Knitting with Company

Help to make women aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer while also helping to subsidize research into finding an early detection test for the disease.

To help make that happen, in conjunction with Skacel, we are very proud to introduce the “Egg-stra” Special Sock Kit. This sock pattern was designed by Rosemary “Chappy” Chapman, this time in honor of Susanne Skacel, a three-year survivor of ovarian cancer. The Teal color of Trekking in this kit is the official color designated to ovarian cancer, and has been specially dyed just for this cause. Every design aspect of this sock, from the cuff to the toe, is a reminder to us that ovarian cancer can be beaten if we, as women, unite.

All the proceeds from the sale of these kits will be donated to the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research (marsharivkin.org).

Just in case you don’t know what Fliegende Untertasse means, it is German for Flying Saucer (or literally “flying under-cup”), and that is exactly what landed in the store on Tuesday. These super colorful disks of yarn are created so that you put a piece of yarn or string through the center, hang them on a doorknob or something similar, and then you can unroll TWO STRANDS AT A TIME of the same space dyed yarn, thus making identical socks! Fun, Fun, Fun … Christie started a pair at the store yesterday so come and see them and grab your Flying Saucer while we still have them … they are literally flying out.

We love it when we get updates from our customers.

So Lori just sent us this …

Here are the socks that I started at the April/May “Socks 101″ class. This was my first class at Wool and Company and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll be in for more yarn soon!

We think she did an awesome job, how about you?

Send us your updates on projects and classes.

If you’d like to sign up for one of our classes you can also do that online.

Sock Hop at Sock Summit

Our last podcast from the Sock Summit 2009, where you’ll hear about the luminary panel and Voodoo Donuts, which are a lot like socks – because the magic is in the hole.

Our penultimate podcast from the sock summit 2009 in which Gretl takes you on a tour of the sock museum and the market, and manages to snag a little yarn along the way.

A little belated but better late than never.

Here’s Gretl’s podcast of part of the Sock Summit 2009 proceedings. She describes the registration process and how she helped to crash the servers – then she describes a couple of the workshops that she attended.

Carson Demers – KnittersRX.  By day, Carson is a physical therapist who runs an ergonomic program for a San Francisco Bay Area medical center. Every other moment, he’s knitting, spinning, designing, or otherwise up to some fiber fun with a watchful eye toward ergonomics. His passion and experience in fiber arts combine with his expertise in physical therapy and ergonomics to create a unique skill set that he eagerly shares with the fiber community to keep us all creating healthfully ever after.

In KnittersRX Carson teaches us that knitting is not a “no pain, no gain” activity. Yet many of us take better care of our favorite stash fiber than we do the fibers that allow us to knit—our bodies. Tired muscles, sore joints, and aching backs and necks needlessly plague too many knitters.  Listen in to hear what Gretl had to say about this workshop.

Also, hear about Lucy Neatby’s, “Discover the Sock Toe Chimney!”.  Where Gretl learned to understand stitches and how to graft joyously without needing to refer to a book.  This method of grafting (a.k.a. Kitchener Stitch) involves no loose stitches and gives two neat corners regardless of your style of knitting.

Get your copy of Personal Footprints for Insouciant Knitters here today …

… Get your copy of Personal Footprints for Insouciant Knitters here today

We’ve traveled from Chicago to Portland over three days. Four people, one SUV, a trailer and plenty of high spirits.

This is the final episode of our journey podcast, where we unwind a little before the sock summit proper starts.

If anyone can explain the Michael Jackson comment, please enlighten us!

Last time you heard how we “Left in High Spirits” and made our way from Chicagoland to Laramie, Wyoming.  Our final destination is Portland, Oregon and in this episode you’ll hear the story of our second day of travel when we cover another 1000 miles into the state of Oregon.  Press the arrow to play.

Playlist:

• Sleep.  Shelby Lynne.  Album – Suit Yourself.
• Alone.  Bogdan Bacanu.  Album – Marimba D’Amore.