Ahhhhhgust Newsletter

Look closely at the photos above they are telephones and cords, check out their feet, they are the phone receivers. Cool hey and Ewenique......
Take a deep breath and enjoy the wonderful Summer we are having, it is already August, and there is a ton of events happening. We start the Traveling Scarf August 3rd and the Knitting Olympics starts the 8th, so we will be busy here at Just 4 Ewe.
I am planning on a Yarn Tasting Party in Fall, this will be a chance for you to sample different yarns for knitting/crochet on different types of needles and see how you enjoy knitting on the new Fall yarns. I will have more information in September.
So what's on your Needles? Is there anything on your needles? I have too many needles and not enough time. I finish very little, and that kind of bothers me. I have great intentions...honest. I get in a new yarn and my creative side kicks in and I wind the ball of yarn start and realize I don't want to knit the whole thing? I start and don't finish, again and again. As my usual customers and friends read this they are laughing because they know I have the attention span of a gnat. I do so many different things. So I am going to designate Sundays as UFO Sunday!!!! Come in sit down and work on a project that needs to get finished!!!! Oh if you didn't guess, UFO is UnFinished Objects. We all have them...please tell me I am not the only one. So grab a project that is peeking out of your knitting basket and come on in and work on finishing something!!!! Consider this your invite!!!!!

Traveling Scarf Party is Sunday August 3rd from 1:00pm till ? You must have been signed up by the time you get this. So if you are signed up you already are aware of the Journal making and picking out the yarn. The Yarn just came in....a little damp it is sooooo fresh!!!

Don't forget about Knitting Olympics, August 8th, is the Opening Ceremonies and it's time to cast on!!! You will pick a project that you will have to work at doing. A challenge, just like the Olympian Atheletes. I am doing Lace, yes, lace. I know for some of you that is a breeze but for me it is a real challenge. Even if it is just to learn to purl, this is your challenge and you have till the end of the Olympics to finish your project. We will have progress parties along the way to help support you in your trials. So if you are a beginner or an established knitter/crocheter, pick a challenge and let's get started. Saturday, August 9th will be an opening ceremonies party and during the closing ceremonies August 24th, we will be eating Chinese food of course!!!! And there will be Medals for our contestants.

Pattern of the Month~ City Lights Beaded Knitting Kit, with two skeins of Misti Alpaca, Pattern and 10%off coupon at Kaleidoscope beads, for quality beads. $16.00 Talk about addicting, you start knitting and adding the beads and you can't stop knitting, because the bead pattern developes so quickly and you want to knit one more row, well maybe two, well maybe one more and before you know it you're done!!!!
Classes

Aug. 8 & 13 Wed. Childrens Knitting 1:00-2:30pm (full)

Aug. 19th Tues. A Heeling Experience 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
You have got to get on board and learn three types of heels!!!
September
September 2nd, Tues. Kumihimo Japanese Braiding 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Using a foam circle, learn to make beautiful braids, to use for jewelry, and ties.
September 9,16,23 & 30, Tues. Beginning Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $45.00
This is a basic knitting class for those interested in learning to knit. It is a good refresher for rusty knitters also. Learn Cast on, Increase, Decrease, Bind off , Circular knitting and more.
September 18 & 25th Thurs, Top down Sweater 6:30pm-8:30pm $40.00
Make a smaller version of an adult sweater, learn what you need to know to make the adult version.
October
October 7 & 14th Tues. So Now you can Knit!!! Intermediate Knit. 6:30-8:30pm $40.00
Moving on and learning more knitting, Cables, Button holes, Pattern reading, fixing a glitch.
October 16th, Thurs. Entrelac Class $30.00
Learn to do the block knitting technique, that is both beautiful and fun. You must be able to knit, purl and increase, decrease.
October 21 & 28, Tues. Magic Loop Sock Class $35.00
Make a sock using one long needle, no more fighting with 4-5 small needeles. A great way to knit anything in the round.
October 23rd, Thurs. Card Weaving Class $30.00


Also known as Tablet Weaving a great way to take your weaving with you. This Ancient technique is fun to make edging, handles,straps and more. No experience needed
October 30th, Thurs. Papermaking $30.00
Learn to make sheets of handmade paper, need a great wedding gift, I have wonderful project for you. Fun class no experience needed.

July Newsletter

Happy Fourth of July!!!!! About now we will be riding in a car (voiture) headed for Quebec (Kebec). My son and fiance are taking us mothers, on vacation? I question their sanity....? Last time I took mothers on Vacation I had them both chewing on my ear or wondering where we were or when are we leaving. I hope I learned from that, how not to act?. My son knows I am very independent and will go off on my own and I will take her mom in tow, as long as we don't have to go shopping. Unless of course it is yarn shops!!!! Which I have been in contact with some already and have plans to go spin for a bit if the timing is good.
So I have to pack and do you know what I have packed???? My projects...no clothes, but knitting, a drop spindle and toys. I am excited about taking my traveling scarf. I know it is early but what better project to take??? That and socks. I hope to photograph the scarf and journal it. So mine will be a little longer than the others, it is traveling with me on Vacation.
~I just wrapped up another beginning knitting class.....I cannot tell you how rewarding it is to see new knitters eating up knowledge. It makes me happy because that is how I learn, it is like they are on a feeding frenzy and can't get enough. The most wonderful thing is the diversity of the class. Yes we have Older, retired woman and young woman, with small children and College woman, all striving for the same thing....and as much as it is an acomplishment to learn it is equally rewarding for me to see what you accomplish.
Wednesday Breakfast Club, is another example of diversity. When I opened my shop I was given the book, "Little Shop on Blossom street" by Debbie MacComber. I actually read it and could only hope that my shop would echo the warm supportive story she wrote of and I believe it has. As we sit and knit at the table in the back of the shop, sometimes crammed in, the conversation can go from children to mom's to every aspect of life and more. We have the very good knitters, among the new knitters and they share....they share everything from snacks to knitting to life. I feel like a proud mom, as everyone gets along and blends into one buzzing conversation. It shows how much we really are alike, but uniquely different. So unlike the companies we work in, unlike the Corporate rules on Political Correctness, there is a place where we can be accepted for who we really are in the World of Knitting, we all speak the same language!!!!!! Come and enjoy!!!
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Just 4 Ewe will be closed, July 4 through July 6th, I will be open for Knitting on Sunday, Kim will be watching the shop so stop in and say Hi!!! Oh and if you mention the Newsletter to Kim, and that her Boss is away, you will get 10% off of your total purchase. Did I tell you she is now designing patterns for Fiesta yarn Company!!! And she is autographing patterns too! We (I am ) are lucky to have her and her knowledge.
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Flock of Sheep ( sheep cards) are also on Vacation till Fall. There will be no stamps given or redeemed till Fall. With the Economy as it is, most people will understand. They just need to graze somewhere else till Fall!!!
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WWKiP day!!!
What a success, we had over 30 knitters, needles just a clicking. I am doing my best to upload the photos!!! I hope they turn out better than the Traveling Scarf one.
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Pattern of the Month-"Summer Scandals"
This pattern is great to wear with sandals and or shoes. For the minimum coverage and showing off that Pedicure!!! (That the model aparrantly is lacking!!!) Aside from their obvious Sandal appearance they are really comfortable!!!! I like them....
Kit includes one Skein Wisdom sock yarn and the pattern which will make two pair. $15.00
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Tilt your head to the right and you will see this scarf in a better view....I couldn't make it go the right way and yes I did get permission from the designer to use the photo. No bad Karma here.
Sign up now for the Traveling Scarf August 3rd, click here to sign up
If you are interested in participating in the Traveling scarf, please sign up, This is how it works. The first meeting we will pick our yarn, we are using Toe Jamz and you will need 2 skeins. We will be making our own little Journals to go with our scarf as it travels, from knitter to knitter. These Journals will be written in while you are knitting on someones scarf, they will include the pattern and tips and you can add a recipe, poem, your favorite things or just some musings. Think how fun it will be when you get your scarf and Journal back and can wear your scarf and read your Journal. You can then knit the suggested amount of inches, which will be between 8-12" depending on how many knitter we get signed up. You can bring your scarf in when you are done we will set a two week maximum time limit, but as soon as you are done you can bring it in and pick up another one. The pattern is an easy rib, so beginners can do this too. When you have knit your amount of inches you measure off 10 yards of a single yarn and put your stitches on a ribbon, to pass to the next knitter. They then put the stitches on their needles and using thier strand (the 10 yards) and adding your strand, (the scarf is knit with two strands of the sock yarn) it will make a wonderful blend instead of a harsh change. I have permission to post the photo from the book, Knitalong..Larissa and Martin John Brown. This scarf can be 6 to 10 feet long. So it will be a great keepsake and the yarn will all be the same just different colors, which will make it a work of Art.
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Knitting Olympics August 8th, 2009
Join us Knitting athletes in testing your fortitude. It doesn't matter what your challenge is, say you are a beginning knitter and purling is a problem...purl a scarf...I am once again doing lace, because Lace and I are not friends...I love it and the way it looks and blah blah blah but hate knitting it.
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Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival September 6, 2008
Jefferson Fairgrounds, Jefferson Wisc. You won't want to miss it!!! For more information click on the link above. Hey all you new spinners, their is a Skein contest so you will want to enter that for sure!!!
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Kim's Rhubarb Square Recipe....it's outta this World delicious
Crust:
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 stick crisco
2 sticks butter
Combine until crumbly
Add:
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 egg and water to equal 3/4 cup
Mix until crust mixture holds together.
Roll 1/2 of crust into jelly roll pan sprinkle about 1 cup of flour over crust
add cut up rhubarb 6-8 cups slice 1 lb of strawberries and place over rhubarb
top with 1-1/2 cups of sugar and about 1 cup of flour
dust with cinnamon
Roll out remaining crust and place over fruit. Pinch edges to seal. Cut slits in top crust for steam to escape.
Bake at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Top with glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
about 1 tablespoon of water
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July Classes are Full
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August
August 5th, Trilogy of Toes Tuesday $25.00 6:30-8:30pm
Learn three different toe techniques for toe up socks!!!! Basic sock making needed. This is not a complete sock, we are doing a workshop on toes alone.
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August 6 & 13th Childrens Beginning Knitting Wed 1:00-2:30pm $30.00 for both sessions
If you child can sit with pointy sticks and not poke someone, they are ready to knit. Sign up early classes are filling.
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August 19th, A Heeling Experience-Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn different heel techniques, short row, toe up, heel flap and more.

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June Newsletter

Can you believe it? It is June and School will soon be out, flowers are blooming and it's still cold as ever here in Wisconsin!!! I know how this is going to go....from heat to air? I am so looking forward to sitting out in front of the shop among the flowers and knitting/spinning...basking in the sun. What are your plans for the summer? Any knitting projects? This is a great time to knit socks, small easy to travel with and not too hot to handle. I really enjoy looking at all of the projects that you bring in. I have been posting some photos on the Bathroom door so we can share. In the mail I got a knitting magazine and it addressed a very important issue...Ergonomic knitting, if you are like me, you get working on something and that is all that matters, I keep knitting and knitting, just one more row, just one more round, just a little more, just to the next increase..blah blah blah!!! Meanwhile my hands are hurting my neck is screaming and my back is twitching. A few years back I was working on what I named the Crippler, plain old knitting on the Einstein jacket....forever. I kept knitting and my hands and forearms hurt so bad that I couldn't knit for a month? How stupid was I??? So I have learned to knit with great regard to my body.
First, if your hands hurt, set a timer and knit 15 minutes and rest 15 minutes. It's OK to do that really!!!! Moderation, dirty dirty word I know but to keep from crippling yourself you do need moderation. Your neck....stretch your neck, this doesn't mean put yourself out there, it means put your neck into a neutral position, slowly rotate it to move it out of that slightly tipped forward position. Lastly Get up and move around, get a cold drink of water, but move so you don't get so stiff!!! Now get out there and enjoy your Summer!!!!
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June Pattern of the Month- Totally Tubular Market Bag $17.50
This is a fun "Green" project!!! Make several Market Bags and use them instead of plastic bags. A paper bag fits nicely inside and the handle is plastic tubing, included, this is much easier on your hands and shoulders when you have a full bag of Vegetables and Fruit from the Farm Markets.
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What's New?
Mountain Colors, Cat Borhdi and Lorna's Lace's have combined forces and put together a really fun sock using the two yarns and one of Cats crazy patterns. Kits are $29.00~I am working on this now and as always Cat has some cool new techniques for the average sock. You actually start at the toe using a square? I know a square and you can use this technique for hats and anything in the round, like a purse bottom. So you not only get some beautiful yarn but a truly great pattern. It has one lace Pattern running up the front and peaking around the side....a contrasting toe and heel. The cuff is flaps of different shapes and colors....it's a must see and I only have a five left.
Happy Hands Toe Jamz sock yarn and other handpainted yarns and rovings. The shop is full of wonderful yarns and fibers from Kim.
Ogle Designs, Kim now has earrings to go with all of her fun stitch markers and shawl pins.
Potters Field, Yarn bells, tired of chasing your yarn around the floor? Use the hand thrown yarn bell to trap it safely from Fluffly and other furry intruders. $30.00
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World Wide Knit in Public Day June 14th, 2008 10-4pm
Stop in and knit with knitters all around the World!!! One day of Solidarity, pick up those sticks and show the Public we Love to knit!!!! It's fun and a way to meet knitters that may live close to you!!! Come on and bring a chair, drink, lunch or a dish to pass....oh yeah and your knitting. Once again the paper will be advised so hopefully they will make a visit!!!! Please bring sunscreen or an umbrella in case we have a rare showing of sun!!!! We had lots of fun last year, so come and make history!!
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For whatever reason, I can't make this photo go the right way??? so ...what? See the new Yarn Bowl in the backround, those are made by the Potter across from me and sell for $30.00.
July fun...Traveling Scarf, this is a take off from the new book Knit Alongs.
We will be signing up for this and it will take about two months to finish. So far this is what we know. The first session we will
make a small Journal to keep with the scarf as it travels from knitter to knitter. This Journal will be to write in, sharing lifes wisdom, feeling, fun and thoughts. This Journal will travel with the scarf and will include the pattern and other fun things. We will be using two skeins of Toe Jamz handpainted sock yarn. (We want the scarves to be wearable and not way out there) So it goes like this, The owner of the Journal starts the scarf doing about 10", this will depend on how many knitters we get, it is all a variable. Then you put the stitches on a ribbon and bring it to the shop to be given to the next knitter, they in turn knit on it and record in the Journal and then we pass it on. The scarf will be about 6 feet long and is beautiful. So please contact me if you are interested, we will do the Journal one evening, this will be a fun session too!!! Nothing real fancy but a nice keepsake.
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August- Knitting Olympics
Knitters start your thinking? What challenge are you up to? What will put you to the test? Not quite over the edge? I already have my project picked and it is stareing at me with the Stink eye.....by now I'm sure you know it must be "Lace" sigh...repeat, I will have fun, I will have fun, I will love lace....I will love lace....I will buy lace, er I mean knit lace.....
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Gone Chasing Squirrels...
For those of you that don't know, Joey the shop dog was sick for about 12 days with sudden seizures. She was on medication that wasn't working and I had to make the hard decision to let her go. I am doing fine, the hard part is over. The shop and my home are very quiet. I appreciate all the wonderful thought and wishes you have sent me. Thank you to my friends and family for support during this time.
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Sheep in the City-February 27,28 and March1st,
You can reserve your rooms now if you like, I am working on the website and hit some snags but it is a work in progress. I hope to have it up soon, with vendors and class list. Comfort Suites Inn, Oak Creek, WI
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Class Schedule
June
Beginning knitting closed
June 19th and 26th, Thursday Magic Loop sock class 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Learn to make a sock using one long needle instead of 4-5. Great for doing any circular knitting!! Easy to travel with and fun to do.
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July
Beginning Knitting closed
July 17th & 24th Thursday Two fer toe up!!! 6;30-8:30pm $30.00
Learn to make two socks at a time from the toe up with a nice tight toe no more Kitchener stitch!!! Class fills up fast so call early!! No more second sock syndrome!!
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August
August 6 & 13 Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm Childrens Beginning Knitting $30.00
Have your child learn to knit, Open to all children that can sit with needles and not poke each other!!! As a parent I am trusting you will know if they are ready!! Two afternoon classes.




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May Newsletter 2008

Lois taught us to make these darling little rear view mirror hangers!!!! This is a Make and take we will have at Sheep in the city
I think this is the first time I can remember where I am eagerly awaiting warmer weather. As I am typing this I had to turn the heat on, to keep from shivering!!!! Soon the heating bill season will be over and hopefully we will catch a break before we need air conditioning!!! So I am sitting here with a hot cup of coffee and thinking what I will write about. The table and chairs were put out in front of the shoppe, in hopes of sitting out there sometime soon!!!
Now for the Huge News!!!!! I am smiling like a Cheshire cat!!! Next year February 27,28 and March 1st,2009. I will be sponsoring
"Sheep in the City" get away!!!!!! Three days of relaxing and learning, sharing and fibering!!! It will be held at Comfort Suites Convention Center in Oak Creek, WI...you can reserve your room ASAP.
There will be Venders and Make and Takes (20 minute mini classes in kit form all under $10.00) Classes for Knitting, Weaving, and Spinning. The room will be buzzing with activity and the Venders will surround the Spitting (Spinning, Knitting) circle. There will be a Sheep to Scarf contest and remember Cake Walks? How about a Yarn Cake walk? Plan on knitting something special for the Fashion show. We will have Door Prizes and so much more. Come for the day or the Weekend and in February who doesn't need to get away? The rooms are awesome with a fridge and microwave and a Hot Continental Breakfast each morning. There are two pools and a fitness room and a Pub!!! I am working on the Logo, but the contract is signed and we are on our way!!! I am keeping the classes being offered to a limited amount of students for two reasons. One, it is unfair to the teacher to have a group of 20, two, it is unfair to the student to be jammed into a class of 20? So it will be a win win, unless you forget to sign up early. So the classes are first come first serve and pre-registration is highly recommended. So this is the buzz, and we are all excited!!!!
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Pattern of the Month Felted Birdhouses
What little sparrow wouldn't want to live inside a kitty's belly?? Safe and sound and plenty warm!!! Knit these cute little birdhouses and then felt them into shape. Hang them around your yard for some extra color and whimsical fun!!! Get the yarn/pattern, and accessories to make one birdhouse. $15.00
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I think we all deserve some sunshine and knitting!!!!
May 10-11th Mothers day Craft and Art show 10-4pm Saturday and Sunday
Student Artist are allowed to show for free and there will be other Venders too!! Stop in and say Hi!!
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May 17th One day only!!!!! Two Kim's Collide Again!!!!!
Kim Ogle and Kim Leach are here for One day only!!!! Together they have yarns and buttons and Fibers to die for!!!! Have you heard Toe Jamz? Come in and find out about the hottest new Sock yarn!!! Not only are socks hot in this yarn but a Chevron scarf (above) that is awesome!!! Big Buttons, need one great button for that felted bag??? Check out the awesome new Buttons...so I suggest you get here early because you may miss out on some really great stuff!!!!! The scarf pattern is any ripple pattern you like, this is a Cast on any count of eight....ie: 48, 56,64 -Knit 4 tog, K 8 front and back, K 8 tog, K 8 front and back, K 4 tog. then stockinette stitch for three rows. You use two skeins of sock yarn in different colorways and change yarn every two rows. The combinations can be stunning. Ravelry had lots of photos of these scarves under Chevron.
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This is what you can knit with three skeins of Fibranatura Aspen!!! A scarf from One Skein wonders, A Premie hat and booties, and Fingerless gloves to match the scarf!!!! Now that's what I call stretching skeins!!!! Thanks Irene...
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June 14th, World Wide Knit in Public Day!!! All day 10-4pm Bring a chair, something to drink, and of course some knitting!!! It would be so great to fill the whole Market Place Village, so come on down. Join knitters all over the World!!! Last year the "Now" publication came out and interviewed our knitters.
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Quick Appetizer Recipe - Janyce
4 1/2 oz. sesame seed breadsticks
1 # bacon
8 oz. grated parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 350' Wrap bacon around breadsticks, I cut the bacon strips in 1/2 and stretch it around the breadstick, dredge it through the grated chees and place on cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Eat warm or cold it is awesome!! A great treat to bring to knitting?
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Classes

May 6, Tuesday Mosaic Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn the Slip stitch technique for a very complicated knitting look. You must be able to knit and purl.
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May 13th Tuesday, Felting Basics 6:30-9:00 pm $30.00
Learn different techniques for felting, make a flower, small bowl, bead and soap.
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May 15th Thursday, Coiled Basket from recycled silk 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Make a small basket with that expensive yarn you only have a skein of!!! Fun and easy to learn
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May 20th and 27th Tuesday, Last chance Mittens doing the Magic Loop 6:30-9:00pm $30.00 two sessions
Great gifts for Christmas...You must be able to knit, purl and decrease.
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May 22 and 29th Thursday , Magic Loop sock class Toe up two at once 6:30-8:30pm $30.00 two sessions
You have got to get on board with this fun way to make socks!!! You must be able to knit,purl and decrease.
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June 3,10th,17th and 24th Beginning Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $45.00
4 sessions you will learn to knit, purl, Cast on, bind off, increase, decrease and keep learning at your own pace
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June 19th, Basic Papermaking class $30.00 6:30-8:30
Learn how to make a couple of sheets of paper to make either a vase or to do Journaling, no experience needed. Easy and fun
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June 26th, Thursday , Felting Basics class 6;30-9:00pm $30.00
same as above sign up early this class fills quickly.

April Newsletter Just 4 Ewe

April is here already, looking outside it isn't that evident. I did bring out the sandals, I am going to start pushing warmer weather, not to be confused with hot weather. I am not a hot weather person, remember I own a "Yarn" shop, cool is best I hate to sweat....I better stop with that rhyme or I'll be off on a tangent rhyming everything. We have had some really fun events. We had the Surprise Party which I couldn't tell anyone about because it was a scavenger hunt in our knitting bags. Then there was the friendship hat with Mission Falls yarn.
I can only tell you, there was laughing and giggling and knitting going on in the shop. I was quarantined upstairs with the Flu. I heard it was fun and the hats I saw were very fun. The great thing about Mission Falls is all the colors get along, so the hats didn't look horrible, they all looked great. Coming up we have some real intense knitting. Knitting Olympics in August, this is where we will be challenging our own knitting skills, you cast on during opening ceremonies and we have parties to see our progress. We did this for the Winter Olympics two years ago and had a great time. So start thinking of something that will challenge you. I am doing &^%*^*Lace. Lace and I have a love hate relationship. I already have a scarf with a leaf pattern picked out and my goal is to finish it. We will have 14 days to do so.
That Aha moment!!! Coining Oprah, we all know how great it is to "get it" ! I am talking about knitting here. I always try to remind students learning a new technique, to give themselves a break. They come in after a long day, sometimes tired or stressed out and expect to pick up something, trying and new in a flash. It doesn't always work that way. I myself, when I take a class, I try to listen intently and more than likely, the next day, in the quiet of the morning and a nice cup of coffee "Aha" it all clicks. I think we try too hard. So when I am pulling you through a class and I keep reassuring you that you "will" get it, I get the greatest pleasure when you come in smiling and say " I got it!!!!!!" It is as rewarding to me as your teacher as it is for you as a student, to have taught you and for you to have learned it!!!! Aha!!!! We get it!!!!!
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On the subject of learning/teaching, I learned something new...did you know that there are two ways of thinking when it comes to saying in front or behind? I'm sure my way is the only way of thinking but I was told it wasn't??? I was sure when I said carry your yarn from the needle behind, that everyone knew what "behind meant?" Behind!!! you know....B E H I N D, not in front? So, I am not analytical and my sister in law is, I was explaining a knitting technique and used the term , take the yarn from behind..she said behind where?
Me-there is only one behind?
Her-the one behind the front or the one furthest from me?
Me-What?
Her-Making hand signals showing me the front (an extension of her body) or what I call behind?
Me-What?
Her-You know like what do you call the front of the garage?
Me-You drive in through the garage door and look at the front?
Her-You're just like your brother
Me-He's adopted? (not really, but I always told him that)
Her-Do you see what I mean
Me_ I never thought of it like that, I always thought there was only one "behind" or as she has taught me to say it "the one farthest from you!!!!"
So my apologies to anyone that didn't understand behind!!!! I will now be using the term, farthest from and, and I strongly urge that if there is another term for farthest from you, that you will keep it to yourself!!!!
April 13th, Sunday....Got Gauge? Free!!! 1:00 to 3:00pm
Just for fun, and to prove a point!!! This will be a workshop on gauge, we will all knit on the same yarn with size 7 needles and then for the results. We will measure our swatch and see how everyone has a different number of stitches. This will show you why gauge is soooooo important!!!!
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Mothers Day Art show-Saturday May 10th, Students can have a booth free!! Show your art!!! Please call for booth reservations.
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April 20th Sunday, Knitting Ornament with Lois Blanchard $5.00 1-3pm
Hang this ornament in your rear view mirror or your neck...? It's a cute ball of yarn with needles, no experience needed, just for fun.
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May 17th One day Only!!! Back by Popular Demand~~~ Two Kim's Collide Again Color Explosion!!! Hand Painted yarns that you have been asking for!!! Needles, Pins, Patterns...One day only!!!! Toe Jamz sock yarn and more, more more....
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Stitch and Pitch, We are on board!!!!
Milwaukee Brewers v. Colorado Rockies , Wednesday, July 9th @ 7:05pm

Join your Milwaukee Brewers and Just 4 Ewe for Stitch N’ Pitch Night at Miller Park as they take on the Colorado Rockies at 7:05pm. Purchase a Loge Outfield box seat for just $22 (a $4 savings)!
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Spindle and Wheel
This is an online website that has some very great articles and information about spinning, knitting patterns, dying and more, stop by it's free!!! and no sign up unless you want to keep getting the info!!! http://www.spindleandwheel.com/


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Warning,
Be careful when you try to Iron, the new homogonized fibers such as Corn, Bamboo, and Soy, they may melt!!!
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Going Green~washing your clothes in cold water saves 500 pounds of Carbon Dioxide every year, not to mention is easier on your clothing!!!
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Pattern of the Month-Covered Bridges Shawl Capelet~ get the pattern and three balls of Nature Spun for $15.00, no sheep stamps on this one. It looks like covered bridges running along the edges. Very very pretty and actually when you put it on it looks like a vest!! This was just suggested as a great cover up for breast feeding moms..allowing for a little privacy. Thanks Mary!!!
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All the Booby socks are spoken for, now if they would just come in???? News from the company, the socks are in the mail? By the time you read this, they should ahem....be in???? Guess what they came in and are really cute!!!
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Bizarre Knitting projects~yes this is a knit glove with flowers blooming on the finger tips!! Kind of cool?


Spring!! Even my soap order is screaming with scents of summer. Patti's Potions order just arrived and listen to the sound of Spring!!! Spring Equinox!!! Moisturizing soap with a clean, crisp smell of a rain shower and a hint of fresh cut grass???? seriously, smell it and you'll see. then there is Sea Breeze, clean, fresh and put your face off the bow Titanicish!! OK so I got carried away but it is a wonderful sea scent. Now I am not a Citrusy person, I am more earthy but someone please pull this Lime Zest soap away from me before I snort all of the smell out of it. I love soap!!! Blackberry Musk for those musk lovers a bit of sweet berries and undertones of musk. Perfect!!! Aloe, is fresh and I can't describe it but man Patti does a wonderful job, her soap is the best smelling with out giving you a headache perfumey smell. Can you tell I love her product!!!! I better put the soap on the shelf and get back to work!!!! by the time you get this the soap may all be gone!!!

Errada? Erotica? Error : ) My apologies there is an error on the Alice's Wondercoat, way on the bottom the last thing you knit is the long band around the edge. This is to be knit 12" not 22"s....typo I am soo sorry!!!!! So is Alice!!!
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You are the lucky ones to get the first glimpse at Kim's Toe Jamz hand dyed Sock yarn!!! 100 gram skeins of lucious handpainted tunes. $20.00 a skein and that will make one scarf or two skeins will make the fantastic chevron scarf pattern from Ogle designs. Each skein is individual and is named after a song.....Hummingbird, Secret Garden and More!!! No drooling please!!!!

Alert!!!! New Yarns in!!!!! Danger Warning, Knitting Addicts..proceed with caution. Fiesta Yarn had a wonderful yarn called Ballet and it is 50% Alpaca and 50% Tencel, the drape is fantastic and the colors, oh they are handpainted. I have knit 10 different patterns using this yarn and keep finding better ones to try.
Noro is in!!! Finally, Kureyon and Silk Garden, for those loving entrelac you must try knitting with Noro!!!
Vinca Sock Yarn, a gradual color change yarn that is 75% Wool-25% Nylon, it is a very soft take on the new Noro yarn, I love it and have been knitting socks with it. I hardly got it out on the shelves, you were buying it from the box.

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HOW TO CLEAN THE HOUSE
1. Open a new file in your PC .
2. Name it "Housework."
3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN.
4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN.
5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want
to delete Housework permanently ?"
6. Calmly answer, "Yes," and press mouse button
firmly ...
7. Feel better?
Works for me!


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Classes
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April 17th and 24th Thursday Magic Loop Sock Class $30.00 Two Sessions
Learn to make a sock on one long needle. Fast fun and a great to go project!!
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April 20th Sunday, Knitting Ornament with Lois Blanchard $5.00 1-3pm
Hang this ornament in your rear view mirror or your neck...? It's a cute ball of yarn with needles, no experience needed, just for fun.
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May 6, Tuesday Mosaic Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn the Slip stitch technique for a very complicated knitting look.
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May 13th Tuesday, Felting Basics 6:30-9:00 pm $30.00
Learn different techniques for felting, make a flower, small bowl, bead and soap.
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May 15th Thursday, Coiled Basket from recycled silk 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Make a small basket with that expensive yarn you only have a skein of!!! Fun and easy to learn
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May 20th and 27th Tuesday, Last chance Mittens doing the Magic Loop 6:30-9:00pm $30.00 two sessions
Great gifts for Christmas...
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May 22 and 29th Thursday , Magic Loop sock class Toe up two at once 6:30-8:30pm $30.00 two sessions
You have got to get on board with this fun way to make socks!!!
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June 3,10th,17th and 24th Beginning Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $45.00
4 sessions you will learn to knit, purl, Cast on, bind off, increase, decrease and keep learning at your own pace
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June 26th, Thursday , Felting Basics class 6;30-9:00pm $30.00
same as above sign up early this class fills quickly.

March Newsletter

I know it's a Knitting Newsletter but he has uhm .....socks on that I knit and I needed to brag a bit!!! This is my brother Scott and he caught a 32" Walleye, I think it weighed 12#. Oh and I do sell the socks!!!!!! hahaha,, If this picture doesn't make you cold nothing will. So now to the newsletter!!!

Are you tired of the cold? Who isn't, but I invite you to come in and hang out for some knitting fun!!! March Madness and I don't mean basketball. Sundays in March are for show and tell and some unexpected fun.
March 9th, 1:00pm-4pm-It's a surprise, just bring a project to work on and your project bag. You may be here for a while!! This day involves prizes.
March 16-1:00-4:pm-Roll of the dice hat- Will you wear this hat? Maybe? It is a take on the friendship scarf, everyone will bring or buy two skeins of Mission Falls wool, size 7-8 needles circs and or dbl points. The dice will decide what pattern we will be knitting. Come on in and give it a roll.
Every Friday in March is Knitting Karaoke!!!! 10-2:00pm Oh yeah...sit and knit and sing or just laugh!!!! What could be more fun? Smoke free, Fiber full!!! Karaoke!!!!! Sing loud, sing proud, there will be chocolate to kick start the sugar buzz....!
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Going Green with Purple?
Though most of you, do recycle your Purple bags, I will take .5 cents off of your purchase if you reuse your own purple bag. Please only bring in "your" bags for "your" purchases, I am not buying back bags, just promoting you to recycle your bags. Thanks to most of you that already, either shove yarn into your projects bag, or do reuse the Famous Purple bags!!!!
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Our Fiber Frenzy was a wonderful success!!!! So much so, that we will do it again in Spring,Spring Fling, May 17th. One day only, so get here early. I am carrying the two Kims works, the fiber/and yarn, buttons, patterns, pins etc. Thanks to the Kims for allowing us to enjoy their works!!! You have got to try the Rage Pattern Alice's Wondercoat, wear it rightside up or upside down. Stop in to see a sample and try it on.


Booby Socks for Breast Cancer Awareness

This is a limited edition Pink sock, I am only getting in 10 kits so reserve your kit ASAP!!!
The design represents the following: the top section represents foot steps “walking for a cure”. The second band has pink ribbons on it. The third band is the “healthy boob band” and represents healthy breasts. The fourth band is called the “mammy boob band” and represents squashed breasts getting a mammogram. You then turn your heel, make your gussets…and when you get to the toe…you have a “star toe” since all women are “stars” in their own right. The finishing of the toe produces a nipple shape to complete the Booby Sock. $19.95 I am hoping they will be in by March 1st.
The kit contains a wool/nylon fingering weight yarn- knit on size 1 or 2 needles (not included) plus this beautiful pattern.
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Pattern of the Month-Just 4 Ewe,,,uhhmm yeah that's the name of this pattern!! A fun knitting sheep to make for yourself or as a gift!!! This cute pattern is for all yarns, from a small little ewe, from sock yarn to a 10" ewe from two skeins of Nature Spun, Wool. Pattern and yarn $15.00 For the month of March only.

What's New?
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Solid color sock yarn and lots of it !!! Just in Opal solid sock yarn for those of you wishing to do Fairisle or pattern knitting.
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Brown Sheep Lambs Pride Varigated yarns in a Peach/Orange, joining the other colors, Red,Pink, Blue, Green, Purple, Turquoise, Brown and Yellow....all fun to knit with.
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Ever get caught waiting somewhere and you have no knitting/spinning? Ever wish you had a sock to work on, or a drop spindle handy? Worry no more!!! I will be carrying Emergency Knitting or Spinning bags. Just put some yarn and needles or a drop spindle and some fiber and you are covered in all those situations when, you are stuck in traffic, doctors office, teachers conferences. Go to your trunk and Voila, you have an emergency project. $10.00 per bag
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Knitting Olympics at Just 4 Ewe (Early Warning)
Concept: You must cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics (Aug. 8)- and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Aug. 24). That’s 17 days. So start thinking of a personal challenge for our knitting Olympics.

Rules:

The project must be a challenge for you to complete in 17 days.
There are no rules about what a challenge would be. Like the real Olympics, there are many areas to compete in. If you are a new knitter, then a garter stitch baby sweater might do…If you are experienced, well you must decide what a challenge will be for you.
While this is meant to be somewhat difficult (like the Olympics) it is not intended to ruin your life. Don’t set yourself up for failure. (Olympic athletes may cry, but they do not whine pitifully, sob and threaten members of their family with pointed sticks because they haven’t slept in five days. ) This is intended to (like the Olympics) require some measure of sacrifice, and be difficult, but it should be possible to attain.
No casting on before the flame is lit.
Finish before the flame goes out.
You may swatch before the games. (this is considered “training.”)
You will preregister and we will meet each Sunday during the games for progress checks and snacks of course. We will have a party for the final ceremonies and we will have medals!!!! This is early so you can think of what would really challenge you!! We did this the last Winter Olympics and had a blast!!!!


Cover Vets Lap robe Saturday
Thanks to those of you that helped make laprobes for the Veterans. I delivered them to the VA domicary on Monday. We started at 10 am and finished 13 lap robes at 1:00pm. Thanks again!!! Some Veteran will have warm legs in this cold winter.
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Ravelry
So many knitting and spinning friends are now on Ravelry!! If you are not familiar with this website, you need to go to ravelry.com ask for an invitation to join. There is a waiting period, I think to set you up, but there are discussion groups and area get togethers, patterns and be patient it takes a while to get used to traveling around the whole Ravelry thing. You can put up your latest project, stash, needle inventory and so much more. Join me at Just 4 Ewe and groups all around the World.
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Gauge? Did I mention Gauge...yes I am talking to you!!!
Even seasoned knitters whom I won't mention here, need to do gauge. Ok so if you are making a scarf or lap robe you don't need to do gauge but!!!!! and this is a big but here knitters, if you want to .....let's say make a hat? You had better do gauge, I can hear the sighs, I don't like to do it either but unless you have a family with heads that range from pinhead to jumbotron, I suggest before putting in all of that work, you find your gauge. Think of it this way, if you are one stitch smaller or larger per inch, than gauge calls for, it will make one inch difference very quickly depending on the size of your project. One inch on your head is a lot, so add 3 inches and you are getting into Herman Munster territory, or smaller and it's preemie size?
For illustration, suppose that a sweater is designed to measure 40" around the bustline with a gauge of 5 st/inch in the chosen stitch. Therefore, the pattern should call for 200 stitches (5 st/inch x 40") at the bustline. If you follow the pattern with a gauge of 4 st/inch, the sweater will measure 50" around the bustline (200 st / 4st/in) --10" bigger!!! too baggy! Now if you do a gauge of 6 st/inch, the sweater will measure ~33" around the bustline (200 st / 6st/inch) --7" smaller, too tight! All of that work and you can't wear it!!! This is where we get so disappointed and no one to blame but...uh huh, yourself for not taking the 30 minutes to do gauge.
So you change the gauge by adjusting the needle size, without changing the pattern, stitch, yarn, or habits of the knitter. Larger needles produce a smaller gauge (fewer stitches per inch) and smaller needles produce a larger gauge (more stitches per inch). Take a look around at other knitters, no one knitter knits the same or has the same tension. I know some of you need to grease your needles because you knit so tight, (just Kidding) but then I knit loose, so if you and I both knit on the same needles, same yarn, mine is going to be larger than yours will be, just by tension. So in order to write patterns that everyone can use and to make clothing fit, you HAVE to do gauge. Don't you hate gauge???? Embrace it and you will have more success as a knitter!!! I myself am chuckling here.
March Classes
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March 4, Tuesday, Entrelac Knitting 6:30-9:00pm $30.00
Bring in or buy size 7-9 needles and learn to do the impossible!! Just kidding, it looks really complicated but is so fun to do!!
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March 11, Tuesday, Hey? What am I doing? 6:30-9pm $25.00
Learn about all that knitting language. Read a pattern, fix a mistake, see what you are knitting?
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March 18, Tuesday, Magic Loop class 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn how to knit in the round with one long needle and throw away your double points. It's a great way to knit in the round with out using all of those needles. Great for traveling, just roll it up and put it away!!
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March 20 & 27th Thursday, Two fers!! Make two socks at one time 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Don't get caught in that SSS, Second sock syndrome...make them both at one time.
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March 25, April 1, Tuesdays, Learn to crochet with Kim Ogle 6:30-8:30pm $35.00
Learn the basic to crochet and many different stitches.
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April 8-15-22-29, Tuesdays Beginning Knitting $45.00 6:30-8:30pm
Learn to Cast On, Knit, Purl, Increase, Decrease and Bind off. Make a few items and work at your own pace...if you can knit I will push you on to purl, you can purl...so on and so forth.
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April 17 & 24th Thursday Magic Loop Sock Class $30.00 6:30-8:30pm
Learn to make a sock, on one needle...quick technique that you can use for anything in the round!!
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April 20th Sunday, Knitting Ornament with Lois Blanchard $5.00 1-3pm
Hang this ornament in your rear view mirror or your neck...? It's a cute ball of yarn with needles, no experience needed, just for fun.
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May 6, Tuesday Mosaic Knitting 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn the Slip stitch technique for a very complicated knitting look.
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May 13, Tuesday, Felting Introduction 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Learn the different types of felting for beginners and experienced felters. Make a flower, Beads, small bowl, Soap in Sheeps clothing.

February Newsletter....Take Heart!!!

Brrrr, I hope you are knitting on some Wool to keep warm! February is here and it's time to think about us. So many of us are running around making sure this is taken care of and that is done and blah blah blah and we don't take "Me" time. I am very big on Me time. It is the little special things we do for ourselves, that make us feel special, no matter what others think.
If I don't do it for me who will? I do mean candles in the bathroom and a nice soak in the tub or a hot shower, and when you put on your lotion, really apply your lotion, feel the motion of your hands over your arms and legs and really be where you are at that moment. Don't be thinking about getting lunch made or what you will do later that evening...enjoy the moment. We rush through life running ahead of ourselves. When you get your hair done, and your head is over that shampoo bowl....be there enjoying the stylist shampooing your hair, not thinking about cleaning your closet!!! Enjoy the moments in life...so this brings me to knitting.
When we knit, we knit....you say "I can knit" but can you see what you knit? Do you see the stitches? Not to over analyze not to be so distracted but, if you make a mistake can you see what you did and how to fix it? We pick up a pattern and say I want to knit this, it suggests the type of yarn to use, size needles and gauge. Some of us see this as I "Must" use this yarn and begin your search for the suggested yarn. It is just that "suggested", you can use something else, I would recommend something similar to achieve the same style but you can change yarns. Now getting back to patterns, anyone that has ever picked up a magazine and decided to venture into following a pattern and ended up pulling it all apart in frustration..raise your hand!!!! Trust me patterns are not Failsafe.....some are worse than others. It is the most frustrating thing to desire to knit a beautiful sweater only to have the pattern screwed up, so you reread and recount and reread and ask a friend and now it is sitting in the basket one step away from the recycle bin.
Picking a Pattern~ Look at the Model? Is she standing weird? Is her left hand behind her back and the right arm twisted behind her head? Is she bending backwards, while tipping sideways? Can you see both cuffs? Knitters/Sewers Beware!!! If the model is looking precarious, the pattern may not fit too well. I would love to see how many clips are on the back of some of these sweaters. Also, stripes!!! ewww stripes scare me....my first handspun sweater I made from a Vogue pattern with a strip across the chest, I used handspun angora....right across my chest, needless to say Prebreast reduction to boot!!!! I put on the sweater and had this huge caterpillar of fur emphasizing my already huge bust....the sweater was a camel color and I looked like Alf!! It was a furry band, that looked like...well like crap. I sold it, to some size 8, flat chested woman, with a tear in my eye. I was heartbroken, so knitter beware, you don't want that stripe around your J Lo booty, or your Pam Anderson chest, or those endearing Love Handles. You can but do you want to? If you have distinct bumps, put those stripes vertically!!! It will make you taller, leaner and....and Angelina Jolieish!!!! I need more than a pattern for that!!!! Before you pick a pattern do a little scrutinizing....ask yourself how it will look on you not Twiggy, the model. Even though we all know that woman are not all size 0....Magazines are still not hearing that, just ask yourself, before you venture into....Will it look good on my or the recycle bin?
So beginning knitters, I highly recommend if you want to make a sweater, I applaud you....but I strongly suggest you get a pattern that someone else has made first. Or ask a knitting friend, if it is a pattern that won't make you cry? Start out with a baby sweater to get the hang of what you are doing and where it is going? But do not get so frustrated you quit, it may not be you it may be the pattern!!!! Honest!!!!
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If you know someone that is interested in getting the newsletter, have them email me with their request and I will add their name to the mailing.
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Happy Birthday Kim!!!!! We won't ask how old!!!! LOL!!!
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January Purse Class

We of course opted to bounce the balls inside as to avoid frostbite and they all turned out as unique works of Art!!



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For all of my Get togethers I will no longer be using Meetup .com instead go to Yahoo Groups for information on our groups!! There is no change in our Meetings, it is just cheaper? or Free!!!! and Free is good!!
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Lots going on this February...Mark your calenders
February 3rd 4:00pm Superbowl Scarf party
Knit a scarf according to the Football game- I hear the moans already!! We are going to knit according to the plays made. I will tell you what to do as the game progresses. We have no idea what this will look like but the Game will tell us!!! Some hints, a touchdown we will slip on a bead, each time the football changes teams we pass our scarves to the right!! Etc. So you need to come with a strip of knitting like this..Worsted weight wool, Size 10.5-11 long circular or straight needles- CO 175 stitches and Knit 6 rows..that's it. Oh and bring a snack!! What would a Super Bowl party be without snacks???? See you
Sunday!!
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February 7th 7:00pm Village Spinners
This is a Spinning Guild, for anyone of any level. Join this fun group of all levels of spinning, don't be shy, we all started somewhere!!! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/villagespinners/?yguid=139872445
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February 14th 4:00 till 9ish Kindred Spirits
Open Knitting, Spinning, Crochet all fiber arts fun get together!!! Stay a while or stay long, come and join in the fun of laughing, conversation and sharing....first come first serve on good seats!!!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kindredspiritsjust4ewe/?yguid=139872445
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February 16 & 17th, Fiber Frenzy..Color Explosion
The two Kim's Collide for two days, in a good way!!!! Hand painted Roving, Yarn, Buttons, Knitting Needles, Patterns and more!!! You don't want to miss this!!!
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February 23, 10-4 Cover-Vets Charity Lap robes
Bring a scissors and or rotary cutter to help make lab robes for the Veterans at Zablocki Medical Center, Woods, WI I am supplying the polar fleece and coffee!!! Come for an hour or all day and help us with this non sewing method of lap-robes. Give back to those who gave sooo much!!!! We will be rotating tables so you won't have to do the same thing all day!!
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Whew.....
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Anyone that stops in the Shop on Wednesday mornings knows it's packed with Breakfast Club group. This is a great group of woman that just have snacks, some more nutritious than others but Chocolate is a food group..right!!! Oh and we knit and share what we are working on. So for those of you that miss our group, here are some photos with WIP (works in progress)
Also Irene provided us with this snack and it is really good, kind of like rice crispy treats, with a twist!!!

















You may be asking yourself "What's with the Ken doll? "
We all know as a group of woman all excited about our projects it's hard for us to keep quiet. So to carry on an old Indian tradition of the talking feather (person holding the feather is the only one that may be speaking) We developed "Ken I talk?" So the only one talking is the one holding Ken....trust me it's not failsafe!!!! By the way Ken is in dire need of new knitted outfits!!!!!


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Here is the recipe for the Raisin-Peanut Treats. They were in the Milw
Journal Sentinal.

3 tbsp butter
6 cups mini marshmallows
5 cups Cheerios cereal
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts

Butter 13-by-9-inch pan.

In 3-quart saucepan, heat butter and marshmallows
over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Remove
from heat. Immediately stir in cereal, raisins, & peanuts
until coated. Press into pan, using back of buttered
spoon. Cool about 1 hour or until firm. For bars,cut into
6 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered.
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Pattern of the Month!!! Unchained Melody
A great pattern in any of the variegated Lambspride wool!!! I just got the pattern today and I love the wristlets, they peek out from under a sweater or jacket and keep your wrists warm. I pulled out some Lambspride in off white so they will go with everything and I can't tell you how fun this is to knit!!!! The pattern looks intricate but is an easy 4 row pattern that is easy for even me to remember....you have got to try this it is both beautiful and fun to knit!!!! February Kit of the Month $15.00 includes enough yarn to do all three pieces, scarf, hat and wristlets. Plus the pattern. It's really fun!!!!
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Shop Fairy March/April/May 2008
We had so much fun last time, that we have requests to do it again. Shop Fairy is a gift exchange where you fill out a form with all of your likes/dislikes etc and then we trade names. You then spend appx. $20.00 per month for three months buying little surprises for your shop fairy recipient. It is fun!!! I got such great things, I may just stack the deck so I get the same Shop Fairy!!!! Just kidding!!! We ask that you please have your gifts in the shop by the first week of the month. Go to the link below to join or find out more about joining. Fill out the application and send it to me either on line or bring it to the shop.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/just4ewe/files/
It was a lot of fun!!!!
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February Classes
Beginning Knitting is Full
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Felting Class Full
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February 28th, 6:30-8:30pm Full
Mosaic knitting
This is a class to learn the technique of Mosaic knitting and you will receive a pattern for a scarf.
$25.00
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March 4th, Tuesday, 6:30-9:00pm Entrelac $30.00
You've seen it and you are dying to try it, here is your chance. Take the mystery out of Entrelac. You need basic knitting skills, knitting, purling, picking up stitches.
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March 11th, Tuesday 6;30-9:00- Hey, How do I???? $25.00
Hey!! How do you, fix that stitch way back there? Hey how do you, know what the last row you were on? Hey is this knitting or purling? Oh oh, my cable is twisted the wrong way? Hey, I give up!!!!! Come on in and learn what you are knitting and how to read it!!! Bring in a knitted piece of plain yarn no fancy whisker stuff, 4in. x 4 " swatch to start with, light solid color, use worsted weight yarn and size 7-9 needles. Like a potholder size, in this case size is not important!!
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March 18th Tuesday Magic Loop Class 6:30-8:30pm $25.00
Learn the Magic Loop technique-Knitting in the round with one set of circular needles.
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March 20th & 27th Thursdays- 6:30-8:30pm Two fer~ Make two socks at one time!!! $30.00
Learn to make two socks at one time and avoid the dreaded "other" sock!!! Fun and fast knitting!!!
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March 25th & April 1st-Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm Learn to Crochet with Kim Ogle of Ogle Designs $35.00 two sessions
Learn the basic crochet stitches and some easy techniques for crochet.
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April 8-15-22-29 Beginning Knitting Tuesdays $45.00
If you want to learn to knit or tweak your knitting ability sign up quick this class fills fast!!!
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April 17 & 24th Thursday Magic Loop Sock Class 6:30-8:30pm $30.00
Learn to make socks on one needle, no kidding!!! A great technique for circular knitting without four needles!!