Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf

We love Annie's story!

Change a child's life one book at a time...
We are so pleased to announce that we have the newly published childrens book "Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf" written by knitwear designer Alana Dakos. Alana even autographed the books for us so they are "extra special".

Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf is a story about a little girl, Annie who overcomes her frustration and challenges of learning to knit. She is rewarded for sticking with it and feels very proud of herself. What a wonderful holiday gift this can be for a special child in your life.

 We are happy to accept telephone/mail orders (916) 714-7719 

All the way from England!

Louisa Harding Book Plates

We are so excited, look what came in the post today all the way from Yorkshire, England....

hand signed book plates from Louisa Harding herself for our 

Louisa Harding Event this Friday night!

Thanks to Interweave Books, we have three

 Louisa Harding books (Knitting in the Details, Natural Knits for Babies and Moms, and Knitting Little Luxuries) for our Raffle Drawing that night which will now come with a Louisa Harding signed book plate. Raffle tickets are only a $1.00 each. All proceeds will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support on Louisa's Just Giving site. 

We have a limited number of Louisa's autographed book plates for her books at our event. We will also be able to offer mail order for Louisa's books we carry and include a signed book plate by Louisa until we run out. Please give us a call for mail order 

(916) 714-7719.

Knitique owner, Danielle says:

"These are a real treasure for Louisa's American fans because Louisa does not make many public appearances or book signings here in the USA due to her design schedule and being a young "mum". 

Thank you, Louisa!

Book Sale!

Back to School Book Sale

Newsflash: We're having a "Back to School" Book Sale 
all week long!

Buy one book at regular price and 

get your second book (of equal or lesser value) at half off! 

Now is the perfect time to "stock up" on books for your knitting and crochet library or buy books for holiday gifts.

Back to School Book Sale now through 

Sunday, September 9th, 2012. 

**See store for full details. 

Held Over!

 Emma Cardigan

Our Joan McGowan-Michael White Lies Designs Trunk Show

has been held over for one more week in our yarn boutique.

There's nothing like seeing Joan's pretty and feminine designs
in person!

You can see the garments in the Trunk Show
 now through Saturday, March 31st.

Designer, Joan McGowan-Michael

We also have  few books left autographed by Joan for sale

 as well as her White Lies patterns 

for the garments featured in our Trunk Show.  

We hope to see you in our yarn boutique soon...
and if you can't make it in
we are happy to ship your purchase to you.
Just give us a call
(916) 714-7719

We love Joan!

 Book Signing with Joan

Last Saturday, 

Designer, Joan McGowan-Michael 

spent the afternoon at Knitique!

We love Joan and her "pretty & romantic" designs.  

We were so thrilled to have Joan in the boutique 

for an entire day of special events with her!

 Designer, Joan McGowan-Michael

We're a big fan of  Joan's designs and her books.

Some of our favorite patterns of Joan's are her Bed Jacket 

and Krista Tee from her first book 

Knitting Lingerie Style.  

We also adore her Angelina Shrug in the recent published book

My Grandmother's Knitting.  

This book is a compilation of designs and stories by 

top knit-wear designers.  

We love Joan's story in the book about her Mother, Angelina 

and her mother's fabulous 1940's style.

 Getting the "perfect fit"!

We love Joan's Angelina Shrug so much 

that we created an Angelina Workshop with Joan.

To help our attendees get the "perfect fit"
for their Angelina Shrug 

we had a fitting clinic with Joan on Saturday, as well.

Joan is famous for her fitting techniques.  

All the ladies that attended, raved about their "fitting time" with Joan.

Attendee, Meg Bland of Lady Bug Fiber Co. commented:

"I loved the fitting information 

on adapting patterns to my unique body type.  

This is so helpful not only to knitting but for other garment construction as well."  

Kathy B. had this to say about the fitting clinic:

"She's awesome!    

Great information.  I will now have perfect fitting sweaters!"

Mary R. said:

 "I'm thrilled!  

She makes you feel better about yourself and 
your female body figure."

 White Lies Designs Trunk Show

Now showing:

 White Lies Designs Trunk Show.

Joan began her company White Lies Designs in 2001

and we love her gorgeous patterns.  

You can come in and see the beautiful garments in person 

now through Saturday, March 17th. 

We also have the Trunk Show patterns in stock for you.

Gabrielle Vest & Angelina Shrug

If you missed out on our special day with Joan,

we still have a few books left autographed by Joan.
Just stop in or give us a call to purchase our books
autographed by Joan. 

Also, stay tuned because we can't wait to have another day

with Joan in our yarn boutique again sometime soon!

Danielle & Joan

Thank you to everyone who came to our special event 

and made this such a fabulous afternoon with our favorite local Designer,

Joan McGowan-Michael!

Come Meet Designer, Joan McGowan-Michael!

 Angelina Shrug

We love Designer, Joan McGowan-Michael's 

Angelina Shrug 

featured in the book My Grandmother's Knitting.  

Come meet the designer herself,

this Saturday at Knitique!

Joan McGowan-Michael

You are invited to meet Joan this Saturday, March 3rd

at our book signing with Joan

from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.

We're also having  a Trunk Show featuring Joan's

White Lies Designs romantic knits!

We'll have Joan's individual patterns for sale

along with Joan's book Knitting Lingerie Style and

My Grandmother's Knitting book.

See you Saturday!

My Grandmother's Knitting

My Grandmother's Knitting

Save the Dates...

We are so excited to announce 

"My Grandmother's Knitting" Book Signing 

with local designer, 

Joan McGowan-Michael 

on Saturday,  March 3, 2012
from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.
This is a Free Event. 

We love her Angelina Shrug in the book, so much so, 

we are having Joan do a workshop for us.

We are the first knit shop to offer this workshop with Joan

 for her Angelina Shrug.

Angelina Shrug Workshop dates: 
Following the Book Signing:
Saturday,  March 3, 2012 Angelina Custom Fitting with Joan 
from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. 
Joan will give a brief talk about womens figures and fitting for knits. 
$15.00 Fitting Fee & RSVP required
to assure your personal fitting time with Joan.

Saturdays:   March 17th and Sat March 31st
from 3:00PM to 5:00PM.  
$60.00 Workhop Fee.
Call to reserve your spot,
as space is limited.  

We'll have an Angelina Shrug sample in the shop soon, 

as well as the yarn kits.

More details coming soon!

Join our First Monthly, Monday Night Book Club

Okay, I know that's a mouthful. But we'd love for you to come to Knitique's inaugural

Monday Night Book Club.

The lovely, talented, and especially friendly Teresa, will be hosting this event. Join us Monday, March 26th 6-8pm.

What are we going to read?



I received an advance copy of this book at TNNA. I normally don't have time to read but I definitely couldn't put this book down. It was definitely worth the no knitting time to read. Now if only I could master reading and knitting at the same time. If you've got some tips to help the multi-tasking, I'd love to hear.

If you haven't heard Julie Roberts is going to be starring in this movie, which is set to be released November 2008. Once you read the book, you can see what a perfect job they did in casting her.

We've ordered honestly dozens of this book in the shop. We've got about 5 left, so come on in and join us for a break from reality with other fiber obsessed junkies. We are giving anyone who joins the book club a 10% discount on the Book of the Month.

A short synopsis of the book:
From Publishers Weekly: Between running her Manhattan yarn shop, Walker & Daughter, and raising her 12-year-old biracial daughter, Dakota, Georgia Walker has plenty on her plate in Jacobs's debut novel. But when Dakota's father reappears and a former friend contacts Georgia, Georgia's orderly existence begins to unravel. Her support system is her staff and the knitting club that meets at her store every Friday night, though each person has dramas of her own brewing. It takes a while, but when Jacobs, who worked at Redbook and Working Woman, hits her storytelling stride, poignant twists propel the plot and help the pacing find a pleasant rhythm. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Come for the yarn, stay for the community!!

We LOVE Books!!!

New Books have been arriving almost everyother day for the last week or so. We are on an autoship, so we get atleast a few copies of most of the new books. The above titles are just a few of the new books we've received.

Grumperina has posted on her blog her review on "Favorite Socks" by Interweave Knits. If you are a frequent reader of their magazine, you'll have seen all the Fabulous Socks patterns. They normally have 1 pattern each issue.

Come on in tomorrow, put your feet up, and peruse our library for must haves.

P.S. Jane love the baby toes. He needs some angora booties, to keep his toes warm in the breezy New York winds.
P.P.S. We love seeing where everyone is visiting from. Drop us a line, send us a comment. We would love to know what you are knitting.