"The Goings On" at AKG

The official date for the first day of Autumn is just days away...We are all getting back into our schedules and routines...Kids back to school, on the sports fields, at the table with homework...Stews and Soups simmering on the stove....I made my first seasonal meal of Chicken Soup last night, to some's unhappiness. A fact of life... Summer is over and Autumn is on its way.

Give some thought to a nice, soft, toasty warm knitted sweater, afghan or even vest to warm the body as the cool nights asend upon us...Skeins and skeins of lovely yarn can be found at AKG. Great wools for felting mittens, hats and totes.

Barbara King, owner of Yarnwinder is retiring and closing her studio in Bedford, NH. As a direct result much of her inventory has found its way into the Green Room at AKG. At the moment, you will find a variety of Artful Yarns, Malabrigo, INOX Circs...all available under current Retail Prices. Weekly additions, thanks to Barbara, and deletions of the inventory is apparent as more customers become aware of our "Goings On"....Stop by and take advantage of the special pricing while it lasts...

TRUNK SHOW...

Arriving on Friday afternoon was a large package full of wonderful Peace Fleece Wool and Needles....Along with these goodies came a lovely TRUNK SHOW to share with all my PF fans...For your viewing, touching and modeling pleasure....4 Beautiful Sweaters in varying sizes, Mittens, Bootie Boots, Buttons, needles and their newest...Little Chicks Kits...Stop by to see and feel and smell...Peace Fleece yarn has an aroma to savor...

Poems...

Universal Yarns have come out with a few new colorways....And here are three I just had to make available to Poems lovers. I haven't knitted them up as of yet, they just arrived yesterday, but knowing the beautiful way Poems colors shade and display themselves....these new colors will be a treat!! Hope you agree...

HAND SPUN TREASURES...

Here are a few pics of the lovely Hand Spun I recently acquired. As I stated, it has all been washed, conditioned, dried and measured...there are four Colors...A Light Green--600yds, a Darker Green--990yds, a Rust/Brown Blend---430yds and a Natural/Green/Brown Blend--517yds. They are all 100% wool, a very nice twist, I'll bet great for vests, sweater, hat or felted mittens among many other choices...Very reasonably priced...Purchase all skeins of one color...25% discount .....[click on pics for close up of colors]

Sallie's Alpaca...Locally milled....Natural Off White Color, 6 skeins/150yds/Alpaca/Seacell/Tencel and 6 skeins/150yds/Alpaca/Merino/Nylon/Soysilk...Both are lovely to look at and yummy to touch.....

Farmhouse Yarn Shawl...

I recently finished my Shawl "Knit-Along" knitting with New England's local........."Farmhouse Silk Blend Yarn"...it is lovely to work with and even more lovely to wear! Come by, try it on...Ordering more colors this week...Requests??

HANDSPUN YARNS...LOTS OF IT!

I belong to a spinning group...Island Pond Spinners...Recently a fellow member had a stash of goodies she wanted to part with....I purchased all of the Hand Spun Yarn she had...What a Treasure Trove!!! Whomever did the spinning did a great job but lost interest and didn't finish by setting the twist. So....Monday Morning Laundry...I washed and conditioned 30 skeins of yarns and hung them on our porch to dry!!! What a sight...Beautiful Sight...Do you not agree?? Stop by and give it all a feel...

Bailey Island, Maine

Bob and I celebrated our 25th Anniverary...We went to the islands...off the coast of Maine that is!! What a BEAUTIFUL place, so green and blue...Here are a few pics I'd like to share...