how

Want to create a one-of-a-kind yarn? Blend subtle colorways, have bright bold transitions, intersperse small dots of an accent color‌you can play with all sorts of possibilities by painting dye onto the skeins of natural colored yarn. Cost includes all materials—two skeins, dyes, gloves, etc. Additional skeins can be purchased separately if you want to dye more than two.

to add sparkling beauty to your knitting with beads.

This class will cover three methods of knitting with beads (pre-strung, direct placing, and using a carry along). We will also cover how beads look with different stitches, casting on and binding off w/beads, a picot beaded bind off, and how to select your beads.

And you will begin a beaded scarf as a project!

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Upcom

ing Guest Workshop

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Sivia Harding

The talented fiber artist Sivia Harding will be visiting us in March! Sivia is well known for her skilled work with lace, beads, mobius patterns, and her designs have been published in numerous books and collections.

Fitted Cowl Design st

Visible Mending: More than Making Do! st

March 21 , 2015.

9:00am - 12:00pm. $75.00.

You will explore past and present methods of mending and darning knits.

Sivia will introduce her own method of knitting over damaged areas, as well as demonstrate how to turn your worn out knitwear into beautiful and embellished garments.

March 21 , 2015.

1:30pm - 5:30pm. $75.00.

Learn to

design a fitted cowl/ cape based on a modified round yoke sweater. Using templates for this shape, one can easily fill it with interesting stitch patterns, colorwork, texture, and lace. Include asymmetrical elements with short row shaping or add edge treatments. Once you understand the construction, you can make many variations.

Draping for Uncommon ndCowls

March 22 , 2015.

10:00am - 5:00pm. $110.00.

Develop your own unique cowl by cutting, taping, draping, and experimenting with t-shirt fabric.

Without any fear of mistakes, and no sewing involved, play around with how different shapes and joinings drape.

Then knit your resulting shape without the need for a pattern!

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n O s ’ What r Needles Ou Jennifer’s Dancette Cowl

Using the ultra-soft yarns Vail and Villa, Jennifer has been working on a long and luscious cowl. Combining stockinette stitch and a chevron pattern, this cowl stripes the dyed and undyed yarns for a fun effect.

Sherry’s Hudson Cowl

Kestrel is one of our newest yarns in the shop, and it is an aran weight 100% organic linen yarn from Quince & Co. The Hudson Cowl used two different colors and textures to create a visually alluring and elegant look.

Harry’s Cabled Cowl

As usual, Harry is designing a knitted garment that everyone will love. This unisex cabled cowl knit in Chesapeake with an all-over surface design is reversible, and will surely be popular.

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Christmas at Sea

Organized by the Seamen’s Church Institute, the Christmas at Sea knitting volunteer program has been providing mariners working on Christmas Day with hand knit goods since 1898. Mariners provide us with the basic goods we’re so accustomed to having, and their services and hard work are severely overlooked by society. Since the 1830’s, the SCI has been a strong advocate for regulations and laws to protect the hardworking seafarers in their tough living and working conditions. Today they are able to provide legal counseling, assistance, and referrals to welfare agencies around the world.

Thousands of knitters across the country still donate to make a difference in the quality of life for mariners. There are several free patterns provided for hats, scarves, vests, and socks- but you are also welcome to use a pattern of your own choosing. There are however some regulations to keep in mind: yarns should be washable wool blends, yarns should not be heavier than worsted weight (we recommend Liberty Wool), and pompoms and tassels are safety hazards aboard the ships.

The colors you choose to knit with is entirely up to you, but it is noted that bright or neutral colors are much more popular than pastels among the seafarers.

We are collecting knitted garments to donate, but if you wish to do so on your own the mailing address is:

Christmas at Sea

118 Export Street Port Newark, NJ, 07114

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Eureka Fabrics nd 412 2

St, Eureka, CA 95501

Our good friends down the street have an amazing supply of natural and organic fabrics and leather. They also have a calendar full of sewing classes, as well as sewing machine services!

Essence of Humboldt

632 9th street suite A-2, Arcata, Ca 95521

This adorable little shop in Arcata is full of locally handcrafted jewelry, accessories, art, clothing, decor, and gifts.

You’ll be greeted with a smile, and you’ll be supporting local artisans.

Eureka Books

426 2nd St, Eureka, CA 95501

As one of the very last antiquarian bookstores on the West Coast, this shop is a gem. Offering new, used, collectible, and rare books- they have something for everyone and they’re located right here in Old Town.

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Sip & Knit Every Thursday evening, from 6:00-8:00pm, you will find the shop full of fellow fiber enthusiasts. Join us for food, refreshments, and show & tell. Feel free to bring something to share, but don’t forget a project to work on! This weekly event is fun for all ages, and every type of craft is welcome.

Birthday Discount Happy Birthday! During the month of your birthday, we will give you 30% off of one purchase of regularly priced yarn, tools, and notions. Come in and get everything on your personal wish list!

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With love from all of us, Laura Lamers Harry Wells Virginia Barrows Jennifer Kennedy Sherry Lisby.

Newsletter Created By Virginia Barrows