Rainbow Yarn and Fibres is a full-service yarn shop providing fibers, patterns, and supplies for knitting, spinning, and dyeing.

Rainbow Yarns will be closed Saturday, May 10 for the Lucy Neatby workshop.

STORE HOURS:

Monday thru Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday night hours: 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Closed Sundays

Newsletter Spring 2008

A few daffodils are peeking out of the ground, but if you want a glimpse of early spring, stop by the shop to see the brilliant colors blooming in our bins.

What’s New?

Sock Yarns!

• Noro Sockyarn
• Online Supersocke - cotton blend sockyarn.
• Lucious - all cotton sockyarn
• New shipment of Mountain Colors sock yarn

Other Yarns and Kits...

• 2nd time cotton (recycled cotton yarn)
• Nashua organic cotton
• Handpaint scarf kit (dye your own with non toxic dyes)
• Wash mitt kit (great baby gift)
• Trendsetter metallic cottons

Books

• Crochet Inspiration
• Cool Socks warm Feet
• Vogue Knitting book (revised, back in print)
• Lucy Neatby DVD's (all of them)
• Getting started knitting socks

Classes

We offer a variety of classes including a couple in basic knitting and basic crocheting. Make sure you tell your friends or family who want to learn a new hobby. For the rest of you, come learn how to make some sweaters, socks and purses. We may add a few more specialty classes. Make sure you check with us at the store. We hope to teach a lace class soon.

All-day workshops with Lucy Neatby

Lucy from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia is a renowned hand-knitter and designer. She owns Tradewind Knitwear Designs. Learn more about her at www.tradewindknits.com

Saturday, May 10: Every way but loose! Multidirectional knitting. An overview of a variety of ways of knitting in different directions on the same piece of fabric. Log cabin, entrelac, equilateral triangle, knitting, creating a hexagon or continious strips for folded construction, freeform knitting, counterpane and domino knitting.

Sunday, May 11: “Socks for all Seasons.” Work on a mini sock from the top down with common heel and a DIY sock recipe for all occasions. Use of different type of heels Casting on, including Channel Island cast on. The pros and cons of right and left sock, customizing socks for eccentric feet, ways to incorporate extra warmth & padding. Heels, turning, knitting up sts. when and how to decrease. Toe shaping and fail save grafting.

Call for supply list.
Fee: $75 per day, lunch included. Limited spots available so call and reserve your space.

Dates to remember:

March 17-19: Store closed for Spring Break
April 1: Store will be closed on Mondays through Sept. 1.
May 10-11: Workshops with Lucy Neatby.

Come by soon to see our new yarns and stay and knit awhile.
Brigitte

If there is something you would like to order that you cannot find on these pages, please contact us and we will see if we can help you!