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Join Carolyn at Silk Road Textiles for the Noro Crescent Shawl Knit Along! We will meet for four Wednesday evenings, starting on August 10, from 6-8 to create the beautiful and simple Crescent Shawl featured on the cover of the current Noro magazine. The shawl is knit using two skeins of Noro Mirai yarn and #7, 32″ circular needles. Stop in, register, and purchase your yarn at SRT and receive the pattern for free! Want more patterns? You can also buy the Noro magazine at the shop when you pick out your yarn! LMB Designs will be hosting the KAL on their blog. Sign up on the LMB Designs blog to be eligible for prizes like Noro yarn and stitch markers from Ann Tudor! The pattern is rated easy and uses a chart for the lace edge in the first part of the shawl. Knitting together is a great way to learn to knit from a chart! Call or stop by the shop to register for this free KAL. Join the fun!! Dates: 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, AND 8/31 6-8PM
One of our favorite yarns in the shop is our collection of Noro. Noro is made in Japan and is known world-wide for its striking colors. We thought you might be interested in learning more about the production of Noro yarns and the process that goes into designing the signature stripes. Eisaku Noro contemplated going to art school to become a painter, but instead he turned his amazing eye for color to yarns for both hand and machine knitting. Silk Road Textiles carries Kureyon, Silk Garden, Taiyo, Koromo, Kibou, Shiraito, Silk Garden Sock, and Taiyo Sock from the hand-knitting line. Noro is committed to leaving as much of the production hand-done as feasible. This is part of what makes Noro yarns so distinctive. The thick and thin effect is due to the hand picking of the fibers, the variation in stripe length is because no two people lay out the fiber in exactly the same way, and the knots that you sometimes find are because these prep techniques lend themselves better to shorter spinning runs. If you want to learn more, there is an interesting video (about 6 minutes long) produced by an English-speaking channel in Japan about Noro yarns. There is also an amazing book excerpt in PDF format available here. It details where all the fibers are sourced, what the special properties of each are, and it includes lots of pictures of the entire process. We have lots of samples made with Noro yarn in the store, and we are pleased to carry Noro pattern books and the new Noro Magazine. If you need inspiration or just want to see what it possible to be done with these amazing yarns, please stop in and ask us!
We are so excited to announce our very first yarn tasting party! This exciting event, sponsored by Knitting Fever, will give you the opportunity to test drive dozens of yarns, some of which we carry, some of which we may get in the future. We’ll have stations set up around the store where you can knit or crochet a bit with a wide variety of fibers and weights. You’ll get a special sheet to fill in so you remember exactly what you thought of each yarn, and at the end of the night we’ll be giving every skein from the tasting away! That’s right, you leave with a nearly new ball of yarn. There will also be light refreshments available. Some of the brands we’ll be showcasing include: Noro Mirasol Juniper Moon Elsebeth Lavold and more! This event replaces Thursday open stitching for 23 January 2014. The cost is just $10 – a great deal considering these yarns retail for more than that – and spots are going quickly. Call or stop in today to secure your place at the yarn tasting party!
Hello Everyone, The past seven weeks have been fantastic! Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us during our Grand Opening weekend, and thanks to those who have stopped by to shop since then. We’ve grown a lot in the past weeks, and this email serves to announce a few additions to our creative offerings. As always, the best way to learn about everything that’s new is to stop in and see, six days a week! We are open until 8pm on Thursday evenings, and on Sundays from noon until 5pm for your convenience. Complete hours and directions are available on our website, silkroadcincinnati.com.