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She’s here! sarah hatton comes to RCY
We’re so very excited to welcome Rowan designer, Sarah
Hatton, to Edmonton. We’ve
enjoyed knitting our way
through several of Sarah’s designs as a featured Rowan designer. And we’re thrilled to
be hosting Sarah for three
days on her North American
tour. Sarah will be at River
City Yarns West signing books
and teaching workshops.
Sarah’s workshops are sold out
but you can still come out and
meet her on Monday, March
4 from 6:00-8:00pm. Call our
Westside store at 780-477-9276
to RSVP for this free event.
Can’t come out and play? Call
in and purchase one (or more)
of Sarah’s books and we’ll get
them signed for you. You can
pick them up later or have
them mailed to you.
Sarah Hatton Books
Scarves, Shrugs and Shawls:
Sarah Hatton showcases 22
designs with gorgeous textures and cables, intricate
openwork lace, and interesting
and appealing shaping. An
inspirational “How to Wear It”
gallery offers the myriad ways
to wrap, twist or tie your accessories,
so you can wear them over and over.
For knitters of all levels, this book is a
wonderful source of stunning designs
and a handy reference to help you
master the art of knitting.
Meet British designer, Sarah
Hatton, at River City Yarns
cluding super cozy accessories
and simple sweaters.
Vintage Inspired Projects: This
collection features 7 garments
and 2 accessories all with a feminine, vintage feel.
10 Simple Cosy Projects: now in it’s
third re-print! This book is designed
to encourage as many people into the
world of hand knitting as possible.
Using cozy “winter” yarns from the
Rowan range, for each project you
will find a list of equipment, how
much yarn you will need and a clear,
simple set of instructions. In addition,
each pattern helps you learn a brand
new technique.
10 More, Simple Cosy Projects:
Sarah has again taken her favourite winter yarns from the Rowan
collection and designed 10 more, simple projects, with the same
clear instructions and helpful guidance. You’ll find projects in-
You’ll find all of Sarah Hatton’s
books at our RCY West location.
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Wool & cotton: can it get any better?
Rowan Wool Cotton is a beautiful blend of 50% Merino Wool and 50% Cotton. This
all natural yarn is soft, soft, soft and has a high twist which helps to prevent pilling.
Did I mention that it’s soft?
Rowan Wool Cotton is available in a DK weight (each 50g/113m ball knits up at a
gauge of 22—24 sts over 10cm on a 3.75—4.0mm needle). New this spring, Rowan
has come out with a 4 ply or fingering weight version. This finer gauge yarn comes
in 50g/180m balls and has a knitting gauge of 28sts over 10cm on 3.25mm needles.
You’ll find Rowan Wool Cotton features prominently in Sarah Hatton’s new book:
Knitted Scarves & Shrugs as well as the brand new Rowan Knitting & Crochet
Magazine 53. You can also visit www.knitrowan.com for free patterns and pattern
ideas for Wool Cotton.
Right now, you’ll find Rowan Wool Cotton at our Westside location.
Rowan Wool Cotton comes in a 4ply (left side) and
a DK (right side) gauge and in several colourways
perfect for spring.
Featured Rowan Yarns...
We’ve made sure to restock our Rowan
line in preparation for Sarah’s visit. These
yarns, in particular, are featured in Sarah’s
latest book, Scarves, Shrugs & Shawls:
Rowan Felted Tweed DK: is a wonderful,
tweedy yarn with a felted look; a beautiful
blend of 50% merino wool, 25% alpaca
and 25% viscose. The rustic colour palette
makes this yarn perfect for fairisles, striping and other colour work. Each 50g ball
has 175m and is gauged at 22sts/10cm on
4.0mm needles.
Rowan Fine Lace: This beautiful fine lace
weight yarn is made in a blend of the softest baby suri alpaca (80%) and the finest
merino wool (20%). This gorgeous, luxurious yarn has soft chalky shades and is perfect for creating delicate hand knitted and
crochet lace. With 400m per 50g ball, you
will find that two to three balls are all you
need to complete whole projects.
Rowan Kid Classic: has been in
the Rowan line for many years. The
perfect blend of 70% lambswool
and 22% kid mohair creates a
lovely soft yarn which is worked
into a beautiful colour palette. Each
ball has 50g/140m and knits up at
18sts over 10cm on 5.5mm needles.
Rowan Kidsilk Haze: the ever
An array of Rowan yarns! Clockwise from the top:
popular Kidsilk Haze is a beautiful
Kidsilk Haze, Fine Lace, Lima, Felted Tweed and
and versatile fine yarn made from a Kid Classic. Pictured here in earth tones, come in
blend of 70% super kid mohair and and see the full collection of colour.
30% silk. Other companies have
tried to imitate this wonderful yarn but it
work and stitch designs. Blended from the
still tops the lineup! A 25g ball contains
finest baby alpaca (84%) and merino wool
210m of lightweight, silky-soft goodness.
(8%) in a chain construction.
Rowan Lima: this beautiful yarn has an
amazing soft handle with a light weight
handle that creates perfect looking colour
Our Rowan collection will be housed at our
Westside RCY location for the month of
March.
Rowan All Seasons Chunky
A beautiful blend of cotton (60%) and
acrylic microfiber (40%), Rowan All Seasons Chunky is a supersized yarn that’s
perfect for any time of the year. It knits up
quickly and shows great stitch definition.
Each 100g ball has 85m and knits up at a
gauge of 11sts/10cm on 7.0mm needles.
Rowan All Seasons Chunky is available at
both RCY locations in six beautiful colourways. Use it for cowls, sweaters, crocheted
baskets or follow Cynthia’s example and
make cozy, comfy slippers!
www.rivercityyarns.com/patterns/downloads/easy_slippers.pdf
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Canadian Koigu KPPPM
We have a new shipment of Canada’s own,
Koigu in Painter’s Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM). Have you worked with this
lovely, handpainted, fingering weight yarn
before? If so, you know how the springy
nature of the ultrasoft merino makes it perfect for so many projects. If not, you need
to discover how this superwash 100% merino wool in vibrant colours will work perfectly for everything from baby knits to
accessories and sweaters.
From scarves to socks, you’ll find an end-
less resource of patterning for this
amazing and popular Canadian yarn.
At 28sts/10cm on 3.0mm needles,
KPPPM’s 50g/160m hanks are the perfect size to make pairs (one hank per
hand for mittens). This lovely yarn is so
vibrant and striking that it doesn’t last
long on the shelves. You’ll find it, while
supplies last, at both RCY locations.
Check out our supply of Churchmouse
patterns for great projects using Koigu
KPPPM.
Come and get some Koigu KPPPM while it’s
here… there are stunningly beautiful colours
guaranteed to hasten the approach of spring!
Fleece Artist Favourite Soft Mitts/socks
Another Canadian favourite of ours is back!
Barb has ordered in a nice big batch of
Fleece Artist kits to make a pair of mittens
or a pair of socks. You decide!
Each Fleece Artist Soft Mitt/Sock kit contains a coordinated handdyed combination
of Blue Face Leicester DK (100% wool;
225m/125g) and Mo (78% Kid Mohair,
13% Wool, 9% Nylon; 225m/125g). Holding a strand of each yarn together and fol-
lowing the pattern instructions on the
ballband, you can complete a pair of
mittens or a pair of socks. Or use your
own imagination and knit these gorgeous yarns into a shawl or a scarf!
These kits are available, in gorgeous
Fleece Artist colourways, at both RCY
locations.
Yes, we have Fleece Artist Thrummed
Mitten kits, too!
Fleece Artist Favourite Soft Mitts/Sock kits: gorgeous handpainted colour in BFL and Mo Combos
Zitron traum seide
The literal translation is “dream silk”
and that’s what this is… a gorgeous,
jaw-dropping, 100% mulberry silk in
100g/800m hanks. Traum Seide is a
true laceweight, a thin glowing strand
of unadulterated Mulberry silk. Dyed in
a gleaming gemstone palette, this yarn
will elevate your lace. You have to feel Zitron Traum Seide is 100% Mulberry Silk available in
seven stunning colours.
it to believe it!
Come to our Southside store for this beautiful new addition to our laceweight yarns.
Have some fun for St. Patrick’s Day!
Follow this link to find a pot-o-gold pattern for the nicest shamrock inspired dishcloths using Sugar ‘n Cream
dishcloth cotton (we have this in green, too!) http://krisknits.blogspot.ca/2009/03/st-patricks-day-cloths.html
Or, if you’re a crochet aficionado, try your hand at making these crocheted shamrocks. We did and had a lot of
fun using up small amounts of green yarn: http://sayverysweetthings.com/2011/03/10/crochet-shamrock/
Free pattern!
We’ve put a
new pattern
up on our
website to
keep your
eggs warm
during the
Easter long
weekend.
We have two locations!
River City Yarns Westside
16956—111 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5M 4C9
Phone: (780) 477-9276
Email: west@rivercityyarns.com
River City Yarns Southside
3438-99 Street
Edmonton, AB T6E 5X5
Phone: (780) 450-9276
Email: south@rivercityyarns.com
Practice knitting in the
round with small bits of yarn to make a
cute Easter Bunny Egg cozy. Whether
to keep your eggs warm or to hide the
chocolate ones for the little ones,
you’ll have fun making these adorable
bunnies. Careful! They have a tendency to multiply quickly!
www.rivercityyarns.com/patterns/
rivercityyarns.com
RCY Workshops
As you may have noticed, our workshops have been
very busy! We post up a new set and then a couple of
days later, we post up that the offering is full. Part of
the reason for our popularity is our online registration
form. You can sign up for a class any time of day,
seven days a
week.
The other reason
is that we keep a
wait list. Ask to
have your name
put on our waitlist
for any of our
classes and we’ll Learn to knit in the round in our seamless hat workshop.
call you as soon
as we have one
set up. How easy is that?
Registrations, online/over the phone/in person need
to be confirmed with payment. We keep our registration fees low—so check out our popular workshop line
up at www.rivercityyarns.com/workshops/
The RCY Galllery
Madeline Tosh
yarn in “Ink” and
it has a lovely
cable running up
the front. When
George tried on
his Christmas
vest, he found it
a little long.
Margaret P. recently completed her epic proRobbi didn’t cry,
ject: knitswear or rip out
ting the
George’s perfect fit
Socks that Rock Hawaii Style
the whole thing in vest
Klemscott
a fit of frustration.
cardigan in a very special colShe calmly snipped a stitch and took out a row a couple of
ourway, “Temptation”, of River
inches above the bottom ribbing. Then she put the “live”
City Yarns’ Eden. Eden is our
stitches back on her needle, reknit
sinfully decadent “house” yarn
the ribbing, reducing the total
made from superwash merino
length by just enough to please
wool and cashmere, hand-dyed
George. We say, “brilliant!”
for us by Handmaiden. Margaret
spent a lot of time on this beautiAnd Jasmine P. made a hat called
the Cherry Twist Lil Slouch using
ful lace cardigan and loves the
Cascade 220 in Cotton Candy pink.
way Eden looks and feels. MarJasmine told us, “It is the first time I
garet, we think you’ve done a
have used that brand of yarn and I
superb job and we love how this
loved it! … I will be back for more.”
colour and style fits you perCascade 220 is 100% wool (warm)
fectly. Well done!
and the pattern Jasmine used is
Robbi E. made a beautiful vest
available on Etsy.
for husband, George, for ChristJasmine’s Cherry Twist
Margaret’s Klemscott sweater
Lil Slouchy hat
mas. She used a handpainted
Our good friend Sue T. took her Socks that
Rock yarn to Hawaii with her and look what
happened! They miraculously knitted themselves up into socks and then posed shamelessly with the local flora. The few skeins of
Socks that Rock left on our shelves are whining
that they want to go on a tropical vacation too!
Any takers?