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Winter News
Hello Knitsters! What follows below is a selection of new arrivals that we think are quite special. Any one of them would make a lovely gift for the knitter in your life - or yourself! Maybe just print off this newsletter and leave it in a conspicuous place? As we wind down our year and prepare for our end of year inventory we will clear out all of our "Holds" and put them back on the sales floor. We will do this on December 24th. So, to be clear, ALL HOLDS WILL BE RELEASED ON DECEMBER 24 - NO EXCEPTIONS! Check your inbox on the 26th for a reminder about our boxing week sale, which will begin December 27th. On to our holiday hours: Regular Wednesday Stitch n' Bitch on the 23rd and 30th December 24: 11-3 Other than that, it is regular hours. Keep Knitting, |
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New Designs from Lexie Barnes!
The McCoy (above, in Leopard print) Lexie's biggest bag yet! Perfect for overnight trips or just carrying around all your everyday stuff. Zippered pocket on the outside and interior pockets too! $189.
The ever-popular Lady B bag is back! Lots of interior pockets and a great bowling bag shape. Rugged and beautiful. $160.
New this season, the Coco case for interchangeable and circular needles! There's a great review of the Coco case on knitty.com: knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/FEATwin09stuff.php. Lots of clear plastic sleeves for all your circular needles and cords. Zip up everything away in this water-resistant and neat case! $69. Also back - Betty straight needle case ($59) and lots of zippered notions pouches in various sizes. Perfect for stocking stuffers! |
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Namaste Needle Binders Four pages are included inside - zippered notions pocket, circular needle mesh pocket, small straights/double points and large straights/double points. Easily expanded by picking up extra pockets, $10. Vegan leather, and available in 4 colours - Lime, Red, Eggplant and Peacock. $65. |
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Woolpets and Needle Felting Supplies We've got lots of tools and kits ready to go. Learn to felt a cute little creature with needle felting kits from Woolpets! Available in different skill levels and lots of different animals. Would you like to make a sheep, bluebird or owls? Great for crafty older kids as well. Kits available starting at $21. If you're ready to strike out to your own designs, we have lots of solid and handdyed wool roving and sheets of dyed or natural 100% wool felt - perfect for backgrounds! We also have individual felting needles from Ashford ($1 each), felting needle tools from Clover, and felting mats too. Get everything you need! |
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Beautiful Shawl Pins from Designs by Romi Handmade by Rosemary Hill. Available in nickel, brushed nickel, and copper, in lots of different styles! A great gift. $32-$43. |
Happy Winter Solstice! Not a lot of time left to knit a
gift...but there is enough time to knit a pair of felted
slippers. I am all about the felted slippers this year. I
have been using different patterns for different
people...but this week I am loving the classic Felt
Ballet Slippers by Fiber Trends. We have a number of
these patterns in the shop, but I'll let you in on a little
secret: you can also instant download some Fiber
Trends Patterns from their website :
New from Namaste Inc. are these fabulous needle
binders! Stylish and perfect for keeping all those
wayward needles and notions organized. This
spacious bag unzips all the way around to reveal a
three-ring binder inside! We think they'd be great for
holding your projects, too.
Know someone who isn't a knitter but would love to
get
their hands on some fibre anyway? Needle felting is
fun and fast with no knitting experience necessary!
Shawl and sweater pins from Winter News
Hand dyed felt is back in stock! Another newsletter will follow next week with another bunch of new arrivals in the non-yarn category! Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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The Cashmere we know and love is back! Handmaiden 4ply cashmere is DK/light worsted weight pure cashmere, and has great yardage at 170m per 50 g skein. One skein will knit up a hat, cozy neckwarmer or snuggly soft handwarmers! Available in black or natural brown, $32. |
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Perfect for gift socks, lightweight hats and scarves, or anything else you can think of in bright colours to cheer up those winter blahs. |
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Sweet Georgia Merino Silk Lace Made up of 50% fine merino and 50% cultivated silk. Each 100g skein has 765 yards to keep you knitting on and on. Available in 20 gorgeous hand-dyed colours, both semi-solids and variegated, $39. |
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One of a Kind Ozark Handspuns! Super bulky and quick to knit up. We have several skeins of each interesting colourway, enough for nearly any project. Each skein is 100g and $38. |
Handmaiden makes beautiful, soft yarns that are
every knitter's dream...and now we have the ultimate
in softness, 100% cashmere!
For those intricate lace patterns and lightweight
shawls and garments, new in store is SweetGeorgia
Merino Silk Lace. This yarn is springy and super soft -
it must be felt to be believed! SweetGeorgia yarns are
dyed in small batches by Felicia Lo in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Ozark Handspuns are produced from sheep and goats
living in the Ozark hills of Missouri. Each batch is a
one of a kind blend of colours, fibers and textures! This
soft, fun yarn is made up of different proportions of
mohair and wool. The wool is strong and warm, while
the mohair adds sheen and a pretty halo.Autumn News
Save the date! Wednesday, December 9th marks Lettuce Knit's 6th Anniversary. We will hold our annual Holiday/Anniversary Party on that evening during our regular Stitch N' Bitch hours, 6-10pm. Come one, come all for food, drinks, prizes, knitting and celebration of our community that YOU have helped to create. Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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Endless Knitted Cardi Shawl in Fleece Artist Woolie Silk Available in 8 different semi-solid colourways, we used 5 skeins for our sleeveless Cardi Shawl. Woolie Silk is 65% wool, 35% silk and 230m per 100g. Reasonably priced at just $20 per skein for handdyed luxury! Come by shop and try on our sample - there are tons of different ways to wear the Cardi Shawl, so you'll be sure to find one (or more) that work for you. The Endless Knitted Cardi Shawl pattern is available on its own for $8. |
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Classic Elite Fresco is available in 7 solid colours, 164 yards/50g for $12. |
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Yarn Harlot's Pretty Thing Kits and Patterns! Lettuce Knit is excited to offer up kits for Pretty Thing featuring Louet Mooi, a luscious blend of 70% bamboo, 15% bison and 15% cashmere. The best part is, we've already divided up the yarn so that you get just enough to knit up this cowl for a great price! Kit contains 25g (175yds) of Louet Mooi and the Pretty Thing pattern for $30. Call us for mail order - and pick up yours soon for all those last minute gifts! |
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Personalize Your Knits with Custom Labels! Namemaker produces fun, pretty personalized woven clothing labels of all colours and designs. You can choose from pre-designed patterns or completely design your own. Remind your recipients where their lovely new sweater came from, add their name for a personalized touch, or just make sure they know how to care for it. Come in and check out our Namemaker product book and place your order today! Read the Namemaker blog for great inspiration. |
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Cat Bordhi's New Sock Book! To go along with the book, how about your own pair of wooden personal footprints? We're proud to offer custom made wooden footprints for you or whomever you're making socks for! Just send us a paper tracing of your foot and get your own pair of footprints! $38. |
Intrigued by Stitch Diva's 
If you read Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's fabulous blog
You're probably in the middle of getting together all
those beautiful handknitted gifts for the holidays, right?
Don't forget to order your very own custom made
labels from Namemaker through Lettuce Knit!
If you know Cat Bordhi, you know she's always ready
to turn knitting on its head! Fresh off the press, we've
got lots of copies of Cat's new sock book,
Autumn News
Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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Starry Sock Yarn from Dream in Color |
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The Baby Bartlett Set is a sweater and hat set made with Spud and Chloe Fine sock yarn, a superwash mix of 80% wool and 20% silk. Make sizes 0-6, 6-12 or 12- 18 months with our kit - $52. The Hoot Hat is a great owl-inspired hat knit from Spud and Chloe Outer super bulky. Outer is a wonderfully soft mix of 65% wool and 35% organic cotton, and it's superwash too! Our kit makes up to size 1-2. $36. If you'd rather buy individual skeins, we've got those
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Cat Bordhi's New Sock Book! To go along with the book, how about your own pair of wooden personal footprints? We're proud to offer custom made wooden footprints for you or whomever you're making socks for! Just send us a paper tracing of your foot and get your own pair of footprints! $38. |
From the fabulous Dream in Color Yarns, we've just
received a big shipment of Starry sock yarn! 98%
superfine merino wool with 2% real silver spun in for a
beautiful, festive sparkle. Each 4 oz skein contains 450
yards, enough for a small shawl. We received one skein
of every colour, so get them while they're hot! $32.
If you know Cat Bordhi, you know she's always ready
to turn knitting on its head! Fresh off the press, we've
got lots of copies of Cat's new sock book,
Autumn News
At Lettuce Knit we love this time of year! It means lots of new yarns coming through the door (and then out the door!), the anticipation of Sweater Weather, and just a general good and cozy feeling of really getting into our knitting again after all the (delicious) distractions that summer brings. So read on, let us tell you about our favourite yarns this month...and if you are close by, you simply must pop in for a visit and a peruse before the end of the month because: September is for Knitters! Don't forget to visit our Classes page; we have classes scheduled until the end of the year! Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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St. Denis Nordique Now in Store! Nordique is a smooth, wooly sport weight yarn with a tight twist and great stitch definition as well as fantastic palette; 36 colours (and we have them all)! It can also be worked on bigger needles for great lace. Nordique is 100% wool, 150 yards/50g, 6-7 sts per inch, and $9. We've also got the St. Denis magazine ($20) featuring beautiful designs from top designers including Pam Allen, Jared Flood and Ysolda Teague, all worked up in St. Denis Nordique. You can view the magazine's gorgeous projects here. |
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New from Manos del Uruguay: Naturals Collection Manos Naturals is available in 3 natural shades and 6 dyed colours for $18 and is featured on the cover of the fall Interweave Knits! This great coat uses 12 skeins for the smallest size and is sure to keep you warm all fall. Laura's knitting one right now and everyone who sees it, wants it! |
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New and Classic Fall Yarns from Berroco Blackstone Tweed is a super soft aran weight tweed with luscious angora blended in, while Lustra is a shiny, sexy blend of merino and tencel. Along with all these new yarns are lots of new pattern books and booklets. Norah Gaughan's Volume 5 is filled with swingy, wooly shapes sure to be a hit this autumn, and her Men's collection has been flying off the shelf. Blackstone Tweed and Lustra have their own pattern booklets too! Ultra Alpaca - 50% alpaca, 50% wool, 215 yds/100g, $11 |
From respected, talented Montreal-based knitting designer Veronik Avery comes St. Denis Nordique, the first in a line of sure to be hit yarns.
The Naturals line is a beautiful new yarn from Manos Del Uruguay. This chunky singles yarn is created by blending natural coloured wool with kettle dyed wool to create a marled, tweedy effect when knitted up. Soft to the hand and nicely chunky too!
We've got loads of fall yarns and patterns in from Berroco! Old favourites like Ultra Alpaca (in worsted, light and fine) and Peruvia Quick are back, along with new classics Blackstone Tweed and Lustra.Winter News
February is also a great time to make fabulous plans for the warmer months. This coming June I have been invited to teach at Squam Art Workshops, a five day Textile Arts Retreat on the shore of Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire. Why don't you join me there? The retreat which runs June 3-7, features classes by esteemed knitting teachers Beth Brown-Reinsel, Sally Melville, Annie Modesitt, and more! There are also sewing classes, felting classes, fabric printing, even watercolour painting! It promises to be a creative and soul enriching time with like minded folks in a beautiful natural environment. There is even going to be a Ravelry event on one of the nights. I am so excited to be going! Do take some time to click around the SAW website and maybe you will be inspired to come too! In the meantime, read on about all the shiny pretty things we have in the shop now to keep those February blahs away! Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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Needle Gauge Pendants from Deborah's Garden We also have the Needle Gauge Pendant in Sterling Silver. Same organic shape, but without the sizes printed. It is a beautiful piece of jewellery, that only you will know is a needle gauge! $125. |
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Favourites Restocked Click on over to view some of the new patterns () from our favourite pattern company "Knitting Pure & Simple". Don't forget to look at the children's section while you're over there, as there are some new patterns for the little ones too, like this cute little shrug. Can you imagine how fast you could knit this one up? So sweet. We also received lots and lots of "Dream in Colour Classy". Almost every colour is in stock. We have also made up some of the ever so popular Tulip Kits and Rocketry Kits in the Original colourways. Last but certainly not least, we received two huge boxes of "Socks That Rock" just a few days ago. This order included light weight, medium weight, and heavy weight in lots of luscious colours. Get it while we got it! |
Show your knitting pride! A must have
accessory - The Needle Gauge Pendant. Available in
9 different colours, it measures 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" and
accurately measures needles in metric from 2mm to
10mm. The numbers on the gauge are lasered in, so
there is no paint to ever wear off. Use it as a pendant
on your favorite chain, as a key ring, bag charm or as
a useful zipper pull on your knitting notions bag. $19
each.
Just a final blurb to let you know that some of our
favourite yarns and patterns have been restocked.Spring News
Vintage Baby Knits Book Signing and Trunk Show I am really looking forward to this event! Vintage Baby Knits by Kristen Rengren looks gorgeous! Visit the Melanie Falik Book Website to see photos of all the adorable sweaters, booties, hats and blankets from the book. Drop by the shop (it's our regular Knit Night anyway) and meet Kristen and see her modern interpretations of vintage baby designs. The photo above is from Vintage Baby knits, and hopefully gives you a glimpse of the simple beauty of this pattern collection. Keep Knitting, New and Inspiring 
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Cat Bordhi Workshops at Lettuce Knit New Pathways and Beyond! This full day workshop includes a catered lunch and refreshments. Cost is $100. Based on the innovative sock architectures found in Cat's most recent book: New Pathways for Sock Knitters, this workshop will take you to a much deeper and more elemental understanding of how the architectures work. This class will be intriguing for those who have knit conventional sock patterns as well as those who are familiar with the socks in New Pathways. After this workshop, you will go away much less dependent on the book and much more empowered to design and hybridize architectures and be a free-thinking knitter of sock shapes. Interactive Sock Talk for Breast Cancer Research. Cat promises her Interactive Sock Talk is both fun and enlightening! All profits from this event will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research of Dr. David Krag. A cause that Cat is very passionate about. After the sock talk we will enjoy our weekly Stitch N' Bitch with Cat. Bring or buy any of her books if you would like them signed! Moebii Forever This full day workshop includes a catered lunch and refreshments. Cost is $100. Learn from the Master! Even if you have knit a Moebius before, wouldn't it be an awesome experience to learn how Cat explains and demonstrates it? I know I'm curious! In this workshop you will learn the Moebius Cast On, and then Cat will get get you flying along the Moebius highway. As the workshop goes on, Cat promises to explode your mind with all the possibilities of pushing the shape into garments, felted containers, art objects, and more! In her experience, everyone leaves this workshop exhilarated and prepared to knit all manner of Moebii forevermore. |
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New Design: Lettuce Knit Knit bags in 2 sizes |
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Big Boxes of Rowan Yarn Summer Tweed (shown here): Combining the
luxury of silk (70%) with the durability of cotton (30%), this is a perfect all
year round yarn. The nebs of tonal colours in Summer Tweed create a
wonderful textural look
in the knitted fabric making this a unique knit for both
look and feel. I want to knit Ysolda Teague's Liesl with
it. It would only use 5 skeins for a 38" size! Purelife Organic Cotton 4-ply is a new Rowan
yarn for Spring 2009. This organically grown
naturally dyed yarn is coloured with plant dyes and
due to their organic nature, some shade variation will
simply add to the yarn's unique organic beauty. I
want to knit Jordana Paige's Isabella with
it. We also received some Rowan yarns at blow out prices, which we are passing along to you. Cotton Braid and Holiday are both summery yarns at only $4 each (regular price $10.50 and $9), and Country and Little Big Wool are both warm and wooly at only $6 each (regular price both $10). We have lots and lots of these sale yarns (especially the wool ones) so call if you need a cheap and good yarn fix. |
Cat Bordhi is visiting us! Learn from one of the
most revered and innovative Knit designers and
teachers. Hold on to your hats! Here is what
we have planned:
We are super psyched to have a newly designed tote
bag for our eco-conscious knitters! We had this new
design printed on 8x 10 drawstring muslin bags -
perfect for a small project, or a nice way to present
yarn as a gift- they are $5 each. And then we also had
100 large heavy cotton tote bags printed. The best
part? They have a zipper! These are $10. Limited
Edition! Please get in touch if you would like to work
with us on the next limited edition tote bag design.
We have received quite a few boxes from Rowan as of
late. Okay, that may be an understatement. Read on to
learn more about the yarns that arrived.Sign up for our Email Newsletter
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