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CROCHET CLASS

This four session weekly class will teach you all the basic skills and techniques you need to explore the exciting and varied world of crochet.  

Crochet for Beginners  is designed for anyone who would like to learn how to crochet, even if you’ve never picked up a crochet hook and yarn before.  We’ll start with very simple steps, gradually adding new stitches and techniques as you build skill and confidence.  You’ll learn lots of tips, shortcuts, and special techniques that will save you from learning “the hard way,” and make your crocheting adventure much more enjoyable.

Each class session will consist of a combination of demonstration and practice, with individual attention paid to each student.  We’ll end each class by starting an assignment for a simple but interesting project for you to practice at home. 

NOTE:  Students are expected to spend at least one to two hours over the course of the week between class sessions working on the homework project, in order to practice and master the skills learned in class.  The homework assignments are designed to be small projects that will be satisfying to complete, and will make you proud to show off your growing skills!  (Stop by the shop to see the samples

Students who have taken this class will have mastered all the basic skills they need to move on to any intermediate projects that interest them.   We have a series of “Adventures in Crochet” workshops planned for NOVEMBER to give you a chance to continue learning new techniques and explore different types of stitches and projects.  If you have a particular interest, please let us know! 

This class is being taught by our resident Crochet Addict, Laura Chalifoux.  Laura has been haunting The World in Stitches for years now, and has never met a fiber she didn’t like.  Laura started crocheting very young (thanks, Grandma!), and has lately been spending absurd amounts of time exploring the vast universe available to anyone with a hook and some yarn.  Laura’s latest mission is to turn as many people as possible into Crochet Converts, so she has other people to play with.

IMPORTANT STUFF:

Dates & Times:                 Sundays, 1pm – 3:30pm
Sept. 29, Oct.6, maybe Oct 13 and Oct. 20  (If class chooses not to meet on Oct. 13, we will add Oct. 27)

Class Fee:                           $70.00

Materials:                            Approximately $30.00

 

REPORT FOR THE YARNIES!

 I should have taken the picture from a closer position. This is a yummy  cotton/rayon with a polyester low-key metallic. I see this as a drapey little shawlette or a scarf. I get the color on the right or maybe the one in the middle.

 This is an amazing little mohair lace yarn with a delicate sparkle. Buy some of these and we can add some more colors. 

I had to get close up and intimate with this so you could see the sparkle. Come in and give it a pet and a pat!

I met a really nice farm girl from Maryland, and this was the result: sock/shawl yarn of wool with bamboo.

 The zoo is now open. This is mink yarn, and it is the closest I will ever be to having a mink coat. If you want to take this across to the bathroom, take your shirt off and wrap this around your torso, believe me - we will understand!

PRINCESS AND ME TRUNK SHOW - Last day is Sept 18

We have 70 stitched models and nearly 400 canvases, each with a stitch guide, from which to choose...

and this means that there is a party here on Sunday afternoon from 1 - 3PM. LAST CHANCE PARTY!!!

CONTINUING SALUTE TO LOCAL HEROIC PERSONS

This time it is my husband. Yup! The big guy who comes in whenever I ask and does a yeoman's job. Examine the  two pictures. The first shows the canvases he hung and the one below shows what I did.

You will notice that mine are a little helter-skelter, some of them tipping left of center. His look as if he used a plumb bob and a t square. This is why he hangs all the pictures in our house and I stay out of the way!

This also explains why he took 3 hours to ship 7 parcels for me last week when I was in MN tending to my mother.

GENEROUS IN SPIRIT, TIME and SKILL

This is Susan and she personifies the title of this blog. She makes ENDLESS hats and shawls for a battered women's shelter. One of our customers moved away and in an effort to cull out her projects, left some of the squares for this baby blanket. Susan did more squares and joined them all and it is now on its way to a 2 month old baby. What a loving welcome to our world!

We will always accept yarn contributions, as we have many customers who love to do charity knitting. Please make certain that it is odor and pest free.

I have a new pet project and that is to promote counted cross stitch for children. Several women have started us off with the contribution of a lot of design books. Now we need fibers, fabric, hoops and q snaps to get the project off and running. Please go through your supplies and see if you don't have some things that you will never use and we will find good homes for them.

THANK YOU!

BE THE FIRST TO SEE THIS DUTCH CROSS STITCH DESIGNER'S WORKS

I met the charming Liezbeth Gottschall at the market at Columbus in June. Her very primitive cross stitch designs were so beguiling, and I was smitten with her quilted finishing on many of the pieces. I am just kicking myself for not thinking to ask permission to take a photo of her display, as it was very striking. I bought small quantities of these, so if you wish to have any, please call me at (978) 486-8330 and I will snatch from inventory the ones that you wish to have.

CH7314B - ALL SHEEP COUNT - $11.00
This packet contains a cross stitch sheep pattern, a punchneedle one, an embroidered one and a wool applique  pattern. Not done yet -- the layout for the quilting  to combine all the pieces into one is there also! 

Don't forget that you can click on the pictures to make them larger!

SNOWGLOBE ORNAMENT - A SHEEPY CHRISTMAS  - CH7313B, $7.00 
The pattern is for a cross stitch design that, on 35 count, will be 4.75 by 5 inches.  He would be fun to do in counted npt.

CORNELIA - CH7312B, $7.00
Honest - I bought more than sheep designs, but I just loved her with her stack of buttons for legs!

BIRDIES -  CH7311B, $7.00
It is a universal favorite, the cardinal.

There are more. I bought 8 designs in all, so please stop in soon to see them.