4Corners Knitting

4Corners Knitting Expands

We are very excited to announce that our shop has grown. Thanks to all of the support of you,our dedicated customers, we are taking on the entire space, including the beautiful backroom. For those of you who remember, that is where 4Corners originated. 

The really exciting news, however, is our dream of creating an Arts and Crafts Mall that will complement 4Corners. We are looking for hand-crafters (other than knitters) interested in establishing a permanent, year-round presence on Main Street. We are offering six to seven 4'x8' (approx) spaces for rent. The idea is to create a "mall" of sorts, featuring local crafters whose work  would be available to the community year round.

• Rent - $100 a month
• Hours - Friday and Saturday 11:00-5:00 and Sundays 11:00 - 3:00.
• Six month lease with 30 days notice

 Requirements:

• Each crafter would work their own space
•  A sales tax ID number would be required.
• Provision of your own credit card services, if desired

We would love to hear from any and all of you who are interested. Please post here or come in and talk to us.

REMEMBER - CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON!

ANNOUNCING

Our first design contest!

We want to encourage your creativity so we are sponsoring a design contest.  All levels of ability are welcome to participate, from beginner to advanced.  Entires will be judged by your peers. 

Sign up for the contest is on or before June 13th which is our World Wide Knitting in Public Day celebration.  You can pick up a copy of the rules in the shop, or email us and we would be happy to send you a copy.

We've put together a great prize package, and we hope you'll participate!  Click on the information tab, and then specials, for details.

Please join us as we celebrate World Wide Knit In Public Day on June 13, 2010. 

KIP day was started in 2005 by Daniellle Landis as a way for knitter's to come to gether and emjoy each other's company.  Knitting is such a solitary act that it’s easy to knit alone somewhere and sink into your work without thinking about all the other knitters out there. This a specific day to get out of your house and go to a local event (with your knitting in tow) just for you and people like you.   Consider this a spark, to ignite a fire; getting all of the closeted knitters out into fresh air.

We would like you to join us as we try and bring together knitters (and crocheters) in our own community.  We'll have raffles, prizes and free yarn to give away.  Come out and meet your neighbors and share your love of stitching!

Check out our photo album for pictures of the places available for knitting around town.

Did you know that 4Corners carries knitting magazines?

Creative Knitting is one of our favorite magazines.  Each issue is jam packed with wonderful projects, with an average of 25 projects in each issue.  What a great value at just $5.99!  We currently have the May 2010 issue in stock. 

Cast On magazine is published by the Knitting Guild of America, and is a wonderful teaching magazine.  Each issue focuses on a different technique and applies it to quite a few projects so you can practice your new skills.  There are very detailed instructions for each step of every project. This is like having a personal knitting instructor at your side.  The newest issue has just been delivered to the shop, and focuses on the knitted smocking technique, plus much more.

Stop in and check these magazines out.  We're sure you'll find something you like.  You can also get past issues for 20% off the cover price.  

We have spruced up and expanded our Knitting Circle.

Thanks to the generous support from Claire of Tom's Treasures and new

chairs fromour great friend, Karen Rosler, we have transformed our

gathering space into a cozy, comfortable place to spend an hour or

several - knitting, pattern browsing, practicing, learning, dreaming

or just drinking coffee and schmoozing.

Come join us

Check our Class Schedule and Caledar pages for the Winter Schedule.

The  4Corners Knitting crew has been busy this summer.  We've participated in River Fest, held on Main Street in Narrowsburg; the first annual Fiber Festival which was held at Fort Delaware this year, and just this past labor day weekend, held an origami demonstration in celebration of Logging Days.

Check out some photos of these events in our photo gallery.  We have also been written up in the Pike County Press which you can reade about here.  And on the Cottage Works web site here.

Now we are looking forward to some relaxation and organizing our new class schedule for the fall.  Please check back with us soon to see our class schedule and the new yarns we'll be getting in.

Can I just brag on Jenny Snedeker for a minute? 

Since joining us at 4Corners, her designs have been a wonderful focal point for the shop - very popular with all of you who have seen her work.  

Well, we are so proud to note that our confidence in her and pride in her work is shared by others.

Her designs are now being featured in Knit Circus Magazine and her latest one will be in the Knit Bits Newsletter from Berroco.

Please come by and see her stuff - You won't be disappointed!

Jenny is in the shop on Fridays and Saturdays - Drop in and say hello!

as always,

Wendy

The Barryville Area Art Association in partnership with the museum at Fort Delaware is hosting it's first Fiber Festival on August 29th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vendors will be exhibiting raw and processed fibers, clothing, fiber arts and crafts, quilting, sheep skin products and spinning and weaving supplies.

We hope to see you there!

Looking forward to RiverFest in July got me to thinking about what I want to be making now that's it's summer.  Something easy, quick, and cool to the touch certainly but then I thought something practical, useful, and clever, absolutely and then I thought something glitzy, sparkly, and scads of fun.

Here are some results and some works in progress.......

tell me what you think

First entries on the themes of

Easy Quick and Cool  from our own Jenny Snedeker

  Note: This sweet ensemble is made with our new Papiro from Laines du Nord

Practical, Useful and Clever 

          Circular Needle Cases    We've got em!

Knitting Bags      We've got these too!

........and finally  Beautiful, Glitzy and Sparkly

This Sachet filled with Lavender is our Project of the Month - 

Jenny used the seductive Seduce from Berroco.