Darn Knit Necklaces
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Yep, these are super cute! $18 and you can walk away with one too! Handmade here in MN!
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Two sided necklaces
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Other side:)
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i.knit necklaces
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i.purl necklaces
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These great soldered necklaces are the perfect thing to express your love of the craft! i.crochet and hook’r necklaces are on the way too!
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By now you must know that Carly and I are cousins. We are 10 months apart in age.
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This picture was of us on some family trip somewhere. I’m the blond.
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Aimee and Carly Hippies
We have so many pictures of Carly and me together that we started putting them all on our bulletin board at the shop. It has become a family joke really.
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Bulletin Board Beauties
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Prom 1990 - I bought my dress...of course Carly made hers:)
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Halloween UW Madison 1993 maybe?
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Already gorgeous, gorgeous!
When I decided to open a yarn shop, I told Carly about it. I remember the moment exactly. We were in our Nanny Jean’s apartment visiting and I just blurted it out. “Hey, I am going to open a yarn shop, what do you think? Wanna run it with me?” I think her exact words were. “ok, um, sure Aim” . I was reassured. She was in!
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Our Nan said “well, you’re definitely going to need a comfortable chair. People like comfortable chairs”. Words of wisdom certainly.
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Nanny and the kids in front of the shop before it was a shop:)
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Technically, I am the only one who owns the yarn shop. My husband and I are the ones on the financial hook for sure. But Darn Knit Anyway is as much Carly’s as it is mine. I couldn’t or wouldn’t even want to run the shop without her. I know that she loves the shop just as much as I do. I feel that deep down in my belly.
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Now, Carly isn’t just a great mom, cousin and knitting problem helper. Nope she is an artist too. A graduate of the College of Visual Arts. She is a fashion designer and fiber artist. Here are a few cool things she has done. She has made garments out of everything, dollar bills, snow cone cups, rubber bands, vending machine clear container thingies, baby bottle liners…
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Mr. Smith
Snow Cone Cups
Rubber Bands
vending machine plastic thingies with rubber balls inside?!
Baby Bottle Liners
Now we are lucky enough to have a Carly Stipe original in our shop. Right in our very own front window. I am so happy I can hardly stand it.
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DKA Front Window
A lovely red dress out of duct tape. WHAT?
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It's red alright!
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WHAT? A bow in the back???!!
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I love my cousin to pieces. Seriously. Don’t know what I would do without her.
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I know that our little shop is better because she is a part of it. I tell her that a lot. I just thought maybe you guys should know it too.
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Love you cuz.
We are excited to be carrying these great new Pattern Wallets from Slipped Stitch Studios. Keep your patterns crumple free and work smarter!
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We have a lot in stock, in lots of very cool fabrics!
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Come check them out.
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miPattern Saver Closed
Hidden zipper for notions
Open it for a clear view
Snap it open for hands free
You MUST see these great new items in the shop. I so LOVE them!
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Bright Felt Rings
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Blue Felt Ring
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If you have a sewista in your life, this pincushion should be on your holiday gift list! I mean really, have you ever seen anything as cute?
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Yummy as chocolate cake pincushion
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Sweet Strawberry Pincushion
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Look what recently arrived on our doorstep…a great big order from Slipped Stitch Studios! If you haven’t yet checked out this stuff, now is the time.
We have the perfect thing to keep your place in your pattern – Pattern Magnets
Pattern Magnet
Pattern Magnet
We also have double pointed needle or crochet hook holders
Needle/Hook Holder
Needle/Hook Holder
Key fob anyone?
Key Fobs
Or, the perfect project bag…we have small and medium sizes. Super cute fabrics!!
Project Bag
Project Bag
Come in and get ‘em while you can!
We just got a new item in from Shaggy Baggy. If you haven’t seen Sharon’s work in person yet, you should. These are very well constructed bags! I carry one of her totes around everyday. A great looking and durable workhorse bag!
The newest addition to her collection are these great Shaggy Buckets. Perfect for a knitting project!
Shaggy Bucket
Shaggy Bucket
Downtown Stillwater merchants are having doorbuster sales on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We are excited to join in the madness. We will be opening our doors at 9am (none of this 5am stuff for us!) and every purchase will be 20% off until noon. No exceptions people! Noon is it!
You can even take your receipt from our shop and bring it to a participating restaurant on Main Street and get 20% off your lunch on Friday!
We have some great new yarns from Lorna’s Laces we just got on the shelves today. Over 20 different bulky and worsted colors.
Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted
We are fully stocked on Addi’s…we might even have our interchangeable Addi Click Sets in by Friday!
We have a great new line of project/handbags from Jordana Paige…check these out! The Rio bag is only $89 and the Messenger Bag is $85. That is before the 20% off!
Jordana Paige Rio Bag
Jordana Paige Rio Bag INTERIOR
Jordana Paige Messenger Knitting Bag
Jordana Paige Messenger Knitting Bag INTERIOR
We can’t forget our amazing boutique artists! We have bags, mittens, scarves, buttons, wallets, baby gifts, stitch markers, needle felted items, greeting cards…so many great things at 20% off.
We hope to see you there…Oh one more thing…apparently, Santa comes roaring down Main Street on a firetruck about 10am. You can’t miss that!
Boutique
We are pleased to be selling some amazing items made by MN and WI artists.
Check out these fun items we are going to be selling at the boutique. As soon as all the i’s are dotted and t’s crossed, we’ll share the artist websites with you. Aren’t they great! We have more artist meetings this week…we’ll keep you informed.
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