What FUN!

World Wide Knit in Public Day was a blast!!! 

Thanks to everyone who participated in everything from yarn bombing the front of the shop to sitn' and knitn' all over the place! We are sooooo blessed by all of you!

Ann and her group got to teach
a group of peeps from Kohl's and had a wondermous time. Kohl's also gave the Lamb's Loom a donation toward the work that is done in making hats for the kids in Mexico and China. PLUS, all these wonderful employees of theirs donated the hats they made! Thank y'all!!!

Here are some pics from some of our other locations, too....

Renee's of Sharyland ~ where Tomas introduced them to the restaurant and they were welcomed with applause from the whole place! Barbara, Mathy and Caroline were able to share with everyone about the prayer shawl ministry and the fun we have in serving together.

Langford Market had a special spot picked out and Sandra and her daughter got to sock making!

MoonBeans, altho' under construction, made a nice corner for our group and they got to work on hats and scarves. As it worked out, everyone that came in for coffee had to pass right by them, so they had a "captive audience" to share with.

City Cafe was just wondermous! Dottie, Jo, Elizabeth and Maria  had a great time sitting inside, out of the heat, and talking to all the customers there, also. The City Cafe staff really spoiled them and  invited them all back next year!

And of course, the Border Stitchers were well represented at Barnes and Noble. B & N also had a special section set apart just for them!  This wonderful group has really helped get the word out and we are truly blessed to know them all!

AND there will be a next year! According to the WWKiP site, 10 more countries were represented this year! That brought the total to 882 events in 56 countries. 

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this such a fun event!!!

We thank God for each of you!

Summer is HERE!

Rosco has BIG NEWS for the summer!!!!
New Summer Shop hours are
Wednesday & Saturday 10-4
Thursday & Friday 10-5:30
AND...
the 1st Tuesday of the month we will be open 5 -8 pm

Hope you'll join us for a little time in the Sit 'n Knit room...there's a comfy chair waiting just for you!

 

Oh, what a fun spring we've had! Lots of classes and so many new friends!!! Audrey's group made teddy bears and laughed a lot

The Tunisian Crochet class produced a whole bunch of bunnies, too!

Plans are well under way for Worldwide Knit in Public Day, too! Saturday, June 13th is going to be all kinds of FUN!!!
Here's our plan so far....

9am ~ meet at shop to YARN BOMB the front of the store and one other surprise item.
10am-2ish ~ disperse to locations all over town to represent WWKiP
12-4 ~ back at shop for snacks/and yummy stuff and to share stories....and a few pics!

The KiP Buttons are here!!!! AND the sign up sheet is ready! You can drop by to sign up, message us here or call. THANKS again to all these great businesses for allowing all of us a spot for the this fun day! MoonBeans Coffee ~ Shipley's ~ Renee's of Sharyland ~ City Cafe and Catering ~ Langford Market ~ Kohl's ~ Barnes & Noble Booksellers

WOW ~ What a month!!!

We have been soooo very blessed by everyone! We must start with a BIG thank you to all of you! 
Many have donated yarn for use in the mission projects, others have delivered their own beautiful hats, scarves and shawls and others have come to share and shop and in general, just have FUN!!!

With all your help, another shipment has gone off to our friend Peggy and will all be in China soon. She has asked us to pray for all the teaching times and trainings on this trip. They will also be teaching for the first time for the Women's Federation of Tianjin! 
And, please pray for travel arrangements. United is the best flight out of Denver, but they have now changed the rules and charge $100 for an extra bag each way! And yes, that extra bag is how they get the shawls and hats over there. 

You can always keep up with the China trips here:

http://www.womenconnectinchina.blogspot.com/ 

 There are so many others stories to share over this last month, but we'll just go with a few highlights for now.




The Tunisian Crochet class was a blast! 

  There were bunnies hopping around everywhere!  



Everyone seemed to enjoy the Tunisian method, so we're sure to add another project soon!
 

 All kinds of wonderful people are enjoying the Sit-N-Knit room!

We're making hats, scarves, blankets and the best of all....

a whole room full of new friends!!! 


Our heartfelt thanks to everyone for all your love, support and friendship in this ministry!!!!   

Donation Chests Are Filling UP!

 There's so much happening, there's only one place to start....we're grateful and overwhelmed with all the love and support around here!!!

Lots of new friends and project fun is going on in the new Sit~N~Knit room, of course. Where two or more yarn lovers are gathered, what else would happen?

It is a real blessing that so many of y'all are coming by to knit and add your creations to the mission chests. Our cup (chests) overflows, really!

Patti came by with a bag full of hats and scarves that she and Mary worked on over the Christmas holidays. They didn't want the chest to stay empty for too long after everything went to Mexico. 

We're also so very grateful to all the Border Stitchers for all their contributions of knitted and crocheted items. AND their additions to our sample items that are displayed in the shop. Lovely work! 

It may seem that sometimes all we talk about here is yarn, tho' that is what God is using to weave us all together, but the friendships and outreach are such a tremendous addition! 

We have also been working on some more "practical" things, like two part donation forms that can be used for these lovely items being put in the chest, or for financial contributions. We are a 501 (c)(3), after all, so every now and then we have to pause a project to do the business stuff.

Here's another perfect story of how things work around here....Our friend JoAnn stopped by with 5 big crocheted blankets that another friend did not want....SO, we called Melody and she came and picked them up for use at the Dump Church. We added the crochet doll from another friend. The week this happened we had a really cold and wet cold front blow in. God and His perfect timing and provision for those kids happened through y'all.
What a blessing!

This is the kind of thing that YOU help happen here. Everyone one of you and every little bit, woven together to serve whomever God brings our way...THANK YOU!!!
Prayers and Purls to you all!

Cascade Yarn visit

Mike, from Cascade Yarns made his first trip to South Texas just to see us!!!
He was in San Antonio and stopped by to see us on his way to Houston!


This was 3 1/2 hours of FUN!

Yarn, colors and textures, oh my! Yes, we were in overload, but Mike was very patient and extremely helpful. Several Cascade pattern books were added to this order and we were able to get a couple of more yarns for some spring projects and classes that are in the works, too.

So, another order is on the way....and it has a few of the fantastic yarns y'all requested, too!

And today was the start of our first sock class! It's the first class in the new Sit-n-Knit room, too. This room is a little bigger and will give us more room in the shop for something....like yarn, maybe!

These shelves won't be lonely for long!