Knitting and Stitching for Charity
Stashes. We all have one. Even if we don't want to admit it out loud. Check out TheStitchin' Den's featured charity knitting projects.
North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley is looking for knitted and crocheted hats for babies. These hats are for premature and normal newborns especially in Weld county. Thanks to Janet West of Greeley for providing the knitted pattern for these hats. It was posted in our December Newsletter and is now on the Yarn page at www.thestitchinden.com
Warm The World focuses on US children in our foster care system as well as seveal targeted orphanges overseas and at risk adults. You can donate handmade afghans, hats and scarves or your left over yarn (nicely balled).
www.warmtheworld.com
The Estes Valley Knitter's Guild is supporting the Estes Park police and ambulance service. They are in need of blankets to be kept in their emergency vehicals. You can knit or crochet asny worsted weight machine washable yarn into 10 inch by 10 inch squares. thanks to JoAnn Mullen and Liz DeCleene for orgaining and coordinating making these donations into squares.
www.thecenterforfiberarts.com
Susan G. Komen is one of our favorite foundations. They need donations of knitted or crocheted hats and scarves out of machine washable pink yarn. All proceed from the sale of these donations go to fund breast cancer research.
www.komen.org
Hats and scarves for the childen of Nepal began seveal years ago and was brought to The Stitchin' Den by Collette Smith. Collette worked at the shop for several years and has continued to inspire people to created beautiful knitted items.
www.thestitchinden.com
Classes at the Stitchen Den
Classes are available in three Locations!
ESTES PARK, CO
At The Stitchin Den Shop
165 Virginia DriveLOVELAND, CO
Barnes and Noble
Centerra Shopping CenterGREELEY, CO
Sew Downtown
824 9TH ST, Suite A
Greeley, COFor questions about the classes, please contact the shop directly, at 970.577.8210
Sublime Spring Classes!
We are excited to offer an exciting class line-up for Winter 2012 at The Stitchin’ Den in Estes Park, Colorado. Below are classes with their dates and times. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Classes at The Stitchin’ Den shop in Estes Park, Colorado
Estes Vest
Not only is this vest named after our beloved mountain town – home of The Stitchin’ Den, it’s a cable lover’s dream!This is an advanced knitting project. A basic understanding of cabling and sweater construction is necessary. We will learn advanced cables, side-angled pockets, and applied I-cord or ribbed edging (your choice) and button loops. We will also discuss customization options, including seamless and seamed construction, and measuring torso length and adjusting pattern repeats for a perfect fit.
Saturdays 2:00-4:00 PM: 3/3, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/14
- Color-work Classes featuring Marilyn Mueller
Brioche Socks
Friday February 24th and/or Saturday February 25th
Fair Isle Hats and Headbands
Friday March 9th and/or Saturday March 10th
Knit One Below Technique
Friday March 16th and/or Saturday March 17th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Magnificent Mittens and Socks
Friday March 30th and/or Saturday March 31st -
Classes at Barnes & Noble-Centerra, Loveland location
Crochet Beaded Cord and Button
Sunday, March 25th
2:00-4:00PM
Mother’s Day Pillow Toppers
Sunday, March 4th, 11th, & 18th
2:00-4:00 PM
Knitting Flowers: Exploring 3-D Design
Sunday, May 6th, 20th, and 27th
2:00-4:00PM
“Knit Your Cat” Pillow
Time & Date TBA – Call The Stitchin’ Den for class details 970-577-8210 -
Classes coming soon to our new Greeley location at Sew Downtown! Stay tuned for coming classes and more info!
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Brown Sheep
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Mountain Colors
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Cascade
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Farmhouse Yarns
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Lonesome Stone Alpaca
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Plymouth
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Knit One, Crochet Too
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Crystal Palace
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Tahki Cotton
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Dye Lot Yarns
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Universal yarns
More...
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Point Protectors
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Stitch Markers
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Clover Wooden Needles
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Susan Bates Metal and Plastic Needles
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Fiber Trend Patterns
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Oat Couture
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Timeless Totes
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Scissors
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Stretcher Bars
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Needles for ribbon, needlepoint and cross stitch
Lots more!!!!
The Staff Stitch of the Month is the Cevron Rib.
This stitch is worked in a repeat of 18 sts plus one knit. So cast on your project in multiples of 18 plus one.
Row 1: (RS) P1, *K1, P2, K2, P2, P1; rep from* to end.
Row 2: *K3, P2, K2, P2, K1, (P2, K2) twice;rep from *to last st, K1.
Row 3: *(P2, K2) twice, P3, K2, P2, K2, P1; rep from * to last st, P1.
Row 4: *K1, P2, K2, P2, K5, P2, K2, P2; rep from * to last st, K1.
Rep these two rows.
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Knitting Margaritas
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Kids Can Create
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Sweater Knit-A-Long
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Needle Nutz Coming soon.
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Yarn Whisperer
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Open Knitting
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Social get togethers
Want to know more?
Check out the Home page for times and dates.
Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program
Susan, Donna, Pam, Deb, and Liz are all starting the Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program sponsored by The National Knitter's Guild.
We are meeting regularly at Kind Coffee in Estes Park to make sure we all stay on track. It is a lot of fun and is helping us fine tune all of our skills.
Interested in forming a stitchin' group?
The Stitchin' Den would like to help. We have several opportunities to meet in the shop. Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, Saturday all day or Sundays during the summer.
Join groups already in session at Notchtop every Thursday at 2PM or the 1st and 3rd Monday night with the Knitting Margaretas at Casa Grande
Novice stitchers, experts or stitcher wanna bes are all welcomed. A lot of help and support will be available at each group.
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Stitch Nivh
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In Good Company
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JR Designs
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Shelly Tribbey
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Cooper Oakes
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Sundance
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Other...
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Needles
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Scissors
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Bags
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Floss Cards
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Hoops
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Stretcher Bars
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Lights
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Baskets
