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Stash Bustin' At The Den
Stashes. We all have one. Even if we don't want to admit it out loud. Check out TheStitchin' Den's ideas for taming the beast. We now have Stimulus Yarns by Dye Lot out of Santa Fe. These yarns take the idea of combining multiple textures and colors resulting in a "package" of yarns. The company is owned by a single mom in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She hand dyes all of her own fibers. Yummy!!!
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Schaeffer Yarn's Beaded Cuff Kits
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New Farmhouse Fibers and Colors
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Stimulus Yarns by Dyelot out of Santa Fe
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Buffalo
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Buffalo blends
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Spirit Cafe
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Beaded Scrf Kits out of New Mexico
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Much More!!!
The Stitchin’ Den is a haven for knitters, stitchers and crocheters.
It's a cool haven nestled in the picturesque setting of pines, trout ponds and waterfalls in The Courtyard Shops. Summertime offers knitting on the deck as well as in the shop.
Project ideas fill the shop while staff are ready and waiting to assist with all your questions. We have great ideas for fun summer knitting and stitchin'.
The project of the month is this stiylish kicky summer skirt. It is fun and lends itself to a wide range of knitting comfort levels and design adventure. Supplies to knit your skirt are all 10% off during the months of July and August. Shirley is offering a class in skirt design in August.
The Color of the Month for July's colors are solid red, white or blue. August's color will be orange for fall or for the start of Bronco season.
Every month, there is a different color of yarn spot-lighted. During this month, any regularly priced yarn in the shop that is the featured color will be 10% off!
Beginning in October, Marilyn Mueller will begin teaching classes at The Stitchin' Den. Check out our Creative Camp page for a schedule of her classes in Falling in Love With Color, Magnificent Mittens and Socks, Magnificent Hats and Headbands and The Brioche Stitch.
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Felting is one of the most popular techniques being used in both knitting and crochet. Before you read on, you must be warned. Felting is very addictive.
Felting uses 100% or a wool blended with another animal fiber which is not washable or a super wash. A small percentage of a synthetic or “foo foo” yarn can be double stranded with the wool and felting usually occurs. If you aren’t sure how a fiber will felt, work a test swatch and see what happens.
Projects to be felted are worked oversize, about a third larger than normal. Hats, mittens, purses, bags and totes are the most popular to make. After your project is completed, place it in a white zippered pillowcase and put it in a top loading washing machine with a small amount of wool wash. We like Euclean or Wool Wash.
Believe it or not, wool has scales. When introduced to heat (hot water) these scales open up and rub together during the agitation cycle of washing causing the yarn to felt.
Want to know more??? Come on in and chat with one of the staff at The Stitchin’ Den.
Knitting and crochet are hot, hot, hot!!!
Why? Because it is fun and the fibers available to work with are incredible and the colors are beautiful.
The satisfaction experienced while creating beautiful scarves, stoles, sweaters, socks, shawls, mittens, gloves and much more is immense.
Learning the basics of knit, purl, cast on, binding off, single crochet, double and triple crochet is fast and are all covered in the variety of learning camps offered by The Stitchin’ Den.
:: One Skein Wonders
:: Knitted Gifts
:: Luxury One Skein Wonders
:: Pursenalities by Eva Wiechmann
:: Pursenalitites Plus by Eva Wiechmann
Creative Camps were introduced in 2006 and they have been a ball. Great instructors. Great projects. Great environment. Great friends. Great Food!!!
A few of the upcoming camps are:
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A few of the upcoming camps and classes are:
Beginning To Knit Socks
Puddle Scarf
Market Bags Knitted and Crocheted
Swing Skirt
Felted Vessels
Double Fair Isle Hat Series
Project Finishing 101
Dueling Sweater Class: Beaded Bolero or Wooly Jumper
Fall In Love With Color
Magnificent Mittens and Socks
Magnificent Hats and Headbands
Brioche Knitting
Crochet Group Forming
New Arrival at The Den. Gems by Louet. These are the fibers used in our new kits featuring Hats and Mittens with Ravelry colors and log.
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Brown Sheep
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Mountain Colors
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Cascade
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Farmhouse Yarns
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Lonesome Stone Alpaca
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Plymouth
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Knit One, Crochet Too
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Crystal Palace
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Tahki Cotton
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Dye Lot Yarns
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Universal yarns
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Point Protectors
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Stitch Markers
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Clover Wooden Needles
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Susan Bates Metal and Plastic Needles
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Fiber Trend Patterns
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Oat Couture
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Timeless Totes
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Scissors
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Stretcher Bars
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Needles for ribbon, needlepoint and cross stitch
Lots more!!!!
is the Cevron Rib. This stitch is worked in a repeat of 18 sts plus one knit. So cast on your project in multiples of 18 plus one.
Row 1: (RS) P1, *K1, P2, K2, P2, P1; rep from* to end.
Row 2: *K3, P2, K2, P2, K1, (P2, K2) twice;rep from *to last st, K1.
Row 3: *(P2, K2) twice, P3, K2, P2, K2, P1; rep from * to last st, P1.
Row 4: *K1, P2, K2, P2, K5, P2, K2, P2; rep from * to last st, K1.
Rep these two rows.
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Knitting Margaritas
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Kids Can Create
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Sweater Knit-A-Long
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Needle Nutz Coming soon.
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Yarn Whisperer
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Open Knitting
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Social get togethers
Want to know more?
Check out the Home page for times and dates.
Susan, Donna, Pam, Deb and Liz are all starting the Hand Knitters Master Knitter program sponsored by The National Knitter's Guild. We are meeting regularly at Kind Coffee in Estes Park to make sure we all stay on track. It is alot of fun and is helping us fine tune all ofour skills.
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