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2024 Shirtees Season!
Summer tops! Quick to make, fun to wear. And we do love our friendly people's choice voting - sign up, make, submit; we'll choose our favorites in August! REGISTER HERE! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THE 2024 SUMMER TOPS! Here are the details: Select any pattern to make. You'll be submitting your entry for the voting using these categories and any top should fit into one: Touch of Lace, Sheer, Full Coverage, Cropped, Sleeveless, Colorwork At least 75% of the yarn used in your top must come from Yarn Bar. Yarn for Shirtees receives 10% discount. We will send you...
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Happy Scrappy-along!
SHARE YOUR STASH! There's a lot of gorgeous yarn in the world, and we know a lot of us have accumulated 'some'. We either gather it up and it gets squirreled away because we can't knit it fast enough, or we save all the leftovers from assorted projects, or both. We can't tell you how often we hear, "I have so much yarn. I can't buy any more until x, y, or z." Let's dive into our collective stashes and make the Sweet Shop Blanket or the Jelly Roll Blanket together. Sweet Shop Blanket Go through your stash to see...
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Year of the Vest: Fairisle with Finull, Colorwork 101 Slipover, + February Vest-along
As we started sorting the plans for early 2024, we realized will definitely begin as the Year of the Vest. You potentially could have three different weights of vests on needles! Here's the lowdown ~ let's have some sleeveless fun during 2024!! Fairisle with Finull. We're very excited to launch a project featuring a classic colorwork vest and fantastic Finullgarn, our Norwegian wool with a 90 color "box of crayons" to play with. Skills to be either developed or enhanced will be learning & understanding the nuances of how colors play together, fine gauge stranded colorwork knitting, and the steeking...
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Shirtees Season!
Summer tops! Quick to make, fun to wear. And we do love our friendly people's choice voting - sign up, make, submit; we'll choose our favorites in August! Here are the details: Select any pattern to make. You'll be submitting your entry for the voting using these categories and any top should fit into one: Touch of Lace, Sheer, Full Coverage, Cropped, Sleeveless, Colorwork At least 75% of the yarn used in your top must come from Yarn Bar. Yarn for Shirtees receives 10% discount. We will send you an online code if you're out of town. Yarn used for Shirtees...
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THE SOXIE AWARDS!
It's our 3rd Annual Soxies Season! We’ll give awards in early April for: Shorty Socks Fancy Schmancy Socks Stripey Socks Non-Traditional Socks Your Plain Vanilla Socks Thicker is Better Single Sock Syndrome Complete a pair of socks with sock yarn purchased from Yarn Bar by April 12. All participants receive an exclusive sock pattern from local designer, Shannon Larson, and your sock yarn for Soxies is 10% off. Winners in each category will receive a gift card. If you've registered for 6 Weeks of Socks, you'll be automatically entered! REGISTER HERE Soxie Awards Rules: Knit/crochet AND finish a pair of...
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