Welcome to The Knitting Boutique blogspot! This is the space to visit to find out about the goings-on of our new yarn store. The Knitting Boutique promises to be a unique, new kind of yarn store. Come visit us and check out our electronic pattern library, our coffee bar area, our fireplace and our sit and knit areas. For class support, The Knitting Boutique offers instructor-led classes with both camera and video support to help you learn new techniques. Feel free to visit our website often for all the latest. We can’t wait to see you!
We had a fun-filled weekend at The Knitting Boutique with Famous Knitter Shirley Paden teaching Lace and Colorwork techniques as well as a full day of Cable and Twisted stitches. Our next Famous Knitter is Alasdair Post-Quinn and Double Knitting the weekend April 20 and 21. Register on line or in the shop. See you at the Boutique!
Yarn store owners attended the “Smart Business Conference” in Baltimore for the last couple of days sponsored by Yarn Market News. As part of the conference, almost 30 visited The Knitting Boutique, as part of the owner’s Yarn Crawl. The Boutique received lots of wonderful compliments and well wishes from the owners, who loved our store!
Yarn owners from across the country arrived at The Knitting Boutique.
Yarn store owners check out the shop.
Owners reading "What Would Your Mother Say" sign.
Owners check out The Boutique's camera capability in the classrooms.
Famous Knitter Shirley Paden will be visiting The Knitting Boutique on Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17 and teaching a series of classes. We’ll begin Saturday morning with an Intro to Lace class and a Stranded Colorwork class in the afternoon. On Sunday, we’ll have a full day of learning Cable and Twisted Stitches. We’ll also have our Famous Knitters Lunch and we’ll talk about our upcoming classes. See you at the Boutique!
Stranded Colorwork
Cables and Twisted Stitches
Twisted Stiches
We had a great 1st Friday event with Donna from Skacel. Below are photos from the evening. See you at the Boutique!
Donna from Skacel Yarns.
Customers look at the various colors available.
What an incredible weekend for our 1st annual Knitting Boutique Retreat at the Kent Manor Inn on Kent Island. Almost 50 participants joined in for a weekend of good food, fun and fellowship. The theme of the weekend was “All Things Colorwork.” Below are photos from our week-end. If you’re interested in joining us next year at the “2014 Knitting Boutique Retreat: All Things Finishing,” save your space now by calling us or by registering on line.
Putting the participant bags together.
Breakfast at the Inn.
The view of the Mansion from the Gardenhouse.
Classes start with instructor Antje Gillingham.
Fair Isle knitting.
Sit and Stitch in the evening.
A cool way to hold colors of yarn.
A "Red Velvet" evening.
Come and join us every Wednesday night for “Boutique Game Night.” We’ll be playing games like “Boutique Bingo,” “Password,” “Stare” and of course “Pass the Bomb.” (If you haven’t played it, it’s a BLAST!) No charge, just come in and join us. The fun starts at 5:00 pm. AND, the customer who has won the most games by the end of the evening, gets a discount on his or her purchases! See you at the Boutique!
Swans Island yarn brought a little bit of Maine to The Knitting Boutique this morning. Imagine a beautiful organic yarn using all natural dyes and traditional hand dyeing techniques that produce incredibly soft yarns with a rich color. Swans Island yarns were on display at this morning’s “Saturday Morning Breakfast Club” – the morning event for Boutique Club Card members. And at this exclusive Club Card event, the Swans Island yarns and patterns were 15% off. It was a beautiful morning – thanks to those who braved the weather to meet with us!
Below are some great photos of our customers and their projects at The Knitting Boutique! Come and join us for Sit and Stitch night on Thursday or Fridays.
Anita's daughter is showing off her new Knit, Swirl that her mother made with Bonita.
Sit and Stitch on a Friday Night.
Sit and Stitch on a Thursday Night.
Joyce's Corkscrew Mitten class.
As part of The Knitting Boutique’s Famous Knitter Workshop series, Tanis Gray held a class yesterday teaching from her Capitol Knits book. Students learned about techniques and sizing for her Lincoln Cardi. One student shared, “Just have to say I had another good class today. I really appreciated the method that the class was taught. You know I am a big fan of hand outs and subject matter knowledge and Tanis had both.” Thanks Tanis for visiting. We look forward to your next visit!
Join us for our first Famous Knitter Saturday of 2013 when Tanis Gray joins us on Saturday, January 12 beginning at 10:00 am. We’ll begin knitting the Lincoln Cardi, a design from Tanis’ Capitol Knits book. Registration is $50. You can also join us for lunch. See you at the Boutique!
