Skacel Addi Click Set is here!

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are thankful the brand new Skacel addi Click set has arrived at Cultured Purls.

The addi Click System provides 10 different sizes of addi Turbo™ tips, even sizes from US 4 (3.5mm) through US 15 (10mm), three different lengths of extremely pliable blue cord, 24", 32" and 40", and one connector piece to help store stitches or combine your cords.

The Click tips require no tools to change; simply insert the cord deep into the tip, twist and release. The tips will remain secure until you change them. Here's a picture preview of the set:




Don't wait to check these out at the store, we have a limited quantity of these sets available and everyone is going to want them! See you soon!

Special Store hours 10 – 8 at Cultured Purls Thursday, November 20th!

Come hang out at Cultured Purls this Thursday, November 20th while we participate in Night Out with the Village People.

The event lasts from 5:00 – 7:45. The idea is simple, pick up a special card at any of the participating shops. Then visit each shop on the card, get it stamped, and head over Pelage Spa and Skin Center by 7:50 for a drawing. Each of the stores has provided fabulous gifts and prizes!You must be present to win.

You will also receive an additional raffle ticket for every $25 spent at participating store by showing your receipt at Pelage.....

Come join us on Thursday, November 20th!

Purl of the Week 11/08/08

Flat Feet yarn is back at Cultured Purls!

Did you miss out on Flat Feet when it was in our store over the summer? We had this great yarn in stock for under a week when it was grabbed up by happy customers! We immediately got more stock on order, but it was so popular around the country that it was back ordered for several months. It’s finally here – don’t miss it again!

This amazing yarn is machine knitted into sock blanks, then hand dyed with amazing colors in every which way you can imagine! You then knit directly from the fabric, unraveling as you go. No knots, no tangles, no fuss! This truly is a yarn that you have to see in the shop.

Flat Feet would be a great idea for a friend who’s a sock knitter or unique socks for a lucky recipient.

More information can be found here.

Yarn of the Week for 11/6/08

Fresco from Classic Elite yarns has arrived.

Fresco is a delightful blend of 60% wool, 30% baby alpaca, 10% angora. It has the right amount of fuzz and stitch deification to make your projects pop! The suggested gauge is 6½ sts/inch on US 5 needles. We have several beautiful colors in stock:

Fresco is the yarn called for in the beautiful Fresco Fair Isle Mitts featured in Interweave Knits Fall 08 issue – perfect for a holiday gift! Check out the pictures here:

http://www.interweaveknits.com/galleries/bonus/fall-2008/Fresco-Fair-Isle-Mitts.asp

Yarn of the Week 9-23-08

Each week we look around the store and decide on a yarn that we would like to highlight for the blog. We could blog for decades before we ran out of different yarns discuss! This week’s yarn we love is Lana D’Oro from Cascade Yarns.

This Peruvian made yarn is 50% Wool and 50% Superfine Alpaca. A wool and alpaca blend is ideal because the alpaca makes the yarn feel very soft while the wool keeps the alpaca from stretching out with wear. This is truly one of those yarns that you must feel to understand how soft it is.

Lana D’Oro is a light worsted weight yarn with 110 yards* and comes in 80 beautiful colors. This yarn would be great for a garment, scarf, or hat

Lana D’Oro Free Pattern Alert! As seen in Knitter’s Fall 2008!
http://www.cascadeyarns.com/patternsFree/W204_LanaDoro.pdf


*NOTE: Cultured Purls purchased this yarn when it was packaged with 110 yards, however as you will notice from the website, it is now packaged at 219 yards.

Question of the Week 9-18-09

Why are there so many different lengths of circular needles, and when do I use each one?

Circular needles are wonderful tools for knitting. Many people use only circular needles to knit all of their projects, even those projects that aren’t knit in a circle! Circular needles come in lengths from 9 inches long to over 60 inches long.

Usually your knitting pattern will tell you which length of needle to use with each project, but sometimes you are left to figure it out on your own. It is also hard to know which length to use if you are knitting a flat object on your circular needles. The length is based on how many stitches you are going to cast on for a particular project. Different manufactures of needles use different lengths, but if you give and inch or two using the guidelines spelled out below, you will be right on track.

Nine inch needles, such as the Hiya Hiya needles (which only come in US 0-3 in the 9” length), are a new way to knit garments such as socks and gloves. The next length is usually 12 inches which is a good length for a baby or child garment. Following 12 inches is a 16 inch which is usable for a hat, neckline, sleeve, or just for knitting a flat garment that has 30 or less stitches such as a scarf.

The next sizes such at 24 inch, 32 inch, and 47 inch are often used for knitting garments, afghans and other larger projects either flat or in the round. Circular needles with a cable that is more than 60 inches are especially great for an afghan project.

As was discussed last week, there are so many different knitting needles out there and if you haven’t tried knitting either circularly maybe start with an easy hat project or if you have never knit a flat project with circular needles, pick up a pair and cast on! You will be amazed at your results.

Happy Knitting!

Yarn of the Week 9-16-08

This week’s yarn of the week is Aurora 8 by Karabella Yarns. Aurora 8 is a worsted weight yarn that knits up at 4.5 stitches per inch. It is made of 100% extrafine merino wool and has excellent stitch definition. This yarn comes in over 100 colors, more than any other extrafine merino on the market; you would be hard pressed to find a color that you or Aurora 8 didn’t look good in. Here are some of the colors that we carry here at the store:

Worsted weight yarns work so well for sweaters, hats, and just about any other garment. We have a beautiful sweater sample worked up at the store in Aurora 8 in one of Karabella’s beautiful fashion forward designs.



If you haven’t yet knit a sweater from 100% wool yarn because you remember the itchy sweaters of your childhood – this yarn will blow you away!

Come on down to the store to check it out!

Happy Knitting!