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Summer Beadnik Ponchette

Source: Summer Crochet Ponchette via YarnDesignersBoutique on Craftsy Well, summer is back and that means we will be working on lacy, airy, and lightweight knits. Here’s a great little poncho for t...

Herringbone Ruffled Cowl

Source: Herringbone Ruffled Cowl via YarnDesignersBoutique on Craftsy I find the Herringbone stitch pretty interesting because it looks more like woven fabric, than knit. Some people would even say...

Fashion Friday!

I can’t believe the Fashion Show is NEXT FRIDAY! We are so busy getting everything ready, I’m particularly excited that we decided to go for a dessert theme. It was a tough job sampling all those d...

From the Mountain Cashmere Lattice Slouchy Hat

Source: Cashmere Lattice Slouchy Hat via YarnDesignersBoutique on Craftsy This slouchy hat pattern works really well with a monochrome yarn and From the Mountain‘s 100% Cashmere Fayzbad Twist creat...

Yarn Dyeing Demo this Friday!

  Just a quickie to let you know that we will be dyeing yarn this Friday June 6th, before the store opens. So if you want to learn more about how you can easily dye your own yarn at home, we’ll be ...

Special Gift for Guests to the Maggiknits Workshops

Today we’ve been working on our super special gifts that all of our attendees to the Maggiknits workshop in Big Bear Lake will receive. Here’s a sneak peek at one of our designs. Can you guess what...

Happy Easter

  Best wishes for a wonderful Easter filled with sweet treats and the joy of spring. We will be closed spending Easter with our families!  But don’t miss our workshop on Saturday! SATURDAY JANET SC...

Spring Fever is Here

Spring is here and we’ve been doing some Spring cleaning – after our Winter flood and bunny and dog mistakes – we now have spruced up the shop and it looks and smells GREAT thanks to some help from...

Winter Inventory Restocked!

Hello Yarn Lovers, Welcome to a great New Year!  Thanks to so many of you, we had a record year in 2013! Now we’ve restocked and would like you to know about the beautiful new yarns that are ready ...

Turtleback Fitted Shrug Pattern

Source: Turtleback Fitted Shrug via YarnDesignersBoutique on Craftsy Yarn: 1,050 yards of worsted weight yarn for small/medium – Add 150 yards for large/X-large. Pictured shawl is made from Simply ...