The French Knot

The Stitch Niche is now The French Knot.  Come celebrate with us!  We have a new owner, but Leona and Georgie aren’t going anywhere so the service you’ve always enjoyed won’t change!  Keep checking back for news.

We are very sad to announce that The Stitch Niche will be closing in February 2013.  To clear inventory we will be putting most of the store on sale at a significant discount. 

Knitting…

• All knitting accessories–50% off
• All individual patterns–50% off
• Most yarns (only a few exceptions)–50% off
• All books–40% off
• Sweater models will be sold for $45.00.  Most scarves will be $10.00

Please note that because of the anticipated sales volume, we will not wind yarn.

UPDATE:  If we are holding yarn for you, it will be returned to the shelf on December 15, 2012.  Please contact us if you need this yarn.

• We will no longer accept any needlepoint finishing
• All canvases–50% off
• All needlepoint accessories (except beads)–50% off  

Please note that because of the anticipated sales volume:

• Stitch guides will not be available
• It is likely that we will not be able to help you choose your needlepoint threads

We have some new yarn!!

It’s Schoppel Cat Print Hand Dye Collection.  The yarn is already wound into two balls to make sock knitting easy.  The yarn is 75% Virgin Superwash Wool [Hand Dyed] – 25% Nylon and there are 459 yards per 100 gram ball.   $23.

And here are some finished objects to inspire you…

A bunch of dishcloths by Deanne.

Another Christmas sweater by Lisa.

Yoko made a beautiful butterfly canvas.

Terry’s bag came back from the finisher.

Pat’s pillow.

Mignon finished a brick.

Meg’s Stocking.

Dorsey finished these stockings.

A bunch of Georgie’s canvases going off to the finisher.

A bunch of Leona’s canvases heading to the finisher.

Oh The Joy!

The finished needlepoint projects are streaming back in from our finishers and they are beautiful.  A lot of work goes in to these before they are sent off, as you know.  Then when they return, we see how much work goes into finishing them.  These are all so cool.

An Owl pillow by Sarah

A Christmas wreath by Carol

Kissing Balls by Mary

A pillow by Mary

Terry’s pillow

Terry’s other pillow.

Georgie’s cat off to the finisher.

And one lone knitting project is shared with us this week.

Deanne finished the Hepburn Pullover

LOOK!
New books for all you hat knitters.  Stop by and look through them.

How’s your holiday knitting coming along?  It’s not too late to start some gift knitting.  Hats, mittens, fingerless mittens and gloves, scarves, shawls, socks and slippers are some ideas for quick knits that make great gifts.  For some, there is even time to finish a sweater.

If you need some inspiration, we have new issues of Knit ‘n Style and Vogue Knitting.

Here are a few more ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

There are so many unique yarns in the shop to dress up a simple garter stitch scarf.

The bag on the right is knit with Footprints which comes with two colors.  One is self-striping and the other is a complimentary solid.

And a plethora of head coverings.  

Come by for help choosing a pattern and casting on.  Of course you’ll need some yarn for these wonderful give away projects.

And for some inspiration for the needlepointers among us, here are some ornaments done by Leona & Georgie. 

We have a few finished objects to share with you this week.

Deanne finished a shawl.

Nat the Brat finished a scarf.  Lavish praise, Nat!

Dee got her brick back from the finisher.  She plans to use it for a door stop.

Today is a bit of a simple post. There has been lots of needlepointing, knitting and crocheting going on at the Stitch Niche.  Remember… the ladies that keep our favorite shop running smoothly are really good at answering questions and offering advice.  Sometimes another set of eyes can be just the thing to help you get over your creative slump. So while you ponder what project to start next, I’ll show you some great ways to embellish what you have and brag on our friends and their great finished objects. 

Buttons and sequins and beads, oh my!

And now for those finished objects.  What did you finish recently?

Janet finished a scarf, and some other stuff, too.  But the scarf is the only thing I got a picture of.

Leona’s “rug” came back from the finisher.  I showed it to you before it went off to be finished.  It’s a rug, but no one will be walking on this amazing canvas.  It will hang on the wall.  You should stop by and look closely at it.  It is quite lovely.

Remember these cuties?

Georgie has been busy. 

Nonnie finished this lovely canvas.

 

Or chase kids away from your lawn?

                                                                                

Well, there is a little bit of a debate going on in the shop…

I’m not saying which witch is which, but some people might have an idea.

Of course there are lots of needlepoint witches to stitch.  Here is a sampling.  You can see more here.

We got some new needlepoint canvases this week.

A set of tags.  Pretty cute, aren’t they.  Some ideas for finishing these are ornaments or gift tags.  You can probably think of something else as well.

These are just in as well.  You saw the pirate ship finished last week, and the cat was featured as a finished object the week before that. 

For you knitters, we have some new books to show you.  Of course, to really appreciate a book full of patterns, you have to come in and leaf through it.  Don’t be shy, we like visitors.

And now it’s time for some finished objects.

Beach Feet by Virginia, finished as a pillow.

Susan got back from the finisher a pillow and an ornament this week.

Deanne wrapped up a few projects this week.  A baby blanket, a sachet for a bride and a bunch of washcloths.

The amazing Lisa finished another sweater.

Look at great finished objects!
Lavish Praise, Ladies!

Stop by and learn some new tricks while you make yourself a few treats.

Here is a treat for you knitters and crocheters.  Check out our stock of eleven different Araucania yarns.  You will find a nice variety of fibers and weights, from fingering to chunky in wool, cotton and even alpaca.

Here is a sampling of a few of the options.

An inside shot.

You needlepointers can learn some tricks using some new colors from Caron.  Wildflowers comes in a 36 yard skein of hand-dyed cotton.  Watercolours is a 3 ply pima cotton and comes in a 10 yard skein.  Here is the new palette.  Aren’t they pretty?

To help inspire your creativity be sure to treat yourself to a magazine featuring your craft.  Here are two new ones.  We have some older issues on sale as well.

See those spiders on the cover of Needlepoint Now?  We have several of those canvases along with some spider “legs” to put them in to finish them up.  You know you want to do one so you better come pick one out before they are gone.

Oh, the treats just keep coming!!!

Now for some finished objects.

From the flying fingers of Leona we have a pirate ship and a spaceman ornament.  Some of those pirate ship threads glow in the dark.  It’s pretty cool.

Jeanne is sending a wallet off to be finished.

Joanne has a belt going off to the finisher.

This adorable little guy is destined to be a pillow for Carol.

Our knitters have been busy as well.

Mary finished a beautiful scarf.  Lavish praise!

Syndi has been busy.  She finished a beautiful little sweater and hat set for her new grandson.  And she is ready for a blustery Mississippi winter with her hat and fingerless glove set.

Stacy is showing off an awesome pair of socks she knitted and her friend is modeling the wedding veil and capelet she crocheted.

Can you believe that October has already arrived?  Time keeps flying by.  But at The Stitch Niche you can sit for a little while and just let it go on by.  It will be time well spent.

If you are a needlepointer, you can spend some of that time stitching something like this…

It may end up looking like this, which is a carpet bag stitched by our very own Georgie.  

You can use some of these new Kreinik Colors.  We have them in sizes 4, 8, 12 and 16.

For the knitters among us, a friendly reminder that the HiyaHiya steel circular needles are on sale… 40% off.  Stock up now.

And for Halloween inspiration.  Check out the felted pumpkin.  You can find the pattern here.

Now for some finished objects…

Georgie has been busy.  That’s a flying witch on the washcloth.  Do you sense a theme here?

Leona has been busy as well.  She finished some snowman ornaments, a scarf, some hats, a sweater and the cutest little snail you ever saw.

Gail Ann got a stocking back from the finisher and is sending a 12 Days of Christmas at the Beach ornament off to be finished.

And by Yoko, we have a Japanese Wedding Kimono canvas.

 Patty finished this amazing canvas.

Dee finished some stockings for her cats.

Thanks for all the finished objects everyone.  Keep them coming!

We tried to misbehave this week, but it’s been too busy.  Leona will be back next week, so we will soon miss our chance.  We’ve heard that The Chief is having a great time and may have a hard time getting back to work so go easy on her for a few days.

Since Halloween is just a few weeks away, here is a little reminder of all the Halloween canvases you can choose from.  Come in and check them out or go right now and look at them here.

New copies of Needlepoint Now magazine

A new color of Marble Baby

And Malabrigo Aquarella. It is a super bulky weight with a gauge of 2.25 stitches per inch on a size US13. A skein is 65 yards for $13.60