More Hours!

We are adding days for you all to get in touch and talk to us about yarn!

Someone will be in the shop today (Saturday!) from 11AM-1PM to help you choose yarn and colors and get orders packed up for you. We are also going to be available Monday-Friday next week from 11AM-1PM. That's every day next week!

Thank you so much for your patience as we navigate this whole crazy process. We know that it's not perfect every time, but we so appreciate your love and support. It is keeping us going! We are hoping these added hours will help make the process easier for all of us.

Give us a call at 503.288.4568, email Sally at closeknit.sally@gmail.com, or DM us on Instagram. We can ship packages or coordinate a curb-side pick up for you. We love you all!

Way To Go Wednesday

Hi friends! It's Wednesday, so one of our amazing staff will be in the shop from 11AM-1PM to answer calls and pack up some orders for shipping or curb-side pick up.

Pic borrowed from Purl Soho site.

I am feeling inspired by the Purl Soho Colorful Half + Half Washcloths that popped up on their website. We have plenty of lovely cottons and linens in the shop that would be perfect for this project. Seems like a nice thing to be working on when you need a little something soothing.

Maybe Cascade Hampton, a nice pima cotton/linen blend. Perhaps Cascade Noble, a mercerized cotton in lots of vivid colors. For a more rustic and slubby linen look, Zooey from Juniper Moon Farms might be really cool. I know we have a lot of nice shades of these yarns in the shop, and this project is a great way to use up every little bit of each color with the stripes and blocks.

Sally is thinking bigger projects on our IG page. Want to tackle an Isager sweater? Well we have plenty of Isager yarn and several books in stock. Call us or email Sally, and we can get a whole kit set up for you.

503.288.4568
closeknit.sally@gmail.com

We cannot begin to tell you how thankful we are for your continued support during this unprecedented time. Our little shop is bursting with love for all of you!

Making it Through Monday

Hey y'all! Someone is in the shop from 11AM-1PM today to take phone orders. Call us at 503-288-4568, email Sally at closeknit.sally@gmail.com, or DM us on Instagram.

Want to work on a blanket on this chilly, rainy morning? We have lots of Noro on the shelves, and we are eagerly awaiting more. Our Noromania Blanket is the perfect therapy for this uncertain time. Rows and rows of colorful garter stitch, and your colorways never need to match. Just keep knitting, friends!

PAUSE and a DEEP BREATH

This is the message that Sally posted over on our Instagram page on Saturday, 3/21:

I’m so delighted when the Trillium pop up in my garden. The simple sign of Spring outside my door makes it all feel alright...and normal. These days are anything but normal, I’m afraid. 

Close Knit is hitting the PAUSE button at closing time today. We have never ever, not once cancelled a day in the shop due to snow, sleet, or storm in 15 years. This one is different friends. We are pausing to get a grip on what this means to our safety, yours, and beyond.

We were delighted to cautiously see so many of you this week stocking up on projects because we all know that creativity, color and texture are healing for our souls!! However, every day this week seemed to need a course correction in how to safely deal with having a retail business, serve you all, and keep Close Knit chugging along. We do things the old fashioned way at the shop and we only sell face to face or on the phone. 

Sooooo, this week we are going to be in the shop just three days for a couple hours to take calls and messages on anything you might need or want. Our phone is 503-288-4568 and we will be in the shop Monday 3/23, Wednesday 3/25, and Friday 3/27 from 11-1. 

We can package up what you need and deliver to our curb or deliver it via USPS. We will be rethinking our approach in a week after a BIG DEEP BREATH! We hope to post things on Facebook, our blog and here on IG that inspire you, show you yarn in the shop and tell ya we are still here!👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 PLEASE TAKE CARE ALL OF YOU!!❤️❤️

Take Care of Yourselves!

Hi y'all! We here at Close Knit sincerely hope that you are hunkered down and feeling safe and healthy in your homes. We are currently still open regular hours, but we are postponing our classes and pausing Open Knit Night for a bit.

Adreinne will be in touch with the monthly blanket class participants about a remote video class that she has been preparing for you. Don't want to miss out on that blanket square!

Since our fiber arts are what keeps some of us functioning, we want to be here for you! Give us a call (503.288.4568) and we can figure out how to safely get your yarn and supplies into your hands with as little contact as possible. We can make sales over the phone and meet you at the curb with your goodies, ship items, or even deliver to your doorstep within a few miles of the shop.

In the meantime, post your project pics on Instagram and use the #washyourhandsandkal tag to join the online knit-a-long. Let's keep our community strong, even though we all need to stay home to keep ourselves and our communities safe. Take care of yourselves, friends, and wash your hands.

Yakima

This pretty new Yakima from Plymouth is really cool!

It's a single ply fingering weight yarn with some lovely dark halo action happening thanks to the 15% yak content. Several folks on Ravelry are making a Belmina lace cowl/kerchief sort of thing.

I think I would try holding this yarn together with some mohair to pump up the dark halo affect.

I love this combo. It would make a nice Oslo hat too, perhaps? Any excuse to knit another hat.

Vacation Knitting

I don't know about you all, but January and February were some long months for me! I was lucky enough to ring in March at the lovely Oregon coast with a fire pit and a whole ocean close by. 

I was working on my Childhood pullover in Harrisville Shetland, and I am just smitten with these tidy increases along the shoulder. It's a good thing I like this yarn so much, because this is not going to be a speedy knit! Totally worth it, though.

Eye Candy

The crawl was a blast! It was great to meet so many new people and see all of those familiar faces. We are also exhausted.

Yarn Crawl!

We are having fun at the Rose City Yarn Crawl! Can't wait to see you this weekend.

RCYC This Weekend! Closing Early Wednesday

Hey y'all! The Rose City Yarn Crawl is this weekend! Read all about the events happening at our little shop and all around Portland. We have some really beautiful things to share with you.

We are going to close up at 5PM today (with no Open Knit Night) in order to get the shop ready for all of the yarn and all of the people who will be coming through. Can't wait to see you all!

Eye Candy

Look at this cute hat! More on this yarn soon. Did you all know the Rose City Yarn Crawl is this weekend? So much great stuff will be happening...special guests, prizes, bigger prizes, patterns, amazing yarns. It's so much fiber-filled fun. See you this weekend!