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| What's New at the Rose & Ram Featured Yarn Our featured yarn is Louet's Euroflax Sportweight Linen. This machine washable and dryable linen yarn softens up more and more with each washing, making it a great yarn choice for face cloths, baby items, and pretty much anything not requiring gentle care. Check out the book Knitter's Stash by Theresa Gaffey to find eight great facecloth patterns using this yarn. For a limited time the Rose & Ram will be offering this yarn at 10% off the suggested retail price. We are also offering a free pattern, with yarn purchase, of the Lacey Linen Stole. We would like to reacquaint you with Pagewood Farm's Hand Dyed Sock Yarn, Denali. This is a super soft, but super strong Merino Superwash and Nylon blend (80/20). It comes in clear colorways with 450 yards per skein, giving a knitter plenty of length for a full pair of socks. This yarn is hand-dyed in small batches, giving you a unique, one of a kind product. The Rose & Ram is pleased to offer you great tone on tone color choices (all the better to see your patterned socks with!). Give your needles a treat with the Rose & Ram's own Sheepkid's Yarn. This 100% Shetland wool yarn comes in a delicious natural palette, and accompanies a small picture and name of the Sheepkid you are knitting with. The beauty of Shetland wool is that it washes so nicely. After washing, it develops a softness and bloom that is hard to resist. Amazingly, every year the Sheepkids' colors change. So make certain you purchase enough yarn for your project as we will never be able to duplicate that color again! Check out our knitted samples at the shop using Sheepkids Yarn - The Cable Guy knit with Griffin, the Everyday Cardigan knit with Diego and Nirvana's Vest knit with Buttercup. We can't forget Silk n Ewe by Mountain Colors. This hand- painted DK weight yarn is a raw silk and wool blend - a real pleasure to work with. Check out the Juliet Shell, a pattern from Green Mountain Spinnery, at the shop - one of the many beautiful samples to inspire at the Rose & Ram. Rivertwist is yet another yarn from Mountain Colors. It's a hand-dyed worsted weight yarn that is incredibly soft and sensuous...It's all good... New to the Rose & Ram are three yarns from Conjoined Creations. First off is Flat Feet - a hand-dyed 80% superwash merino/20% nylon blend sock yarn. The concept is to knit directly from a flat which unravels easily to afford comfortable knitting in any environment. Just toss the flat over your shoulder and knit away! The entire flat is approximately 400 yards and is enough to make a pair of average adult socks. We recently received our shipment so shop now while there are still colors to choose from. Next up is Pastimes - a 100% soysilk fine lace weight yarn put up in 480 yard skeins. Knit on a size 2 needle, gauge is 32 stitches at 4 inches. The names of the colorways are very fun. Grouped as collections, the individual color names reflect activities from the 1960s. The Rose & Ram has the Game Collection featuring colors in Sorry, Clue, and Twister; the Literature Collection featuring colors in Valley of the Dolls, In Cold Blood, and Up the Down Staircase; lastly the TV Collection with Betwitched, Bonanza, and the Ed Sullivan Show. Last but not least is Surfs Up. This yarn recalls the Beach Scene of the 1960s. Fiber content is 59% soysilk and 41% polyester; a DK weight packaged in 200 yard skeins and is hand-dyed as well. Size 7 needles are recommended to give a gauge of 24 stitches at 4 inches. With names like Summer Blonde, Pacific Ocean, Wipeout, Hang Ten, and Pipeline - what a gas! (Pat's yarn choice for Knitting Pure and Simple's Neck Down Tee.) Also, Punta del Este Natural Fiber Yarns South American Cotton. This is a bulky hand or space-dyed cotton that is incredibly soft to the touch. A little goes a long way since this is a bulky weight yarn. Recommended needles size is 10-11. Knit up baby blankets, little summer tank tops, shrugs, pillows - let your imagination soar. NEW (AND OLD) BOOKS
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| Louet's Euroflax Sportweight Linen |
| Pagewood Farm's Denali Hand Dyed Sock Yarn |
| Sheepkids Yarn Athena, Lefty, Buttercup, Buster and Ramsey |