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This week Kathy talks with Amy Small, owner of Knit Collage.

Amy designed sweaters for Free People just out of college and learned to spin during that time. After living and working in Hong Kong as a freelance designer she founded her company in 2010. Check out her website to learn all about the collective of woman that handspin every skein of her yarns!

WEBS carries Spun Cloud, a super chunky roving style yarn plied with gold and silver lurex and Cast Away a blend of 10+ colors all spun into the same yarn with a quirky core-spun think n thin texture.

Winter Classes are Live!
Beth Brown-Reinsel teaching Sanquhar Gloves
Todd Gocken – Streymoy Cardigan
Patty Lyons is teaching multiple classes
Alasdair Post-Quinn teaching Double Knitting
Carson Demers teaching Knitting Ergonomics
Lisa Hill teaching weaving

Steve’s Yarn Picks of the week:

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This week WEBS Education Manager Amy Greeman is in the studio with Interweave Content Strategist, Lisa Shroyer.

Interweave Knits recently celebrated their 20th Anniversary, with an incredible collection of patterns! Amy and Lisa talk about how it all came together and how Interweave has influenced the industry over the years.

Fall Classes are live on the website! Register now online, in-store or by calling our Customer Service department.

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Long hot summer days are sometimes the best time to take a break from the everyday and learn something new. Besides time with like minded fiber folk, it means a few hours in a cool, air conditioned space! We have an extensive offering of classes this summer from truly basic, beginner courses all the way up to expert level skill building. Whether you knit or spin, crochet or weave, all of the above or none at all yet, we have the right class for you!

Try your hand at short rows, beginning rigid heddle weaving. Delve into Yarn 101, or better crochet pattern reading. Learn to fix your knitting mistakes, and spin on a wheel. Indulge in squishy brioche knitting or start filling that drawer with handknit socks!

Which classes will you take this summer? Hurry and register now, seats are filling fast!

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This week Kathy talks with WEBS Education Manager, Amy Greeman, about upcoming Summer Classes.

Check out Knitting 1 for all the friends and family that keep asking YOU to teach them! Advanced Lace Knitting with Todd Gocken, Spinning Camp for adults and Fiber Camp for the kiddos. And Jason Collingwood is back this summer! Check out all the class listings on our site and sign up early, summer classes fill quickly!

The amazing Amy Hendrix of Madelinetosh is here for a meet and greet later today!

Valley Yarns Summer 2016 Catalog will be online on Monday and in mailboxes mid month. Make sure you’re on the mailing list now to get a copy of our Fall catalog in September. And join our e-mail list to see the e-catalog first!

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I’m so excited about just having wrapped up our first CustomFit Workshop here at WEBS! We had so much fun throughout the course of the 11 weeks, knitting our sweaters and discussing different techniques and schools of thought on decreasing, increasing and seaming. We talked about how yarn selection would affect the types of garments we’d have, the importance of seams for stability in a properly fitting garment, and shaping in a specific stitch pattern. Most importantly, we had the opportunity to learn from each other’s experiences. And, as a very special treat, Amy Herzog was here for the last class to see all of our hard work for herself! We got to show off our pattern and yarn choices and even to ask her some questions – not only about the CustomFit program, but about knitting in general!

There are so many things I love about teaching this workshop. Getting to work with students on choosing their sweater style and yarn; planning out the methods of casting on and shaping that might work best; and discussing sweater construction and assembly – just to name a few. I also enjoy seeing the progress from meeting to meeting as rows of knitting become garment pieces, and discussions and solutions evolve organically as we knit together. It is wonderful to see the confidence that students gain as they being to see sweater construction from a new perspective – how the combination of proper body measurements, yarn selection and gauge work in concert to influence the final shape of a sweater. In addition, students acquire the understanding to adapt other patterns to knit a sweater that fits. I’m so looking forward to future sessions of the CustomFit Workshop to see where each new journey will take us!

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This week Kathy talks with Kate Atherley about her classes at WEBS next week, there are only a few seats left in her Custom Fit Sock Class and her Options for Working in the Round class! Sign up now if you’re interested!

You can find Kate on her website (check out her teaching schedule to find a class or workshop near you!), on Twitter and Ravelry – and check out the latest KAL in her Ravelry Group!

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Reminder:

Fall classes are open. Register now, they’re filling fast!

Upcoming Events:

Our annual Knit and Crochet for the Cure is happening Sunday, October 4th.

National Spinning and Weaving Week is coming, Oct 5-10!

Louet owners Dave and Pam Van Stralen will be at WEBS Oct 9+10, try out all their beautiful products!

Sign ups are open for our annual bus trip to Rhinebeck – get your seat now they’re almost gone!

Be sure to check out all of our upcoming Events here.

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This week Kathy talks with WEBS Education Manager, Amy Greeman, about out upcoming Fall classes and guests teachers.

Be sure to check out all the classes here! You can register online, call Customer Service or stop in the store.

Steve’s Yarn Picks of the week :

Reminder:

Fall classes are open. Register now, they’re filling fast!

Bathroom renovations are happening in our retail store. We are now restricted to a single stall for all our customers and employees. Please plan ahead for restroom stops before and after your visit to help alleviate lines for other customers and staff. We will be down to this one bathroom stall through the Labor day weekend – PLEASE plan ahead.

Upcoming Events:

Registration for Spinzilla opened this past Tuesday. Have you joined a team? Are you ready?

Sign ups are open for our annual bus trip to Rhinebeck – get your seat now!

Be sure to check out all of our upcoming Events here.