Stitch 'N Pitch Sunday May 17th!

Join us for some Baseball and Stitching fun on Sunday May 17th, for our annual South Florida Stitch N Pitch event!  Marlins vs. Dodgers.  Tickets are $22 each and we will be sitting as a group in the Bullpen Box seats.  As usual, there will be an exclusive giveaway for the first 100 Stitch N Pitch ticket holders (including yarn and magazines.)  You can purchase tickets at Anneke's or any other LYS in the area.  It should be a lot of fun once again!  

To find out more about Stitch N Pitch events watch this brief video about a great turnout at a similar event at Shea Stadium in New York.

 

A day of laughter and reminiscing

Betsy, Veronica, Alex, Joan and others came by today and we had some very good laughs.  You kinda had to be there....  Unfortunately we had only a cell phone (and a lousy photographer) to capture the moments, not a real camera!  Betsy and Veronica just miss their days of working at Anneke's Needleworks (ha ha, not really) and Alex was just loving our tales of the shop as she is getting ready to open up her own shop June 1st on Martha's Vineyard!!  I keep trying to talk her into a swap, she can have my shop in Miami and I will take on her new shop up North.  So far, no go..... 

Any of you heading up that way this summer make sure you stop by her shop.   Details will follow.

...check out Betsy hiding behind Joan in that last photo.....  you may have to click on  and enlarge the photo to really see her.....   :-)  

Why on earth are you crocheting a coral reef? : An Earth Day special

Watch this fascinating talk by Margaret Wertheim, a well known Australian science communicator.  She and her twin sister masterminded a project that" involves mathematics, marine biology, feminine handicrafts and environmental activism."  With the help of thousands all around the world, they have crocheted a coral reef.   One of the goals of this project was to spread the word on the effect of Global Warming on these reefs.  Find out more.....

Crochet Workshop: Kristin Omdahl Sunday 05/03

We have some great news for all you South Florida crochet enthusiasts! Anneke’s Needleworks in Miami will be hosting a 3 hour workshop with Kristin Omdahl, a nationally acclaimed knit and crochet designer, on Sunday May 3rd. The workshop will be held from 12:00 noon until 3:00 pm. Prior to the workshop we will have a little brunch, and after the workshop Kristin will be available for book signing!

"Kristin's designs can be found in major publications including Interweave Crochet Magazine, Crochet Magazine, Vogue Knitting, Knit N Style, Knit 1 and others.  In addition, Kristin's designs are featured in many books including collaborations like the recently released Crochet Me, Vogue Knitting On The Go series and more."

Kristin’s work is featured on the cover of the current Interweave Crochet, Spring Issue. She is also the author of the fabulous book “Wrapped In Crochet: Scarves, Wraps and Shawls.” “With this book you can create stunning crocheted scarves, wraps and shawls using clever stitch motifs, and traditional to innovative shaping. Targeted at beginning to intermediate crocheters, with projects for every budget, these unique pieces invite you to take your crochet to the next level.”

The workshop will be on one of the scarves featured in this book, this beautiful “Blaze” scarf.

Thank You's are in order....

It was hopping in the shop both Saturday and Sunday and I could not possibly have done it all on my own, thank you so much to all of you who helped me out!  Thank You....

To Andi for teaching two lovely, fun, classes.  Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, once again.

To Megan for coming in to help re-decorate even though you are still recovering from  your surgery.  The shop is really starting to look awesome once again!

To Marilyn, for helping customers make some beautiful yarn and project choices.

To Mary for helping out with customers and for winding all that yarn!

To Emily, for the best cake ever!!  A decadent, yummy, Red Velvet Cake!!  Wow was it good.  It is always such a treat when you bake for us.

To Vivian for ordering lunch for all of us.

To Sophie, for helping a customer while I was too busy with several.

To everyone who came in this weekend, thank you for coming and thank you for your patience!  Diane for patiently waiting for your yarn for so long, Helen for understanding that the morning class was still going on when you came in for the afternoon class, Maria, Iris and Hara for understanding that  once again I was trying to multi-task.  

To Sophia for feeding Mama duck and her little ducklings who are now 4 almost weeks old......

I hope I didn't forget anyone......  Thank you!

Anneke

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UPS Delivers Lorna's Laces and Prism Yarns!

Why is it that it always feels like Christmas when our local UPS driver knocks on the door bearing gifts, I mean boxes, shipped by our yarn and needlepoint canvas suppliers?  Just today he came by with two beautiful boxes, have a look!   Well, yes it's what's inside the boxes that's beautiful.  In the top box we have some very luxurious new yarns from Lorna's Laces, and in the bottom box we have some awesome new yarns from Prism.  Not a bad choice in additions to the line eh?.....

We are slowly but surely expanding our line of Lorna's Laces yarns, and in todays shipment we got the "buttery soft worsted weight" Lion & Lamb yarn, what a great name!  A 50% Silk and 50% wool blend.  This is the yarn that was chosen for the infamous original clapotis pattern, which is available on knitty.com, available in the Fall 2004 issue.

          We sold three full bags right out of the box today!

 

We are also adding some of the newer Prism yarns to our already extensive selection of these fine yarns.  Today we added the Merino Mia which is a 100% Merino Super Wash and is described by the Prism Yarn Co. as "just what you have been waiting for from us:  a work horse yarn that is beautifully twisted, soft, easy to knit, has a lovely sheen and takes our vibrant, clear colors extremely well..."

Come on by to check out these new additions to our wonderful assortment of yarns!