Monarch Has Needlepoint!!

Hey all you Needlepointer's out there good news! You will no longer hafto shop online or drive long distances to find your supplies. Since we lost out local Needlepoint shop Stitches by the bay :( Joan has decided, with the great advice of the lovely June McKnight, to carry some of your favorite threads!! Yaaay! So exciting! We have turned our sale area by the back door into a Needlepoint Nook just for you :) Don't worry the sale are just moved to the back of the shop in our Sock Department. Here is what we got so far...

100 colors of Vineyard Silk thread 100% Silk. Oh these colors are sooo amazing the picture doesn't do it justice. I had a blast hangin those babies up!

Then there is Splendor a 100% Strandable 12-Ply Silk in 50 colors...

We also carry Kreinik Metallics in two sizes #12 and #16 in 16 colors...

We are still waiting on a shipment of Silk and Ivory and ThreadworX over-dye floss. The shipment should be coming in next week. When it comes we will have 100 colors of Silk and Ivory, and 25 colors of ThreadworX. I will keep you posted! 

Here at Monarch we will also have 2 resources that Stitches by June McKnight used for your expert finishing needs. This will be available after the new year.

June McKnight is giving private Needlepoint lessons here in our shop every Monday if you are needing some personal, expert help. I am taking a lesson with June this Monday I am so excited! I have never Needlepointed before I am thrilled I get to learn from Thee June McKnight! I'll let you all know how I did. If you want to make an appointment you can e-mail June at june@junemcknight.com and she will be happy to make plans with you. You can click here for June's website. We are so happy to be able meet some of your Needlepoint needs :) 

This week we got in some new books. The first I have been really looking forward to. It's Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos (Never Not Knitting) and Hannah Fettig (Knitbot). Just as I suspected I would...I love everything in this book and gotta have it! Here are a few of my favorites...

Coastal Knits...how appropriate for us Knitters living here in the Monterey Bay!

Here are a few more new books...

There is Scarves from Around the World

and a new book finishing by Deborah Newton

oooh and a stitch library by Alice Starmore

and even a book on Crafting with Cat Hair! hahaha! With all the cat hair in my house I could craft a whole army of those little finger puppets! I think I'll pass on that one...but I know there is someone out there that wants to figure out a use for all the hair on the couch ;)

I also have some show n tell :) I finished these cute little gloves out of our new Louisa Harding yarns Grace Hand-Dyed and Grace Hand-Beaded...

The pattern comes from Louisa Harding's new book Three Graces. It's got really cute designs! Nice gloves, Hats, Scarves, and Sweaters! We have another new book from Louisa called Fade to Grey thats got some cute stuff too. 

That's about it for now. More to come!!