Summer Hours are here at Knit Unique!

 

Summer is knocking and we are answering!  As in the past, Knit Unique will once again be closed on Mondays throughout the summer, beginning in June, which is right around the corner, amazingly enough!  Come see us Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 6 and we are, of course, still hosting knit night every Tuesday from 6 - 8!

 

Our wonderful instructors are brainstorming some fun and quick summer classes, keep an eye out for those, as we will post them as they become available.

 

Have an extraordinary summer and keep those fibers moving!

Pi Day is not just for Mathematicians!

Happy Pi Day! 

Oh yes, March 14 (3.14) is an infamous day for math lovers and pie lovers alike.  However, knitters have carved out their own niche in the Pi Day celebrations!  Check out these cool links to creative Pi Day related patterns on, you guessed it, ravelry! (Click the link below each photo!)

Estonian Pi

Heliotaxis Pi Shawl

For your math lover!

Gotta have a Pi Hat!
 



So celebrate Pi day the low calorie way!  Knit up something fun for you sweetie-pie, math lover, or, hey, even yourself!

Spring Ahead?

Whether you are among the "wanna spring ahead" crowd, or the "of all things, just leave the time alone" crowd, one fact remains the same...there are the SAME number of fiber hours a day either way! To help make it through the daylight savings blues, or to celebrate daylight savings (depending on which crowd you are in!) we have compiled a few patterns from ravelry.com that are awesome and trendy right now:

Gatsby Crescent Shawlette

Holden Shawlette

Holden Shawlette is a free download and is lovely in sock yarn!

Bolster Pillow with Needle Felted Embellishments

This pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and would be lovely in 

Noro, Crystal Palace, or Classic Shades from Universal!

Beautiful Man...er..I mean "Beautiful Pillows for around the house!"

Bulky yarn left over from winter knitting projects?  Finding bulky yarn on sale 'somewhere'?

These pillows would be just the thing!

So go ahead, turn those clocks ahead and change the batteries in your smoke detectors!  You have knitting to do!

ATTENTION WINDOW SHOPPERS!

 

Kaitlin has done it again!

Come by and check out the gorgeous window display that Kaitlin put together for us! 

Jezebel checks out the view from her window and is happy that the furnace works now!
 

There's a good look at Jezebel's view...oh yes, snow and more snow!  Knit your honey something snuggly for Valentine's Day!

Knit Unique carries many beautiful and fun bags!  Lunch totes, like these, as well as reuseable bags and bags for one or more projects!  Bags, bags, bags! 
 

"Hattie"

Pattern in Juniper Moon Farms Book 7

According to the Juniper Moon Farm blog, "You heard it here first: Herriot is going to be a kind of a big deal. What is it, exactly?

Herriot is a DK-weight yarn made of 100% baby alpaca that comes in 10 natural shades (ie, undyed, never-gonna-bleed, straight-off-the-alpaca gorgeous)."

Of course, the first thing I thought when I saw this gorgeous photo was "hmmm, I wonder what kind of yarn that is..."  Yeah right.  I am at a point in my life where I am not to proud to admit that I hated her for a moment (well, maybe more than a moment if we're being totally honest!), because she wears that dress soooo well!  Then I wondered how she stays so fit.  How does she do that?  A leaf of lettuce three times a day?  No, she probably works her tail (literally) off in the gym or maybe mucks out on the farm!  Anyway, the whole package is beautiful and maybe, just maybe, if I buy enough Herriot to make THAT dress in THAT size and don't eat one thing until I get it done, it would fit and I would look exactly like this beautiful model!  Emily, (of course her name is Emily, a beautiful name!), models this dress perfectly and is inspiring me to knit to be fit!  Now there's a slogan:  Knit to be Fit!  As long as I am knitting with both hands, there can be no snacking going on, right?!  All joking aside, Herriot baby Alpaca yarn is absolutely to die for (or to diet for) and in all the colors of the natural alpaca rainbow.  We have a sample in the shop of the Egbertine Cowl:

...and you have got to see and feel it to believe how lusciously, sinfully soft it is! Again, the pattern is in the same book, JMF7.  If you like mittens, the Fair Isle mittens, the Vera Margeurite mittens and tam pattern is in that booklet as well!

So what do you think?  Can it be done?  Shall I accept the challenge and get the yarn for that dress and dare to make it in the size I want to be when I get it done?  This is scary stuff....Seriously, let me know!

Introducing the addi-Art "Diamond"!

This is what Skacel has to say about their new "Diamond" needles!

The addi-Art ‘Diamond’ is sure to be on every knitter’s holiday shopping list this year. Unique in all respects, the limited edition needle was handcrafted with great patience and care. This once in a lifetime creation features a visible core of genuine Swarovski crystals which twinkle and dance in celebration of every stitch you knit. The construction of a needle this special required the utmost attention to detail. Thus, for a single day in the fall of 2012, addi devoted their daily production to focus all efforts on this individual item. Keeping with addi’s hands-on tradition of manufacturing, each individual Swarovski crystal was painstakingly placed into the heart of every needle. The final product gently blurs the line between form and function, constructing a piece of art, with purpose.

Oh yes, we have them!  Two left, size 32" #15! 

I wasn't knitting....

So this morning I got up and showered...
...I wasn't knitting...
I fixed the kids breakfast....
...I wasn't knitting...
I drove the kids to school....
...I wasn't knitting...
I came to work and solved the computer issue...
...I STILL wasn't knitting...

I WORK IN A YARN SHOP for crying out loud and

I'M STILL NOT KNITTING!

I will be knitting when I get home this evening...oh yeah, by day calm, respectable, unassuming Knit Unique employee, by night, rabid knitter!  The kids go to bed, the needles come out, yarn starts to magically change into lovely knitted mittens, scarves, hats, you name it!  Cables, broken rib, seed stitch, knit, purl, ribbing, lace, short rows!  Nothing is left out!

Hope you all are finding time in your busy days and lives to get in touch with your inner rabid knitter!!