Is this Spring?

Another chilly, rainy weekend is forecast for  Lancaster County, PA.  Nothing extends the season for sporting our hand knits like a slow, cool Spring! 

We are treated to a veritable hand knits parade here at LYS.  Not a day goes by that someone doesn't pull up her pants cuff to show us her hand knit socks--or spin around to show us the drape of a recently finished crochet shawl!  Lots of these folks oblige us with a knitter's handshake--you know, instead of a friendly "hand" shake, we just reach in to stroke their hand knit sleeve!  Many oblige us when we pull out the camera, too!  We just can't resist those fresh hand knits!


Stop by to see  new Spring & Summer yarns--and to show off your hand knits!  We can't wait to see you this Spring at LYS!
 

LYS Farmhouse Retreat

Have you ever wanted to just pack it all up & spend the weekend knitting? 

Perhaps you imagine yourself cozied up with your knitting in the living room of a great big farm house in the country--with a cook in the kitchen & a comfy bed upstairs.  No meals to prepare or clean up from, no housework, none of the trappings of 'everyday' but all of the trappings of home.
Are you imagining waking up in a restored Amish farm house with a group of knitters & a pot of coffee?  Consider joining us for our first ever LYS Farmhouse Knitting Retreat!

Two options are available:  Join us for the whole weekend--Stay at the farm house, enjoy all of your meals from Friday dinner to Sunday brunch (dinner Saturday on your own), and spend the weekend on retreat!  This includes a Beginning Lace Knitting Workshop on Saturday--including yarn, needles & pattern.
Can't get away for the weekend?  Join us on Saturday for lunch and the Knitting Workshop.

Check out these links:
Click here for more information.
To register, click here.

Like to plan ahead?  We are planning a Fall Knitting Retreat at the White Oak B & B in Strasburg, PA for the weekend of September16 - 18th, 2011.   Pencil it in & plan on joining us for another weekend of knitting!

Signs of Spring!


photo courtesy Duo Fiberworks c 2011
There are signs of Spring everywhere!  From the thousands of geese & swans winging northward over Lancaster County to the backyard peepers-Spring is nearly here! Spring at LYS brings lots and lots of new yarn, workshops & classes & big plans for the summer! 



Last week at Knit Night, I cast on a pair of Knitting Pure & Simple Easy Children's Lightweight Socks.  I'm using a new yarn from Knit One Crochet Too: Soxx Appeal.  This yarn is 96% Superwash Merino, 3% Nylon & 1% Elastic.  Reviews on Ravelry rate this as a 5 STAR yarn.  I'm happy with the beginnings of my little socks.  I may have another one or two--or five--projects on my needles.  I'm designing a couple of hats & some kits that will be in the shop next week.

Other new yarns this week:  Crock O Dye sock, Ty-Dy Sock, Alpaca Yarn Company's Paca Peds, Whorled Peace, Crabapple Yarns,& Kettle Dyed.  

Have you joined us for Knit Night?  We knit together every Thursday evening between 5:00 and 8:00.  Grab your knitting, your crochet, your spinning wheel or spindle & come set a while!  We'll make you welcome--& you may even get some knitting done!

Our Free Workshops have been really fun lately.  Filling the studio upstairs with knitters anxious to learn new techniques & tricks makes for a fun day at the shop!  New listings for workshops in April & May are on the site now!  Please sign up in advance for the Free Workshops as the fill up fast!

Filling almost anything with knitters is a good bet for a fun day!  We are really, really excited about our first Bus Trip.  We filled a large, luxury bus to take us to the Smithsonian Institute to see the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit on March 13th.  Many of our Thursday Night Knitters helped create 'polyps' for this amazing display.  It should be a grand day out!



LYS Farmhouse Knitting Retreat: April 1-3, 2011


Our first knitting retreat!  Join LYS in beautiful, rural Lancaster County for a weekend of knitting, relaxing, and community!  

Imagine an Amish farmhouse that has been renovated to offer guests all the comforts of an inn and the hospitality of a home. White Oak B&B, just a few country miles from LYS, is a 'wonderful good' setting for a friendly weekend of knitting and community. The Knitting Retreat is scheduled for April 1st through 3rd, and runs from Friday evening to mid-day Sunday.  Cost includes lodging, meals (except Saturday dinner on-your-own), and a Farmhouse Knitting Workshop on Saturday.  The workshop is an Introduction to Lace Knitting with fingering weight yarns.  You'll receive a kit with locally hand dyed yarn, needles,  & pattern.  Let's make something beautiful together!

Space is limited.  Register NOW to reserve your spot. 
There will also be a limited number of spaces for a day-long retreat on Saturday.   

Cost:  $295.00 each

Arrival:  Friday, April 1st 4:30pm.
Check out:  Sunday, April 3rd 12:00pm.

Rates based on double occupancy.  Everyone gets their own bed.  Please telephone the shop with roommate requests when you register. 

We expect to fill up quickly, please be advised that if the event over-fills, reservations are first come/first served & not guaranteed until confirmed by LYS.*



 *In the event that you register after the event is full, you will, of course, receive a full refund immediately. 

Bus Trip to the Coral Reef!

~~BUS TRIP SOLD OUT~~
Join us next time! 

LYS Charter Bus Trip to Washington DC

YES! We are going to see the 'Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef' at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History!  A group of knitters & crocheters from the LYS community had an opportunity to learn ‘Hyperbolic Crochet’ and contribute to this amazing exhibit, along with hundreds of others from around the world. 
Come with us to ooh and ahh over this incredible mash up of fiber and fauna, earth and sea.  Word is it will take your breath away!

The Coral Reef Bus Trip is Sunday, March 13, 2011.  We'll leave promptly from Lancaster Yarn Shop at 7:30 AM getting to DC around 10:30 AM.  We leave DC promptly at 5:00 PM, arriving back at LYS around 8:30 PM.  There’s plenty of free, well lit parking  at LYS.  It couldn’t be easier!
           
The cost for the bus is $27.00 per person and includes cost of transportation only (Admission to Smithsonian Museums is free!). Please reserve your seat by registering HERE.  Bring your spouse, your kid(s), your friend, your neighbor – AMAZE them with what yarn can do!  This will be a really fun day, and we anticipate a full coach. Reserve your spot NOW!
Pre-registration & pre-payment is required.  Availability is limited. 
Registration ENDS February 25, 2011 or BEFORE if coach is sold out.
In the event of a cancellation by LYS, full refunds will be given.
In the event of circumstances beyond our control, &/or after February 25, 2011, no refunds are available.


 For more information, please call the shop at (717) 768-8007.