February has been dubbed Heart Month by the American Heart Association and I think it's important to remember that heart disease is one of the number one killers of women today. With that said we are going to be participating in the 'wear red' day on Friday February 4th at the shop and I think I will be wearing a hank of February's Lorna's Laces Limited Edition color around my neck!

The shipment was delivered today and it is a real festival of color (hint, hint)!! Okay with the picture here it isn't much of a hint, but it's beautiful don't you think? Shevawn inspired this months color and boy did it turn out to be amazing!! Of course if you are a member of the LLE Fan Club you have already seen this great color and are probably ready to add it to your cart as soon as it is live on the site right? If you are not a member then check out the Facebook Fan Club, or if you aren't part of Facebook just sign up here and once you are a member you can even win yarn, so what are you waiting for?

I hope you will participate in 'wear red' day on Friday and we would LOVE to see pictures of you wearing your red to remind everyone how important the fight against Heart Disease is! I have been personally affected by heart disease and miss my mother very, very much! I will also be knitting with my Festival of Love knitting up my little hearts from the book Gifted. I plan on working up a BIG bowl of these adorable hearts for Valentines Day!

This pattern is a fantastic short row knit and after stuffing the little darlings they get felted. This picture is before felting, so stay tuned for more! I am going to use the Festival of Love in the Greenline Worsted which will felt up great! I used Classic Elite Fresco for these hearts here (I doubled the yarn), but have been using anything I can find including Cascade Pastaza.

And we have some other really exciting news to share!

It's that time again! We are now accepting applications for the 2nd annual Beans for Brains Scholarship! We've partnered up with The Yarn Group, Interweave, Denise Needles, Lorna's Laces, Tahki Stacy Charles and tons of other folks across the industry to offer one of the largest Knitting and Crocheting scholarships out there! As you may or may not know, the Beans for Brains scholarship is a merit-based scholarship open to all students attending an accredited institution in the fall of 2011. Applicants must know how to knit or crochet. The scholarship is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students in any course of study. For the 2011-2012 award year, there are five $3,000 scholarships up for grabs!! Deadline to apply is April 1st, 2011 so just hop over to our website to apply today!

As always happy knitting and crocheting!!

Jeanne

I am getting very excited about Julie Turjoman coming next week on Thursday the 28th from 6:00-8:00 pm! She will be here signing her new book Brave New Knits and will have the entire trunk show with her!!

Several of us have already knit projects from the book and there isn't much in this book that I don't want to knit up!

Julie decided that the 'cyber' knitters needed to be recognized and she gathered them all into one forum and the result is WOW!

Sandy is knitting the Orchid Thief Shawl by Ysolda Teague's and she knit the Hydrangea Neckwarmer by Anne Hanson. I knit one too out of the Classic Elite Fresco in red. It is a great project and worked up quickly.





Sandy is using the Malabrigo Sock for her Orchid Thief and I can't wait to see it finished!

We are getting a nice little group that have RSVP'd and I know we are going to have a ton of fun!! I hope you can come and visit with Julie and just have a great time!




I met Julie at Stitches West last year and she is really down to earth, so I know you will love meeting her. If you can come let us know and will save a spot for you!

As always happy knitting and crocheting!

Jeanne