Happy Holidays and more........

Holiday Hours:

Closed: Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), Christmas Day (Dec. 25)

New Year's Eve: Open 10-3

Closed: New Year's Day (Jan. 1)

Your Finished Projects:
Carol has been busy knitting, felting and needle felting these four mittens and one stocking for all of her grandchildren. They all are personalized and completely adorable!


She also whipped up a cute felted hat.

Ginny is modeling her fabulous cardi she made with Farmhouse Yarns Andy's Merino.

Dianne just got back into knitting and wanted to make a sweater. She made this with Rowan's Natural Silk Aran.


Susan made her simple Noro sweater with Silk Garden


Michele knit this mitered square jacket and trimmed it with a loopy stitch instead of a traditional button band.


Amy has been knitting lots of toys as Christmas presents. The bears below are for her niece and nephew. The blue bear has already traveled to Arkansas to meet his new owner, and Amy is also working on a shop sample so you can see this easy bear live and in person in the store!


Janice made this chunky hat for her sister out of Rowan Big Wool. It will coordinate with the scarf she gave last year.


Dianne's Mondo Cable Vest was done in Dream in Color Classy's Deep Seaflower colorway and it looks fantastic! She is also modeling her first-ever pair of socks! The first sock was completed as part of our "Socks Any Way You Choose" class and they are made with Malabrigo Sock in a great pink colorway.

Sarah has been busy! Her only quiet time of the day is in the mornings, so she wakes up at 5 am daily to knit. She finished this amazing Steelers sweater that she designed herself ...

This green cabled pullover ...

And this purple-and-green beauty!

Anna finished this vest made from Taos just in time for our latest blast of winter weather.

Jamie's Ilean cowl is knit with Malabrigo Silky Merino and is on the list for our current Cowl KAL. How is your cowl knitting coming along?

Jamie also finished this long cowl made with Rowan Lima. It's long enough that she can wrap it around her neck twice for added warmth.

Judy has tackled yet another Noro Striped Scarf. This is her fourth one and they all look fantastic.

Despite keeping up with two very active boys and a new baby girl, Tiffany had time to finish sweaters for her kids. Donovan is holding baby sister Genevieve as they both model the Tulip-inspired sweaters knit by mom.

Wondering what's new in the store?

Beautiful shawl sticks and swirls in nickel, copper and brass from Aura Dez

More colors of Malabrigo Twist!

Lobster Pot Whale of a Skein (DK weight/740 yards/skein)

Lobster Pot sock yarn (free pattern for one-skein baby sweater with purchase)

New colors of Berroco Vintage (formerly known as Vintage Wool)

Books, including "One More Skein"

Mochi + (worsted weight yarn)

Mini Mochi (fingering weight yarn)

We're Having a Sale!

After Thanksgiving Crazy Sale - Friday only!
Starting at 6am....
6-7am - 30% off all regular priced merchandise
7-8am - 25% off all regular priced merchandise
8-9 am - 20% off all regular priced merchandise
9-10 am - 15% off all regular priced merchandise
10am-5pm 10% off all regular priced merchandise
take an extra 10% off all items in our SALE section all day

Rules and Restrictions:

• Our doors will open promptly at 6am.
• Your hand will be stamped with a different colored stamp depending on what time you walk through the door. You are then free to stay and shop or go out to breakfast or back to bed! The color of the stamp on your hand will be honored all day BUT we can not hold anything!
• Sale prices apply to instock items only and not to special orders.
• Sorry, we will not be winding yarn on Friday.
• Coffee will be available!

Your Finished Projects:

Dara brought her little girl to model the darling vest she just finished for her! Aren't they sweet?
Christie is knitting mittens like crazy. They look great in Farmhouse Yarns Andy's Merino II!

Shhhh, she's also making Steelers socks for her husband!

Bonnie make this super cute Baby Surprise Jacket for one lucky baby!

This is Carolyn showing us her almost-finished Log Cabin Blanket she's making for her husband (wink, wink.....it's really for someone else, but we can't say right now!)

New Arrivals:

Interweave Knits - Winter 2009

Knitting a Kiss in Every Stitch by Nicky Epstien

Fearless Knitter Workbook

See you at our SALE!

New Knit-A-Long and This Week's Latest

New Knit-A-Long....and Contest!
Join us for our Cowl Knit-A-Long which starts NOW and will continue through the end of the year. Cowls are the hot accessory of the year. They're quick, simple and easy on the budget! Stop by the store to pick up our list of our favorite Cowls and details about our contest.
Meeting times are Wednesdays 2-4, Thursdays 6-9 and Saturdays 10-12.

Your Finished Projects:

Kirsten modified her Mondo Cable Cardi by changing the collar. It looks so great on her! She used Ellyn Cooper's Hand-dyed yarn. And, Janet did a fabulous job on her Mondo Cable Pulli! She made her pullover with Manos del Uruguay Wool Classica.

Here's Judy modeling her Mondo Cable Vest. Judy made her vest with Malabrigo Worsted. Way to go ladies!

Kathy has been busy making lap blankets for some friends in a nursing home. She is so sweet!

Here's Jamie wearing a Norah Gaughan design made with Berroco's Inca Gold.

And another made with Malabrigo Chunky. Good job, Jamie!

Jan brought in the super soft bobbled sweater she made with Rowan Cocoon and Blue Sky Brushed Suri Alpaca.

Sara is making this Entrelac Scarf with Zauberball Crazy on size 1 needles! It is stunning!

Yay for Candace, who just got her Ishbel Shawl blocked recently. She made her's with Malabrigo Lace.

This is Claire wearing her pretty Ishbel Shawl she made with Classic Elite's Alpaca Sox.

Sandy made her Central Park Hoodie with Tahki Donegal Tweed. So nice!

Valerie's vest is made with Alpaca With a Twist Highlander. It is so soft!

Here are Rose, Julie, Peggy and Carol after their Neelde Felting class taught by Peggy. They made some super cute holiday decorations!

New Arrivals:

This is Malabrigo's newest yarn called Twist. As the name implies, the yarn is made up of several plies that are twisted. We received ten beautiful saturated colors. They are going fast and we've already ordered more!

I made this small triangular neck scarf/shawl but this yarn would be absolutely stunning in a sweater. It feels like velvet! Mmmmmm!

In addition to more Zauberball Crazy, we received 9 colorways of the original Zauberball:

Catching Up.....

YOUR Finished Projects

We've had a ton of you guys bring in your finished projects over the past two weeks. You all are knitting up a storm. And, if you are crocheting up a storm, we'd love to see your projects too!

Ruth is modeling a lovely shawl she made with RYC Natural Silk Aran. She used "La La's Simple Shawl" pattern. La La aka Laura now lives in Mississippi but used to live in McMurray and comes to visit us at Bloomin Yarns every time she's in town.

Doesn't Ruth look great!
Susan has been so busy! Here's her Ditto, which was one of our Summer KALs....

And this sweater is made with Gedifra Volatta Tweed. Susan looks great from the front too, but she is especially proud of the back!

Donna knit this gorgeous turtle neck with Manos del Uruguay's Silk Blend.

Here is Colleen wearing a beautiful "Liesl" made with The Fibre Company's Terra.

Kaye is showing off two projects in one photo! Her sweater is made with Manos del Uruguay Wool Classica and her scarf is Rowan's Kid Silk Haze.

A few days later Kaye showed up wearing this Ruana (she calls it her uniform!) knit in Farmhouse Yarns Andy's Merino II.

Heather made these super cute flame hats for her two boys!

Carolyn combined several yarns to make this adorable baby surprise jacket!

Here's Judy putting the final touches on her Mondo Cable Vest. She made hers with Malabrigo Worsted.

Judy has been attacking her Christmas gift list with a vengance. Last year she made scarves for all her work associates. This year it's fingerless gloves. Wow!

Bloomin Yarns Staff Projects:

Of course, all of us here at Bloomin Yarns are constantly knitting or crocheting (that would be Sandy....and wait until you see some of her crochet projects in future posts!).

Here's Janice's Mondo Cable Cardigan!

Amy whipped up this adorable little boy sweater recently. It's a shop model, so come see it! It's made with Cascade Yarns new 128 Superwash and it's also super soft!

Valerie married a Sublime pattern with Kollage Yarns Scrumptious, an angora and silk blend that is also luscious! (it's in our sale section and there are only two colors left)

Here she is in a pretty pattern called "Ivy" from Knitty.com made with Rowan Felted Tweed.

I recently finished this hat called "Lace Beret" from the Holiday 2009 Vogue Knitting. I used Rowan Cashsoft 4 ply. Thanks to my little friend Meghan for modeling!

I love Rowan Colourscape Chunky so much that I had to make another vest with it. This pttern is called "Drew" and can be found in this year's book "Colourscape Folk".

Fun Stuff:

These ladies are having a grand time getting creative in last week's Needle Felting Class.

New Stuff:
We are now fully stocked with the awesome GoKnit Pouches!

And, a beautiful new worsted colorway from Malabrigo called Deja Vu and a great Steeler gold in their Silky Merino.

The latest new arrivals and finished projects - October 19, 2009

Finished Projects

Here's Debi modeling her lovely Ditto cardigan, one of our summer Knit-A-Long projects. Debi used Berroco's Seduce.
Bev got creative with this adorable sewater for her grand-daughter by adding a sweet little ruffle with sock yarn and sewing on little butterflies and flowers!

Lisa made her Steelers scarf with just one skein of Ozark Handspun!

Ellen made this great beret with Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino. The pattern is from Vogue Knitting Fall 2009.

Ann combined a blue mohair with the sparkling Jo Sharp Lumina for a special scarf that will complete the outfit she'll be wearing to a wedding!

Valli added beads to make this baby hat extra special. The yarn she choose, Aslantrends Invernal has a bit of angora to make this little treasure sooooo soft!

Renee' is another one of our knitting Steeler Fans who loves Ozark Handspun! She made the bolero designed by our friend Sima Brason found in the Fall 2009 issue of Knit Simple. Her friend made the coordinating ty-dy T-shirt!

Sandy used the modifications provided by Chic Knits to make the neckline of her Mondo Cable Cardi shorter. If you've purchased the pattern and would like instructions to make a smaller collar, just ask. She also made it her own by making short sleeves (instructions are included in the pattern for them). Love it, Sandy!

Here's Janice's super soft Noro Kochoran sweater. Her pattern is found in the book "Knitting Noro".

New Arrivals:

Knitter's Magazine Fall 2009

Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2009

Here's a sock yarn for you if you have wool issues. Sockina Cotton is cotton/nylon/acrylic. No wool at all!

Several wonderful Crochet books:

Crochet Adorned - great for accessorizing your wardrobe

Crocheted Gifts - lots of gift ideas

Crochet in Color - great updated designs

The New Stranded Colorwork - bursting with colorwork designs

Silky Little Knits - very pretty and mostly simple designs using mostly Rowan Kid Silk Haze.

Knit N' Felt Bags - loaded with fun and inspiring bag ideas. I'm personally intrigued with the felted acorns!

Pints & Purls - patterns for social knitting

The Little Box of Knitted Throws - one of the best collections of throw/afghan patterns we've seen.

The Knitter's Book of Wool. Everything you ever wanted to know about wool and the sheep it all comes from. Great patterns too!

Here are a few things I recently finished!

A Clapotis (pronounciation debatable! I say clap-o-tee while others say clap-O-tiss). It doesn't matter how you say it. It's just a fabulous pattern that is available free at Knitty.com or click here for a direct link to the pattern. It's probably the most popular pattern on Ravelry with 12,988 projects listed as of today! Although this yarn is not available at Bloomin Yarns, we do have many possibilities. Sue made one combining Noro Silk Garden and Blue Sky Alpacas Sport Wt. Alpaca. Amy made one with Dream In Color Classy. Valerie made one for her daughter and Janice made one too! How about you?

My Easy Two Color Slip Stitch Scarf. We're having a class based on this pattern on October 28th from 10:30-noon. If you are a fairly new knitter, this would be a great class for you. Otherwise, the pattern will be available free with purchase soon.

A super simple garter stitch scarf combining 5 different Louisa Harding yarns.

This pattern is called the Ruffled and Ruched Scarf. I made mine with The Fibre Company Terra. I love the color and it feels so nice on my neck! The pattern can be purchased on Ravelry or here.

What are YOU working on?

Two weeks worth of new stuff and finished projects!

New Arrivals:
Here's what has arrived over the past two busy weeks:
Another gorgeous pattern book from Kim Hargreaves filled with wonderful designs.

Vogue Knitting Holiday issue and Interweave Crochet.

Great masculine designs using Noro yarns by Jane Ellison.

Yes, more Steeler Sock Yarn from Claudia Handpainted Yarns.

And more yummy French Scarf Kits!

10 more fun and bright colors of Grande for the cute "One Hat Wonders" pattern.Some more lovely colors of Malabrigo Sock: Light of Love (shades of pink), Turner(shades of green) and Primavera(shades of fall)!And Ravelry Red in Malabrigo Worsted!

Customers' Finished Projects:
Look who visited us the other day! Heather and little Erica! Erica is wearing a Tulips Cardigan that Laurie made for her and Heather made hers to match! Aren't they so totally adorable?

Kaye makes the most stunning Ruannas!

How about Florine's cute shrug!

Vicki's got a head start on her winter scarf knitting. Her Noro Striped scarf is one of my favorites!

Here's Amy wearing her fabulous Mondo Cable Vest!

Jade is working on making her new baby a lovely wardrobe of hand knitted sweaters and booties. That's one lucky little girl!

Here's Sara modeling her beautiful Ishbel done in Dream In Color Starry. Wish you could see it sparkle. Unfortunately, my camera couldn't capture it :(

Judy whipped out another cute cardigan in Classic Elite's new yarn Chesapeake!
Wow, you are all great!

Finished projects and New arrivals

Finished Projects:
Valli was bursting with pride and enthusiasm when she brought in her finished Shetland Triangle to show us. She can't wait to wear it to her class reunion!

Judy made this cute sweater for her great-nephew!
Janice is in finishing mode these days. Here is her Ditto. Looks great!

I finished my "Quick Cover-Up", a pattern from Knit One Crochet Too.

Ina Marie brought in these two fabulous Prayer Shawls she made with Marble Chunky. Aren't they great?

Natalie made this stunning shawl with Dream In Color Baby. Wow!

New Arrivals:

Several new colors of Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend.

A huge shipment of Dream In Color Classy arrived last week, including several new colors for us: Cocoa Kiss, Black Parade and Night Watch.

Cascade 128 Superwash. This is a brand new yarn from Cascade Yarns and is super soft, machine washable and a quick knit! We are constantly searching for patterns that we love and want to recommend to you. Here's a cute, super easy scarf:

Stop by the store for details!

This is a "One Hat Wonder" a one ball hat in "Grande" from Schulana. Four hat patterns are available free with the purchase of one ball of this yarn. I made mine in an evening! Great for gifts!