Shop Spotlight: My Sister Knits, Fort Collins, CO

Anzula is proud to be carried by so many fabulous yarn shops across the country. With that in mind, we want to start sharing more about the amazing shops that bring you your Anzula. Our first post in the Shop Spotlight series features My Sister Knits.

My Sister Knits is located in a gorgeous two-story brick carriage house neatly tucked behind a historic home in the Old Town area of Fort Collins, Colorado. A path leads you through flower beds and past a chicken coop complete with laying hens to the front door.

Once in the shop, you have two stories of yarn, notions, patterns, and samples to admire. A dedicated group of ladies is always waiting to help you find all you need to start your next great project. If you are lucky enough to arrive on a Tuesday you will find the shop open later and encounter Community knit night.

MSK carries 9 of our yarn lines - Breeze, Cloud, Cricket (shown above), Dreamy, For Better or Worsted, Haiku, Mariposa, Oasis, and Wash My Lace. With so many yarn bases and so many colors, and the way that each base displays the color differently, they say it is easy to find the perfect fit for any project.

The ladies at MSK enjoy the neutrals, noting Clay, Bark, Seaside, Shiitake, and Elephant. Customers also favor Navy and our various purple shades.

If you are ever in Fort Collins, Colorado, we recommend that you spend a little time at My Sister Knits!

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Anzula on the Road

Sabrina, Kim, and Rebecca are packing up to head out later this week to meet with shops all along the West Coast. Several of their stops will feature trunk shows, which give you an opportunity to check out yarns in person that your LYS may not regularly stock, and just generally shop from a huge assortment of Anzula!

Friday 4/26 - Stash in Corvallis, OR from 11 am - 2 pm. Stash on Facebook.

Saturday 4/27 - Yarn Garden in Portland, OR from 11 am - 2 pm. Yarn Garden on Facebook.

Monday 4/29 - Fiber Gallery in Seattle WA from 2 pm - 5 pm. Fiber Gallery on Facebook.

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Featured Project: Spring Garden Tee in Cricket

As a new-ish member of Team Anzula, this past February was my first experience at Stitches West. Because we only work directly with our yarn shops, Stitches West is our opportunity every year to meet directly with you, the knitter/crocheter/spinner/weaver. It energizes us to see the projects you make and to talk about the craft with you.

After meeting so many wonderful people and seeing all the Anzula they took home, I found myself wondering what amazing items everyone worked from their skeins. Thanks to Ravelry I was able to meet Cecilia, a Stitches West shopper who created a beautiful Spring Garden Tee from Cricket.

Cecilia was originally shopping for Oasis, but when we didn't have a sweater's worth of the colorway she wanted she shifted her focus to Cricket. Unable to choose between 1 Red Shoe and Madam, she says she chose Madam because it is “more of a rich subtle color” rather than “bright and outstanding.”

With Cricket in hand, she had to find a new pattern. She chose the Spring Garden Tee from Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting. It's a lovely delicate tee with lacy cap sleeves and a lacy detail around the bottom. It's elegant alone, or also fabulous styled with a simple ribbon or other thin belt.

Visit our website to find a local or online Anzula retailer. If Cricket is not available at your LYS, you can place a special order through any store that carries Anzula.

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