Today started off like any normal Wednesday: a.m. knitting group (I started my Rocky Coast Cardi by the way, more on that later), helping customers, and doing BTS (behind the scenes) work in between time.  Not that this isn’t fun, OF COURSE it is!  Love knitting, love customers, love working; but, in all that routine, where’s the fire?!  Then Mr. FedEx arrived and completely made my day when he dropped off that little rectangular box.  That unmistakable size and…

This is going to be a super fun event!  The Montana shop hop will take place May 1-31 at eight different MT yarn shops including: Back Porch Quilts, Pam’s Knit ‘n’ Stitch, Camas Creek Yarn, Creations Yarn & Fiber Station, Send it Home, Stix, Joseph’s Coat, Knit ‘n Needle, Wild Purls, Witty knitters, Loopy, Y’arnings, Mountain Spun, the Yarn Shop, and of course us, Purl Yarn Boutique!

So, How does the shop hop work?

1.  Stop into your local shop and…

Along with most of you, I LOVE Hannah Fettig.  She is an inspirational designer-her ideas are so classy and timeless.  Not only are her deisgns fabulous, she is totally on fire.  Last fall Hannah came out with a new book, Coastal Knits, which is brilliant and features her ever popular Rocky Coast Cardi (our KAL starting May 2).  And now, the arrival of yet another new book, Knitbot Essentials, has me violently itchy to start one of her breezy…

Knitscene is one of my very favorite magazines that I look forward to every season.  I just love the fresh designs, yarns and colors.  The only problem is that I don’t have time to knit them all!  The summer 2012 issue is no different. The shawls, tops, cardigans and skirts are so unique and just call for me to pick up my needles and start a new project.  I’ve got my eye on a few of the…

If you haven’t met Kim Haesemeyer, you are totally missing out!  Kim is an amazing designer and creator of Big Sky Yarn & Crafts.  We carry many of her fabulous pattern and just love them all.  As the one year anniversary (which was a big success by the way) of Purl approached, I started picking Kim’s brain as to wether or not she’d be willing to design a pattern for our anniversary celebration.  She was eager to…

Owning and operating PYB is so much fun; but my days are SO busy with behind the scenes stuff, I don’t always have time to do the really fun stuff like decorating our board.  This is why I’m super thankful to have such an amazing partner in crime, Brianna.  Bri is wonderfully talented-very artistic.  On top of being an amazing crocheter and knitter, Bri is handy with just about any art medium.  I just love her!  How lucky are…

Purl’s Learn To Knit Series is an original program created by me and offered exclusively at Purl Yarn Boutique.  This series is designed to maximize learning while minimizing cost, time commitment, and any pressures that comes with learning a new skill.  Learning to knit is much like learning a new language.  It is a comprehensive skill with multiple facets to master.  In language you learn not only to speak; but also to read, write, and understand grammer.  In knitting we…

It stuns me to say; but we are coming up on the end of Purl’s first year in business.  Can you believe it?  It’s amazing to think that a what we’ve come this far!  We’ve got about a month until celebration day; so mark your calendars now.  Here’s what to expect….
What: Purl Yarn Boutique’s One Year Celebration!
When: Friday March 23rd

I am so pumped because today, after much anticipation, the Coastal Knits books arrived!  I’m in love with everything to be found in this glorious collection of cardigans and other luxuries!  I love these projects so much that the Wildflower Cardigan and Rocky Coast Cardigan were chosen as featured projects in our 12 Projects in 2012 KAL Series.  The Wildflower Cardigan is the debut project in the KAL Series, we start next Wed., Feb.1.  We’ll be knitting it in…

Can you believe January is almost done already?!  That’s right folks, our 12 Projects in 2012 KAL series is well on it’s way!  Our Wildflower Cardi KAL starts Jan. 1., and I’m can’t wait to join all the lucky ducks who signed up and get to knitting it!  Cardigans are my FAVORITE and this Madelinetosh Pashmina yarn is TO DYE FOR!

The deadline for the Bedouin Bag KAL is fast approaching-it’s tomorrow!  Get signed up asap…

I know it’s still winter; but Mr. Weather is acting like spring is just around the corner!  Today I felt like channeling my inner (way too early) spring and round up some of my favorite, cheefully colorful accessories found at Purl! from top left:  Soak Wash, Purl logo Soak Heel Lotion, Heart Stitch Markers, colorful Stitch Holders (3pcs. in either pink or turquoise), Robot Tape Measure, Heart…

Hello all you Purl Peeps, and Happy New Year!  As we enter into a fresh start in 2012, I’m hearing new years resolutions buzzing in the air.  I too have set new goals for my new year.  In the light of actually achieving said goals, I’ve decided to set attainable ones, and just a few of them (I often think that I’m super woman, capable of moving mountains and toppling sky scrapers-surely this is not the case).  To get…