KnitWit Yarn Shop Announcement

Posted on January 30, 2020 by

If you are on the mailing list for KnitWit yarn shop, you may have seen this announcement today:

To our wonderful customers – a special announcement from our owner Suzie vonReyn:

“Almost 9 years ago, my husband Tim and I took over the helm here at KnitWit from the shops’ original owners Anna & Josh – hard to believe so much time has gone by! As they say, time flies when you’re having fun 🙂 However, after all of these years, I have decided it is now time to retire and move on to life’s next adventure. But do not fret – KnitWit is not going anywhere!! I am thrilled to announce that the shop will have new owners starting in March – Jennifer Fleck and her husband Chuck Fleck! Many of you already know Jennifer as she has been deeply invested in the knitting community here in southern Maine as one of the founders of the Lighthouse Knitting Guild and the co-host of the Maine Yarn Podcast. I am so happy that KnitWit will live on and be in such capable hands!

KnitWit remains Quince & Co’s original flagship store and with Jennifer’s passion and energy, this change is sure to be a wonderful next chapter in KnitWit’s story. 

We’ll be sharing a few other updates about the transition during the next few weeks. For now, please know I am very grateful to all of you – for your support, kindness, creativity and inspiration – and that I am thrilled for KnitWit’s future as it continues to be the happy and creative place it has always been for all of us.”

– Suzie

That’s right, we’ll be owners of KnitWit starting this March! I’m so excited. As you’ve probably heard on my podcast over the last several years, KnitWit has always been my favorite yarn shop.

As we get closer, we’ll get you more details on our “opening” weekend. We hope you all come by and say “hi” and we begin this journey.

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Twinning

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Episode 30 of the Main Yarn Podcast is now available. Plus all the back show notes that I was so far behind in updating.

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Updated Location for 2/2 Guild Meeting

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

Construction on the new Adult Education Center still is not quite finished. So we will be in the old Adult Education area inside the high school again. Enter the high school through the door marked #28. We will be in a classroom space on the left.

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Color Theory Class

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

Beatrice Perron Dahlen of Thread and Ladle will be a guest teacher at our February guild meeting! She will be teaching us about color theory in our knitting.

Have you ever been unsure of how to choose colors for a project? Color can be a lot of fun where you have some foundational knowledge of how colors play together in different projects. We’ll talk about color blocks, stripes and colorwork and how colors play differently in all these types of knits. We’ll use paper to test out some different color schemes, and then we’ll dive into knitting with our new knowledge of color theory!

Materials:

• Bring ALL the odds and ends you have in fingering and worsted weights. This is a great way to use them up and have lots of colors to choose from. You’ll have the choice of using fingering weight or worsted weight, so bring all those odd bits of yarn and add what you don’t want to the pile for classmates to choose from! The more colors we have to play with in this class, the better!
• Size 4 and 7 US circular needles in 24” length
• Stitch markers
• Graph paper
• Pencils and erasers
• Color pencils are handy!
• Color swatches from the paint store if you can get your hands on them!
• scissors
• glue stick or tape

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Quick Update on New Guild Location

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

Construction on the new Adult Education Center is not quite finished. So we will be in the old Adult Education area inside the high school. You can park in the same area, just enter the high school through the door marked #28. We will be in a classroom space on the left.

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