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Guest: Kathy and Vicki talk about her new book Step It Up Knits, a great collection of patterns to help you to build and hone your knitting skills.

They discuss Vicki’s wish to offer useful and beautiful patterns in a range of yarn options that are accessible to every knitter.

Steve’s Yarn Picks

• Cascade Magnum Paints
• Lotus Yarns Tibetan Cloud Fingering
• Valley Yarns Sheffield – New Colors
• Plymouth Yarn Grass – Closeout
• Plymouth Yarn Sweet Caroline – Closeout
• Plymouth Yarn Vizions – Closeout
• Adriafil Crea – Closeout
• Filatura Di Crosa Zarina Baby Print- Closeout
• Filatura Di Crosa Baby Love – Closeout

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Guest: Kathy and Bruce talk about his newest book Boyfriend Sweaters, and the fashion trend of woman wearing men’s style sweaters.

They also discuss shaping and sizing as well as yarn choice for creating the right fabric for your sweater.

Bruce will be in our store on Thursday Dec 20th signing copies of  his new book, Boyfriend Sweaters and he’s promised to bring cookies! Sign up for the event today.

Steve’s Yarn Picks

• Frabjous Fibers Three Feet of Sheep
• Shalimar Yarns Homage
• Manos Del Uruguay Fino
• Valley Yarns Enfield
• Katia Ibiza Closeout
• Katia Fabula Closeout
• Debbie Bliss Andes Closeout

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Guest: Kathy and Kate talk about the history of Twist Collective; they’ll be celebrating 5 years next summer!

Kate explains the process of choosing patterns, yarns and colors as well as the clothing to be worn with the new designs, and styling the models for the photo shoots.

They also discuss the painstaking tech-editing process each pattern goes through to provide the highest quality patterns.

The Winter 2012 Issue is live now and features 2 designs using Valley Yarns. North Wind knit in Valley Yarns Northampton and Esme knit in Valley Yarns Northfield.

Horatio and Oren mittens knit in Valley Yarns Huntington or Northfield, from the Fall 2012 issue of Twist Collective. 

Steve’s Yarn Picks

• Lotus Yarns Sunset
• Lotus Yarns Mimi
• Prism Yarns Layers Stuff
• Blue Ridge Yarns Footlights
• UKI 20/2 Mercerized Cotton cones – Closeout

Tomorrow team WEBS will once again be walking(while knitting!) and running in the Annual Hot Chocolate Run to benefit Safe Passage. Last year we raised $6000 dollars and we’d love to raise even more this year. If you’d like to help out, please visit our donation page. Kathy and Steve will be matching all donations made through till the start of the Race tomorrow morning!

WEBS is open Sundays through 12/23, from 12 to 5PM EST, for your holiday shopping convenience.

Upcoming Events:
Thursday Dec 20th, Event with Bruce Weinstein and his new book, Boyfriend Sweaters.

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This week Kathy and Steve are spending time celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Check out Show #288  for a fantastic assortment of gift knitting and crocheting ideas.

We have 2 new, Free patterns, great for last minute gift giving.

And don’t forget that there is still time to enter the Handmade Holidays Pinterest contest!

We will be open on Sundays beginning tomorrow, 11/25  through 12/23, from 12:00 to 5:00PM EST, for your holiday shopping convenience.

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Guest: Kathy and Shannon talk about her experience publishing her own books, the history of Cooperative Press and it’s aim to better promote and compensate the authors and designers it publishes.

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Guest: Kathy and Leslie Ann talk about a variety of Holiday gift giving ideas.

Quick and easy Knits
HATS
Valley Yarns Pattern 445: Little Whiskers Hat

                          Pictured here knit in Valley Yarns Buckland and Berroco Quasar

Quarters Cap by Kristin Nicholas would be great knit in Color by Kristin or Valley Yarns Buckland.

HANDS
Swans Island Blackberry Mitts would look wonderful knit in Madeline Tosh Vintage or Valley Yarns Northampton.

FEET
Fiber Trends Felted Clogs – Adult sizes, Children sizes knit up beautifully in Valley Yarns Northampton or Berkshire and don’t forget the suede slipper bottoms!

Pictured: Amy’s clogs with embelishment and suede slipper bottoms

FOR THE HOME

Valley Yarns Pattern Stars 509 Knit Stars knit in Valley Yarns Northampton Sport can be used to decorate your home in almost countless ways!

Quick and Easy Crochet
Valley Yarns Pattern #392 Math for Kathy crochets quickly and with beautiful drape when you use Valley Yarns Charlemont in Solids, Kettle Dyed or Hand Dyed colors.

Great Gift Items

NEEDLES
Knitters Pride Dreamz, Nova and Cubics Interchangeable Needle Sets

Knitters Pride Dreamz Crochet Hook and Tunisian Interchangeable Hook Sets

Addi Turbo, Bamboo, and Lace click sets

BAGS
Hadaki French Market Tote, Herdy Bags, Namaste Boardwalk Backpack,  Atenti Betty, as well as lots of great choices from Della-Q and Lantern Moon.

Blocking Boards and Ball Winder/Swift combos

Schacht Cricket Loom

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Guest: Kathy and Anna discuss how she got into knitting, designing and writing her own patterns as well as her new e-book, Ancient Egypt in Lace and Color.

Printed copies can be purchased through Cooperative Press.

Anna researched ancient Egyptian art and decided to work with the 6 main colors. She designed two shawls for each color in this collection and let the designs develop from the associated meanings of each.

          Kathy’s favorite design,  Nefer                               Anna’s favorite,  Ra and Apep

Anna also discusses her yarn choices, how designs develop after the materials are chosen and how she works to support many independent dyers and smaller yarn companies.

Check out Anna’s first pattern collection:  Shaping Shawls

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Guest: Kathy and Jeanne discuss how creativebug.com came to be. With almost 100 video tutorials and 2 new video classes added each week user have a unique opportunity to learn at their own pace, at times that are convenient to the individual.  There is an exciting variety of disciplines from Print-making and Knitting to Jewelry, Crochet, Sewing and much more.

Valley Yarns in the new issue of Knitscene!

Knitscene Winter 2012 Issue is out and features 2 lovely designs using our own Valley Yarns:

The Chandra Shawl designed by Laura Coccarelli, knit in Valley Yarns Berkshire.

The Gate Pullover designed by Margeaux Hufnagel, knit in Valley Yarns Northfield.

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Guest: Kathy and Kristin discuss her new yarn Color by Kristin, her first design collection with this new line of yarns (all of the designs in the first book are named after her cats), and the fantastically popular Sebastian Gloves.

Kristin will be teaching a 2 session class on these gloves in November.

One lucky student will win a copy of the new pattern collection as well as one skein each of the 20 different colors from the Color by Kristin line!

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Guest: Kathy and Audrey discuss her new eBook, Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues. The book is full of user friendly patterns and wonderful “Make it Yours” sections that encourage knitters to explore simple ways to add great detail, color and textural interest to their scarves.

Kathy is particularly fond of the first chapter where Audrey demonstrates the same scarf pattern made in 6 different yarns in varying weights.

Printed copies of Audrey’s book can be purchased through Cooperative Press.

Audrey will be teaching at Interweave Knitting Lab and at Stitches West.

Thanks to all the customers that came out for our 9th Annual Knit & Crochet for the Cure last Sunday! Our customers spent time knitting and crocheting wonderful fingerless gloves to be donated to Cancer Connection.

All 3 of our buses to the New York State Sheep and Wool Fair in Rhinebeck next weekend are full! Please contact Customer Service if you would like to be put on the waiting list. Sometimes we have last minute cancellations.