Russian Bind Off

Purl Two Together Bind Off

Knit Two Together Bind Off

Sewn Bind Off

Two Stitch I-cord Bind Off

We’ll be demonstrating these on Saturday between 10 am and 2 pm.  Please join us for this free workshop.

We’ll start at the very beginning with our free workshop this week.  Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm and practice different ways of casting on.  Every knitter needs to know more than one.

Some of our favorites to share with you will be long tail, knitted cast on, cable cast on, Norwegian sock cast on, and crochet cast on.

Heidi, Kate, and guest spinners from the area will be operating their spinning wheels between 3 and 8 pm.  Come and see how yarn is made and try it yourself with a drop spindle.

Please join us anytime between 10 am and 2 pm this Saturday for a free tapestry crochet workshop with BJ.  Learn how to crochet with two colors to make a reversible fabric.  We’ll provide the yarn and crochet hook for your sample piece.

Checkerboard in Koigu KPPPM

Persian Carpet in Ty Dy Sock by K1C2

Saturday, July 3: 10 am to 5 pm

Sunday, July 4: Closed

Monday, July 5:  noon to 7 pm

Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm to try your hand at linen stitch.  It is done by slipping one stitch and knitting the next stitch.  We’ll have swatches cast on and ready to put in your hands.
Our current project in linen stitch is the Koigu Linen Stitch Scarf, a Churchmouse Classic pattern. This scarf is ideal vacation knitting.  The requirements for vacation knitting would be that the project is not difficult, doesn’t take up much space in your suitcase, but it so beautiful that you can’t help but do one more row.

Details make the difference in your finished project.  Use our yarn and needles to practice our favorite one row buttonhole.  It will soon be your favorite too.  Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm this Saturday for this free workshop.

We’re not talking baseball–we’re talking about the English style of knitting that sources the yarn in the right hand.  The knitter uses the right hand to “throw” the yarn around the needle to create the new stitch.  This tried and true style of knitting can be very efficient when the motion in the right hand is kept to a minimum.  If you experience repetitive motion pain when throwing you may want to try other methods of throwing.
Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm this Saturday for a free workshop geared towards minimizing the amount of motion in the right hand.

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CLICK HERE for Summer Beginners Class Schedule

Blackbird Cafe, at 114 E Lincolnway, in downtown Valparaiso, is offering a free drink to anyone who shows up with a mustache on Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8, 2010.

Sheep’s Clothing will give you a free length of wool roving to create your very own fake mustache to wear to Blackbird Cafe.

Your mustache can match your hair or your outfit or neither–your choice.

Your free drink can be specialty coffee, tea, or any of the vast array of non-alcoholic beverages available at Blackbird.

ENJOY!

This color work crochet technique is very popular in South America.  It is most often used to create firm fabrics for hats and bags.  BJ, our expert crochet resource person, has another take on tapestry crochet.  Her two scarf designs are fluid and drapey for beauty as well as comfort
Drop in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm and practice this technique with BJ.  We’ll provide your practice yarn.
Persian Carpet Tapestry Crochet Scarf worked in Ty Dy Sock by K1C2

Checkerboard Tapestry Crochet Scarf worked in Koigu Mori and Koigu KPPPM

Color Base Camp starts this Friday evening.  By 4 pm on Saturday, campers will have an understanding of Fair Isle, slip stitch, double knit and intarsia.

There are still openings if you would like to join us.  Call 219-462-1700.

Saturday, April 10, through Saturday, April 17

Enjoy special markdowns on books and yarn:

$1 per ball yarn group
$2 a book group

$5 a book–LARGE selection
40 percent off yarns–LARGE selection

25 cent magazines and leaflets

10 percent off store wide

15 pieces from the current issue of Vogue Knitting Magazine are visiting Sheep’s Clothing through Wednesday, March 31.

12 hats for you to see from the new book by Cathy Carron.

Yoga instructor (and knitter!) Anna Dorsch, is offering a day of yoga classes to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti.

Details here:  Help for Haiti

Join us Friday evening, December 4, beginning at 5 pm, for the following special events:

Meet Valparaiso author, Hilda Demuth.  She and her sister, Emily Demuth, co-authored
Plank Road Summer, Crickhollow Books, 2009
The authors spent summers researching the history of the plank road in their native southern Wisconsin.  The result is the story of best friends Katie McEachron and Florence Mather, who experience a new and exciting world one summer as the plank road brings strangers to their dinner tables and the plight of runaway slaves closer to home.   www.plankroad.wordpress.com

Hear live harp music by Cynthia Shelhart, performing selections from her newly released CD,
That Night in Bethlehem, offering listeners a variety of medieval to modern carols, songs and dance tunes, on solo double-strung harp. The CD includes Celtic holiday music of Wales, Ireland, Shetland, and the Isle of Man complements carols from England, France, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Appalachia, along with Cynthia’s original compositions for the Christmas season.  www.cynthiashelhart.com

Spinning demonstration:  Heidi Yelich and Kate Schroeder will be operating their spinning wheels, turning fleece into yarn.

Other happenings in downtown Valparaiso on December 4 can be found at:

http://www.valparaisoevents.com/holly days/

Join BJ Licko-Keel on Friday, December 11, 2009, 1 to 4 pm to begin your collection of 6 tapestry crochet holiday coasters.  Learn this two color crochet technique that allows you to crochet in reversible color patterns.

Call 219-462-1700 to register.

Still time to get in on some great classes:  Details here: Fall 2009 Classes

Call 219-462-1700 to register
Needle Felted Pumpkin: Saturday, October 17, 1 pm

Fair Isle Scarf: Thursday, October 22, 1 pm

Irish Aran Scarf:  Thursday, October 22, 1 pm

Double Knit Headband: Monday, October 19, 1 pm OR Saturday, October 24, 3 pm

Top Down Zip Cardie: Wednesday, October 28, 7 pm

Maggiknits: Saturday, October 31, 1 pm

Broomstick Crochet Cardigan: Monday, November 2, 7 pm

Felt Clogs & Flip Flops: Tuesday, November 3, 7 pm

Beginner Project: Saturday, November 7, 10:30 am OR Monday, November 9, 7 pm