World Wide Knit in Public Photos

Our Knit in Public event at Barnes & Noble was a great success and BN was the perfect venue. The Yarn Nookers met many knitters and crocheters who will no doubt become regulars at the shop. Our group also sparked the interest of non-knitters who stopped by to chat and ask questions about knitting!

We look forward to many opportunities to knit in public during the next year and to spending World Wide Knit in Public Day at Barnes & Noble next June. Thank you to everyone at Barnes & Noble who helped make our day so enjoyable!

Thank you Kitty for taking great pictures for us!

Sorry it took me so long to post the photos!

Yarn Nooker Spotlight #3

Welcome to our Yarn Nooker Spotlight created to help us to get to know each other better.

Amy Ducote

Amy is the self-employed owner of Temporary Pharmacy Solutions, LLC , a temporary pharmacist staffing company. Her job keeps her extremely busy, but allows her the flexibility to enjoy time with her two furry children, her wonderful supportive husband, and her knitting hobby.

Amy has been knitting for 3.5 years, but if you look at the complexity of her projects and the wide range of skills she has acquired in such a short time, you would think she has been knitting all her life! Amy began knitting right after hurricane Katrina struck. She and her sister were looking for something to do to kill time while they waited for life to become somewhat normal again. Amy's mother taught her the thumb cast-on she had learned in her high school home-ec class and the rest was “knitting history” for our friend.

Amy knitted English style for about a year and then switched to Continental which she prefers. She has taught herself how to do lace, shaping techniques, toe-up, top-down, garments, and felting among other things. Amy likes the discipline and challenge of knitting and enjoys the quiet of her mind while she is knitting. She has begun designing garments for herself and other types of patterns for classes that she has taught at Yarn Nook over the past couple of years. Amy is a talented knitting instructor who enjoys sharing knowledge with others and watching new knitters get inspired with the passion of knitting. "Knitting has opened up a new community for me to be involved in and has brought me a whole new group of friends that share a common interest."

Past Yarn Nooker Spotlights:
Jill Lyons
Suzette Bienvenue

New arrivals at the shop!

Kim has received lots of new and fun yarns, needles, notions, books, and patterns at Yarn Nook in the past couple of weeks. Here are two of the most recent arrivals:

Hiya Hiya Sock Kits
Each kit contains 9 inch circular knitting needles in sizes 1, 2, and 3, a bag for the needles, stitch markers, and a Hiya Hiya sock pattern.

Patterns from Two Old Bags including the ever-popular Lucy Bag pattern.

Come by the shop to get yours today!

Hiya Hiya Interchangeable Needle Sets are also on order and should be arriving soon!

World Wide Knit in Public Day!!!

The Yarn Nookers and Barnes & Noble will be hosting a great Knit Out to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day. The knit out will take place this Saturday, June 13th from 10am until 6pm (or so....you know how we are when we get together, we never want to leave!!). Kim will be at the bookstore the entire day, so look for her when you arrive.

As I have said before, this will be a great way for all of us to share the knitting and crocheting love with the public and inspire others to begin knitting and crocheting themselves! So, please come by Barnes and Noble Saturday and plan to hang out for as long as you would like ~ bring a couple of your current works in progress and/or completed projects to show off and to work on!

Yarn Nook will be open Saturday, so you can stop by the shop to pick up anything you may need on your way to the bookstore.

We want to extend a great big THANK YOU to Barnes & Noble for hosting this event at their store!