Welcome New Web Site!

Our new long awaited Shalimar web site is live! We're really tickled with it and hope you are too.

Here you will find descriptions of our yarn bases, photos of our colorways (a few more coming), pattern support, retail locations, and more.

It has all of our new colorways...several of my favorites...

Oyster...


and Shamrock...

Safe to say that I'm in a springy mood today and just happy I have something to cross off my TO DO list! These great lyrics by Sara Bareilles seem appropriate...

Sing it Sara

There's too many things I haven't done yet
There's too many sunsets I haven't seen
You can't waste the day wishing it'd slow down
You would have thought by now, I'd have learned something

Sara Bareilles
Many the Miles

Finally Fall

I've been loving fall this year. It's been warm with periods of cool, perfect Indian Summer over and over. Now we're starting to have regular cool, crisp fall mornings and the leaves are turning nicely because of the late rains we've had. The great thing about this weather is that it turns up my creative juices and gets me excited!

We have a lot of fun surprises we are working on for the next few months. Here are some sneak previews of a new Stonewash colorway...American Beauty, a true Vampira, that special bustier, Valentine's Day candy box RED!



And I've been knitting like a fiend...working on a luxurious new base yarn that we will introduce in late November. Here it is in two colorways I dyed up for this little scarf, Cinnamon Grace. Very quick, very cute. I think I'll try it in worsted weight for a more wintery scarf.



And now that our Ludivine Mystery KAL is over, we have another KAL we'll be starting early next month. Watch for it on our Shalimar Yarns Group on Ravelry.

Is it Fall yet?

We've been busy lately filling shop orders, chatting about Ludivine (our first Mystery KAL on Ravelry) and planning for TNNA in Long Beach in January. Whew!

And this beastly hot and super dry summer has chomping at the bit for a smidgeon of cool, fall air to blow through. The only cure for that, my friends, is to play with color!

So here is a sneak peak at one of five new varigateds that will be released in January.



Wishing you cool knitting wherever you are!

Home Again, Home Again

Paul and I are back from TNNA, where this year we once again ate good food, met with good friends and had a really splendid trip.

It was five days total, which flew by. Shalimar Yarns exhibited again and we loved every minute of it! It was great to meet some new Shalimar customers, and visit with old ones. Paul drives, I knit, and it is very relaxing taking a break from our daily routines.

Speaking of knitting...not a lot transpired out of the car, but here is a little project I started on the way home. Very rythmic and done on a US #8. I'm writing it up as I go, so it can be released in a week or so. As yet nameless...



This is a one-skein shawlette done in Zoe Sock. I wanted something rich and saturated, so I chose Sonoma, a popular new colorway we introduced at TNNA for fall.

It's good to be home though. The week before, Edie did senior week at the beach with friends, and we missed each other in transit. It was a good dry run for the dreaded upcoming college departure. She claims she only missed me a little. All I have to say is that it's lucky I was busy...

Drum Roll Puleeeez...

We are very excited to report that Shalimar Yarns will be at Maryland Sheep & Wool this year in LYS All About Yarn's tent, E-20. We're all abuzz because this is where we are going to preview our new spring patterns and colorways.

I'll be there with lots and lots of Shalimar yarns and patterns, many new project ideas and samples, and some fun and inspiring new kits.

The All About Yarn tent is in the area directly across and to the right of the 4-H Hall. This is the first intersection you come to when you enter through the fairground gates. We hope you all can come visit us there. Make sure to introduce yourself!