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Fall Rolls In, With Yarn!
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It's Here.
September. New season, new energy, new feeling in the air. Every year we know it's coming, but every year it takes us by happy surprise. Here at the shop, the lazy days of summer start to quicken: students are back, friends and visitors are moving through with a sense of purpose, and knitting takes on new meaning. We're looking ahead. And we like what we see.
The shop is FULL of new goodies. First off: we now carry Brooklyn Tweed! We have both of BT's signature yarns, Shelter and Loft, in a full spectrum of colors. Indie dyers like Rhichard Devrieze have sent us delicious handpaints. And have you heard about our newest adventure in color energy? (hint: you need a black light to appreciate it!).
Read on for more on what's new at Knit New Haven. Click on photos and pattern links, see what's what. And come see us: we want to see what fall has put on YOUR needles!
Love,
Julia, June, and Linda
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Welcome Brooklyn Tweed!!!
We're pleased, we're proud, we're . . . PSYCHED. We now carry both of Brooklyn Tweed's yarns, Loft and Shelter. Two weights--Fingering and Worsted--of the same delicious, airy, 100% American wool, with designs that support and stretch any knitter's imagination. We just put these beautiful skeins out on our shelves, and we can't stop staring: the gorgeous, harmonious palette, the fascinating tweeds, the skeins that seem to call out for coziness RIGHT NOW.
Did someone say cozy? It seemed only fitting to make this fall's knitalong something delicious from Jared Flood's new book, Woolens. Take a look!
(click the photo below to see more!)
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Crosshatch
by Jared Flood
We love the striking geometry in this two-color brioche piece--it's textural, sculptural, but still delicate. This version uses Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Cast Iron and BT Loft in Fossil, but we could see it in two contrasting brights or close closer tonal cousins for a subtle woven effect. It's a great showcase for color, and for the lofty softness of Brooklyn Tweed yarns. It's also a terrific wardrobe piece. We have the book in the shop, and we'll be casting on shortly.
Join up, y'all!
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Color Happiness:
Peppino!
Rhichard Devrieze is a one-man whirlwind of creativity, and his yarns reflect his personality: fun, sprightly, and energetic! Peppino is a high-twist sock yarn, 100% superwash merino, soft and squishy. We picked a range of Rhichard's stippled color mixes for on-trend fall knitting. We think Peppino will play nicely in so many patterns; click on any of the photos below to take a peek inside our knitting queue!
Peppino comes 250 yards/50 gram skein, and sells for in 25 g bundles, for easy mix-and-match knitting. Each one holds 225 yds, and sells for $17.
What are we knitting in Peppino?
TAKE A LOOK BELOW!
(and click the photo for more Ravelry details!)
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Miss Winkle
by Martina Behm
(available in the shop via Ravelry!)
$4
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Painted
by Louise Zass Bingham
(available at the shop via Ravelry!)
$5
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Business in Front, Party Under Black:
Molly Girl's ROCKSTAR DK
Can you feel it? How those bright, zingy colors grab you and give you a little lift just looking at them? And can you SEE what happens to those happy colors when you put 'em under UV light? They GLOW!
Ok, we've been around the block a few times and we don't fall for every new yarn surprise we see, but this one really grabbed us. We think we've found the mood we'll be looking for in February, today! The specs: 280 yds of dk weight happiness in a 100gm skein, priced at $24. Come take a look (we even have a UV flashlight for you!), and see if you don't agree: underneath it all, we're all rock stars.
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Shibui Maai: The Ultimate Comfort Knit
You know we're big fans of Shibui's sophisticated colors and utterly unique fiber blends. Maai (rhymes with Hawaii) is our latest infatuation: a luscious blend of superfine baby alpaca with soft, springy merino. It's a chainette construction--a lightweight, almost braided strand with plenty of stretttchhh--and we see cozy accessories written all over this beautiful yarn. Pictured above is Laurie Versaci's Hester's Cowl, which uses two-color brioche to give maximum squish to a colorful winter piece. Maai knits at a DK gauge, with a generous 175 yards on every 50 gm skein (translation: one skein will make a hat!!); it sells for $16/skein.
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Thumbs Way UP for Ewe So Sporty!
We have a winner! Soft, springy Italian merino. Full palette of brights and pales. Great pattern support. Flexible DK/sport gauge. And . . . it's machine washable.
It's Ewe Ewe Yarns' new Ewe So Sporty, and we have it in all of the 16 colors it comes in. Baby knitting, colorwork, or the Funkasonic Mittens pictured above, we've got you covered. Wahoooooo!
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Knit well, friends. Stay in tune, and stay in touch.
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Knit New Haven 26 Whitney Ave. New Haven CT 06510 203.777.5648
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