…I must be buying yarn! ‘Tis rep season and my favorite visited this morning. Tonny Shankland represents Shibui, Fibre Compay, Manos, and MadelineTosh, as well as Swans Island – so many of my favorite yarn lines!
Here is a shot of Shibui colors, always so sophisticated:
and their newest yarn, called Maai, available in September, a blend of superbaby alpaca and fine merino:
(I bought some.) (You’re surprised, aren’t you?)
Maai, like most of their yarns, is thin-ish and can be used alone or in combination with their other yarns to make luxurious mixtures. I love how they coordinate their colors between yarns so that you can mix or match with ease.
But this post was really supposed to be about the benches, which we yarn-bombed with cat hugs for Art on the Avenue last Saturday.
They turned out to be cute, didn’t they? And lots of people tried them out, including Jettie Hunt, who was here Sunday for a crochet class and sat comfortably making progress before class.
Thank you again to everyone who made hugs and brought them over, and especially to Donna, who assembled one of the covers! We lucked out on the weather – no rain! – so I disassembled them on Sunday and the hugs will be delivered to the Humane Society next week when I’m on vacation.
Hey! I’m on vacation next week starting Sunday June 29 through Tuesday July 8. The shop will be closed but classes will take place as scheduled. This week, I’ll be calling people who ordered yarn for the Hitofude knit-along, so they can pick up their yarn and do their swatching before the first session on Thursday July 10th. Should be fun!!
