Archive for October, 2009
The New “Kit” in Town
There’s a new needle felting kit in the store! And he has friends!
The kits are created by Lorna’s Wool and include everything you need to create the neatest figures – felting needles, step by step instuctions and all the fiber. The kits are built around already felted woolen eggs.
You can create, pigs, bunnies, sheep, Santa’s, [...]
Mad About Ewe’s 10th Annual Retreat!!
We at Mad About Ewe have been having a retreat every year for the last 9 years! And the 10th is on its way!
The Retreat has been held at the Kiwi Cove Lodge for the last 5 years and is going to be there for this next retreat as well. Kiwi Cove Lodge is outside [...]
A Little “Zimmerman” Magic!
The Baby Surprise Jacket has been knit literally thousands of times and given with love every time. It is one of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s iconic patterns that combines garter stitch with modular structuring to create an easy and attractive jacket! So attractive that there are now adult “surprise” jackets and many other variations on the same [...]
Garlands of Lace
Yesterday I unpacked an incredible box! It was a Box of Lace – the Trunk Show for Queen Anne’s Lace. Anne Corcoran is a Canadian Lace Designer. She has only been designing for about 3 years and look at what she has created!
Mad About Ewe will be hosting her trunk show for the next couple [...]
The Beads’ the Thing
Now that Dorothy has let the cat out of the bag – though I am not sure that it was ever in – you all know that I love beads. Love to look at them, collect them and knit with them! Because of this interest – obsession – Emily has brought some beads into the [...]
Workshop Updates
Due to great demand there will be a second Thrummed Mitten Workshop. This will be held Saturday November 28th, from 9:30 am to 4:00pm. The first Mitten workshop sold out in less than a week and we have been running a waiting list since then – the waiting list is more than half full and [...]