UFO Club

Come be a part of our monthly community gathering to get your butt inspired to finish those Unfinished Projects while making a fun game out of it. We will have an afternoon meeting from 2-3 pm and the evening meeting from 6-7 pm.

The premise is simple, you pick 1 UFO (UnFinished Object) per month. We have about 4 months to each set that we are doing. The first session will be January, February, March, April.  Second session will be May, June, July, August. Third Session will be September, October, November and we skip December for the Holidays. 

Assign each project a number 1-4. At the beginning of each month we will announce what # we are working on. Pull that UFO and get it done! 

The incentives are these: Come in the Last Thursday of the month for our UFO meeting from 2-3pm or 6-7pm to share your project and the chance to win the pot. At the meeting you will get your punch card for the finished month and put $1 into the pot for a chance to win the entire pot. You only get your punch card and the chance for the pot by being present but we encourage you to participate also on Facebook and Ravelry. The big bonus for completing the UFO club is if you get all 3-4 projects finished you get a 30% off one total purchase in addition to anything else you won during the club. Pretty Great huh? Bring your friends, bring your enemies because the more people the more the pot is worth and the better your chances are at winning.

Bring all of your 5 UFO’s to share and discuss for the first meeting of each Session before you jump on board and see what is keeping other people stuck in a rut as well. Got a question? Let the jury of your peers decide if that is an appropriate UFO or not to mark as one project.

UFO ideas, so you don’t stress yourself out:

• Finish the other sock in that pair (so a finished pair is considered one project)
• 12” of more of that pesky Scarf your co-work er asked you make them
• Forget the entire sweater! We just want to make sure you get the front, back, or sleeves done because that alone is a task, not to mention seaming (if there is any) So we count each large piece of the sweater as one UFO so you don’t stress yourself out.

*UPDATE* In an effort to keep things fair for all members we have laid out some new ground rules to clear up some confusion.

1. Do not talk about UFO club. Oh, wait. Wrong club....... ;)
2. Please choose either the afternoon OR the evening session and attend only that session throughout the quarter. 
3. Projects will be chosen individually, but the group has the power to veto projects.
4. In the interest of parity, spinning projects will no longer be accepted.
5. There will be no changing of projects or order of projects once your card has been laminated.
6. If your card is lost we, unfortunately, can not replace it. This would not be fair to the other participants. Please keep it in a safe place -- a wallet or purse works well!
7. Club leaders will collect your $1 ante to the pot at the meeting preceding the meeting said pot will be drawn at. If you do not make it to the meeting designated for that pot, your dollar will be forfeit.
8. If you are unable to attend a meeting, photographic evidence of completed UFOs may be accepted, but will be left to the discretion of the group.
9. The discount earned for a finished card is meant for the participant only and may not be shared or transferred.

Yarn weights

Just thought I would post this little yarn weight guide that we are taking out of our newsletter to make room for more yarn porn pictures!

Don't know your yarn weight? No problem! We are always here to help you figure that out. To help you understand the weights a little better here are some pictures of all our Wonderland Yarns lined up. First we have Duchess (lace), Cheshire Cat (fingering), Mad Hatter (sport/DK), March Hare (Worsted)

Updates & Flex Frames

Hello!
Wow who knew my life would become so busy that I wouldn't have time to blog, and I love to Blog but thus is the life for a small business owner. A million things to do and never enough time. I think I've hardly even had the time to enjoy knitting!

Some things I would love to get off the ground but might not happen till next year are being a part of Spinzilla, Tour de Fleece and doing some summer kids classes during the day. We will get there and it will be just fine.  The hard part about a small business is knowing when to say enough and be content with what you've got.

Part of what I love with the shop is keeping up with trends that I think more adventurous knitters and crocheters are into such as the bright colors and new ways to integrate yarn into their lives.

One of my new found things is using Flex Frames! I've been ogling Wool and the Gang and all their clever clutches and I wondered if I might find a distributer locally for the frames to make our own clutches in store. Lo and behold I found someone!



So we have in stock 3.5", 9" and 10" frames ready to use.  I feel like the best use for the larger frames are with T-shirt Yarn and the smaller ones are perfect to use your gauge swatches to make unique coin purses as presents or gift card holders.

For this coin purse I picked a swatch I had been meaning to try and it casted on about 20 stitches in sport weight with size 3 needles.

I measured out the fold over in stockinette so that I would have enough to tightly cover the flex frame piece. Then I seamed together the sides with blanket stitch and began to attach the pouch part to the frame inside out.

After it was all stitched together it was a simple to slide it and turn it inside out.

Easy Peazy!

The best part is if you already have gauge swatches you can just pick up enough stitches for the fold over and attach your frame in the same way. These mini 3.5" frames are only $2.50 each so it's a very cost effective present for anyone!