Anniversary Specials, New Colors & Sven!

Hi, Knitters,

Did you have a nice Thanksgiving for those who celebrate? We hosted at my house this year and it was a wonderful relaxing time with our loved ones. I really love the Thanksgiving holiday so much. I hope you're all having a nice weekend. It is unseasonably warm, too, very strange. I think it was 60 degrees yesterday in Madison. It doesn't seem quite right but we did enjoy it.

I can't believe a year has passed so quickly since we opened our family company. I don't know if I've ever worked harder or loved any job path more than the making of Barrett Wool Co. It has been wonderful and exhilarating, to say the least. So I want to thank you for participating, following, supporting or just watching the development of our little wool company. It has been a grand adventure and we appreciate you being a part of it. 

Some new things have arrived in our shop. We have just released 10 NEW colors in our Home line of yarns. The 10 colors range from soft neutrals to deeply saturated shades. I love them all and I think they round out our color range of 25 incredibly well. We have several new shades of gray, plus camel, teal and navy, the lightest shades of peach and pink, and my most favorite green ever! We have come up with fabulous color names, too.

Check out all of our new colors in Home Fingering and Worsted Weight by clicking here!

So in the spirit of appreciation and excitement we want to celebrate a bit by offering some fun deals for you over on Barrett Wool Co. I'm going to list them right here to keep it simple. The codes/specials are available now through Monday, November 27th, 2017. 

Click here for Barrett Wool Co.

1. For International sales of $54 or more we have a $3.00 discount shipping code to enter at checkout: INTERNATIONAL

2. For U.S. sales we have FREE shipping on all sales of $54 or more with this code at checkout: 

HAPPYANNIVERSARY

3. All Ravelry Barrett Wool Co. patterns are now 50% off with this code at checkout: 

HAPPYANNIVERSARY    Click here to check out the BWC Ravelry Pattern Shop!

4. We now have Carol Anderson's autographed Sven Scandinavian Pattern Booklets available for purchase in the pattern section of BWC! Click here to check out the booklets.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends. I hope you find lots of time for your knitting. Are any of you getting your Christmas tree this weekend? We are heading out to the tree farm at some point to cut down our tree. It will be a long season of holiday cheer and decoration due to the early Thanksgiving holiday which is welcome around here.  

I'll be back soon with more.... 

xo ~ susan

Episode 29: Fall Review 2017

Hi, Knitters,
I have a new video podcast episode up on my YouTube Channel if you are interested. I talk about a lot of my fall adventures in travel and teaching, new projects and some old projects, books, socks, embroidery, yarn, project bags and so much more.

Click here to visit my YouTube Channel, SusanBAnderson!

Have a great day! I'll be back with more soon.
xo ~ susan

Edmonton & Arve

Hi, Knitters,

It's been fun and knitterly few weeks around here and I hope the same has been true for you. I want to share a little about my trip to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada last weekend but first a want to share a new project. 

Yesterday we released a new pattern and kit for Barrett Wool Co. called Arve. Arve is a beautiful colorwork hat designed by the one and only Tanis Gray. Click here for Tanis' website. 

This is the fourth colorwork hat design Tanis has done for Barrett Wool Co. and to celebrate we have all four of these patterns on discount this week through November 18th, 2017. Arve is on sale for $3.50, no code is needed for any of the hat patterns. Regular price is $5.00 for all of these hat patterns.

Click here for the Arve pattern on Ravelry!

Click here for the Arve Kit on Barrett Wool Co.! These are selling really fast so jump in if interested. 

Click on each hat name to see the pattern information for or to purchase Arve, Elida, Erland, and Vidar! 

These hats use our Home Worsted Weight in four contrasting colors. I knit up Arve using the colors Red Flannel, Field, and Morning Sky. If you have four skeins of Home Worsted Weight you can make all four of these Tanis Gray hats! 

Arve fits like a dream! It is my new favorite hat and I will be wearing this one all winter. 

I used US size 5 and US size 6 needles to make the hat.

There is an overall chart from start to finish and it is one of the simplest colorwork hats you can find. The finished look of the hat is very impressive and it's super fun to knit. 

Click here for more information on the Arve hat kit!

The Arve Kit even includes a handmade pom-pom by me just like the one in the photo. 

Now, on to the Knit for Fun Edmonton Retreat hosted by Ann Budd. That's Ann on the right and Joji Locatelli in the middle. I've known Ann for years now and I'm a huge fan of hers but this is the first time I've met Joji and she was just wonderful, a real breath of fresh air. We really hit it off.

Click here to see Joji Locatelli's designs on Ravelry!

Click here for Ann Budd's website! Be sure to check out the information for her other Knit for Fun Retreats.  

We had great classes, fun and talented students, a panel discussion hosted by the Grocery Girls and so much more. 

The Grocery Girls, Jodi and Tracie, even took us out for dinner after the retreat was over. It was such a treat to have some quiet time. Thank you, ladies!

Click here for the Grocery Girls Podcast on YouTube! 

Jodi and Tracie took my Egg to Owl class and Tracie even made her owl to match my outfit! 

Just kidding. But it does match and it turned out so cute. Tracie has knit toys before so this was a fun twist on a project for her being that it is a reversible toy. 

Click here to find out more about the Egg to Owl reversible toy pattern on Ravelry!

Jodi's Egg to Owl is equally cute. I love the fantastic owl-y eyes, too. 

I know this photo is a little dark but I did get to meet Devin Ventre, the designer of the Gigi Cardigan featured on Barrett Wool Co. Here we are both wearing our Gigi Cardigans together. What a treat to get to meet Devin in person. I know we will be hearing lots more from Devin. 

Click here for Devin's website and podcast!

We will be bringing back the Gigi Cardigan Kits soon. Be sure to sign up on the Gigi Kit page to get an automatic email notification for when they are back in stock if interested. 

Okay, friends, it's time to catch my breath for a minute. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead. Thanks for joining me today.

xo ~ susan

Three French Hens ~ pattern & kits

Hi, Knitters,

I am in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada right now teaching at an Ann Budd Knit For Fun Retreat so this will be quick. I just wanted you to know that I have just released the Three French Hens pattern for individual download on Ravelry and it's on a discount for $3.50 through November 10th, 2017, no code necessary. After that it will be set at $5.00. This pattern was originally released in the Taproot magazine about six months ago. 

We have also brought back our Three French Hens Kit over on Barrett Wool Co. if interested.

Click here for the Three French Hens information or to purchase on Ravelry!

Click here for the Three French Hens Kit information or to purchase on Barrett Wool Co.!

I have so much to share about this wonderful retreat so I'll be back soon with photos and stories. I hope you are all doing well. Much love to you all.

xo ~ susan