You can make this simple scarf in about 4 minutes and it requires absolutely ZERO sewing skills!

Take a 2 yard piece of voile (Our voile is 100% cotton. Voile is a soft, sheer-ish fabric that drapes beautifully.) cut it in half long ways, remove the selvedge edges. Throw in the washing machine on cool with your next load of laundry.  Throw in the dryer. Trim the long strings that come from the fabric unraveling a bit in the wash. Wrap around your neck and sport your new, beautiful spring scarf! Bonus: you have an extra scarf to give to a friend!

Attention Crafters! Tangle is hiring!
We are looking for a few people to teach sewing & crochet classes and fill in at the shop.
*Teaching for Tangle is an opportunity to help fellow crafters excel in their chosen medium. Classes consist of people of all skill levels so we are looking for people who are friendly and energetic with lots of patience, expert sewing or crochet skills and a creative spirit.
*We are also looking for someone who can fill in at the shop as needed. Working at Tangle is an opportunity to be surrounded by creative people and lots and lots of yarn! We are looking for someone who is energetic and friendly, experienced in knitting, and available to fill in, with notice, any day of the week.

If you would like to apply for these positions, please bring your resume to Tangle on Tuesdays (10am-5:30pm) along with samples of your creative work. Please email Allison with questions info@tangleonline.com

Thanks!

Allison & Christina
Tangle
525 Main Street
Grand Junction, CO 81501
970-245-1088

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You can wear it buttoned in the middle or up over the shoulder.

You can button under each arm and turn it into a shrug.

Or you can button it from behind, wrapping it around your arms.

Really, the possibilities are endless!

You can pick up the pattern booklet at Tangle!

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It’s been a close to a couple of years now that we’ve been knitting helmet liners to send to our troops serving our country in Afghanistan. In that time we’ve sent nearly 800 hats and have gotten such FABULOUS feedback! Today I revived a letter from Senator Udall thanking us for our efforts to support our troops. We’re not sure how he found out about our little project, but we’re thrilled to have his thanks!

If you want to knit a helmet liner or two for our troops, we offer a free pattern and a 10% discount on the yarn.

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We have a new free pattern available in the shop, the Easy Summer Shawl. It uses two skeins of our brand new yarn, Lontue and knits up quickly! This yarn is flying off the shelves, so if you want to make one, now’s the time!

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Do you remember these patterns from last year? They were two of our most popular! Now that we’ve restocked Sublime’s Tussah Silk DK and Baby Silk & Bamboo DK we have the patterns available for free again. Just stop by the store to pick them up!

Sublime Baby Silk & Bamboo DK

Baby Silk & Bamboo DK by Sublime is back with new, richer colors! We carried this yarn last year and everyone loved it! The combination of Bamboo and Silk makes for the BEST drape. We love this for summer tops and baby things. AND, the best thing is it’s machine washable!

Mirasol Hap’i

We’re now fully stocked with Mirasol Hap’i including new colors for spring. This is my favorite yarn for kid sweaters. The 100% cotton holds up in the washing machine wonderfully and I love how the thick and thin texture knits up. My kids both have sweaters out of this yarn and I have washed and dried them countless times and they still look great.

(This sweater is knit from Knitting Pure and Simple pattern #214)

Sublime Tussah Silk DK

Sublime Tussah Silk is back too. We could barely keep this yarn on the shelves last summer, it was so popular! Sublime has added new colors in a richer pallet which are beautiful! We especially love the texture of this yarn. Stop by the store for a free pattern to make a lacey, summery scarf out of two balls of Tussah Silk.

Duke Silk

We just got a new shipment of Duke Silk. This yarn comes from India and is so beautiful – how could 100% silk yarn not be beautiful? We have a beautiful spiral scarf made from one skien hanging in our window.

Mirasol Asikita

Asikita is a new Mirasol yarn. It’s a mostly cotton blend with just a little bit of alpaca to provide some drape. The chainette construction is one of my favorite – it holds up to just about anything – especially lots and lots of ripping out. We also love the pattern booklet for this yarn – lots of great summery sweaters. (The cool thing about Mirasol yarns is that a portion from every sale goes directly towards supporting a school in Peru.)

Berroco Origami

Origami is back in stock with some new colors too! We love this Cotton/Linen/Nylon/Acrylic blend for summer cardigans (check out Peg’s origami cardigan hanging up at the shop!).

Recycled Silk Ribbon Yarn

The Silkindian recycled silk ribbon yarn also comes from India. One skein makes a great spring scarf.

Araucania Lontue

I might be the most excited about this yarn from Araucania. Lontue is a cotton/linen, thick/thin blend dyed in the most amazing colors! One skein will make a beautiful scarf. Christina is working on a pattern for a summery shawl too!

Berroco Lago

Lago is a new yarn from Berroco. It’s made from viscose (rayon) and linen and is machine washable. It comes in beautiful solid colors and could be substituted for any pattern calling for Origami. This yarn is made with the chainette construction too.

Berroco Versa

Versa is another new yarn from Berroco. It’s a cotton blend “tape” yarn that knits up variegated. Berroco sent us a great pattern booklet that supports the yarn and we will be teaching a sweater made from it this summer.

Now is the time to stock up for spring, I have a feeling several of these yarns will fly off the shelves!

The Salvador cardigan might possibly be my favorite, but it’s hard to choose when we have a beautiful (and easy!) chevron lace scarf and some really, really cute sewing patterns.

Classes fill up fast, so sign up soon!

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There is something about knitting things for men.  A sweater is a huge commitment (and often an equally huge expense).  Many men refuse to wear scarves.  But a hat…Yes, a hat is something that will not only be appreciated, but more often than not, worn frequently.  I love knitting hats for men.  They aren’t as particular about whether the hat is itchy, or makes their hair flat after they take it off.  They appreciate that it keeps their noggins warm when they’re kindly scraping ice from their wives’ windshields (not that I would expect mine to do that, of course).This hat was so fun and easy to knit and turned out great.  The Noro Silk Garden is gorgeous and adds just enough color to make the hat a little funky.  The Cascade 220 is such a workhorse yarn….Warm, wonderful to knit with, tons of yardage.  You can easily make two hats with a skein of each.

pssst….Watch for this hat to be offered as a class on the next class schedule (Jan-March).

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This is one of our favorite, new, free patterns. This hat can be made for a baby, toddler, or for that matter, made larger for an adult.  We used Cascade’s Cotton Rich which is a fabulous cotton blend that we love for kids.  Ribbon embellishments are everywhere these days.   The wonderful part of this hat is that one can change the ribbon for every occasion.  Whimsical ribbons definitely make this a “hat for all seasons”.   Knit this pattern and include a yard of several different ribbons for a unique and special gift!

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