Featured Designer: Irish Girlie Knits

This year at Stitches West we had a hard time keeping the patterns from Irish Girlie Knits in stock. Carrie Sullivan specializes in "deceptively simple, perfectly gorgeous" designs. Many of Carrie's designs are drawn from family events and family histories. For example, Knocknagree is the town in County Cork, Ireland, in which her grandfather was born. Knocknagree is also the shawl that is part of her Sullivan Family Collection and was crazy popular at Stitches.

She recently released Rathmore, the counterpart to Knocknagree. It's a gorgeous infinity cowl done in For Better or Worsted that carries over the pattern from the Knocknagree edging. It's shown here in Teal and Pesto.

Holbrook is a lovely shawl knit from Dreamy, shown here in Ballerina. It was inspired by the flora at her favorite park. She suggests it be worn as a scarf when the weather is chillier, then as a shawl as it warms up.

Another popular pattern at Stitches was the Lilianna baby/toddler cardigan. This is knit from Cricket, shown here in Mulberry. Watch for a more boyish baby/toddler sweater coming soon!

Besides the beautiful designs available on Ravelry, Carrie posts "52 Weeks of Happy" every week on her blog, We Do Not Have A Knitting Problem. She finds the happiness in the big moments and the small, which is an inspiring reminder every week.

Click over to Ravelry and see her patterns and the IGK group!

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Shop Spotlight: My Sister Knits, Fort Collins, CO

Anzula is proud to be carried by so many fabulous yarn shops across the country. With that in mind, we want to start sharing more about the amazing shops that bring you your Anzula. Our first post in the Shop Spotlight series features My Sister Knits.

My Sister Knits is located in a gorgeous two-story brick carriage house neatly tucked behind a historic home in the Old Town area of Fort Collins, Colorado. A path leads you through flower beds and past a chicken coop complete with laying hens to the front door.

Once in the shop, you have two stories of yarn, notions, patterns, and samples to admire. A dedicated group of ladies is always waiting to help you find all you need to start your next great project. If you are lucky enough to arrive on a Tuesday you will find the shop open later and encounter Community knit night.

MSK carries 9 of our yarn lines - Breeze, Cloud, Cricket (shown above), Dreamy, For Better or Worsted, Haiku, Mariposa, Oasis, and Wash My Lace. With so many yarn bases and so many colors, and the way that each base displays the color differently, they say it is easy to find the perfect fit for any project.

The ladies at MSK enjoy the neutrals, noting Clay, Bark, Seaside, Shiitake, and Elephant. Customers also favor Navy and our various purple shades.

If you are ever in Fort Collins, Colorado, we recommend that you spend a little time at My Sister Knits!

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Anzula on the Road

Sabrina, Kim, and Rebecca are packing up to head out later this week to meet with shops all along the West Coast. Several of their stops will feature trunk shows, which give you an opportunity to check out yarns in person that your LYS may not regularly stock, and just generally shop from a huge assortment of Anzula!

Friday 4/26 - Stash in Corvallis, OR from 11 am - 2 pm. Stash on Facebook.