Click here for our July 2010 newsletter!  See our yarns coming for fall, and get updates on class news.

Class schedules as of August 27th are listed under classes

New fall yarns and new stock in now!!  Aug. 24/10 - Just in!  Rowan Big Wool, Drift, Renew, new colours in Lima and Cocoon, and British Sheep Breeds Boucle, along with Rowan Magazine 48, and  books Winter Drift, Purelife Autumn,  Homestead Classics.  Watching TV last night I knit the back of "Cherish" a Big Wool Shrug from Kim Hargreaves wonderful book Winter Bloom.  We have 12 colours to choose from, it takes 4 to 6 balls.  You could also use the new Drift, same content, same weight, same yardage.  We have 8 colours to choose from. 

Berroco Peruvia Quick, Borealis with a sample vest "Nouveau", Campus, Blackstone Tweed and Blackstone Tweed Chunky, Vintage Chunky with a sample vest "Americano", with a sample vest "Dickens" along with books 298 to 303, and Norah Gaughan 7, also

Noro Silk Garden with some new colours, and Noro Shirikaba, Sirdar Baby Bamboo, Sublime Extra Fine Merino dk in 13 colours, Lots of Diamond Baby Alpaca Sport, Ella Rae Lace Merino in 11 fabulous handpaint colours, and 4 new solids.

Schoppel Flying Saucer, also known as UFO, Zitron Filigran in 3 glorious handpaints, Zitron Unisono with aloe and jojoba in several colours, Schulana Capo Nord extra fine merino polar weight, with a new sample child's ear flap hat for 1 ball.

Great news!! 

Since the introduction of addi’s revolutionary addi Click interchangeable needle system (with Turbo® tips), knitters from around the world have been clamoring to know if there would indeed be an addi Click set which would incorporate the Lace tips. Well…the wait is over!

Skacel is proud to introduce the addi Click Lace interchangeable needle system!

Each addi Click Lace kit features 8 pairs of addi Lace tips in metric sizes: 3.50mm, 3.75mm, 4.00mm, 4.50mm, 5.00mm, 5.50mm, 6.00mm, & 8.00mm, along with 5 blue addi cords which create 40cm (16"), 50cm (20"), 60cm (24"), 80cm (32"), & 100cm (40") needles, 1 Click connector, and a gold addi heart pin. The Lace Click tips were created to be shorter in length, to allow for both 40cm (16") and 50cm (20") applications. Images for the new Lace Click set will be available later this week at www.skacelknitting.com.
Retail price is $179.95.

While the 60cm (24"), 80cm (32"), & 100cm (40") cords from both sets are fully compatible with any style of tip, the new 40cm (16") and 50cm (20") cords are not compatible with the Turbo® tips. The length of the Turbo® tips combined with these smaller cords, will not allow for proper knitting.

Additional packs of Lace tips and cords will be introduced at a later date.

UPDATE.  We are currently taking orders for the addi Click Lace sets, and the anticipated delivery of our first batch will be end of September. 

August 27/10.  We still have a Manos del Uruguay and Mission Falls trunk show here!  Come on in and have a look at these lovely garments and try on, feel, etc., certainly a more superior experience to seeing the picture in a book!  Here is a sample, the throw "Moonstone" from "Geometry" booklet. 

Just received an order of Fleece Artist Blue Faced Leicester Aran in natural for all your aran knitting!  Fabulous price for the very best aran yarn you can use.  This is fabulous!!  Also with that we got new Great Big Sea, Lady Godiva and 4 ply cashmere for your ultimate knitting pleasure! 

We have the lace cashmere from Araucania "Trauco" in 7 gorgeous shades which subtly changes in monotones.  Wow!  This was a must buy!  294m/50g. 

Noro We have Sekku, cotton/silk/nylon sock weight, Furin, a chunky weight for spring/summer.  We have just received the Shirakaba as well, worsted weight silk, cotton, wool, a subtle striping yarn.  The others are the usual yummy colour blends.  Several new books have pattern support.  See colours at diamondyarn.com

You must see our new "Unisono" from Zitron.  This is an extra fine merino fine dk weight, permeated with aloe vera and jojoba at 300m/100g.  The colours are very unusual and fabulous!!  Check them out at skacelknititng.com. 

Following the great success across Canada of our "Zauberball" and "Zauberball Crazy" sock yarn, we have taken the newest in the line, "Lace ball" at 875 yards to 100g, for fine lace knitting, and Zauberball "Starke 6" at 437 yards to 150g to knit on a 4mm, see the fabulous colourways at skacelknitting.com.

We have lots of new books!!  See below

Go to the catalog and see all the needles we can supply you with, or let your local yarn shop know that you want these needles, including the latest and greatest version of the Addi Clicks, (see note below Cat's workshops) now including 3.75mm, and you can now buy them individually, plus we have Addi turbo circs, sizes 2, 2.5, 3, 3.25, 3.50 and 3.75mm in 8"!! YES, WE HAVE ADDI CLICKS IN STOCK!!  PLUS ADDITIONAL NEEDLES AND CORD SETS

Thought we should tell you, along with all the other yarns we have in stock, we have every colour of Rowan Colourscape by Kaffe Fassett, plus every colour of Rowan Purelife Cotton and ditto the purelife wool, both of the latter dyed with natural dyes, perfect for babies. 

Wool & Wicker is now the Steveston area's depot for Padraig slippers!  We have newborn  up to Men's large with lots of colours to choose from.  Get your Holiday Gifts now while you can get your choice of size and colour!  We got the last shipment before the prices go up.  Make sure to shop early for gifts before we have to put the prices up!!  See the story at www.padraigcottage.ca.

Your non knitting significant others will be happy to join you in the store now, we have a TV they can watch while you leisurely pick out your fall/winter and Christmas projects! We have also built a colour wall of multicolour yarns for your eye candy pleasure.

New books! 

1000 Fabulous Knit Hats,

 Aran Knitting, YES!!  Alice Starmore's book is coming back in print!!  Get your name in now for one, these are the books that have been for sale on line at $400 because of being in high demand and unavailable!!

 Babes in the Wool,

 Custom Knits,

 Design it, Knit it: Babies,

 Fishermen's sweaters,

 Homemade fun,

 Knit Prayer Shawls,

 Knits Men Want,

 Knitwear Design Workshop,

 Mason Dixon Knitting,

 One Ball Knits Gifts,

 Socks a la Carte 2,

 Sitch "N " Bitch Advanced,

 Think Outside the sox,

Wool Toys and Friends 

also, we have, along with many more

Crazy Lace: An Artistic Approach to Creative

Crocheted Gifts: Irresistible Projects

Haiku Knits: 25 Serenely Beautiful Patterns

Itty Bitty Nursery: Sweet Adorable Knits

Knitted Socks East and West: 30 Designs

Truly Terribly Horrible Sweater that Grandma Made

Hattitude: Knits for every Mood

Destination Alchemy

Alchemy of color knitting

Alchemy Lost and Found

Knitting in the Sun

Freeform Style - Prudence Mapstone & Jonelle Raffino

The Harmony Guides: Cables and Arans

Knitting More Circles Around Socks - Great! Back in

Boutique Knits is back in!

Breeze by Kim Hargreaves

Socks From the Toe Up back in

Nicky Epstein Knitting in Tuscany

Pursenalities and Pursenalities Plus

Vintage Baby Knits

101 Designer One Skein Wonders back in

Alchemy Lost and Found back in

The Knitter's Manual

Debbie Bliss Baby & Toddler Knits

Iris Schreier's Reversible Knits

Mother Daughter Knits: 30 Designs - Melville and daughter

Pints and Purls

Shetland Lace - original designs from Jamieson & Smith

Aran Knit - Japanese

Crocheting in Plain English

Fiber Gathering

French Girl Knits - back in - don't miss this one, I would make almost everything in this book!

It Itches

Knitters Handbook - a must for every knitter

Magic Loop

Pipsqueak Knits

Romantic Handknits

Rowan Junior

Simple Style

Sensual Crochet

Simply Shetland #5

COMING SOON:

Stitch N Bitch Superstar

Knitted Gifts: Irresistible Projects to Make & Give

Natural Nursery Knits

Knitting for Dummies Revised Edition

Big Girl Knits soft cover

"Socks a la Carte" Pick and Choose Patterms to Knit Socks Your way

Itty Bitty Hats