Topic: Shop News
| July 2012 Countrywool News Summer Shop Hours SUNDAYS 10am-4pm www.countrywool.com always has the hours listed OR call for an appointment at any time (518)828-4554 (leave a voice mail and I'll get back to you!)  Greetings from a green and fruitful corner of New York! My vegetable garden is finally in and the long process of keeping weeds at bay and watering between rainfalls finds me there in the evenings. With the 4th of July just around the corner, summer heat will soon be the order of the day. But, summertime in Columbia County brings surprisingly cool evenings. Do you own a lightweight shawl to throw over your shoulders as you transition from an 80* day to a 55* evening while sipping a tall cool one with friends and family? It is a fabulous item to make and use daily this time of year. There is a class scheduled to make one later this month during our hopefully-to-be-annual SUMMER GARDEN PARTY KNIT IN. If you are a hand spinner or a felter and have a hankering to do some fleece and fiber dyeing, there is a class scheduled just for you at at Columbia Greene Community College. Check it out! Next month Countrywool begins to branch out into summer crafts and will hold its first ever SOAP MAKING class. Many of you have been interested in this topic and in the handmade soap found here, so let's do it! Class is limited to 4 and will be held in my kitchen. There are dogs in my house and they will be put away during class, but if you have any allergies, consider if you can easily handle the environment. Summer also brings out my love of working with fabric, and there exists a possibility to hold a quilting class for real beginners. Sound interesting? Drop me a note. Knitting on Sundays has been been put on hold until September as everyone is doing fun things outside. CLASSES THIS MONTH: Sheep To Sweater Class: Sunday, July 22 at Columbia-Greene Community College: 12noon-3pm: Dyeing fleece and fiber. Call (518)828-4181 to sign up. Sunday, July 29: SUMMER GARDEN PARTY KNIT-IN: A Circular Shawl: 11am-3pm. Come and enjoy a vegetarian buffet from the Krisniski's vegetable garden and knit all day in the company of good folk. Want to make a beautiful lace shawl easily in the round and learn how to wear it a few different ways? Pick up a kit and we'll help you get going. Fashion show at 11:30! RETREATS ON THE RADAR: Friday through Sunday, November 2-4: North Atlantic Knitting Techniques at Winter Clove Inn, Round Top, NY. Come and relax with a fabulous group of knitters while you learn a few new things and laugh a lot. $175 for the classes; $230 for your room and meals. Bring your friends and have a grand time in the gorgeous Catskill Mountains.
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