New Yarn from Norway

Off the Beaten Path now carries Arnhild's line of Rauma Norwegian wool yarns:

Wool sock yarn.


We also have Arnhild's translations of traditional colorwork pattern books.


Superwash Baby-gran in stunning colors (not just your usual baby pastels).

Bring your knitting to a new level!

New Yarns!

We have new colors of yarn in this week.

SWTC aMAIZing. 100% corn fiber. Machine washable and dryable. Several new varigated and solid colors. Great for summer wraps and tops.


New Terra colors. 50% Bamboo 50% cotton.


More SWTC Karaoke 50% Soysilk 50% wool. Beautiful long color repeats. We have picked out several patterns that would look great in this yarn. Stop by and check them out.

Silkworms are Coming!

Have you ever wondered where silk comes from?

Rexie grows Bombyx Mori silkworms as one of her many hobbies & with the coming of spring, silkworms are on the way. She will be at the shop with her silky pets on the first & third Saturday each month for all to see & ask questions about. Stop in & watch em grow! Within one month they will be spinning cocoons of silk! At some date in the future Rexie will be demo-ing how the silk is turned into silk "hankies" that can be dyed & hand-spun or used in any number of craft projects. Stay tuned to da'blog for that date!

All she learned about raising the Caterpillar & rendering the silk can be found online at www.wormspit.com.

Closing Early 2.8.10

Hey all! We will be closing early today, due to the winter weather, at 3:30. We will be open tomorrow our regular business hours.

Wet Felting Class with Gale Yaeger - Photos

Wet Felting Class with Gale Yaeger - Photos

Haiti Relief & Felting class

Good news!

10% of Saturday sales will now be donated to the ELAC World Relief Fund for Haiti.

(http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action.aspx)

We are in the process of reordering all of our yarns. If we don't have something in stock that you would like, ask to be put onto our customer request list. We will call you when your wanted items come in.

There is a felting class by Gale Yaeger with open seats happening this Saturday, January 30th.

Session I; 1-4pm @ 215 Femrite Drive. Make your own flowers to embellish hats, scarves, purses, coats & more. Take home as many flowers as you can make in three hours! Cost: $36 Limit: 4 students (3 spots open). RSVP 221-0219

Needles are in & it's easy to be green!

I know a lot of ya’ll have been waiting for our needles to come back in. Our needles are now fully restocked and ready to be adopted. We will try our darnedest to keep up with demand now that we have had a chance to settle into the new digs.

We now have a bag discount! Bring in your own bag, mention it when you check out (cause sometimes we forget to ask), & receive a $.10 bag discount for helping to make our home a greener & cleaner place by reducing & reusing. WOOT!!

Have a great holiday!

Tentitive Hours for Winter Weather

We will be closing early this Wed, 12.23, at 7pm in anticipation of Winter Weather.

We will be closing early on the 24th at 2pm.

We will be OPEN our regular hours the day after Xmas, New Years Eve & day.

Please stay safe out there & have a great Holiday!!

New Location

Hi Everyone. We are thrilled to be in our new location at 1216 Williamson Street, right across from the Firehouse & the Williamson Street Grocery Coop! Please remember, there is plenty of parking on Wilson Street behind the shop and a straight shot up the driveway puts you right at the front door.

In the time since the old shop closed on Oct 10, i have had not problem finding a spot near the shop, about as close as our old back parking lot used to be. There are also a number of spots in front of Jolly Bob's, right next door; and across the street. Two hour parking is pretty good for shopping & even knitting!

Also, thank you to all of you who have already been in and all the new folks & groups!

FABULOUS NEW YARN>>>

We have a new yarn called Dream Big (2st/inch) that is 130 yds of luscious washable 100% merino, with a free pattern for a vest on the band in 10 colors. Lots of new colors in Yin & Yang have arrived with old hat made new in it! Five new colors in Arnhildt's sock yarns! We will have a shipment of new books hot off the presses next week, in time for Christmas! Also coming: Chunky Alpaca in 8 luscious colors; y' all emptied my bins so i ordered some more...

There are some new surprises coming to; with just a little to start - to see how we like them... there will be left over skeins after the demos, so first come first serve until the new line arrives.

We Are FINALLY Open!

We are open again for Black Friday at our new location at 1216 Willy Street! We are right across the street from the Willy St #3 Fire Dept & the Willy St Coop. Please be aware that the space in front of the shop is a loading zone. We don't want you to get a ticket. There is limited parking in the back of the shop, & street parking all around the block. There is two-hour, non-metered, parking on the street behind the shop.

Black Friday Discount!

15% off all regularly priced yarn BLACK FRIDAY ONLY!

Sale yarn buy one, get one half off the sale price INCLUDING KARAOKE!! Get em while we have em!

Our Hours, for now are:

Tues/Thurs 11-5pm

Wed 11-10pm

Fri/Sat 10-4pm

Sun/Mon CLOSED

See you soon!!!

Uh-oh

Yes, we are delayed a week! Please watch the window now as you see the signage & interior emerge! As soon as we can; the doors will fly open. Looks like Nov 19-27th, can't miss Black Friday! It is one of the most fun days of the year; we usually have a demonstration of some kind where folks can have fun.

Also, looks like we still have some demand for knittin' in the kitchen; so, we are looking into the possibility of booking knitting groups, workshops & classes at ye old Femrite farmhouse... however; there will be no product there... will keep you posted. We have spoken to the Willy Street Coop & their community room can be available for classes! We can do both. We have choices! Can't wait for the fun to start; I have missed you all!

1216 Willy Street

Hello folks, the move: it is happening! The flooring & walls are ready for product to arrive. Watch the window for our November display. We plan to open on Tuesday, Nov 17th. Watch this space for updates. We have received so many wonderful enthusiastic messages regarding our move. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Parking: While there is no parking directly in front of the store (loading zone); there is plenty of off-street parking not far away. Also, check out Wilson Street. It is parallel to Willy Street & directly behind us. There is an apartment complex with a wonderful parking lot you can zip right up, very close. Also, the two handicapped parking spaces in this building's lot are for our patrons who need them. No one in the complex requires them.

I have had no problems finding a spot close to the store while we have been moving; and, being able to pop into the Willy Street Coop has been wonderful. We will be holding some classes in their Community Room.

It's Moving Time...

I write to you on this, our last official day of operation at 215 Femrite Drive. We will be open one more time on Friday Oct 16 for KnitCh Nite from 3-6:30 pm for one last knit & chain session with Karen & Kathy. All are welcome. Bring a dish to pass and a smile. Its all free.

Next time Friday Nite KnitCh will be happening in our new location: 1216 Williamson Street, Madison WI 53703. As usual, it will be the third Friday of the month (Nov 20th), after hours, from 4-6:30 pm. We always have a free knit or crochet pattern for you and some new stitches! You can bring a project of your own if you desire.

Also, signs will appear in the new windows as we progress. We hope to open between November 1 & the 15th, dependent on many factors (interiors, moving, new shipments, etc).

We will have a Grand Re-Opening for sure and hope all of you will stop in.

Also, we are discontinuing our Newsletter per se, because the Blog is such a popular place to check out what is happening & to catch up with current events past. We will be posting some long overdue photos & info on the blog here, so stay tuned. Instead of a newsletter, we will send reminders to check the blogspot, so let us know if you would like to be on the reminder list.

A heartfelt thank you to all who have generously supported our adventures at 215 Femrite Drive over the last four years; and, we hope you will all travel with us into our new chapter as:
Off The Beaten Path Yarnery
1216 Williamson Street

Happy Knitting,
See you soon!
Karen

We are Moving!!

Guess what?!

Karen has decided to move the shop into the Art district of Atwood Ave! We don’t have an address yet (building details are still being wrapped up), but we are having a Moving Sale! All yarns (except sock & yarns already discounted) are 10% off!
Karen estimates the move will take place sometime in October, but we will certainly keep you informed as to where the location will be. She hasn’t even told me where the shop is going to move to & my curiosity is KILLING ME!!!! We do know that it will be near Zoomba Cafe…OOOH now that’s exciting!! COFFEEEEEeeeee!!!
This is certainly an exciting time for OTBP as this is also our 4th year Anniversary! Since we are moving, our store hours will remain Thurs 11-5, Fri-Sat 10-4, & Closed Sun - Wed.

Lots more news to come, I’m sure! Keep your eyes peeled to here &/or the blog (offthebeatenpathyarnhouse.blogspot.com).

BBQ Knit Nite Morphs

First of all, a very special "Thank You" to all who supported BBQ Knit Nite during the last year! We had fun & learned a whole bunch of new stitches!

Two things will change about BBQ Knit Nite; its name and its price. With the passing of my brother Seth, we are a cook short and it just isn't the same; so, we have decided to move it to the Kitchen & change its name. (Hey! that rhymed...)

We welcome you to the all new Friday Nite Knitch! It will begin this very Friday and it will be FREE. There will two projects (one knit & one crochet) and a free pattern to go with them. Kathy will teach a crochet wrap & Karen will teach a knit wrap. It will happen after hours from 4-6:30; so bring a dish to pass, don't be hungry. Folks may show up anytime during these hours or early if you just wanna hang in the kitchen.

We will put a Friday Nite Knitch on once a month, so check the class calendar for dates. We are looking forward to a new chapter in knitting and the opportunity for more knitters & crocheters to meet each other & participate. Love you all very much!

Karen

Sock Alert!

Hooray!!! 5 new colors in Poems; going fast! 3 New Cities in Marathon: 6 colors each city... & the North Pole too! WOW

Customer Corner FO's!

Burnie came in to show off her beach bag knit up in Summer Linen. I love it!! Me wants one!

Not soon after, Ruth came in to show off her shoulder shawlette knit up in our newest Honey Pot Yarn of angora & lamb's wool. She also knit up a bracelet with the leftovers. Way to go Ruth! It's beautiful!

Carseat Blankie

Crocheted by Mags in Cotton Joy Jr!

It's a blanket that lays over a carseat. The hole near the middle is for the seatbelt buckles. Neat, aye!?

Join our Knit Along!

We are starting a knit-along with this wonderful doily blanket adapted from an antique doily pattern with our Ravelry group. You can find the free pattern here, & you can find our Ravelry group, Off the Beaten Path Yarnhouse Groupies, here.

Karen, Rachel & myself have been taken by this project. I'm knitting it up in some lucious Alpaca yarn from Forest Acadamy, Rachel is knitting it in Cotton Supreme, & Karen has decided to knit the smaller version out of several strands of the new crochet cotton.

Won't you join us in this knit-along?