Nate's Yarn Picks

Hi, my name is Nate! I go to work with my mom every day at The Village Sheep yarn shop.

I like going to work at the yarn shop, its a really fun place! I get to meet so many new people and hang out with all my friends. My mom seems to think that I'm only here for belly rubs and the all you can eat cookies, but she's wrong. This is hard work!

I have to make sure that I say hello to everyone that walks in, and believe me this tail doesn't wag itself! Sometimes I don't think humans really understand how much effort goes into being this cute.

My mom has been ordering some new yarns lately and I thought I might share some of my notes with everyone. It may LOOK like I just nap all day, but I pay attention.

My mom recently ordered a new sock yarn called Ranco. She said its a sport weight sock yarn, whatever that means, and that it would make a slightly heavier sock. But I don't wear socks! I was looking at some patterns with her and I think there are a lot of other things you could make with this yarn. I liked some of the scarves and shawls she found on Knitty (a free online knitting magazine), maybe I can get her to make one for me! Take a look at these patterns:

Ella - A V-Shaped shawl with lace
Lace Ribbon Scarf - An easy to memorize lace scarf (great for wrapping)
Argosy - An angular scarf, its hip to be square
Bitterroot - A stunning lace pattern to make either a cute shawlette or full sized triangular shawl

The nice thing about Ranco is that it is a hand dyed yarn and comes in a lot of beautiful colors! I think she should make me a nice scarf to wear to work because the colors would look really nice against my fur. Don't you think?

As a thank you to everyone who is reading my post, you can save $3.00 a skein when you order Ranco on my mom's website, www.TheVillageSheep.com, when you use the code ScarfPup at checkout. The code will work until my next post.

Thanks to everyone for the cookies and belly rubs and I can't wait to see you all again soon!

Wag wag wag
Nate