My friend Jimmian gave me this bookmark today It’s pretty awesome.

Know what else is awesome? The new Spring issues of Interweave Knits and Knitters are here!

Come get yours before they’re all gone.

Stringtown is closed today (Saturday, January 30th) because I don’t think I can get out of my driveway.  I saw a car slide off into my yard and almost hit this tree earlier. Hopefully the roads will be better by Monday. I’m going to work on some of these unfinished sweaters I have laying around in the yarn room.

Miss Kitty is going to keep an eye on the birds.

She’s been glued to the window all morning.

Stay warm & safe & don’t get out if you don’t have to

It’s 1:30PM and the temp. outside has finally dropped down to 30. Snow is starting to stick to the roads and I’m seeing people slow waaaay down on the bridge, so I’m going to close up for the day. Chances are the shop will also be closed tomorrow.  Watch this space for updates.

The Knit Along starts Thursday, March 18th at Stitch N Bitch.  Buy your yarn for this project at Stringtown between Feb. 1st and March 18th, and you can get 10% off just by showing me your pattern receipt. Everyone who completes their Featherweight by June 1st will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card.

It’s looking like the we will be getting some winter weather tonight, but it isn’t supposed to move in until late so Stitch N Bitch will still happen 6PM-8PM, but I am going to go ahead and say now that the shop will be closed tomorrow morning. If Ft. Smith Schools are closed the shop will remain closed all day, but if they aren’t closed I will try to make it down to open around noon. You may want to call and check to make sure I’m here if you plan to come down Friday afternoon (January 29th) and the roads are still a little icy. Better yet, head on over this evening to pick up enough things to keep you busy in case we’re iced in

Spinners! Lexi Boeger of Pluckyfluff is putting together an art installation for a show in Norway, and she needs your help to create a HUGE handspun skein.

I am spinning up a skein for this. If you’d like to participate, just spin one yourself then bring it to Stringtown ready to go in a ziplock baggie all tagged and pretty by Valentine’s Day. I’ll put all the local yarn in a box and mail it to Lexi so that it gets there before the March 1st deadline.

From Lexi’s Blog Post about this:

YARN!: This is the heart of it. We need each of you to spin one yarn to contribute to the Revolutionary Skein. It should be whatever YOU want it to be. It can be tradtional, non-traditional, any fiber spun in any way. Put your best effort into it. ANYONE can contribute, even if you just learned how to spin yesterday. we are trying to show the world the craft as a whole in all it’s facets and variations. TAGS: SIZE OF A BUSINESS CARD OR SMALLER ONLY! Your yarn needs to be tagged!!! Since this is about all the individuals that make the whole, please tag your yarn with the following: YOUR NAME. Where You’re From. Whatever else you want. These tags will remain on your yarn for all the world to see!

STATEMENT: Please include a piece of paper, any size any style written with any utensil stating what spinning means to you. What it does for you, what you think about it, a weird or exciting story about it, a poem about it, or anything else to this effect. I WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ON SPINNING. either personal, or abstract, or analytical or hysterical. doesn’t matter. (I plan to wallpaper the gallery with these revolutionary ideas).

So get busy!

~Elizabeth

Now at Stringtown! Just what you need to contain all those interchangeable needle sets you own, or a perfect gift for a friend who has a set he or she keeps in that clunky box it came in.  All 4 colors are in stock as of this morning.

Each case has two snap-in pages that are sturdy enough to be removed and taken with you for traveling light. Everything zips shut for secure storage, and is sized just right for all the tools you need to have with you—stitch markers, scissors, measuring tape, whatever you want. The pockets in the inside covers are divided for easy organization of needles and hooks. All pockets have heavy duty fabric backings and extra-sturdy see-through vinyl fronts so you can always see where your stuff is.

They’re big enough to hold a whole Denise kit (plus more), yet small enough to be unobtrusive at 7.5” x 10.5”.

100% made in the USA and built to last a lifetime.

Winter Knitty is up today. Check it out

I’m really loving some of those shawls and cabled things.

In case you’re not signed up for Interweave’s Knitting Daily email list, I thought I’d let you know they’ve got a $5 rebate offer when you buy any Interweave product at your LYS. (that’s Stringtown!) Just click HERE to get your rebate coupon, print it out, and send it along with your receipt for the purchase of any Interweave Press book or magazine including Spin Off, Interweave Crochet, Interweave Knits, IK Holiday, or the new Interweave Knits Accessories Special Issue.  Our batch of the Accessories issue was lost somewhere in the UPS maze, but they’ve assured me that it is on it’s way again and should arrive next week sometime. Just let me know if you need me to save you a copy.

~Elizabeth

You may have noticed that the site looks a little different today. That’s because my friend Michele Hedegard at Mockingbird Creative has done such an awesome job of redesigning it for me. I’ll be working with her over the next few months to add a shopping section to the site. Soon you’ll be able to order yarn from Stringtown online and have it shipped right to your door! How exciting is that?

Stay tuned for more changes and updates.

~Elizabeth