Mary Anne and her friends visited during Sheep and Wool weekend and we have been dreaming of this vest ever since!

Now, we are thrilled to offer this knitting workshop with Carrom Vest Designer Mary Anne Benedetto. (far right in photo ;) (@aprioroknits on Ravelry)

Join us Friday, March 1 from 2-5 pm as Mary Anne presents to you the best tips and tricks for creating your own Carrom Vest.

In this class you will learn You’ll also gain confidence in determining the right fit, reading charts, cabling without a cable needle, seaming with mattress stitch and insight into the design process.

Prior to class you will have created a swatch to the correct gauge. At the completion of class, you will have completed the ribbing and have the patterns established across the front of the vest.

Mary Anne will also have on hand have additional garments she’s designed for a little show and tell.

Unique skills/techniques to be learned in class:

ribbed cable cast on

cable w/o needle

chart reading

'new stitch' 

Seaming with mattress st.

pre- requisites: knit, purl, basic chart reading, some cable experience

During the 3 hour class:

Cast on

Complete ribbing

Complete 1st repeat of chart pattern

Seating is limited and there is homework! which will be assigned upon registration…

• Sign up soon~ which you can do right here. Or give us a call (845) 246-2876, or drop a line to customercare@yarnandteashop.com

We look forward to seeing you for LYS Day 2021!

First, a quick review of current safety practices:

Masks! Please wear your prettiest mask ;)

Maintain appropriate social distance.

We thank you for using some of our sanitizer upon entry.

And please bear with us if we ask you to wait on the benches outside for a few minutes as we maintain our max occupancy of 15!

And now for the fun bits:

We Celebrate LYS Day 2021 with a new PB Exclusive:

The Spring Blossoms Collection.

Three delicate colorways of custom WKNC dyed yarn: Plum Blossom, Magnolia Blossom and Hydrangrea Blossom…Each souvenir includes one skein of WKNC Woo-Light, (448 yards of 100% merino wool in fingering weight...perfect for a little spring accessory!) a teabag sample of our TEALEAVES tea and a sparkly Birdie Parker stitch marker.

We are thrilled to share some additional extra special LYS Day delights with you!

Blue Sky Fibers has offered their patterns for FREE with purchase of Blue Sky and Spud & Chloe yarns....(how many of these are in your queue?)

Berroco Yarns has also generously shared an e-book with 7 of their Greatest Hits- FREE with the purchase of any Berroco Yarn.

Our Friends at Urth Yarns have put together a fun kit- for a cotton market bag with patterns to Crochet OR Knit...

And we're excited to invite you to a Virtual Tea Tasting featuring our newest tea supplier:

In Pursuit of Tea..

Stop in to purchase your tea tasting kit and access codes for Virtual Tea Tasting event.

(Thursday, May 13, 4pm)

Most of all we look forward to seeing YOUR smiling eyes!

Thanks again from the bottom of our hearts for all your support during this past year... we rejoice in looking toward the light at the end of the tunnel with you!