Sheep Shop Showcase

Sheep Shop Yarn Showcase
Every yarn
Every color,
Every pattern

It's a rare opportunity to get a glimpse of an entire collection. And to talk with the creator, too!

This year Fonnie Soderstrom of Sheep Shop Yarns will introduce us to Sheep 3 - a sumptuous wool/silk blend. I've had the privilege of knitting a little sample swatch with it. It's a shimmery pleasure. Beautiful colors and smooth hand. I can't wait to see and feel the finished pieces she's bringing along.

Please Join Us
Sunday November 4th, 1-5pm

Moving Sale

Circles is moving. At the end of July we will close our current location. We will be moving to Roslindale where we will have more space - a full-sized classroom, a kitchen and outdoor space, as well. We will keep you posted with information about our new location and new operating model via emails, our web site and this forum.

Before we get to that, we need to pack everything up and move it. You can help by attending our moving sale and reducing how much we have to move!

Here's how the sale will progress:
*20% off - Saturday, July 14th & Sunday, July 15th
*30% off - Thursday, July 19th thru Sunday, July 22nd
*40% off - Thursday, July 26th thru Sunday, July 29th

See you there!!

Please note the following:
*all products in the store will on sale
*no special orders wil be processed until after the move
*all sales are final, no returns will be allowed
*Yarn Co-op balances cannot be applied to sale items.

Baby Surprise

May 5th through May 13th, we'll be knitting up Elizabeth Zimmerman's classic Baby Surprise Jackets for Cradles to Crayons.

Circles will provide yarn for knitting for charity. Or you can knit along with your own yarn.

We'll also have a workshop on Saturday, May 5th, from 11 until.....
In the workshop you can learn how to keep track of where you are (some say Elizabeth Zimmerman's instructions are sparse), play with color, weave in ends as you go, and add different edge treatments.

All this for $10 (includes the pattern). That's hard to beat. So, please join us as we surprise ourselves with our creativity and surprise some needy children with lovingly hand knit sweaters.

See you there!

Sunshine. Alpacas. Maine.

That's what we're headed for on April 14th.

Join us for a day at the Sunshine Alpacas of Maine farm. We'll meet Lori Malloy, her suri alpacas, her llamas, her angora bunnies, her chickens, her dogs, her cat and her parrot. We'll tour the on-site spinning mill, have a lunch from Sebago Brewing Company and take yarn dyeing workshop. It's a great way to break the cabin fever and launch your spring.

Sign up now, as there are only 6 seats available.

What: A travelling knit circle to Sunshine Alpacas of Maine
When: Saturday, April 14th 8:30am - 6:00pm
Where: leaving from the Circles parking lot
Who: why, you, of course!

See you there!

A Charity Knitting Event

Hat Off for Cradles to Crayons

On Saturday, September 23rd, we'll be hosting a charity knitting event. We'll see how many hats we can knit in a day.

We've been collecting an impressive amount of new, hand-made items for Cradles to Crayons, a charity that provides clothing and school supplies to homeless children throughout Massachusetts.

You can support the effort in 3 ways:

1. sit with us and see how many hats you can add to the pile
2. bring a new, hand-knit item to add to our collection
3. make a money donation to Cradles to Crayons.

However you choose to participate, please join us.
Saturday, September 23, Noon-6pm

Sheep Shop Yarns

The first of the Sheep Shop Yarn has arrived.

Yes, we're launching the entire line at the Showcase next week
Saturday, September 16th, Noon-6pm
but we thought we'd give you a little preview....

The "solid" colors in this very soft, bulky, 2-ply are on the shelves and they look awesome.

To support the launch of Fonnie's new business adventure, we are offering her yarns on sale today through the showcase.

The Sheep 2 bulky, regularly $13.75 per skein will be on sale for $11.50.
The Sheep 1 single-ply chunky, regularly $13.00 will be on sale for $11.00 (these will make their debut on the 16th.)

Please join us as congratulate Fonnie and wish her great success.
(There will also be a surprise new product revealed that day!)

New Shop Hours

To aid in our transition to a Co-operative and the development of the new programs we will introduce this year, we are temporarily changing our shop hours.

Starting the week of September 18th Circles' hours will be:
Thurs, Fri, & Sat Noon-8pm
Sun Noon-5pm

To learn more, go here.

All social circles will remain active and we will still have a full class and event schedule.

Thank you for your support.

Stitch N Style Tanks

We don't usually carry garment, but we liked these tanks, with great graphics for knitters, so much that we thought we'd give them a try.


(They only had photos of t's. We have 1 T by mistake, the rest are tank tops. We'll have nightshirts later in the fall. Also, they come in 3 colorways.)

Come check them out, they're great summer wear!