Newsletter: Spring/Summer 2008

The sounds and scents of spring are upon us. Flowers blooming, children playing outside, and the warmth of the sun. But don't let that distract you from your knitting! One of the great things about knitting and crocheting is the portability of them. Camping, car trips, airplane flights, visits with family, can all include your handwork.

Anacapa Fine Yarns has lots of beautiful new summer yarns for you to play with.

We are proud to be able to offer Koigu's line of KPPPM (Koigu Painters Palette Premium Merino). We have about 20 colors of this yarn in stock. Each dyelot of Koigu's Painter's Palette is an individual creation and there are no two dyelots exactly the same.

Beth Casey of Lorna's Laces has been working hard to bring us a new organic wool yarn. Their new Green Line has arrived, spun from 100% certified organic merino wool. It's hand-painted and as soft and luxurious as all of their other yarns. We now have the Green Line in its DK weight in stock in many of its beautiful colors.

Blue Heron Rayon Metalic yarn will soon be arriving (again), I haven't been able to keep this yarn in stock. It's perfect for a knit or crocheted summer shawl for that special event you will be attending.

We just received a new shipment of Art Yarns which includes their Beaded Silk and the Silk Rhapsody. Silk Rhapsody is the yarn used in the shawl sample at the shop from Iris Schriers' "Lacy Little Knits" book. This shawl requires two skeins of the Silk Rhapsody.

More Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend is in stock. This is a wonderful silk/wool yarn in all the Manos scrumptious colors.

We have new colors in Araucania's Patagonia. This is a 100% thick and thin cotton yarn. We also received a new yarn from Araucania called Pomaire. This is a beautiful smooth 100% pima cotton in Araucania's traditional beautiful hand dyed colors.

We have a new yarn from Noro called Taiyo. Taiyo comes in 100 gram skeins and is 40% cotton, 30% silk, 15% wool and 15% nylon, six great Noro colors to choose from. This is a wonderfully soft yarn.

We've restocked on Schaefer Yarns. Laurel and Susan (pima cotton in two different weights) and lots more Anne sock yarn.

In addition to new yarn arrivals, I wanted to let you all know that Anne's little Dante has arrived. Anne works here in the shop and teaches several classes. We've been anxiously awaiting Dante's arrival. He got here on April 14th. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 10 ounces and was 23 ¼ inches long. Congratulations Anne and Kevin!

Susie Meach and Becky Gojkovich are back on staff to help out while Anne is on her maternity leave. Susie is our spinning expert, so you can come see her on Wednesdays and some Fridays for all your spinning questions.

Our latest class schedule is included in this newsletter; it has all your favorite classes as well as a few new ones. Check out the schedule starting on the next page. The schedule is also posted on our website for easy reference.

We will be celebrating our 4th Anniversary on June 21st. Make sure you save that date for a trip to the shop. We will be offering our popular bag sale again. This will be a good place to spend your economic stimulus check that Uncle George will be sending you. Send him a nice thank you letter and tell him about all the great yarn you got at Anacapa's sale.

If you haven't checked it out yet, Ravelry.com is the place to be. You can see what others are knitting, how projects turned out in different yarns, comments about patterns. You can queue up your projects, and list all your books. You can chat with friends about the latest knitting yarns and gadgets. Anacapa Fine Yarns has its own groups-Anacapa K2tog and Anacapa Spinsters.  Please join us on Ravelry.

Have a wonderful spring and summer, and be sure to take your knitting wherever your travels take you.


Happy Knitting,


Anacapa Fine Yarns