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An Invitation to a Yarn Tasting!

My Sister Knits cordially invites you to a yarn tasting! Participants will get a 10g ball of each of our four bases from Blacker Yarns. You’ll be able to hear about the history and special aspects of this yarn from Cornwall, England while you’re testing out/tasting the yarn. We are proud to be the only yarn shop in the United States to carry Blacker Yarn!

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It’s Here!

My Sister Knits’ Mitchell Wool Co. shipment has arrived!! We are so excited to carry this yarn! Our American Fiber yarn from Mitchell Wool Co. is so important because it was basically rescued from a mill that was closing down

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Summer Events are Almost Upon Us!

Summer is almost here! Can you believe it? Somehow everything feels a bit more laid back during the summer months. Our schedules might open up a bit, giving us time to do something different. My Sister Knits has several fun special events planned!

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An Essential Kate Atherly Sock Book!

My Sister Knits now has copies of Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks: Knit To Fit Your Feet! Kate Atherly is one of my favorite teachers and even before I took a dive into this book I knew it would be fantastic, thorough, and easy to understand. Kate is a mathematician who brings that knowledge and also her years of tech editing sock patterns to this invaluable book.

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Let’s Have Some Colorful Fun!

Let’s have some fun! If you’re anything like me, you often look at our skeins of Spincycle yarn and ooh and aah over the colors but you don’t really know what you’d do with it so you leave it on the shelf.

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muud Leather Trunk Show!

My Sister Knits has long been a fan of mudd leather knitting bags. We have a trunk show of these beauties arriving this week! mudd is a Danish company well known for its quality leather goods.

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Subtle, Heathery Wooldreamers Saona

Wooldreamers has an intriguing yarn for spring knitting! Saona is a 50/50 wool-cotton blend, all from Spain. The wool is a blend of Merino and Manchega. The fun thing about Manchega is that it comes from Manchega sheep who are also the source of Manchego cheese! 

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Sophie Revisited

The Sophie Scarf, designed by PetiteKnit, took the knitting world by storm. They are all over the place! There are over 16,700 projects posted on Ravelry!

Just when we thought we had enough Sophies at My Sister Knits, we have one more that is almost a requirement for springtime or summer evenings!

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Learn About Possum Fur!

A few weeks ago I wrote about giving your brain a break with a kit. Today, we’re going to focus on classes and making your brain work by learning something new!

We have a variety of classes in April to choose from:

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Give Your Brain a Break with a Kit!

Have you ever known you wanted to knit…something…but you didn’t want to go through the process of finding a pattern and then the yarn to go with it? You wanted someone to present you with a project ready to start, perhaps even handed to you on a silver tray, just to complete our picture here!

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