Millicent’s News

December 2007

 

Millicent’s Yarns & More

27 N. Centre Street, Cumberland, MD 21502

 Shop Hours: Tues - Sat 10 - 5, Wed 10 - 8 and
Sunday 1 - 4 (closed last Sunday of every month)

 

MILLICENT’S SIXTH ANNIVERSAY SALE !!

 

Everything is 20% off*

Tuesday, Nov. 13 through Sunday, Nov. 18

Fill out our enclosed survey and receive an additional 5% off!

* Sorry,  looms are not included in this sale

 

LET’S TALK SCHEDULE FIRST

Our holiday hours begin the week of Thanksgiving week when we will extend our hours from 10 to 8 on Wednesdays and Fridays through December 21.

We will be closed Thanksgiving day.

In December we will be open Sunday, Dec. 23, 1 – 4.  We will be closed Xmas Eve  and Xmas Day and will reopen December 26 through Saturday, December 29, closing Sunday, Dec. 30 through Jan. 1, New Year’s Day.  We will reopen on Wednesday, January 2. 

 

YOUR HOLIDAY WISH LIST

Our computer system allows you to open a wish list – great for spouses, friends, and family who are looking for just the right holiday gift for you.  All we need to do is scan your desires onto your customer page – it’s as simple as that!  So, if there is that book you’ve longed for, or that Noro yarn that seems to be just out of reach, or some more of your favorite needles, now is the time to let the world know that YOU WANT THIS!

 

INTERNET HINT FOR KNITTERS

Cascade Yarns has put most of its patterns on the internet at www.cascadeyarns.com.  There are some really cute kid’s sweaters fronted with a bear, a bunny or a kangaroo, designed by children’s knitwear designer Amy Bahrt of NYC.  Search under Sierra and 220Superwash to find the patterns.

 

KITTY KNITS 

We have seen many dog coat patterns come out.  Cat lovers, do not despair! Finally there is knitting book with projects for Cats and Their People. Kitty Knits includes kitty toys, placemat with goldfish decoration for kitty’s dish, and a kitty bed.  For cat lovers the book offers hat, sweater, and sock patterns with kitty motifs.  Here is the book for you, Roberta, Tracy, and whoever else is smitten with kittens!!!  Coming soon!

 

FURNISHED ROOM WANTED:

Kristin Strom, a medical professional from Pittsburgh who consults in Cumberland several days a week is looking for a furnished room to rent within 10 miles of the hospitals.  She is a regular at Millicent’s, spends her free (ie lonely) time here with us knitting away.  We recommend her warmly.  Leave your name at Millicent’s (301-722-8100) and Kristin will call you back.

 

KNITTING DVDs FOR RENT FROM MILLICENT’S

We are making a library of DVD’s available to our customers for 3-day rentals.  To start we have  Sock 1: How to Knit Socks on Two Circular Needles and Sock II: How to Knit Two Socks at the SAME TIME on Two Circular Needles.  We hope to build our lending library so that you can add to your skill level at your leisure.  The three-day rental will cost $6.00, and we will need to take your credit card number for security. 

 

WORKING WITH HANDPAINTED YARNS?

Try this Diagonal Slip Stitch Pattern which looks great on a single colorway and also looks really great when multiple colorways are used in alternating rows.  Try a swatch and see for yourself!

 

Multiple of 4 stitches plus 2:

(ie for your swatch, cast on 16 plus 2 additional stitches: 18 stitches total)

 

Row 1:  K1, *K3, sl 1 wyif; rep from *, end K1

Row 2:  P4, *sl 1 wyib, P3; rep from *, end sl 1 wyib, P1

Row 3:  K2, *sl 1 wyif, K3; rep from *

Row 4:  P2, *sl 1 wyib, P3; rep from *

Repeat these four rows.

 

HERE’S A PRESENT FOR YOU:

Roberta walked in the shop last week sporting this ponchette.   Made of only two skeins of  Noro Iro, it is a quick project and a great gift.  Roberta looked stunning in it – there was a collective gasp when she came in.

 

You will need: 2 skeins of Noro Iro

US circular #13

Stitch Marker

 

CO 120 sts loosely, join in the round and place marker. 

*K2, P2, repeat from * around until piece measures 10”

Decrease Round 1: 

*K2, P2tog, rep from *around (90 sts).  Continue in K2, P1 until piece measures 12”

Decrease Round 2:

*K2 tog, P1, rep from * around (60 sts). Continue in K1, P1 until piece measures 14” or you run out of yarn.  Bind off loosely.

(This pattern originally came from the website  www.bonnieknits.com)

 

WINTER MAGAZINES

We have received the winter issue of Interweave Knits and Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts.  We also have several copies of the Special Collector’s
25th Anniversary Issue of Vogue Knitting and of Interweave Felt.  The Vogue is an issue that should be in every knitter’s library, and the Interweave Felt is the first is its kind.  Purchasing it lets Interweave know that we want more.  Please support your local yarn shop when you buy your magazines and books.

 

SOCK OF THE MONTH CLUB

This month’s meeting is on Sunday, Dec. 2 only (no Wednesday meeting in December)

 

 

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KNITTER’S and CROCHETER’S SURVEY:  Ask and you will receive!

The months of January through April are prime time for knitters and crocheters to be building skills and trying new techniques.  We would like to know what kind of classes you would like us to offer this winter so that we can best support you in your knitting and crocheting skills.

 

Please take a moment to fill out this survey.  Your feedback helps us enormously.

 

Project Classes (ie. felted hats, argyle socks, sweaters, whatever your heart desires!)  Is there something we haven’t offered in a long time that you would like to revisit?  Sometimes when you have a project you long to make, several others will want the same.  Just let us know!

 

 

   

Technique Classes (ie. color work, intarsia, entralac, socks on two circular needles, lacework, etc).  Look into your books and magazines and give us some idea of techniques you’d like to learn.  Would you like to have classes in tatting and embroidery? 

 

 

  

Name:_________________________Tele No: ____________________

See?  That was easy.  Bring this survey in before Thanksgiving.  Filling this out gives you 5% off your pre-Thanksgiving purchases – our thanks to you.


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KNITTERS ANONYMOUS

After a lot of thought and idea sharing, the current Knit-In group renamed their social times together “Knitters Anonymous” – Can you guess why???  Are we addicted or what???  Please note that the group also has a time change:  Wednesdays and Fridays, from 12 – 2.  There is no charge for participation.  Knit what you would like – whether you are new to knitting or experienced.  Just come and have fun with us.

 

OUR OTHER SOCIAL KNITTING AND CROCHET GROUPS:

Kids Knit for elementary students: every Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30

Teens Knit for middle and high school students: every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00

Hook-Up for crocheters: Wednesdays, 3 – 5

 

For Sale:  a Schacht 45” Highcastle Floor Loom 

with Bench, Warping Wheel, Shuttles, Bobbins, Shed Sticks

Originally $3600, Selling for $2000

Call Mrs. Lord, Carbondale, WV at 304-738-3239


Happy Knitting and Crocheting

and Tatting and Weaving and Spinning

and Embroidery

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