Super Bowl Sunday Party and Sale

Hi everyone! I just wanted to write a quick post today about our Annual Super Bowl Sunday party! This Sunday is the Super Bowl, and whether you are a football fan or just someone who watches for the commercials, Anacapa Fine Yarns will be open from 11-4, so you can come hang out with us for a few hours and still be home in time to catch the game.

We will be doing our fun Pick-a-Card sale again this year as well. Bring your purchases to the counter when you are ready to check out, and draw a card. You are guaranteed 10% off, but you could get up to 50% off!

We will also be providing some snacks and goodies, but feel free to bring you favorites to share with everyone. We'll have lots of fun, and we hope to see you there!

Today is National Hat Day!

Hey everyone! Today is National Hat Day! Who knew, right? In honor of National Hat Day, I want to highlight some free hat patterns from us here at Anacapa Fine Yarns.

Techno Slouch
Slippery Hat
Drop a Hint Hat
Lacy 48 Hat
Appointment Hat
Fly Your Heart Hat
The 56 Stitch Hat

Also, I (Kaity) am doing a special on all of my for-pay Hat Patterns on Ravelry TODAY ONLY! Free at checkout with coupon code "HATDAY"

Choose any pattern you like, and enter the coupon code at checkout to get it for FREE!

From left to right:

Hermosa Hat

Kalorama Hat

Top Down Hats for All

Countdown to Knitmas: Day 25!

We hope you have enjoyed spending the month of December with us here at Anacapa Fine Yarns. We want to thank you for reading our blog, and for all the nice comments we get here and on Facebook.

Have a lovely and safe holiday!
-Your Friends at Anacapa Fine Yarns (Lois, Karin, Anne, Terry, and Kaity!)

Countdown to Knitmas: Day 24!

This tip may be the coolest tip of the whole year - a kfb without the purl bump.

This idea comes form the designer of my current favorite sweater - Funky Grandpa.

Hope what you were hoping for is under the tree!

Happy Holiday Needling,
Anne

Can you find my kid?

How 'bout my other kid? Or me? ;)

Countdown to Knitmas: Day 23!

Hey everyone! It's Christmas Eve-Eve and I am so excited. All my gifts are finished and wrapped up under the tree, and now I get to relax and celebrate! Today's post is going to just be a bit of fun. If you have visited our shop, you've probably seen the yarn-related cartoons we have hanging up in our restroom. Here's a few more that I've found searching around Pinterest. Enjoy!

Countdown to Knitmas: Day 22!

A little while ago, a great knitter named Carol showed me a cool thing that she keeps in her project bag. It made me think of the cool toys that James Bond (or Maxwell Smart) would have hidden within unassuming everyday items like a cigarette rocket (or a shoe phone).

So C's trick for 00K(nitter) is to take a simple ballpoint pen with a cap and remove its insides; replace the pen workings with a thin crochet hook and a tapestry needle. Now, you are armed to fix drop stitches, insert a life line, and weave in your ends AND you have wrangled some illusive and important tools. I was thinking that this use would be a good one for keepsake pens from your favorite vacation spot, mechanic, etc.

Happy Holiday Needling,
Anne

Countdown to Knitmas: Day 21!

Hello everyone! I know you've all been furiously knitting and crocheting gifts aplenty, and today I want to share with you all some ideas for wrapping up those gifts to give away using leftover yarn. I often get asked what I do with my little leftover bits, and I always save them because I know I can use them for something someday (can you say hoarder?).

How cute would it be to wrap up the gift using a bit of the yarn you used to knit it? Like a tiny preview of what's inside. Here's a couple ideas for ya:

 I love the idea of transforming some plain brown paper with a colorful rainbow of yarn ties. Easy and effective!

Similar idea, but attach a few tassels and it's instant-fancy!

Make a tiny pom pom and wrap a little yarn around a plain box and you are good to go.

Keep it simple with some pretty colored paper and a big chunky yarn bow!

If you want to get really fancy, weave a little yarn in two colors around a box, how neat and clean does that look??

Happy wrapping!