Hello,addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';We have a great new pattern book by Mission Falls called Weekend!! The lightweight sweaters featured use 1824 cotton, the perfect yarn for spring and summer!! New Orleans (left) and Lake Tahoe (right) are my personal favorites, and we have kits for these two on our website, that includes Weekend!, and the yarn required for the projects.1824 Cotton is reasonably priced, and comes in a wide array of solid and variegated colors. Check it out on our website!-Ameriq...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Congratulations Sarah you got all the questions right and yours was the first email in the line!! You should all know that it was close as I had to look at the time, questions (which ALL of you got right) and then the seconds too! Good work gang!!! I am so excited!!!Remember next Friday we will get started with clues for the next sweater in the line up and I can see that you are all a bunch of real smart cookies, so I think I will take it up a notch, hee hee hee!!!See you soon here on the blog, CONGRATULATIONS, Sarah!!!Jean...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';So here we are it's time to get down to the real business of this contest! As I have said all along I put hints in my posts that you will need to answer questions about, so email me at info@jimmybeanswool.com and put The Traveling Sweater in the subject line and the fun begins.The first one to answer the questions correctly (with the links included from our site) will win this beautiful sweater! The pictures really don't do it justice, but there is beautiful cabling and the color is very rich and elegant. Of course you can't go wrong with any Lorna's...

There is so much excitement around the shop right now with all the new yarns and patterns that have arrived I don't know how to describe it. All this coupled with the the Wool Watcher the word frenzy comes to mind. I'm personally excited because I finally get to start my first shop knit and I got my yarn for it last night! I'm going to make a Fine Shawl on Diagonal using Be Sweet Extra Fine Mohair in Shakespeare colors. I just adore this yarn but then I'm a nut for mohair. Despite the thin filmy nature of this finished shawl it is quite warm and will be perfect to drape around me on days when air conditioning indoors is a little too cool. It is also light and thin enough to wear it as a scarf when the weather turns colder in the fall. This is also a perfect project to try out the Russian...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Hi all I am soooooooo sorry that I didn't get the post about The Traveling Sweater up yesterday like I promised, but I didn't realize how tired I was going to be yesterday. I got back into town at 8:15 Thursday night, pulling a Uhaul with my step dad's stuff in it. I had every intention of getting it polished and up for your competitive spirit yesterday, but just fell way short. I really am sorry, but please don't give up I will get it up really soon!Happy knitting and crocheting!Jean...

Hello,Amy Butler's new book, Midwest Modern Knits is full of fun and funky patterns - everything from sweaters to pillows! I was delighted to find that I liked EVERY pattern in here - not just a couple. We have added several newkits from this book to our website, including the adorable Riding Hood Scarf kit and Hobo Bag kit. All of the patterns in this book are knit with Belle Organic DK and Belle Organic Aran yarn by Amy Butler for Rowan.Check it out!!!-Ameriqueaddthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Hi all, well I should be posting your hints on the contest, but alas, I have to leave for parts unknown to help my Step Dad, soooooooo, that will have to wait until next Friday, BUT we are getting a shipment of discontinued Rowan today (and I do mean shipment) that will be to dye for!! No pun intended, ha ha!So be sure you keep your eyes peeled and if you haven't already seen our newest addition to the site then you will want to check our cute little puppy out!Sara has been watching him while she works because he is so cute! When you see him just...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Well here we are in the last of the traveling sweater posts, so pay attention! In my next post I am going to ask you a series of questions and the first of you to get them all right will win the sweater! How simple is that?Have you been paying attention is what I want to know? Hee hee! I am such a stinker I know!You can see what a stinker I really am here in my instructional video on Spit Splicing, ok, ok, maybe I didn't use my real spit, but I did talk about spit!!!I am totally in love with this sweater and am hoping that none of you get my clues...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more';Now that warmer weather is here it can be very uncomfortable working on those heavy winter knitting projects. Who wants a wool afghan or sweater sitting on their lap in 90 degree heat? So how do we satisfy our need to knit without succumbing to the heat? Knit Lace!!! Knitting lace is the perfect solution to the warm weather knitting quandry! Now don't go thinking to yourself that lace is just too hard and you can never do it because it's not as hard as we lead ourselves to believe by looking at it. There are many patterns that are great for...

addthis_pub = 'laurazander';addthis_brand = 'Jimmy Beans Wool'; addthis_logo = 'http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/images/headerlogoSmall.gif';addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, delicious, email, google, myspace, facebook, reddit, newsvine, live, more'; Have you ever wondered why your back ordered yarn is taking so long to get to you? Have you ever blamed it on pirates? Well, maybe you should. When I called up one of our distributors the other day to check up on the status of some back ordered colors, I was given an intriguing and altogether unexpected explanation as to the hold-up: pirates. I know, I was skeptical at first too, but apparently pirates commandeered a freighter carrying a large shipment of yarn here to the US. It is unclear whether or not the pirates intended to use the yarn for...