New Books!

Knitting by Nature
19 Patterns for Scarves, Wraps, and More
by Sheryl Thies




In this follow-up to her wildly popular books Ocean Breezes
and Nature’s Wrapture, Sheryl Thies has outdone herself with
a stunning new collection of nature-inspired designs. Revel in
knitting ideas gathered from a wide array of flowers, grasses,
and vines.
• Choose from exquisite designs, including scarves, shawls,
wraps, and shrugs
• Capture the beauty of plant forms with lace, cables,
bobbles, and other knitting stitches
• Enjoy modern designs that require minimal or no finishing

World Wide Knit in Public Day June 9, 2012


WHO:       KNITTERS OF ALL STRIPES, YOU
WHAT:     A KNITTING PARTY- A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF OUR CRAFT
WHEN:    JUNE 9, 2012  9:00 - 5:00
WHERE:  LANCASTER YARN SHOP INTERCOURSE, PA
WHY:       WELL, WHY NOT?
OTHER:   BRING A CHAIR

details:  Event includes but is not limited to whoopie pies, yarn, swag, door prizes, lemonade, buggy rides, fun, and knitting!


WWKiP! INTERCOURSE 2012


                              "We are KNIT TOGETHER!"

World Wide Knit in Public Day, an annual, global celebration of all things knitty, will be celebrated at Lancaster Yarn Shop on Saturday June 9, 2012.  This is a chance for our greater LYS community to ‘be knit together’ in time and space, and to share our craft with knitters and non-knitters alike.  Let’s spread the word that Knitting is fun and GOOD for you! 

You Are Invited!  Bring your knitting and your knitting chair (don’t forget a chair!) and join us!  There will be Knitting Circles at LYS and also at different spots around  Kitchen Kettle Village– we are all Knitting Ambassadors!  Also there will be Whoopie Pies and Raspberry Lemonade, Door Prizes, LYS KNiTTING Buggy*, Specials and Giveaways, and hours and hours of knitting!  Here’s a fun link from Amy Singer about how to pack for a KiP Event  AND don't forget to BRING A CHAIR!

  *LYS KNiTTING BUGGY! An annual KiP tradition at Lancaster Yarn Shop, join us on a horse and buggy ride!  Knitters will ride along beautiful country lanes, through a covered bridge, past cows and maybe even some sheep--while knitting & purling with new crafty friends!  On WWKiP Day, Buggies leave at 11:00 am & again at 2:00 pm. Reservations for the Knitting Buggy are required! Call LYS at (717) 768-8007 and we will reserve your spot.  WWKiP knitters will receive a special LYS rate for the 55 minute buggy ride.

What Would Jane Austen Knit?

I'm an unabashed reader of novels, sir, but I don't think it has clouded my judgement.*

   Jane Austen Knits 2012 from Interweave Knits is here! What a treasure this magazine is. Eagerly anticipated & well worth the wait, there are thirty one gorgeous projects in this issue.  But don't mistake this for just another knitting magazine. This is a tribute, an honoring of a remarkable author & her characters and their lives. It is a celebration of a time, of a culture, of real places infused with richly imagined fictional lives. Jane Austen Knits celebrates history and fantasy, people and places real and imagined & then playfully brings us back to the 21st century with patterns that are nostalgic but not fusty. 

 Designers like Annie Modesitt, Joanna Johnson (one of my favorites!), Bethany Hick and many, many more grace these pages.  Submissions for this issue were off the charts and they are beautiful.  Patterns include reticules, shawls and wraps, cabled sweaters, gorgeous hats and cardigans. 

 I keep thinking the timing for Ravelympics Knitting could hardly be better! With the Summer Games in London this year, what fun to plan to be knitting these British inspired patterns.


 Margaret Dashwood Shawl by Joanna Johnson

Stop in soon to get your copy of Jane Austen Knits Summer 2012, they're in the shop on May 21. And, Cheerio!



*Fanny Price in the 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park

Kilino Summer Scarf


We have a new pattern! We have fallen in love with this new yarn from Schulana. Kilino is a linen & cotton, chained yarn. It is delightful to knit with.  I hurried to write a patten to show off the great qualities of this yarn. And then I hurriedly typed it up. (Can you see where this is going?)
This morning, we got a note from a customer that there is an error in our Kilino Summer Scarf pattern. My heart sank. I kept my notes, so the changes were easy to make,and the corrected pattern is available on Ravelry today.
I sure hope this hasn't driven anyone too crazy!

KILINO SUMMER SCARF ERRATTA:
Cast on should be 41 sts not 51.
Row 5 should read:  K3, *k2tog twice (YO, K1) three times, YO, (sl 1, K1, psso) twice, K1* repeat to last two sts., K2.