As you know, The Grainary, the brick and mortar store that houses The Spinner's Cottage, became a Kromski dealer about a year ago. As you also know, I have a long standing love affair with Kromski products.
This month, as a tribute to our customers, Kromski is offering 4 lbs. of Polish Merino wool with every wheel purchase made. This is an outstanding time to order your wheel, if you've been contemplating a Kromski.
I currently have in house, the Minstrel (Romeo), the Fantasia and the Prelude.
You've seen plenty of photos of Romeo, so let me show you the new darling of the shop.
The Prelude has a very small footprint, old world charm and spins like a dream! This wheel is certainly suitable for re-enactments, with it's lovely turnings, or travel with it's light weight at only 9 lbs!
I already own a Minstrel and a Fantasia, so my next personal wheel will certainly be The Prelude.
You are invited to stop by the shop and take any of them for a test drive, or look us up at The Autumn Fiber Festival on Oct. 17th at the Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, Ohio.
We will also have at least one Harp Forte with us, as well. In case you are looking for a Rigid Heddle Loom, I can tell you from experience, this is a lovely little loom. Being a rug weaver and used to heavy floor looms, I was skeptical about a rigid heddle loom, but this one melted all of that skepticism away.
I sat down to test my first one, a 16" and became quite attached. I made this scarf on her.
Along with the Kromski products, I will also have the usual line up of lovely fluff, project bags, stitch markers, progress keepers, orifice hooks, shawl pins, drop spindles and learn to spin kits, new to the shop WIP bags, and a small selection of hand dyed yarn.
Last month marked the 8th annual Yarn Discovery Tour and we were on it for the first time. It was a wonderful experience. We met a lot of new friends and saw some old friends as well.
For those of you who don't know about YDT, it is a yarn hop of N/E Ohio Fiber shops. Each shop offers a basket of goodies worth $100. This was our offering this year, won by a lovely lady from Nevada, OH.
Each shop also offers a free pattern to our guests. Here's ours. One of my new designs, an infinity scarf, crocheted with my new pencil yarn.
This pattern can be found, free, on Ravelry.
We'd like to thank all of you who took time out of your busy schedules to visit with us during the tour and we hope you had as much fun as we did!
Also, the pattern for Witches Brew is back in the Etsy or can be purchased in print at The Grainary.
This is a simple TP hat with room in the tip for a sachet to ward off eerie odors! It's a fun and quick project that will add to your seasonal décor.
We have started the meet ups again on Sat.'s noon-4. Bring your wheel, needles, or hook and join us for some good company and a little stitching!
If you need directions, contact me through FB or Ravelry. We are also now on Twitter and Instagram!
Until next time,
~Vickie
No comments:
Post a Comment