The Knitting Experience Blog

5413A chronicle of opening and running a yarn shop in Brunswick, Maine.

This month's entries are linked below, or click on the Archives link to read previous tales from The Knitting Experience.

Subscribe to blog RSS feed






Newsletter highlights and SALE!

The new fall classes schedule is now available. Try something new -

Learn Entrelac, Short Rows on…

Happy Birthday TKE!

Happy Birthday TKE!

Three years ago today, The Knitting Experience Café opened it's doors.  What an amazing time it has…

Phyllo Yoke finished!!

Phyllo Yoke finished!!

I finished my Phyllo Yoke and I loves it.  I loves it. I loves it.  It fits like a dream, the yarn…

Twitter with me

You know how I am always up on the latest computer/web/tech thingy?

(Ok, stop laughing)

Seascape Update

Seascape Update

We interrupt all the knitted knocker talk to update you on our progress with the Seascape KAL.

I'm…

Giant Booby Cake

Giant Booby Cake

How do you celebrate being on CNN?

With a giant Booby cake of course!

IMG_4995IMG_4996

Thanks Karen for another…

Knitted Knockers Take Over World

Ok, so maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but wouldn't it be wonderful?  The past two days have me…

Wow!!

Wow!!

It's only been a couple hours since our story aired on WABI, and my in-box is full of people ready…

New Noro

New Noro

Just as we were scrambling to get ready for our big TV debut on Thursday, UPS pulled up to the door…

Friends and Boobies on TV

Friends and Boobies on TV

I am tremendously grateful for the wonderful friends in my life. They make each day special,…

Spunky Color of the Month

Spunky Color of the Month

The new Spunky Eclectic Color of the Month is here!  For August we have Nova Scotia in Shine, a…

KAL update

KAL update

As finished Seascape Shawls started to appear thanks to our Summer KAL, I realized it is time to…

Twist Collective

Knitting News Flash!!

A new online knitting magazine called the Twist Collective goes live…

Get Smooshed

Get Smooshed

Dream in Color Smooshy arrived today!

I'm just gonna let this incredibly beautiful sock yarn speak…

New Malabrigo!

New Malabrigo!

We've waited and waited. After the horrible fire at the Malabrigo mill in Uruguay a few months ago,…

Not even tornadoes

Not even tornadoes

Knitters are seriously hardcore.  Very little can get between a knitter and his/her Knit at Night -…

Summer SALE

Summer has been a busy season at the shop, with the Seascape Shawl  Knit Along, the Boob-a-Thon,…

New Patterns!

New Patterns!

Check out the great new patterns that we just got in from Fiber Trends, Oat Couture, and Knitting…

All for the cause

All for the cause

The Boob-a-Thon is going strong. As of Thursday night, we had 40 completed boobies. Many thanks to…

A week in the life of TKE

A week in the life of TKE

Bad blogger.  It has actually been an entire week since my last post!!!  Many apologies.  It is not…

The new Knitscene is here!

The new Knitscene is here!

Knitscene arrived in the shop yesterday and it is better than ever. They have  changed the format a…

Pictures

Pictures

I remembered to bring home the camera!! And I have bunches of pictures to share.

The first repeat…

Seascape Knitters

The KAL has begun, and I have what I hope are awesome pictures of the knitting. But, alas, the…

Welcome Dream in Color Baby

Welcome Dream in Color Baby

Our first shipment of Dream in Color yarn arrived today!!

Introducing Baby, a lace weight,…

14 Middle Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Tel: (207) 319-7634

e-mail

©2008 The Knitting Experience, LLC