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May/June 2003 |
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Greetings!
Y2Knit has new yarns and patterns online...browse now!
There are a few spaces left for the remaining spring events:
 | June 6-8, near Chicago |
| June 18-22 - the Y2Knit Knitting Getaway Experience, near San
Francisco. This is fantastic, unique 5-day event. Give yourself this
fabulous knitting vacation! |
Mark your calendars for a Knitting Getaway Weekend this fall. All at
locations close to you!
New Yarns and Patterns Online
We have new yarn for Spring and Summer - luscious colors in many
different cotton and cotton blends. Some of our favorites are Pearls, Sierra
and Sierra Quatro, Denim Silk, Porto Cervo, Antea, Sand, Star and Provence.
We've added several new patterns too, including all the portable
projects featured at this season's Y2Knit Knitting Getaway Events: Pebbles
and Stones (two colorful socks with short-row heels), Elegance at 8 (an
eight- hour shawl for those wonderful novelty yarns), Rib Tee, Ladylike (a
popular felted bag, pictured here), three unique hats: Onion Dome, Minaret
and Hair Solutions, which is also one of Y2Knit's "One Skein Wonders", along
with Gauntlet and Toe Up Anklet.
Browse now!
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Knitting Tip for Sleeves |
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The Knitting Getaway Experience (June 18-22) features knitting workshops
around the theme "Creating a Sweater that Fits and Flatters". With our
thoughts turning to these nicely fitting garments, Jill offers the
following tip:
Ever get disappointingly long sleeves when knitting? There is a
simple way to remedy this.
- Measure from your center back neck (the place on your spine which
doesn't bend forward when your neck does and where the back neck
should sit) to your wrist with your arms straight out. This is
one-half your shoulder width plus your total sleeve length. Note the
measurement from the neck to the end of your shoulder.
- Now check out the schematic and add up one-half the neck plus one
shoulder length to get one-half the shoulder width.
- Add the sleeve length and one-half the shoulder width. If this
doesn't match your measurement, you need to adjust the sleeve length
or the shoulder width.
If you are doing a sleeveless garment, do the shoulder width
calculation to make sure that that width is going to be right for you.
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Y2Knit Opens Yarn Shop |
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A few months ago Susan was struck with an urge to leave the metropolitan
DC area and find a quieter and slower location. She put that desire
together with the reality of all the yarn that sits in her office
between Knitting Getaway Events and decided to open a yarn shop.
Grand Opening July 3-6, 2003
Yarn Shop »
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Knitting Meditation |
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At the June 18-22 Knitting Getaway Experience we're offering a workshop
on Knitting Meditation and Journal Writing.
Knitting is a wonderful way to relax and begin a
meditative/contemplative time. In a comfortable position, feet on the
floor and back straight, match your breathing to the click of your
knitting needles, breathing in with the first stitch, out with the next
(great with ribs - knit/breathe in, purl/breath out). Relax and empty
your mind. As you knit and relax your mind from busy thoughts, breath in
thoughts of healing, peace and joy. Breathe out pain, sadness, and
stress.
A few minutes of this meditation at the beginning or end of the day
or in times of stress can bring peaceful results. Expect to find your
mind clear and new insights available to you. Grab a journal and write
about the exprience and let the pen and paper find words for what's
being released.
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Send Us Your Pictures! |
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We're creating a photo gallery of items knit with yarns purchased from
Y2Knit, either with Y2Knit patterns or other patterns you've selected.
Send us your picture and receive a gift from the Y2Knit Knitting
Resources!
If you've designed a garment you'd like to share with others, send a
picture to Y2Knit. We're looking for new designs for Y2Knit Patterns and
you may be our next published designer.
Designer Connections »
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email:
info@y2knit.net
voice: 301.766.4543
web:
http://www.y2knit.net
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