Gathering Roses, Design Collection, Louisa Harding
This wonderful collection of 17 items to knit for women by knitwear designer Louisa Harding has patterns for extended bust sizes 32 to 42 inches. It features pullovers, cardigans, and vests in a variety of weights of yarn. The patterns are feminine and include a mixture of different stitches, color combinations, and added features, such as knitted flowers and embroidery.

Gathering Roses, Accessories, Louisa Harding
This is Louisa’s first collection of yarns and hand knitwear designs that are symbiotic. The inspiration behind the selection of yarns for this collection was evoked by a memory triggered by her four year old daughter. She found her collecting fallen flower petals and putting them into a bowl, as a child, Louisa also gathered rose petals from her mother’s garden, put them into a large mixing bowl and marveled at the wonderful colors and textures. Flowers play an important part in the person who Louisa Harding is, they draw her with their colors, their shapes, their intricacies. She always like to be surrounded by them, a reminder of how clever nature is, the way it knits together many different elements to create one perfect bloom.

Summer Classics, Louisa Harding
Summer Classics offers twenty contemporary projects that will add a polished touch to casual looks. Silhouettes flatter the figure. Pullovers, cardigans and vests look fresh in crisp stripes or refined in cable and lace patterns. Many of the garments are knit in Jasmine, a new yarn from Louisa Harding that blends together cotton, bamboo and silk.

Destination Alchemy, by Alchemy Yarns of Transformation
This is a knit trip-a textile travel adventure for the discriminating fiber artist. Your journey will take you to the land of exquisite hand paint luxury yarn, where extraordinary natural fiber meets authentically artistic color. In this dynamic collection we offer 20 unique adventures through lands of sensational color and texture, focusing on three of Alchemy's inernationally-renowned fibers - Haiku, Silken Straw, and Silk Purse. Guided by pattern maps that ensure individual success, this collection of Alchemy original designs will take you to exotic knitting destinations, with the thrill only knit travel can provide. Relax, sit back and remember: it's not just a destination. It's a journey to ports of creativity, luxury, and the world of Alchemy.

Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition, Larissa Brown & Martin John Brown
At any given moment, tens of thousands of people are involved in knitalongs in places all over the world - many connected only by the silvery threads of the Internet. This is the only book that celebrates this phenomenon, and traces it back through years of tradition, community, and shared purpose. Read along as yesterday’s wartime Red Cross sock drives evolve into today’s meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and major league ballparks, as well as international online gatherings focused on patterns, yarns, and other themes.
This book presents an inspiring look at centuries of people knitting together, and why knitters find the interaction so meaningful and worthwhile. Along the way are 20 projects especially suited for different types of knitalongs and a DIY chapter about how to start your own knitalong, including tips from experts who have been there, done that.

Sweet Needle Felts, Jenn Docherty
Sweet Needle Felts teaches you how to use wool roving or yarn to create beautiful, touchable felt projects. Learn to embellish everything from wearable accessories, like scarves and hats, to favorite items for the home, such as pillows and photo albums. If you're feeling more adventurous, move on to sculpting wool into one-of-a-kind bowls, necklaces and even cute critters and dolls. Whether you're adding a finishing touch or starting a project from scratch, Sweet Needle Felts shows you the endless possibilities of needle felting.

Things I learned from Knitting, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
The Yarn Harlot strikes again! Best-selling knitting author and humorist Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is back with an irresistible collection of witty observations on how knitting and life wisdom are spun together. In Things I Learned From Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not), Pearl Mc-Phee examines age-old aphorisms in light of knitting. From "Hope Springs Eternal" to "A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed" and "Birds Of A Feather Flock Together," Pearl-McPhee casts a fresh, off-beat light on these sayings. Presented in quick, punchy takes, each entry in this book calls out to be read aloud and shared with anyone who enjoys playing with yarn and needles.

Knitter's Book of Yarn, Clara Parkes
Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. If only there were a way to read a skein and know how it would behave and what it wanted to become before you invested your time, energy, and money in it. Now there is! With The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, you’ll learn how to unleash your inner yarn whisperer. In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fiber types, preparations, spins, and ply combinations used by large-scale manufacturers and importers, medium-sized companies, boutique dye shops, community spinneries, and old-fashioned sheep farms. And, because we learn best by doing, Parkes went to some of the most creative and inquisitive design minds of the knitting world to provide a wide assortment of patterns created to highlight the qualities (and minimize the drawbacks) of specific types of yarns. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn will teach you everything you need to know about yarn: How it’s made, who makes it, how it gets to you, and what it longs to become.

I Heart Felt, Kathleen Taylor
Eye-Popping Projects for the Inspired Knitter is a follow-up to the author's very successful first book on felting (Knit One, Felt Too), which was really meant as a beginner's guide. I Heart Felt will also be appropriate to newcomers in felting but it pushes the creative edges on just what you can do with felting, making for a hugely imaginative and engaging collection of 33 original designs--she experiments with felting textured knitting (cabled knits, for example), felting colored knitting (either combining yarns, including novelty yarns, for subtle or outrageously eye catching results or felting Fair Isle and other multicolored knitting), and embellishments, either worked directly into the knitting or added to the project post felting.

Love to Knit Socks, Bronwyn Lowenthal
Theres no doubt about it, socks are an indispensable part of every wardrobe. Whether you need an ultra-comfortable pair for chilling out at home, or a gorgeous, stylish pair to add an eye-catching twist to some stunning stilettos, Love to Knit Socks has 35 original, easy-to-make designs from the fabulous fashion label Lowie. Packed full of super-simple ideas, you will find socks to suit every event in your social calendar. From spotty slipper socks you’ll never want to take off to oh-so-cute flower socks that look just as good dressed down as they do dressed up, these socks are guaranteed to become firm favorites for all lovers of fashionable feet. Whatever your style, you’ll love to knit these essential accessories. From simple to intricate, sock designs for all skill levels. Easy-to-follow patterns and techniques make every project accessible.

Knitted Bears, Claire Garland
The clear and easy patterns in Knitted Bears are accompanied by stunning photographs that showcase the charming nature of the toys and their mischievous personalities. Each project is created with a wonderful range of soft yarns in gorgeous colors and every single bear includes patterns for their own wardrobe and accessories. There are eight bears in all and the straightforward nature of the patterns combined with inspiration allow readers to create characters that are all their own.

200 Knitting Tips, Techniques, Betty Barnden
The basics of knitting are quick to master, but learning to create a stylish, professional finish usually takes much longer. This book contains over 200 professional fixes, insider tips, and secrets arranged by topic to enable any crafter to achieve a great fit and finish when knitting garments and accessories. You will also learn how to dye yarns easily in an ordinary kitchen to get the color combinations you want, and how to embellish garments with surface decoration and beads to express your own personality. unlike most other knitting books, 200 KNITTING TIPS, TECHNIQUES & TRADE SECRETS shows you how to adapt and design garments to suit your own size, shape, and preferences, and the book is packed with a wealth of informative and inspirational ideas.

A Fine Fleece, Lisa Lloyd
The pleasure of knitting can be that much greater when you know you’re using the perfect yarn. In A Fine Fleece, designer, knitter, and spinner Lisa Lloyd explores the different qualities of handspun yarn and presents projects that show them to their best advantage. There is valuable information here for every knitter, even if you’ve never considered learning to spin (though you may find inspiration in this book to do just that). While educating you on the differences in fibers (like Alpaca, Merino, Cormo, Rambouillet, and Suffolk) and the characteristics you can achieve in a handspun yarn by combining fibers according to certain recipes, Lisa Lloyd also shares the three important concepts that enlighten her designs: the use of contrasting color and fiber; scale and perspective (chunky yarns with chunky cable stitches versus chunky yarns with delicate ones); and the creation of “poetic” sweaters that try to capture an emotion. Each of the 26 projects in A Fine Fleece shows the finished project knitted in both a handspun yarn and a commercial yarn so that you can train your eye to understand how fiber and texture can truly transform a piece.

Start Spinning, Maggie Casey
For knitters, crocheters, and weavers ready to make their own yarn, this handy guide provides detailed instructions for spinning both on a spindle and a wheel, and offers a special section devoted to troubleshooting and wheel maintenance that keeps projects on track. It offers a comprehensive look at the various available fiber options, choosing and preparing each type of fiber for use, and crafting these materials into ready-to-work pieces. A final chapter on the various uses of spun yarn focuses on project planning, with definitions and context for measuring wraps per inch, determining yards for specific projects, and choosing a yarn size.

2-at-a-time Socks, Melissa Morgan-Oakes
Sock knitters everywhere know the frustration of Second Sock Syndrome. It goes something like this: A cute new sock pattern and soft, foot-warming yarn lead to many happy knitting hours, resulting in . . . ONE sock. The first sock is done (and it's adorable!) but pattern distraction sets in. Who wants to knit the same project all over again? There are so many new projects waiting to be discovered. Melissa Morgan-Oakes ends the drudgery of the second sock by showing knitters how to cast on and knit two socks at one time on one long circular needle! Her method is captured in step-by-step photographs, clearly showing knitters how to turn out two socks at the same time. Goodbye to lonely, abandoned single socks. Hello to unlimited pretty pairs, knit on one needle (often finished on the same day), and worn with pride and that gratifying sense of accomplishment.

Cables Volume 1: The Basics, Janet Szabo
Knitting designer, author, and teacher Janet Szabo shares with you a wealth of information about basic cabling techniques, presented in a logical, easy-to-follow format. The book is divided into chapters based on the number of stitches in each cable- two, three, four, etc. and includes detailed, step-by-step photos to guide beginning cablers through the process. Intermediate knitters will love the nearly 150 cable stitch patterns presented in both charted and written form. And advanced cablers will find lots of ideas for using cables and creating brand new ones.

KNIT YOUR FIRST SOCKS
Instructor: Mikki Martin
Limited to 2 people
Class Fee: $45.00 for two 1 1/2 hour sessions
Materials Fee/10% discount

Join Mikki Martin to learn how to knit your first pair of socks on circular needles using the Magic Loop method. 

April 20th, Sunday@3:00-4:30
April 27th, Sunday@3:00-4:30

BUILD A BLANKET SQUARE BY SQUARE continues
Instructor: Robin Ziperman
Limited to 6 people
Class Fee: $25.00
10% discount on supplies

Knit a blanket one square at a time as you learn and add new techniques to your repertoire.

May 10th, Saturday, Cables @1:00-3:00

SPRING POP-UP CARD
Instructor: Natalie Moore
Limited to 6 people
Class Fee: $25.00
Materials Fee/10% discount

Come join local artist, Natalie Moore, to make a Spring Pop-up Card for someone special...do you have a special occasion coming up...a birthday, a shower, a wedding?  Make a keepsake from the heart.

May 17th, Saturday@1:00-2:00

NEEDLEFELTING CLASS
"Felted Little People"
Instructor: Karin Neiderfelt
Limited to 6 people
Class Fee: $25.00
Materials Fee/10% discount

Karin returns to Serendipity for her "little people" needlefelting class.  Due to the detail involved, this class is a three hour session. As with her other classes, it should be a lot of fun and we expect to fill the class quickly.  It is recommended that you call Serendipity to pay for the class and reserve your spot as soon as possible.

May 17th, Saturday@1:00-4:00

BEGINNING KNITTING
Instructor: Mikki Martin
Limited to 2 people
Class Fee: $45.00/2 sessions
Materials Fee/10% discount

Come join Mikki Martin and learn to knit.  You will knit a simple project in class...usually a scarf.  Mikki will have you not only enthusiastic but confident in your knitting skills and ready to graduate to your next project.

May 4th, Sunday@3:00-4:30
May 11th, Sunday@3:00-4:30

KNIT YOUR FIRST SOCKS
Instructor: Mikki Martin
Limited to 2 people
Class Fee: $45.00/2 sessions
Materials Fee/10% discount

Join Mikki Martin to learn how to knit your first pair of socks on circular needles using the Magic Loop method.

May 18th, Sunday@3:00-4:30
May 25th, Sunday@3:00-4:30

PRIVATE CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.** CONTACT SERENDIPITY/ 395-3110.