Guess Who's Coming To Town?!

As excited as some of us are, it could well be Santa in disguise!

I saw this last week in Bettendorf (next to the Family Credit Union on Devils Glen Road) on December 21st:




However, no one was around in the shop and I couldn't find any information about it via the chamber of commerce or online.


This evening, our intrepid SnB reporter, Claire sent in her story:

I stopped by Knit and Knot Yarn after work tonight and talked to Joy Povich. She and her husband, Jotham, are the owners. It looks like it will be a pretty large shop. Jotham was busy building shelves and they hope to open next week. I saw some of the yarn they had - plenty of Noro and Ella Rae.

Joy said that they would be asking for suggestions for yarn, too.

Their website is http://www.knitandknotyarn.com and their phone number is 563-332-7378.

Joy can be contacted at owner@knitandknotyarn.com.

Many thanks to Claire for her reporting skills!

December Strolled In

And there are all kinds of holiday, gift, and just plain knitting and crocheting going on before the holiday!

Our Lady of Stealth Knitting, Ginny, showed up in a sweater she knit when we were distracted by the socks she had been knitting. She's indescribably lovely in it:






Our Lynn was feeling better and up to joining our trouble-making group with her finished blankets:








Amy showed off her wonderful blankets:








Nicole had a beautiful cloche hat she finished:






And Claire had a pair of slippers, and golf club covers (in Noro):

November Flew By In A Rush

Let's get to the good stuff!

Jeanne finished her sock yarn blanket:




Karen finished her Coat of Many Colors sweater:




Nancy finished a hat:




Carol finished a sweater vest and her lovely daughter received (and modeled) it:






And our Katie, who is off to the wilds of DC and a new job, was given a gift of warm socks by Claire:

Nothing Scary Here

Fall is definitely here, with the highs too high and the lows too low, cloudy days, rain, winds. But it's cozy and bright at the SnB.

Nancy finished a Moebius scarf and some lovely mittens:








And Lynn Barry had some adorable children knits:








And Judy K! An itty bitty bear for a grandson was completed:
















And Claire is a rocking knittin' machine:

Fall 2011 Begins

Carol had a finished sweater earlier this month:






Jeanne finished a scarf:




Claire finished a blanket:










Nancy finished some warm items, too:








Cindy finished a scarf like the one Nancy knit:




And the mystery blanket (I forgot who created it as it had been so long since I had taken the photo) belongs to Amy: