The Queen of Hats!!

Most of you know our friend Rita...She has been VERY busy knitting hats! She has knit over 50 hats since December!!!! All with her stash!

What's New

New colors in the Nashua's cotton linen blend.

Marina! The newest version of the ruffle scarf.

Locally made, BEAUTIFUL knitting bowls

Temis, a cotton, acrylic nylon blend. The thick and thin spin gives great texture.

Perfect for a summer shell or sweater.

Betty's Back!!

Betty will be teaching a class on this beautiful felted bag on:
March 5, 19 and 26 11:00-12:00

Knit and Crochet Show

Cultured Purl on the road at the Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Show...

Thanks Grandma!!!

Gotta love hand knit knee socks!

getting better....

More Weaving

My first attempt at "looming"

Leo: " Mommy, are you Looming something for me?"

Ok... it is not perfect, edges are crazy, a bit wobbly, but I LOVE WEAVING!!!!! I love mixing all the colors and textures...It is making me look at my stash in a whole new way!

Looms!?!?!?!?!

I am proud to say we are now distributors of Ashford Looms!!! Stop by and see my Knitters Loom...it's portable!!!!!

Hurry...knit faster

This is the time of year for quick knits, here are a few we have been working on...

Estimated knit time (EKT) 2hrs

This is an easy one, the yarn does all the work:

US 17 needle

Cast on 10

Knit every row

EKT: 4hrs

A customer came in the other day with a very cute I-cord braided scarf....this is how I made mine:

size 15 DPNS

Cast on 5 stitch with three different balls of yarn (15 st total)

Knit your i-cords until desired length...

braid the three i-cords..tie each end...done

Hat EKT: 2hrs

Cowl EKT: 4hrs

The pattern for the hat can be found here, and the cowl here.

New sock kits!

Not only are these socks cute, your purchase will support Ovarian Cancer Research!!

Christmas is coming....

I have finished Leo's stocking....now I have to whip up Stuies!!...got to go knit ;)

Buttons!!!

We are lucky to have a Dimension Art Button truck show here at the Cultured Purl!! It is here until Monday so stop by and see these one of a kind works of art!!!

Upcoming Classes at the Cultured Purl

Mitten Madness October 30 and November 6 1:00-3:00

Toe up Socks October 31, and November 7 12:00-1:30

Yoga for Knitters November 6 10:00- 11:30

2 Socks-2 Circs November 14, 21 and December 5 12-1:30

Ornaments November 13 1:00- 3:00

Fall Sweater Knit-along Starts October 23 10:00-12:00

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Ok...I am down to these three sweaters for my knit-along project! What do you think? What are you thinking about knitting

Want to knit this....

or this????

Which one should I knit in the fall sweater knit-along? What would you knit?

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Dino....

This is Leo's Dino hat...a work in progress. He has big ideas for his hat... First I was going to make a hat to match his brothers hat....

Leo: "no mommy, that is just not colorful enough for me."
Ok...so I made him a colorful hat out of Cobble Stone yarn (Lovely yarn!!!)...

Leo: "It's just a little boring....I think it needs dinosaur spikes. Lot of dinosaur spikes."
Ok...So now it has spikes...and it will have a tail that has "two pointy triangles on the ends with spikes going all the way down "

This boy needs to start knitting his own designs!!! :)

Noro?

A scarf made with Noro.....Yes Noro...this beautiful yarn has subtle color changes.

New Hat