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A New FDF Yarn: Recollect

Recollect is a plied sport weight yarn that is 100% Rambouillet. Most Rambouillet is white but Farmer’s Daughter’s is 75% white and 25% black. The unusual, hard to find combination of colors creates a gray base resulting in colors that are delightfully rich and rustic.

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Examine our samples!

This post is an open invitation to examine and try on our samples! My Sister Knits is a hands-on yarn shop.

When you have no idea what to knit next, we are your place for ideas!

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Woolly Blooms Tipless Gloves (Copy)

Wooly Blooms Tipless Gloves are definitely something you should give serious thought to making this summer!

First, they are a small portable project that won’t take up lap space and make you hot!

Second, they look like they are so much fun to make! Each pair is unique and can be personalized by the knitter.

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Clinton Hill Cashmere, Oh My!

A skein or two of Clinton Hill Cashmere yarn is an indulgence that you will treasure for years to come!

Getting cashmere off of the goat and onto your needles is quite a process and involves a world-wide trip. The term ‘cashmere’ indicates the downy underfiber that goats generate as insulation in the winter. Then they shed it in the summer. Cashmere does not mean a certain breed of goat!

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Meet Our Newest Yarn!

We would like to introduce you to Chicken Coop Dyeworks yarn! New at My Sister Knits this week, you will find it featured on our renovated wall to the left as you enter the shop! We are busily creating samples of this fun yarn so you can see and feel it knit into a project.

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Mountain Mohair Samples on Display

We have several samples of items knit with Green Mountain Spinnery’s Mountain Mohair on display at the shop right now! We encourage you to make a special trip to My Sister Knits to see this yarn knit up before they leave us. It’s always helpful to see, feel, and try on samples!

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August Knitting

If you’re like the My Sister Knits staff, your mind is yearning for fall knitting. However, the weather, even with air conditioning, is not ideal for having large projects on our laps. We have a terrific solution for you

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Two Marvelous Discoveries!

My Sister Knits is thrilled to announce two marvelous discoveries!

First is Yarn Hero Fiber Arts! Julie manages to spot glorious yarns that are not readily available to local yarn shops. Yarn Hero is one of them and we have a trunk show arriving on Saturday, August 1st.

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My Sister Knits' Fresh Look!

Exciting things are afoot at My Sister Knits! There has been much moving of furniture, pushing and pulling of movable shelving carts, and general upheaval on our main level!

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Coming Soon!

My Sister Knits is hosting a Forbidden Fiber Co. trunk show coming next week! This is a completely different trunk show than usual. Most trunk shows feature sample items that are not for sale. This one will have yarn for sale!

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Woolly Blooms Tipless Gloves

Wooly Blooms Tipless Gloves are definitely something you should give serious thought to making this summer!

First, they are a small portable project that won’t take up lap space and make you hot!

Second, they look like they are so much fun to make! Each pair is unique and can be personalized by the knitter.

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Indie Dyers!

My Sister Knits has something in the works that we can’t wait to show you! Julie has a passion for finding notable yarn from small independent dyers. My Sister Knits is focused on providing breed specific, non superwash, unique yarns to our customers.

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