I have to go. If you’re from the land down under or going to visit, hit up a place called Portman’s to see this amazing window display. Nikki Gabriel, a blogger, snapped this pic of their latest window display and it’s taken Pinterest by storm.

This has my creative juices going for a window display at the shop. Hmm whatcha think?

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A little stylish knitting eye candy for your day.

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I’ve never met a yarn I didn’t like from Blue Sky Alpacas. Techno their latest creation debuting this Fall does not disappoint.  It’s a marvel to work with and I’m sure to wear, but I haven’t whipped it up into a garment yet. I could however snuggle with our swatch for hours.

Techno is a “fish net stocking” of silk with beautiful baby alpaca and wool blown in. Why is this wonderful? Well it gives you a light weight, but warm finished piece at a bigger gauge. Ooh soft and snuggly and a quick knit or crochet. Awesome.

Each skein has 120 yard works up at 3-5 sts per inch on a size 10.5 needle.

We picked up all the colors and all the patterns this season.

Come by and swish it or check out the colors on the yarns posted on our site.

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Did you know that one of the things that New England marine life is known for are our vibrant red colors in the aquatic life?  It’s true.  You may stumble upon a sand dollar on the beach and it’s white it’s because its been bleached out by the sun.  When our sand dollars are alive, they are a lovely rusty red color.

Found this beautiful photo of a sand dollar from Shooting my Universe.  What about whipping up a few sand dollars in a fuzzy red yarn for our marine exhibit?  Found this cute pattern below on Ravelry.  It’s knit with a worsted weight yarn to make a washcloth but if you worked it up in a sport or sock yarn on appropriate needles you’d have real sand dollar sized goodies!

Click here to download the pattern

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As my mom would say, “Can you stand it?!!” No I can not stand how cute these crochet Quahogs (pronounced ‘ko-hog’ for all of you that are not from ’round here) turned out. They are another part that will go into our Seed Stitch Sound:community art project celebrating New England Marine life.

I didn’t use a pattern for these, just free from single and double crochets where I increased to make the shells and then via single crochet increases and decreases to make the Quahog bellies. I almost want to eat them!

To keep your creative juices going, I’ll be posting projects a they are created and patterns for you. Stay tuned!

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I’m kind of obsessed with Pinterest these days. Have you discovered this world yet?

Pinterest is kind of like a big cork board online where you can “pin” various photos from sites you visit and categorize them into topic areas.  I find it to be an amazing source of inspiration for me and a way to go back and remember where I saw something, etc.

Warning: it is super addictive!

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Ok I’m super excited that I’ve finished the first of a school of “minnows” for our Seed Stitch Sound project.   The pics are not great so forgive me but I just had to share them.  Hopefully it will get you all as excited as I am to start crafting all sorts of New England Marine-y things for our community exhibit.

These are both made from cut up Crosby’s grocery bags. They were both just sort of free form knit and crochet to make the shape as I went. I love the way the bits of red and blue writing on the bags add to the scaley color of these minnows. I’m thinking I’ll make a whole school and have them swimming through some eel grass once we assemble the exhibit in September.
PS Happy first day of Summer!

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We’re sooooo excited to announce we’ll be hosting a free concert for kids 2-7 at the shop with one of our very favorites, Debbie and Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!

Debbie is a big favorite around these parts and we’re so happy to share her music with all of our Salem friends. The concert will be held Sunday August 7th, starting 10:30 AM.  It will be a great opportunity share some fun music with your kids.

Be sure to tell all your friends.  We can’t wait!  If you plan on coming, it will be a free event, but please give us a call to let us know you might be coming so we can be sure to plan ahead for the kids!

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