GIANT SALE

HELLO FROM A KNITTER'S GARDEN...

       HAVING A GIANT YARN SALE...
    THE WHOLE MONTH OF MAY...

YOU CAN PURCHASE ANY YARN IN STOCK FOR 20% OFF RETAIL...

NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS!!

WELL, THE EXCEPTION IS OUR SHEEP'S YARN...SORRY!!

EVERY SKEIN...HANK...CAKE OF YARN IS ON THE TABLE FOR SALE PRICING.

REASON...I'D LIKE TO BRING IN NEW YARNS BUT I HAVE NO ROOM!!!
SMALL SPACE...BIG APPETITE!!!
PLEASE STOP BY...STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY...MAY 1ST...

DOOR PRIZE TICKETS WITH PURCHASE
$25 GIFT CARD FOR NEW STOCK AFTER OCTOBER!!!

UPCOMING CLASSES

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All My Knitting and Crocheting and Spinning and Weaving and Stitchery Friends!

Here's Hoping all your Holidays are Wonderful and We are All starting off Our New Year with Awesome Intentions. No Resolutions from this Lady...Live Life to it's Fullest, Be Kind and Don't Rock the Boat...Too Much!!

A Knitter's Garden will be offering one Group Class in January and February.
    January...A Toe Up Class has been requested by a few. Class will be 3 - One Hour sessions on 3 Consecutive Wednesday, Jan 9,16 and 23, Afternoons from 1pm to 2pm. Total Class Cost is $45, $15 for each class plus supplies. Your choice of Sox or DK Weight Yarn...The class is more for the Toe Up Technique rather than a Sox Making lesson, but it can, of course, be for both. Available for purchase and discussion is the Flexi-Flip Needles by Skacel and the Traditional 4 Double Pointed Needle Method. I do not use the Magic Loop Method... Have not had great success with that technique...My Fault I am sure!

  So, Give a call, 603-887-8550... Sign Up and Let's Get Started....

Stay Tuned for the February Class Info...

Two Color Hat Class

Hello...Shame on me for not posting long before now....No Excuses!!
   I have been asked by a few ladies to Schedule a Class for Knitting the Two Color Hats I have been making...We have a group of 3 interested at this time. Here are the Details...

    "To Accommodate the REQUESTED CLASS...There will be NO Open Knitting on Thursday, October 11th. "
      "I have scheduled a Two Color Hat Class...10 to Noon...Kits are available, they includes yarn and pattern, $20, Class Cost $20 = $40 for a 2 hour class and the beginnings of a Hat...Please Call Ahead to Sign Up...3 students so far, cut off is 6...Please Bring needle size #7 x 16" and DP's #7 as well....Thank You."

Hope to see you here. You may not be able to complete the hat in 2 hours but you'll have the Two Color Technique under your belt before you leave! It is truly a fun knit...Two Solid Colors or One Variegated and One Solid....Very Impressive. I also carry Large Pom Poms in various natural colors for an additional $5.

Want everyone to know...We do NOT need anymore of the Micro Mini Baby Hats. My Congo lady said she has plenty for now. BUT...I am still collecting Newborn, Infant and Youth in Any Colors...Newborn and Infant in RED and Newborn in PURPLE. Those are Ongoing. I will also take any baby sweathers and Small to Med Afghans for the Pregnancy Center. Linda is a member and she will deliver any and all we can collect. Thank You Ladies!!

One Of Many
   Deliveries!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......
A Knitter's Garden is having it's 10th Anniversary in January 2016.
Stay Tuned for My Celebration Plans...

You Won't Be Disappointed!

CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTER

CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY...TOWN OF CHESTER HOSTING OUR ANNUAL FAIR... CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE...This Year it falls on December 7 and 8...the Vestry, belonging to the Church at the top of the Hill, holds a Wonderful Fair on Saturday from 9 to 2...Bittersweet Blessings Gift Shop (10 to 5) and A Knitter's Garden Yarn Shop (10 to 4) have a Fair on Both weekend Days...Saturday and Sunday...Lots of Awesome Handmade and Crafty Gifts to be found at all three Locations...Everyone will find a Treasure or two!!!
A KNITTER'S GARDEN is again asking one of a few donations from our Patrons this year...Would you bring a Non-Perishable Food Item/Small Grocery Gift Card/Hat/ Mittens...All are going to Our Local Food Pantry/Church for distribution during these tough times....I also Collect "Yarn You Won't Need" for an additional Charity..."Neighbors Helping Newborns". Yarn for seniors to knit with or other baby items can be dropped off here ALL YEAR LONG! Call me for a list of needs.
For More Information on Our Christmas Weekend, please call me... Joanne@887-8550...
A Knitter's Garden will give out a raffle ticket for every purchase towards our "Not Knit Related Door Prize"! Cider and Goodies will also be available.

Please Swing By Chester and Grab Some Cheer!! Hope To See You!

Sweater Class at the Garden...

As most know, I teach at Salem HS on Tuesday nights. I have been asked by a few to do the same class at AKG as well. This semester, we are making the sweater you see below. The pattern is written to be made in 5 pieces, I have re-worked it into a bottom up sweater with attached sleeves...NO SEWING NEEDED!!
So far, I have 4 interested.....I will be holding classes here on Wednesday Evenings for
2 hours @ $20 an evening...The class will be 4 weeks long, more if needed.
After a deposit ($20) to insure us both of your interest, it's your choice to pay in full or weekly but you must attend for 4 consecutive weeks in order to get the sweater completed. Everyone knits at a different speed, more often than others, etc.  I am also knitting the sweater again, I love the fit, style and have received many compliments. 
 

*****The pattern, $5 additional, done with WW yarn, 1000 to 1200 yds, depending on size, #8 & #9 circular needles @ 32", waste yarn or stitch holders and a few st markers. Two or three are using "AKG Yarn" which is a light WW...we will be doing a swatch before we get started...As always,  check your current stash for sufficient yardage or visit AKG before we begin classes to order/purchase sufficient yarn. Give a call should you want to join us. Class starts Weds, Sept 18 at 6:30....Hope to See You Here!!

WINTER PROJECTS....

I was sitting here finishing up a baby blanket last night when I realized I haven't been a good girl!! No posts in Quite a long time....So Here I am to try to rectify the situation...

          LINED MITTENS AND HAT...SO WARM!!

I have been working on a pattern for LINED MITTENS...I have knitted 4 mittens so far. Each with improvements. I think I have finally perfected it. Mitten #1 with WW yarn in Wool...TOASTY! But much to BIG.  Mitten #2 with Bravo, 100% Acrylic in a DK weight...Also Toasty..Much better fit, still wide. #3, My best FIT yet...My Girls Yarn(5 Star...2 sheep, 3 bunnies blended) for the Liner and Bravo for the Outside...Very Pleased with this Outcome! GREAT FIT...Size Medium.

Yesterday, I casted on a Pair with my shop's most Popular Yarns (Universal Classic Worsted & Tapestry)and the Most Comfortable Fit...Let's see what happens...I'll keep up updated...promise!

Now to the HAT.....It is a pattern I purchased from Bruce at "The Spotted Sheep". He wrote the pattern and I am selling it here at my shop. I can honestly say, it is the BEST written pattern I have used in a LONG time. Very Clear...No Errors and none of..."repeat this row or that row" Everything is written out...NO QUESSING!!! The Sample is knitted with Our Josie's fiber that has been Blended with Danny the Alapaca.....So Lovely! The Variaged is Marble DK. The hat is a Lined Hat also...Totally Reversible. I wore it today in the mini Blizzard to do errands and go to breakfast w/my guy. I was  TOASTY warm...I NEVER wear hats, I'll be Donning this one!!!

Our Annual Retreat is coming up and I am planning to have Kits put together for both projects...Patterns will also be available separately.

Until Next Time...and I promise it won't be Months!  "Keep Those Needles Clicking"  Joanne

Starry Starry Night Shawl/Scarf

STARRY STARRY NIGHT SHAWL OR SCARF

                                                    36" OR 44" AROUND SHOULDERS

........Here are two pictures of the Shawl/Scarf I am working on and planning to hold  classes in October. I have almost finished knitting the first 250 yard skein of Panda Mania Sox Yarn from Done Roving. I am using 2  40"  circular needles rather than only one using the Magic Loop method. I started w/ML but when you pull your Loop to turn around, there is a much greater chance of loose stitches. So I have found it easier and more efficient to use 2 circs. It is still pretty hard to stretch it out enough for you to really see the pattern well. Plus it truly will need to be blocked to get the full beauty of the piece.

As I stated previously, the class is a 2 hour session, the first on October 13th, with a repeat Class on October 20th, both Saturdays from 11 to 1:00, shop opens at 10 for PREP..... the cost is $45 which includes the $7 pattern...We have a large selection of Sox Yarns for your choosing and plenty of #6 or #7  x 40" Circular Needles. You will need 2 in different colors, materials, whatever, so you can distinguish one from the other. I am also working on a small Sample for your viewing, to futher understand the method...Not difficult but not for a novice knitter. Please Call and Sign Up Soon since I am only accepting 5 students for each class. I do not want anyone to feel they aren't getting a "Fair" piece of me!!  Shop Hours...W-Th-F-S  10 to 4....887-8550

You may visit the website   www.naturespeakknits.com   to see the Sarry Starry Night for yourself

You'll Love It, I'm sure................Joanne    

It has been a Wonderful Summer here at AKG.  Lots of time to refleck, clean shop, regroup...a much needed reprisal of time. Now, refreshed and Ready to go forward...Here is "Twinkle"  knitted into the Squiggle Scarf, pattern free when yarn purchased.

Our Icelandic Charlie Brown's Beautifully Spun and Hand Dyed Yarn. Knitted into a Great Sloochy Hat, Kits Available. Below is a shot of the Yarn Drying in the Sun on my gigantic clothes rack....Love Seeing Hanks of Spun Yarn......

This is a great example of Our Newest Local Yarn from Maine...Done Roving is the company, Great Website. I have written this pattern specifically for this Thick Thin Specially Spun Yarn...Pattern Free w/Purchase of this Yarn.

 

I must admit, I have not taken any pictures of their Sox Yarn or the Magnificent Scarf I am knitting with it...I want it a bit bigger before I present it...Those who have seen it here at the shop, Can't wait for the class.... October 13th and 20th...Space Limited..2 hour Class $45 plus yarn and needles...5 students Only....Class will be repeated...the following week.

Chester's Farmers Market...TONIGHT!!!!

I am very happy to announce I have been accepted to vend at the Chester's Farmers Market!
Since I have our Sheep and Bunny Fiber spun into yarn, it is Truly a NH Made Product!!!

This Market will be held 3 times this summer...the third Thursday of June...July...August in front of the Congregational Baptist Church in the Center of Town. Market Time is  5 to 8pm
.

Introducing another Knitter's Garden Original Pattern.... 

Charlie Brown's Striped Hat.

 A Challenge but Fun to Knit with 4 Colors at Once!!

A hot Sunday letting all Charie's yarn dry on my Antique drying rack.

We qualify for the Farmer's Market because our animals live in Chester, eat in Chester, get Shorn in Chester, their fiber is driven to a Sallie's Fen, Alpaca Farm, in Barrington, NH, to be processed and spun into the most Fabulous Yarn!!!! To TOP it off...I had my Custom Dyer, Jen of Seacoast Handpainted Yarns, of Raymond, NH, dye up our Icelandic Sheep, Charlie Brown's yarn into 3 Very Vintage Colors and I have written a Special Pattern for the most comfy hat...

Everything has been incorporated into a great Kit with it's own project bag! They are available, as of today, at the Farmers Market and at A Knitter's Garden. The kit includes enough yarn in 3 colors, plus Natural and my Newest Hat Pattern all in it's own Project Bag to complete One Hat for a very reasonable price of $30. All you need is your needles and a stitch marker!!!

Hope you can stop by either AKG or the Farmer's Market...
                                 See You There...

June Special...

Hello and Welcome to our Month of June Specials

This week, June 13th through 16th

All the Instock Sock Yarn is being discounted 20% off Retail

Making Room for our Newest Addition

We will be carrying two New Yarns from
"Done Roving"
Their Newest Sock Yarn... Superwash Merino and Rayon
"Panda Mania" 

                280 yards per skein...ALL Colors will be Living Here

    Beautiful Drape, Soft and Luxurious!

   Remember, Sock Yarn is NOT just for Socks!!!!

     Due Here in Two to Three weeks.

Here are  few of the colors...

Another New Yarn from Done Roving is their

"Knotty Ewe" 

A Thick and Thin Lopi Yarn with a Plied Twist

VERY INTERESTING!!

125 yards, Wool w/Nylon Twist

Great Fun for Hats and Scarves, Mittens too

Starting with these two colors...

Aren't they just "To Dye For?"

Can't wait to knit with it!!!

FYI

"Done Roving" is what I consider a Local Company

Located in Charlotte, Maine

30 minutes from the most Easterly Point of the United States!

My Guestamation is about a 5+ Hour Drive Northeast of Chester!!

Fieldtrip anyone??

OUR SALEM GROUP....First Sampler Afghan Completed by Joyce...

 Here is Joyce...The Very Proud Knitter, Owner and Creator of this Awesome Afghan!

 Every week we would have a New Favorite Square. A truly Awesome Project!

Here are some Pics of Joyce's Magnificent Sampler Afghan....Our Class at Salem High School has been so successful...They are Truly Great Knitters!!! I am so Proud of each and every one of them!!

June Specials for This Week...

Good Morning Ladies...

A Great Big Thank You to All

who Stopped By This Past Week,

Took Advantage of My Clearance Sale,

Bought Yarn and Visited with me!

It was Great Fun to see You All!!!

Well, SUMMER FUN has just begun!!

You did good!!!!! There is still some Yarn left

in the Sale Baskets and that will Continue for June

There will Also be a Different Special

EVERY WEEK Throughout JUNE

This Week...6th-7th-8th-9th

Any Instock Universal Yarn...LESS 20% Off Retail

Classic Worsted reg $6.50...this week $5.20

Tapestry reg...$7.50...this week $6.00

You get the picture. Lots of Universal Yarns Available

Next Month...Something Different...Who Knows What??!!

Hope to See You All Again

Joanne

Shame on Me....I haven't posted in so long...I have NO Excuses, NO Reasons. But certainly, I've ALWAYS had plenty to say!!!
      

 A few Announcements for Customers/Students of AKG...

I have become a member of a New Rewards Card Program...
                                 "LOCAL FAVOR"

It's a very cool method of Supporting NH Participating Merchants and Saving $$$ at the Same Time!!

Check out the Website...www.localfavor.com...All NH Participating Merchants and Their Individual Offers are listed .  Every Business chose their Own "Reward" to suit their venue.

Here at AKG...I have always used a Punch Card System as an incentive to continue to purchase here.

After 20 punches, your next purchase was discounted 25%.

With this REWARDS CARD,  

you present the card and receive 10% off with 

EACH PURCHASE...EVERYTIME 

 The Card may be purchased at any participating "NH" Local Favor Merchant for $10...the Expiration for the card is September 2013

With this new Card in Place...YOU must Choose as to the ONE you want to participate in.

One Purchase CAN NOT receive BOTH REWARDS. 

I will Honor the 25% discount until your present punch card is complete. I have new Punch Cards, a 20% Discount is now  Offered with a Fully Punched Card.

 Exceptions to Applicable Merchandise here at AKG...

     ...All Consignment Items in the Shop, Our Farm's Fiber,

 Hand Dyed Yarns and Hand Spun Yarns,

Specialty Yarns, Jewelry or Classes...

I trust,you get the picture! Common sense...Yarn, Needles, Books.

...MY REWARDS CARDS go on Sale This Week...

DOOR PRIZE WINNER

Our Christmas Fair was a Wonderful Success this year. I was worried, so many other Fairs I'd heard about recently, did not do as well as in the past. Times are tough, people are planning on a Hand/Home Made Christmas...What better place to Start Looking for Gifts...Local Artists and ALL Hand Made!!!! Well....My Loyal Patrons and Brand New Ladies did NOT disappoint us at all!!! We had a Great Turn Out BOTH Days. Usually, Sunday is quiet, everyone going to Church, having a Family Dinner/Day...then getting ready for the Work Week. Well, we were Very Pleasantly Surprised...Sunday was just as busy as Saturday!!! WE THANK YOU ALL, those who came by, shopped and made our Holidays so much Brighter!!! Many Familiar Faces but MANY NEW and excited Faces who just discovered AKG...Great Signs for the New Year!!!!Again, Thanks to ALL who came by...SENDING YOU Our Warmest Holiday Wishes.
I had Bob pull the Raffle Ticket for A Knitter's Garden Door Prize on Monday Evening.....Margaret O'Brien is the LUCKY WINNER.....PLUS, since she lives in Stoneham, MA...Bob HAS to personally deliver the Gift!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to you, Margaret...Now Ann knows you were here without her!!!!! You girls will just have to make a second trip up to visit and shop!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS...J

CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTER...

It's That TimeAgain... Saturday, December 3rd, from 10:00am to 4 pm.....Again on Sunday, December 4th, 10 am 'til 4:00pm ******A Knitter Garden****** 58 Derry Road,Route 102, Chester NH

Christmas in the Village....Lots of Shopping can be done. Congregational Church, Bittersweet Blessings Gift Shop, Cradle House and more stops throughout the Village...Get a Jump on Holiday Gifts. You will find LOTS of Mitts Knitted w/ Very Special Yarn!! Hats, Scarves, Mittens...American Girl Doll Clothes--Hats and Mitt/Mitten Sets...Jewlry, Crafts, Sweets to Sample/Order, J Drizzle Popcorn, Worm Doo...And So Much More. Stop By for Our "Handmade Christmas" Enjoy a cup of Mulled Cide, Cookies and w/Purchase, Enter for Our Door Prize...
For Extra Door Prize Tickets...Please Add to Our Favorite Charity Donation Basket for "New Horizons Homeless Shelter" in Manchester...New or Gently Used hats, mittens, gloves, socks. Any mini sized personal Health/Beauty Items (shampoo, deod,toothpaste&brush--travel-sized). They are a Wonderful Organization who help so many all year round not just during the Holidays!!
I am giving YOU MY Permission to PASS this invite along to ALL Your Friends and Family!! Have a Wonderful and Joyous Holiday Season...Love To All...Joanne :D

Diagonal Sweater Workshop...

Here are three pictures of the Diagonal Sweater we are making together. The pattern is not difficult but it is a challenge...NOT a Bad Thing!!! I have made one, it lives here in the shop. I love wearing it. I made it in 100% Wool...My next was going to be mostly Acrylic for Washability but I fell in love with a bunch of Handspun Alpaca while on our Knitting Retreat last month. It just happened to find it's way home with me!!! Can't wait to start it!!!
Most of the women interested, prefer class in the afternoon, I'm aiming for the middle of May...Either on a Thursday or Friday from 1:00 to 3:00...There is a $20 deposit due at time of registration, followed by $20 for each session, I am planning on four or five weeks, your last session is your deposited $20. The pattern is available for an additional $8.00, either from me or from Ravelry. It can not be viewed otherwise. Designer's rules not mine!! I will give you a list of supplies once you have registered and made your deposit.

STOP BY...CHECK OUT MY SWEATER BEFORE YOU COMMIT TO THE WORKSHOP...

I know this is going to be great fun to knit...Like other workshops...There is a Limit of 5 students. Depending upon requests, I may repeat this workshop in the evening as well...What evening...I do not know, there aren't many to choose from!! We'll work on that as it happens!

As always...Questions...Comments...You know how to reach me!!!