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Berroco’ is

INTRODUCING
5 NEW YARNS for Spring

You will receive:

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• a mini ball of each of the new yarns

• a coupon for a Berroco pattern Ravely download
• a chance to win the door prize project kit

Bring your needles and hooks and enjoy a taste of

each of these new yarns.
Berrroco’s new spring yarns and pattern booklets will
be on hand for you to choose your next project.

SATURDAY APRIL 4 1 TO 3 PM $15

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LYS Nikita
DAY Treat yourself to a bit of knitting
luxury. Your cowl will be made
2020 with just one ball of Louisa
Polka Dot Mittens COMING Harding’s Yarntelier cashmere
TO YOUR
Pam Powers of Ikigai Fibers has created a yarn. Louisa Harding’s design
mitten pattern with large, cheery polka dots
LOCAL work is full of lush, feminine
in many colors. Your mitten will be toasty YARN details. You’ll add beads to your
warm worked in Ikigai Fibers Chibi Paka SHOP knitting to emphasize the gentle
Chunky, an alpaca and wool blend that is APRIL curves of the lace. Cashmere

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especially well suited to accessory knitting. Gilli is a DK weight yarn that will
Double pointed needles will be essential work up relatively quickly on size
to the strategy we’ll use to manage the 8 needles, so you will soon be
stranded floating yarns on the inside of enjoying the warmth and beauty
your mittens. You’ll choose the background of this special cashmere yarn.
color for your mittens. Yarn for the polka In the process you’ll grow your
dots will be included in your class fee. lace chart reading skill set.
Thursday Wednesday
Mar 19, 26,Apr 2 April 15, 22, May 6
4 to 6 pm 5:30 to 7:30 pm
$50 includes some supplies $50 plus supplies
Teacher: Paula Teacher: Heidi

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LYS
Soldotna DAY
Soldotna is a fresh, new take on the
traditional, color patterned, yoked
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sweater. The cap sleeves and cropped TO YOUR
length pair equally well with a dress or LOCAL Casitas
jeans. If the cropped length is not for Casitas means “little houses” in
you, this top down design is very easy to
YARN Spanish. BJ worked out directions
customize to get your perfectly flattering SHOP from an existing scarf for a friend
length. APRIL who had lost the directions for her
traditional family crochet pattern.
We’ll be using three different easy
methods to even out the dreaded jagged
effect of color jog when changing
rounds in stranded color knitting. We’ll
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You’ll begin by creating a framework
of little squares with your first color.
also use a super easy increasing method Then you’ll fill in this framework with
which will improve the look of the many windows of a second color. You’ll
increases in the yoke. enjoy creating this highly textured
Tuesday fabric of intertwined layers.
April 7, 14, 21, 28 Friday
6 to 8 pm April 17, 24
$60 plus supplies 1 to 3 pm
Teacher: Paula $40 plus supplies
Teacher: BJ

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Post Stitch Crochet

Scarf LYS
This crochet scarf uses post stitches to
create the appearance of a woven fabric. DAY
You'll need a minimum of 3 colors, but the
more colors the merrier for this project.
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Each row will be worked with a new yarn, TO YOUR
but don't worry about working in all those LOCAL
tails. They will be incorporated into the
fringe. This project will begin with an eyelet
YARN
foundation row which will make working the
SHOP
first row of your project much easier than APRIL
the typical beginning chain.
Techniques that may be new to you include
making an the eyelet foundation row,
standing stitches, and post stitches.
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Tuesday
Mar 24. 31
4 to 6 pm
$35.00 plus supplies
Teacher: Paula

Socks: Toe up
If you are confident knitting cuff downsocks , it may be time to change things up
by working your sock in the other direction. Begin at the toe with a figure 8 double-
sided cast on and immediately start increasing for the toe. Turn the heel and knit the
cuff to desired length and finish with a comfortable, non-binding cast off.
Saturday
March 14, 21, 28, Apr 4
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
$60 plus supplies
Teacher: Heidi

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Boxy Lace Tee

This Churchmouse pattern combines the current look
of the big, boxy sweater with a couple of easy to learn
lace patterns. Your tee can be worked in a variety of DK
weight yarns. You’ll alternate working a small diamond
pattern and a large diamond pattern. A simple row of
eyelets are worked between the diamond rows.
The Churchmouse pattern shows a cropped length and
a tunic length. With Susan’s expert help, your Boxy
Lace Tee can be any length you want-- cropped, tunic or
anything in between.
Wednesday
April 8,15, 22, 29
1 to 3 pm
$60 plus supplies
Teacher: Susan

The Shift
Your knitting world will expand when
you learn mosaic and slip
stitch color knitting.
You will use only one yarn at a time on
a row of knitting, but the clever use of
slip stitches will create the illusion of
more complicated color work. Kate will
guide you through a few swatches to
help you understand these techniques.
Then she’ll help you choose colors in
class for your own version of The Shift, a
cowl design by Andrea Mowry.
Tuesday
May 5, 12, 19, 26
6 to 8 pm
$60 plus supplies
Teacher: Kate

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New Chapter for Sheep’s Clothing

From Paula: I am happy to announce that Tami Kay is the new owner of Sheep’s
Clothing. For me personally it will mean being able to step back from the behind the scenes
responsibilities of shop ownership while continuing to do the things I love best—helping all
of you with your projects, coming up with new design ideas, and being part of the Sheep’s
Clothing community. While we welcome Tami as our new team member, Heidi, Kate, and
Susan will continue as before to help you with projects and to teach classes.
As Tami learns the business and gets to know all of you, she will carefully curate a steady
stream of new yarns and projects for your ongoing inspiration. Our knitting and crochet
community will continue to thrive under her able leadership.

From Tami: Hello, my name is Tami Kay and I am happy to announce that I am the new owner
of Sheep’s Clothing. I have known Paula and have been a loyal customer of hers for many years. I have
great admiration for the hard work and dedication that Paula has put into starting and growing this
lovely shop from the ground up, and I am thrilled that she will continue to work at Sheep’s a couple
days a week. I am excited for the opportunity to continue the tradition, charm, and sense of community
of Sheep’s Clothing that we all have come to know and love. Additionally, I look forward to offering
some new and exciting ideas of my own!
I would like to share a little bit about myself. I am a nurse practitioner, long-time Valpo resident, and
mother of eight children. My grandmother taught me to crochet and knit when I was young, and I
have always maintained a passion for both. My husband and I have kept very
busy over the years raising a large blended family. Our two youngest children are
now in high school, which has afforded me the opportunity to pursue my love of
crochet, knitting, and all things yarn! I look forward to continuing to learn from
the expertise of Paula and the wonderful staff at Sheep’s Clothing. I anticipate
an exciting and adventurous future for Sheep’s and for all of our loyal customers.
Please stop in and introduce yourself- I look forward to meeting and getting to
know each and every one of you!

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 MARCH 2020 Beginners Classes
Knitting for Beginners Knit Beginner Project
Learn to knit by making swatches of Practice the skills you learned in
basic stitches. Emphasis is placed Knitting for Beginners while making
on learning to “read” your stitches ahat and scarf WWW.KNITDOCTOR.COM

so that you can become a confident set. You’ll learn to use circular
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knitter. Class also includes a taste

of lace and cables.
and double pointed needles while Hours
making the hat. You’ll also learn to TU 12 TO 7
Friday read a multi gauge pattern. The
April 3, 10, 17, 24 W 10 TO 7
scarf combines the cable, lace, and
1 to 3 pm TH 12 TO 9
other stitches you learned in Knitting
for Beginners with an emphasis on F 12 TO 7
OR learning to read your stitches to SA 10 TO 5
Thursday build your knitting skill set.
April 16, 23, 30 May 7 CL A SS SIGN UPS
Wednesday
6 to 8 pm Mar 25, 219-462-1700
Apr 1, 8
$70 includes all supplies 5 to 7 pm Te a c h e r s

Crochet for Beginners LYS OR

Thursday
Tami Kay
Heidi Yelich
Begin your crochet future with a set
of 3 classes designed to get you DAY April 23, 30, May 7
1 to 3 pm
Susan Brobst
Kate Schroeder
comfortable with the basic crochet
stitches. You will begin with the 2020
COMING $50 plus supplies
Paula Strietelmeier
BJ Licko-Keel
classic granny square and end with
a lightweight cowl. Basic finishing TO YOUR
Design
skills for crochet fabrics will also LOCAL Kristina Rost
be included.
Saturday
YARN A r t wo r k
8 to 10 am SHOP Susan Childress

April 18, 25, May 2 APRIL

$70 includes all supplies
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open Bring your wheels

Early Bird Knitters
classes EVERY WEDNESDAY EVERY WEDNESDAY EVERY THURSDAY
Drop spindle demo.

EVERY 4TH FRIDAY

1ST & 3RD SATURDAY
4 TO 5 PM 10AM TO NOON 6 TO 9PM 4 TO 6PM EVERY MONTH 8-10 AM