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  • Vogue Knitting Magazine Editors: Vogue Knitting

    Vogue Knitting Magazine Editors: Vogue Knitting
    Great all-around reference. Covers tons of knitting techniques, with step-by-step photos and illustrations. Includes a glossary of knitting terms and abbreviations used in patterns, which is a big help. (*****)

  • Montse Stanley: Knitter's Handbook

    Montse Stanley: Knitter's Handbook
    Dry reading, and almost too comprehensive and detailed — I definitely would have been put off if I had picked this up as a beginner. But where else can you find instructions for more than 30 different methods of casting on? (***)

  • Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook

    Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
    Good beginner's book, with a range of projects to help you get started. Many patterns are geared toward the 20-something set, but others would work for any age. (****)

  • Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch Nation

    Debbie Stoller: Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
    Debbie Stoller's second knitting book takes it to the next level, with advice on understanding knitting patterns and changing them to suit your size and style preferences. It also spotlights knitting community, with profiles of Stitch 'n' Bitches around the world and patterns and tips from knitters across the country — including Boston's own Stitch 'n' Bitchers Trinity Muller and Christine Quirion . (****)

  • Alice and Jade Starmore: The Children's Collection

    Alice and Jade Starmore: The Children's Collection
    Although it's out of print, it's worth tracking down a copy of this book of patterns for classic children's knits — or any of Alice Starmore's other books. Most of the patterns in this book feature Starmore's trademark Fair Isle and Aran styles. (****)

  • Vicki Square: The Knitter's Companion: Expanded and Updated (The Companion series)

    Vicki Square: The Knitter's Companion: Expanded and Updated (The Companion series)
    Handy reference of knitting techniques, sized to carry in your knitting bag. Also includes size charts, needle and swatch gauges, and lots more.

Good Knitting, Crochet, and Spinning Mags

  • Knitter's Review
    Includes reviews of yarns, books, knitting tools, discussion forums, etc.
  • Knitty

    A great, fun webzine with lots of how-to's and lots of free patterns for every skill level.
  • Rebecca
    Great magazine with fun, trendy patterns for GGH brand yarn. The web site usually offers a couple of free patterns from each issue. (The actual magazine is in German, but the U.S. version has the patterns translated into English. You can get it at many knitting stores.)
  • Crochet me
    Crochet Me
    This online magazine is sort of like the crochet equivalent of Knitty or MagKnits. It offers free patterns and articles. I'm kind of tired of seeing knitting sites and books described as "hip" and "modern," but those descriptions do fit.
  • Spin-Off
    Interweave Press's excellent spinning magazine.

Some P.C. Knitting Companies

  • Himalaya Yarn
    Small company offers mostly handspun and hand-dyed yarns made with recycled and/or Nepal-grown fibers. The company provides business opportunities for local people. For instance, its recycled silk yarn is handspun by women’s cooperatives and the profits support women’s shelters and programs.
  • Lantern Moon
    This company sells baskets, beautiful wooden knitting needles, and accessories like silk needle cases, hangers and measuring tapes, made by a Vietnamese women's cooperative.
  • Malabrigo Yarns
    Like Manos del Uruguay, this company works with a cooperative of women in Uruguay to make its yarns. It offers hand-dyed 100% merino worsted-weight wool. They are in the process of introducing two new lines: handpainted handspun Angora and handpainted variegated cotton. The company says new colors and yarns will be introduced all the time — you can subscribe to their mailing list to get the latest news.
  • Mango Moon
    Like Himalaya Yarns, Mango Moon offers yarns made in Nepal from recycled silk in order to provide income for women there.
  • Manos del Uruguay
    The web site says this yarn company was established “ … to give support to Uruguayan craftswomen … Its purpose was and is the economic, social and cultural development of its members and the environment in which they live.”
  • Peace Fleece
    Peace Fleece makes yarn from wool bought from Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, and American shepherds. Also sells wooden knitting needles with tops handpainted in Russia (very cute); needle cases (also v.c.); adorable learn-to-knit kits for kids; felting supplies; Russian drop spindles; unwashed fleece; and wooden buttons. Everything is reasonably priced.

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« Plum Island Knitters | Main | Update on SuperBowl sales »

SuperBowl weeked sales

Someone posted on the Stitch 'n' Bitch Boston site wondering if any stores in the area were planning on having sales over SuperBowl weekend. (The SuperBowl, for those who like me are sports-oblivious, is on Sunday, Feb. 1, according to the official SuperBowl web site.)

The person who posted the query used to live in Vermont, and apparently SuperBowl weekend sales are common among the yarn stores there. (The person who posted claims the stores there offered 30% off. Wouldn't that be nice!)

So far, here's what's been posted about Massachusetts stores:

  • Black Sheep Knitting Co. in Needham is having a sale SuperBowl weekend. They are still working out the details—they say they should have them finalized by tomorrow. You can call them to get the scoop.

    Black Sheep Knitting Co.
    1500 Highland Avenue
    Needham, MA 02492
    781-444-0694
    blacksheepknitting@verizon.net
  • Fiber Loft in Harvard, MA (That's the town Harvard, not Harvard Square.) According to one poster on the S 'n' B list, this store sells all the designer sweaters from its trunk shows on SuperBowl Sunday, as well as some yarn. You can contact the store to confirm that. The poster suggests that if you have a car and are looking for a nice trip, you could visit Historic Concord, then go to Harvard for the sale.

    Fiber Loft
    9 Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111)
    Harvard, MA 01451-1638
    (978) 456-8669
  • The Creative Warehouse in Needham. Another Stitch 'n' Bitch poster wrote that this store has had Super Bowl Sales in the past. Call them to find out if they're doing it again this year.

    Creative Warehouse
    220 Reservoir Street, #10
    Needham, MA 02494-3133
    (781) 444-9341
  • Circles in Jamaica Plain may have a sale—the owner, Allison, is trying to work something out because she has to be at a trade show that day. If you're interested in working at her store that weekend, you might want to contact her.

    Circles
    555 Amory Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA
    (617) 524-5500
    info@circles-salon.com

Do you own a yarn store that's having a sale on SuperBowl weekend? Know of a store in your area that's having a sale then? Post a comment and let me know!

January 20, 2004 at 09:14 PM in Sales |

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Pamela Rossetti

Knit Latte at 1062 Pleasant St. Worcester, MA is having a going out of business sale. 40% off everything May 11 until June 11 or until all merchandise is sold. Open t-sat 10-4.

Posted by: Pamela Rossetti | May 12, 2004 at 08:48 AM

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