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  .  October 2026 
     
 hours:
Wednesdays   10 am - 3 pm
Sundays   10 am - 3 pm
longer regular hours start on Nov 1

(open any day by appointment... text the day ahead so we can make it happen for you)

SPECIAL HOURS FOR RHINEBECK WEEK October 14-18:
Wednesday         10-3
Thursday             4-7
Friday                 4-7
Saturday      CLOSED
Sunday         12:30 - 4

Fall color EVERYWHERE this week. So pretty!!!!!!
I've got my knitting chair by the wood stove and the evening fires are so cozy to knit by.

It's never too early to amp up your knitting skills for the long cold winter.
Consider the lowly mitten. Learn to/improve knit ribbing; using double pointed needles
or magic loop (!); increasing invisibly; using two or more colors;
creating a thumb gusset; creating an afterthought thumb;
shape a mitten and thumb top with invisible decreases, and roundly binding off.
Mittens use all these skills.
Like making them? Need some incentive? Join our MITTEN KNITTIN' marathon.

• Make any mittens and bring them in to our display before Dec 1. We will admire them :)
  

• If you make them using a Countrywool pattern and yarn,
  

you will win a FREE skein of Lamb's Pride  (your color choice..over $20 value)

2026 Mitten Knittin' Marathon knit a pair of mittens* add them to the shop display before Dec 1 WIN a free skein of Lamb's Pride *using any Countrywool pattern and yarn take your mittens home after Dec 15
$20 cash/check  and includes a CW mitten pattern	Cold weather's coming... get going!!!
STICKS N SLANTS MITTENS	EASY MITTENS STICKS n SLANTS MITTENS or any countrywool mitten pattern!  Sun, October 11 12:30 - 2:30 PM email if you are coming...we need 3!

Full Moon Finish A monthly clinic to help you sew up, block and tidy your knitting and crocheting

Sunday, October 25 12:30 - 2:30 PM     Materials needed for this clinic: •    your pattern •    extra yarn •    darning needles, scissor, pins, stitch holders, double pointed needles, crochet hook $30   cash or check +5% for credit cards

     

Our Sit 'n Knit 'n Spin meetups continue on! The community we share gets wider and friendlier  every month, so come be part of it. Knitting and spinning help always cheerfully shared. SIT 'N KNIT 'N SPIN  meetups for October: Oct 11 and 25 preregistration needed...space is limited click link to find out how

»  Our Aran class has started  << this intensive class covers all things cable and how to fit an aran sweater all details here

Upcoming classes:
Knit A Wool Scarf  (for beginners)
Learn To Spin (for beginners)
Steeking Sunday
Autumn's Hooded Scarf
Faroe Blossom Sweater

 

free patterns * FREE PATTERNS * free patterns If you love free patterns and quick knit ideas, you will enjoy Countrywool's weekly posts on   BLUESKY,  INSTAGRAM and the Countrywoolers groups on FACEBOOK and RAVELRY.