Don't forget Valentines Day. Knitting Patch gift certificates make perfect gifts for the knitter in your life. They are available in any denomination, and never expire. You also need to remember March 8!

Due to our participation in the Central Florida Fair, our Friday Night Knitting Club will not be meeting on Friday, Februry 26, nor on Friday, March 5. We will resume our weekly schedule on March 12. We apologize for this inconvenience, however, we will be "At the fair..." We hope to see you there.

On Wednesday, February 10, The Knitting Patch will be hosting a special class by Terri Pike, which will introduce you to a felting technique called "Wet Felting." The class will be from 10 until 2. As space is limited, we suggest that you call the store and reserve your space early. Details of this class are detailed in our "Events" section. If you wish to learn more about this unique process, please visit Terri's website by clicking on the following link: www.feltinglessons.com. The cost for this class is $40, which includes all materials you will need. You will complete a project, which will be yours to take with you. We look forward to seeing you on the 10th.

If you have signed up to receive out periodic newsletters by email, you may need to include our domain "knittingpatch.com" on your approved senders list. This particularly applies to those who subscrube to AOL email. We have observed that many emails have been rejected by AOL, and the reason given is that the recipient has rejected the email. If you are not receiving our mailings, then please check your email setting and ensure that they are not being rejected, or treated as SPAM.

January 31: And theJanuary, 2010 winners of $25 gift certificates to Stefano's Trattoria are!!! Ticket #618956 and Ticket #618825. If you are holding a ticket with either of these numbers you are the winners of a $25 gift certificate to Stefano's Trattoria. To claim your winning, please come to the store and bring your winning coupon with you to receive your gift certificate. Your coupon must be presented at the store in person in order to receive the gift certificate. To find out more about Stefano's Trattoria, visit their website by clicking on Stefano's logo below. As February is a short month, winners have until February 28 to claim their gift certificate. If you like Italian, you will love Stefano's Trattoria. As they say in Italy "Buon Appetito....", and as we say at The Knitting Patch "Happy Knitting...."

If you are knitting hats, or plan to in the future you should consider how you will block your hat, or how can you hold the hats form while it is starched.This can be very challenging. We have a solution... The hat forms shown below are the solution to this dilemma. They are perfect for blocking, starching, or just holdiong the form of your knitted hat. They are made from a vinyl that is flexible, and will not stain, or otherwise compromise your finished hat. If you knit hats, this is a must have. Since there is nothing to wear out they will last forever. They are available in three different forms, which are ideal for whatever type of hat you plan to knit. This is one of those hard to find items, that you would not think about until you need it.

When browsing our website, please know that all of the manufacrurer logos are links to their respective website. In fact all of the graphic images used on our website are links to those respective website. Case in pint, if you are looking for free patterns, and you seen the graphic images of the various site we suggest, all you need to do to go to that website is to click on that image and a new window will open for you with that website loaded.

Instead of deleting important information from our website, we will move it to the Events-Archive section, where it can be accessed at any time. An example of this would be the notices posted of the winners of the monthly drawings.

We contniue to improve our website and to make a resource for all knitters. In that context, we have just created a new "Knitting Links" gallery, which is graphically oriented, and easier to find the exact knitting resource you need. This is especially true for those who are just beginning to knit and are looking for assistance with the basics. We have created individual links to computer based training resources so that you can quickly find the resource you need. As we continue to refine, and improve our website we solicit any suggestions you may have. Please email and suggestions, or comments to: Webmaster. Dont forget 2/14 and March 8.....

Our Mascot, Boris, just got a new scarf. He is modelling it in our Knitting Gallery - Check it out, he can "Bearly" believe it.

NEW!!! The Knitting Patch exntends an open invitation to all local knitting groups to hold meetings at the Knitting Patch. If you have such interest, please call the store and to make arrangements. We offer a very central, convenient location, with ample, well lit parking. Your meetings need not be during our business hours, as we will be happy to make the store available outside of our normal business hours.

The Knitting Patch will be participating in The 98th Annual Central Florida Fair which starts on February 25th and runs through Match 7, 2010. We will have an exhibit, and will be having knitting demonstrations on 2/26, 2/27, 2/28, 3/5, 3/6, & 3/7. These demonstrations are oriented to generating interest in knitting, and are educational in nature. We are pleased to have been selected to participate in the fair, and to represent the local knitting community in general at this high profile event. Make plans to come to the fair, and stop by our exhibit and attend one of our demonstrations. We will have many examples of knitting available for inspection and purchase. We will be posting updates on this event on our website as they become available. You can order advance tickets by clicking on the image below.

Stop by and see for yourself... Bring some knitting and stay a while...

We have added many new free patterns to our free patterns gallery. There are patterns from Blue Herron Yarns, Prism Yarns & Rowan Yarns as well as vintage patterns and an Orenburg Lace pattern. There are some incredible patterns available here, so make The Knitting Patch.com your resource for free patterns. When you think patterns, think The Knitting Patch.

In our Free Patterns Gallery, we just added a beautiful Orenburg Lace shawl. Orenburg Lace is a unique style of knitting, and is unique to the Orenburg region. Little is written about this style as most of the techniques and patterns are quite literally handed down within a family from generation to generation. Below is an image of the pattern we have. If you would like to download the pattern, click on the image, and it will download automatically. It is 26 pages long, so it may take a while depending on your internet connection speed. For more on the history of Orenburg Lace, visit our Free Patterns gallery.

We have just added an incredible vintage knitting resource to our website, and best of all it is FREE!!!! "The Ladies' Work Book" is made availble by Project Gutenberg, and is available without charge. We created an Adobe Acrobat file of this document to make distribution and printing easier. The document is 159 pages in length, and is 7.1MB, so it will take a while to download, which is dependent on your connection speed. You may click on the image below and it will download. If you do not have the ability to print this document, it is available at the store for a nominal printing charge of $23.85.

We have an exceptional, vintage (from 1949) 32 page pattern book dedicated to knitting and crocheting for babies. This is a true collectible. We have this book available in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) for $5, and printed for $10. These patterns are truely exceptional, and are representative of an era we can only try to remember. These knitted pieces will be family heirlooms, and will be in your family for generations to come and will be cherished. If you check our Vintage Patterns Gallery you will also see that we have started building our inventory of vintage pattern books. We have started with baby related books, and have just added numerous books from Pingouin and still have many more to add. Keep checking our website as we will be adding and bulding our inventory of vintage, collectible publications during the coming weeks. We have both books and individual vintage patterns available.

Mark your calendar now, and make plans to join us at The Knitting Patch on Sunday, February 7 for our own celebration of "Superball Sunday." While others are glued to the television, you can come and enjoy knitting, and on this day

Check out our new additions to our Knitting Gallery. The new additions cover just about everything you maay want to knit, or learn to knit. Click here to see these latest additions. Below are selections from our "Clothesline" of knitted dishcloths we have many more in the store. These are wonderfully easy to make, and the patterns are free. These are all single skein projects, and are both funtional, and very cute, and fun to make.

Just in time for the chilly weather ahead... We have three exquisite, hand knitted, Dale of Norway sweaters, and we have just reduced them to 50% off. They are normally $258, and now are just $129. These are exceptional quality, and are just what you want for these chilly days and nights. The first one is a size Small, and the others two are both Medium. They are 100% wool, and were hand knitted by Dale artisans. We also have a Dale Hat and Purse (combination set, shown on far right below) available in size small, which normally retails for $110, and is now just $55. It is really unusual, and would complement any cold weather attire.

We now offer assistance in steaming and blocking your finished knitted garments. We will assist you in steaming & blocking your finished knitting for $5.00. We have found that steaming is absolutely necessary and makes a big difference in how your knitting will appear as it "relaxes" the yarn.

We have revised our mailing list subscription link, which gives you detailed instructions on how to join our mailing list, and receive special offers periodically which are not posted on our website. When sending an email to subscribe, it is crucial that you include the ** in the subject, otherwise we will not receive your email.

Knitting Patch gift certificates are the perfect gift for the knitter in your life. They are available in any denomination, never expire, and allow the knitter in your life to select exactly what they want.

We are located in The Westmonte Plaza, Suite 1108, which is 195 S. Westmonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. Our telephone number is 407-331-5648 (KNIT). Our store is located next to The Dance Dresser (Ballroom dancing attire). We are blessed with abundant parking, and a very convenient location near the Interstate I-4 & SR 436 intersection, just west of I-4 behind McDonalds & Bojangles. South Westmonte is the third traffic light west of the I-4/SR-436 intersection.

We accept VISA, Master Card, Discover, Debit Cards, checks and cash for payment.

We look forward to seeing you soon.