Call Today to Sign Up for YBD's Children's Summer Camp!

It's not too late to sign up for YBD's Children's Summer Camp, which will be held July 21 through August 18! The camp is for children ages 9-12 years and will run every Wednesday from 10:30am-12:00pm for five consecutive weeks. Each week the children will have a new project to work on, including learn to knit, kid's notebook, all-together bag, bean-bugs and hand felting. The cost is $30 per week or $140 for five weeks, which includes needles, yarn and accessories. Call the boutique today to register!

TNNA Update!

Sandy and Tamara have returned from the whirlwind that is The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA) NeedleArts Market in Columbus with good news to share - lots of new products are on their way to the boutique!

We are excited to expand our Habu product line and will now offer every color of Cotton Gima as well as all of the Habu yarns featured in the new book Ori Ami Knits, which we will also carry. We will also offer all of the Habu textiles featured in Kirsten Johnstone's Assemblage patterns and Julie Weisenberger's CocoKnits patterns. Also on order are new products from Trendsetter (including the yarn used to make the scarf pictured at right, Soleil), Hand Painted Knitting Yarns, Interweave Books, Gedifra, Rowan, Berroco, Namaste, Authentic Knitting Board and Annie Adams Adornment, Inc.

Unfortunately, with the good news always comes the bad. In this case, the bad is the sobering reality that many local yarn shops across the nation are being forced to close as they lose business to online retailers and big-box stores, and it showed at TNNA. Sandy and Tamara were surprised to find that participation at the show was reduced compared to past years. "The most shocking thing for me at the show was how empty it was," Tamara noted. In an article published on the blog "The Crafty Retailer", a Toledo yarn shop owner explained the situation that so many LYS's find themselves in. With that in mind, we would like to encourage everyone to support their LYS and participate in The 3/50 Project.

We hope to see you soon at the boutique!

Stop in for 25% Off on O-Wool Classic and Balance and Rowan Bamboo Soft!

We are so sad to hear of the news, but Vermont Organic Fiber Co. will be going out of business. We have enjoyed carrying both the Classic and Balance yarns from the O-Wool line in our boutique. However, this is not the end of O-Wool. The O-Wool line of hand knitting yarns will continue under new ownership. Yarns By Design will be offering 25% off all O-Wool fibers while supplies last. For the Rowan fans out there, YBD will also be offering 25% off the price of the now-discontinued Rowan Bamboo Soft, while supplies last.

Off the needles!

Sandy recently completed this cute summer sweater, Romi, knit in Berroco Weekend. Romi is a henley placket t-shirt featuring short sleeves and tabbed cuffs from Berroco booklet #296. Berroco Weekend is a machine washable blend of 75% acrylic and 25% cotton that comes in a wide range of colors. The yarn is available by special order at the boutique.

Have a finished project made with fiber or a pattern from Yarns By Design that you'd like to show off? Email your name, photos and the project details (yarn and pattern info) to info@YBDoakmont.com, and we'll feature your items on the blog!

Rowan Purelife Revive: Think Clean, Knit Green!

Avid recyclers will love Rowan Purelife Revive, a DK weight yarn made up of 36% recycled silk, 36% recycled cotton and 28% recycled viscose. According to Rowan:

Recycling is becoming increasingly important in a world coming to terms with the challenges of environmental, economic and climactic change. We are therefore really excited at the introduction of the new Revive yarn into the Rowan Purelife range.

Revive is completely recycled and recyclable. The first stage of the recycling process is to sort the garments. These garments can be old and used, faulty or even new. They are then sorted out by colour and quality. After being sterilised, the garments are sorted by skilled sorters who divide the garments by fibre composition, i.e., put all the 100% cotton ones together, all the 100% silk garments together, etc. It is at this stage that superfluous parts such as any linings, buttons, ribbons, seams and trims are removed. These sorted garments are then cut into pieces and introduced into a fabric grinder that reduces them to loose fibre. These fibres are then carded to make regenerated fibre, which is then spun into the cotton, silk and viscose composition of this beautiful, high-quality yarn. Revive gives new life to handknitting designs out of once discarded knitted garments.

Yarns By Design is pleased to offer this unique, summer-friendly fiber in seven colors. The accompanying pattern booklet features 15 designs for women and men, including the pattern shown below, Shallot (knit in Pink Granite).

The perfect summer cardigan!

What do you get when you pair a light and lacy pattern with a linen and cotton blend yarn? Why, you get the perfect summer cardigan for those cool ocean breezes or just that chilly office air conditioning!



The Eyelet Cardigan (from Nashua Handknits Linen Collection booklet) is knit in Nashua Creative Focus Linen, a blend of 50% linen and 50% cotton. With a dozen colors to choose from here at the boutique, you're sure to find your perfect match!

Join us on Saturday for the "mother" of all yarn sales!

YBD will be hosting a Mother’s Day Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 8th from 10-4pm. Come to YBD and save BIG this Mother’s Day! We will have selected fibers priced at only $3 each. And what a wonderful selection of fibers it will be. We need to make space for new inventory. So come and help us out. Also, we will have selected patterns, books and accessories discounted. Hope to see you on Saturday!