Just a quick note to let you know we will have Lovesticks DK and Malabrigo sock later in the week!

Both of these yarns are AMAZING!!

I have been moving things around in the shop a bit.  A lot of really beautiful sock and lace yarns were moved into the sale section and dropped a lot of prices…make sure to stop by and check it out!

While I was at it I uploaded a few of the new Sweet Sheep Double skeins!

more of the soft spun skeins are coming soon.

New to the shop! Malabrigo does it again!

I have long been a fan of these beautiful yarns and once again they have caught my eye. I was planning on bringing these in for the fall, but due to the warehouse fire that the Malabrigo company has suffered from I decided I better not wait!

Please take a moment to check out these stunning yarns with 51% silk and 49% Merino!

Check Them Out!

The Shop was also updated with the newest Colours of Great Big Sea Silk and Lace Sea Silk

I am so proud to introduce the newest exclusive pattern  to The Sweet Sheep. This beautiful stole was designed by Debbie of Nutty Creations Designs

This pattern can be found at the shop and is available for email delivery, please just note this in your customer comments and I will send it and refund shipping.

The Stole requires 2 skeins of Sweet Lace which will also be updated in the next few days with new skeins.

Please welcome the beautiful Marjolaine.

Thank you Debbie!

Jody

Designed By Jolene Mosley. This pattern won 1st place at Maryland Sheep and Wool!

Coleen

Also Designed by Jolene, this is a wonderful and easy sock pattern!

Cicero’s Beauty

Designed by Alyson from Yo Yo knits! This is a stunning cabled sock that is sure to please!

Cityscape Shawl

This pattern is already a bit hit! Designed by Jolene Mosley. This pattern requires only 1 skein of fingering weight yarn!!

Check out the Sweet Sheep Exclusive Pattern Category for all 4!

Any of the exclusive patterns can be emailed and shipping refunded if you do not have any shipable products in your order. Please leave a comment on your order and I will refund the shipping.

LoveSticks DK Weight Self Striping

Yarn Pirate Merino Tencel

I have been having a bit of trouble getting on to the shop, not sure if it is only me. If you are also having a problem please let me know at salesATthesweetsheep.com

Enjoy the updates!

Next week we will have Painted skeins Merino and sterling silver sock yarn!

We have so many new yarns coming in over the next month!

New This Week Is:

Sknitches bamboo-Soft and shiny! This is a beautiful Fingering weight yarn that is dyed in amazing and totally unique colours. These are surely worth a try!

Brooklyn Handspun Signature yarns are finally here and Marie has outdone herself again! If you have not tried this yarn it is a very tight twisted fine fingering that is not only great for socks but looks wonderful in lace too!

DIC smooshy is back in stock including the new colours.

Stay tuned next week for:

Brooklyn Handspun Sport, Lovesticks self striping DK weight, and a beautiful order of Yarn Pirate in merino tencel with her NEW colourways!

Updated Today

Sweet Sheep Lace and Sweet sheep Double Skeins 

Dream in color Classy with New colors!

Pigeonroof Studios

A quick note about the Pigeonroof yarns and rovings. Due to large demand Pigeonroof will no longer be able to supply their yarns and rovings to us. We wish them the best and suggest that if you see something you like please grab it as I will not be able to get it back in.

Thanks!

I will be off camping for the weekend as it is out first long weekend for the summer! Orders will ship on tuesday as the post office is off monday!

I have been down in the dyeroom hard at work on a new line of yarns.

You may have had a sneak peek a few weeks ago when I posted these shawl photos:

First of all from a knitting standpoint I LOVE knitting this yarn. It is wonderfully soft with a great tight twist.

I will have A LOT of this yarn at the Toronto Fiber Frolic and Maryland Sheep and Wool, but in the mean time you can get it in the shop!

The skeins are HUGE and perfect for larger projects!

I am using a new method of dyeing so all skeins are individually painted and one of a kind!

The shawl is my own design, just a basic shawl shell that shows off the beauty of hand painted yarns. I will be putting up this simple pattern over the next week on the blog for free!

Happy Tuesday!

PS. It is a good friend of mine’s birthday today! After a really rough month she could use some birthday hugs!

March brings us one step closer to spring…and that makes me happy!

March Sweater Madness is in full swing!

Today is the last day for my Huge Inventory Sale…tomorrow I will start updating with all of the new yarns that have come in such as:

Ceyeberfiber worsted and feltable yarns

Dream in Color Baby lace and more of the new sock  yarn colours

Seacoast Handpainted Sock yarn

Avery Allison sock yarns

Lots and lots of Funky Carolina rovings, BFL, superwash merino, merino tencel and south african fine!

All of these wonderful products will go up in the shop over the course of this week including 3 new JOLENE MOSELY Designs!

Good Morning Yarn Lovers. Do I have some updates for you!

We have been busy working behind the scenes to bring you some fantastic yarns!

Part of our Dream in Color order has arrived. We have the NEW SMOOSHY sock yarn colours in stock at our new lower price as well as the new BABY LACE YARN. The Classy worsted weight yarn has also been restocked so we are almost fully in stock in all Dream in Color! Go grab the yarn you have been waiting for!

Handmaiden does it again with their ultra luxurious Casbah. This yarn is incredible with a merino/cashmere/nylon content. Check out the stunning colours and treat yourself to some true luxury!

Zen Strings Harmony Merino Tencel blend is back. These colours are so incredible and we have all of our exclusive colourways including Ishtar back in stock!

If you have not yet seen the new Dyed in the Wool Handmade make sure you check it out! We have Maggie’s Fingering weight yarn and her stunning Seasocks merino/seacell blend.

If that is not enough for you yet, we have also restocked our Pigeonroof Knit Rovings and Shelridge Farms Sock yarns

We’re not done yet, we still have more coming in the next few weeks including:

Ceyeberfiber worsted weight yarns

Seacoast Handpainted yarns

Avery Allison Yarns

Funky Carolina Rovings, Lace and Sock Yarns!

I have been waiting patiently for the sun to show her face so I may photograph my Oh! Canada wrap. So far 3 days of no luck. Yes, I know…it’s winter.

So until the sun shines:

Sorry for the bad picture, red is so hard to photo without natural light.

I have also been busy in the shop! What’s New?

 Malabrigo bulky,  jitterbug, Oceanwind knits lace, fingering and  and funky carolina

Do you remember my Mr. Green Jean Sweater?

Many of you asked which yarn I used. It was the Oceanwind knits worsted  in Razz Cherry that is now in stock!

We have had a bunch of Mystery dyers lately and the fun is not close to stopping. Late last month I added a fantastic Mystery dyer to the shop, her yarns are not yet carried here but will be soon and they are really REALLY beautiful. If you are looking for a treat pick up our current Mystery Dyer. I will also be adding a few left over skeins from previous Mystery dyers later this week.

Thank you all SO MUCH for the incredible response and support of Evangeline. I am truly overwhelmed and flattered by your comments and those sent to me on Ravelry. I had no idea she was going to be on the cover which made the first day of 2008 just that much sweeter. Please send pictures of your mitts!

I am currently working on something for a spring issue of magknits so stay posted!

Things have been a little quiet on the blog, but behind the scenes it is certainly not. I have finally gotten all of your boxing week sale orders out (thank you) and am finishing getting the clubs out. I am also preparing some kits for Anne’s next shawl pattern featuring Sweet Lace.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that Funky Carolina Lace and Sock yarns are up as well as her incredible Spin a Sweater Kits! Please take the time to check these out, you won’t be sorry.

I also wanted to share my favorite Christmas present with you.

C made this for me on a computer, which in itself is a gift as he is not very computer savy. He is going to put it up in my office.

On the knitting front I have finished the Oh! Canada wrap and it is currently blocking. Pictures to come hopefully tomorrow. I have a tendancy to get excited and take things off the blocking board before they are dry causing shrinkage and then a need for re blocking.  Christmas presents with my family were pushed back to the end of January because of a few trips being taken by my parents…so my gifts really arn’t late yet

As much as we love our family and friend how many of you are happy to be knitting something for yourself? I know I am..back to working on the (missed) Rhinebeck Sweater!

the brightest Crayon in the box.

How many days till Christmas?!? Ok, I am a little   Way, way way behind in my Christmas knitting. Why do we stress ourselves out over this? I have been knitting my buns off on the Oh! Canada Wrap

I am about 2 pattern repeats away from finishing the first half. Must Knit Faster! The pattern is just fantastic, my hands just don’t move as fast as I want them to!

I usually don’t do much Christmas knitting, but this year (at the last minute) I realized that I had no idea what to buy my family and I didn’t want to get them things they didn’t need or wouldn’t use…

I will also be attempting to knit my sister a drop stitch tank top. Luckily for me she is tiny and won’t be home until a week after Christmas…whew..an extra week of knitting.

While I am away attempting to re collect my sanity have a look at some pretty yarns that went up!

Hip Knits Aran Silk  

Do you ever have those days that you just feel so SO lazy. Well, I am having one of those days today. It is beautifully snowing outside and although it is grey and overcast I am enjoying the weather. I love when it snows, I also love when it rains, I guess I am just a big fan of weather. So today, I don’t feel like moving round much which could be a problem grocery shopping, but I will tackle that later…maybe.

So I did some updating in the shop:

Merino/Silk Fleece Artist Roving. This blend is incredible. I thought because of  the silk content it would be difficult to draft and spin, but the merino just makes it a dream. I have spun 100% silk before and it was a disaster so I was a bit hesitant, but I was so wrong. The Merino/Silk blend spins so smoothly. I highly suggest you give it a whirl!

I have also been knitting! The first Father in Law sock is done

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Now if I could only find my Chibis I could finish this sock. I think I have a little Chibi and sock elf in my house. The Chibis are always missing! I will see them in the morning and then they are gone by afternoon. I think this little elf keeps up his strength by eating the socks from the dryer because I have a pile of single socks that have lost their mate in the dangerous process of being laundered.

I am also test knitting Anne’s Oh! Canada Stole.

I just love this stole. It is a Christmas present…not sure if the recipient reads here so I won’t mention any names

In case you have never seen Anne’s patterns before, well she is a design genius. She creates some spectacular stoles/shawls/socks/and fingerless gloves.  I sent her an email begging to test knit this pattern for her and she gracefully agreed. The yarn is Shelride Farms in the DK weight which has incredible stitch definition.

I was first drawn to this stole for the geese theme. I live by the waterfront where we have hundreds of Canadian Geese year round. I love to watch them fly overhead and listen to them play in the marina.

Then there is the cattail section:

which reminds me of so many child hood days of putting my rubber boots on and running around in the cattails! Cattails also made a great weapon if you broke one off and hit your sister with the heavy end, I used to love to smack her with them and watch the cattail explode into white fluff!
Of course this will look much better blocked, but I am not quite there yet!

I have also been spinning some Funky Carolina which is still at reduced prices for a little while. I am expecting a new shipment and the prices will be put back up when it arrives.

And last but not least all of the clues for the current Mystery dyer are up!

Clues

1-this mystery dyer is American

2-this mystery dyer loves pixies and sprites

3-if you love the sweet sheep colours this skein is for you!

I hope you all have a wonderfully lazy day and just enjoy what is going on outside your window no matter what the weather is!