Peaceful Making Newsletter 23

1/19/26

Peaceful Happenings

This month has been a surprise month. I thought it would be really quiet, you know the beginning of the dark winter months. Well, I was wrong. We’ve had a steady pace of folks in, some days have been down right crazy busy - and we love it! It’s great to be a place where people feel like they can come and hang out! We’ve had added making times, lots of classes and a steady stream of hunters, vacationers and friends. What a wonderful thing!

We are welcoming in a few new friends to join the Peaceful Making crew! Please welcome our new Assistant General Manager Stephen Mark. Stephen will be working part time from Virginia and hopefully joining us full time someday. Stephen is amazingly talented and will be helping us both on the business side of things as well as on the all things machine side of the house! Many of you met him when he came down to work with us on the sock machine and put the flat bed sewing machines together. Stephen currently works with the Smithsonian in DC. He will be in the OBX periodically. Please welcome Stephen!

We are also welcoming folks you probably already know to our line up of teachers. Please give a welcome to Rosemary Wheeler to our crew as the Knitting Academy Head Master. Rosemary has been with Peaceful Making since the beginning and has been knitting for oh so long :). Rosemary will be putting the final curriculum together for the Knitting Academy as well as teaching and working with us in the store when she is here in the OBX. Many of us will be teaching Rosemary’s curriculum and we look forward to working with her.

Last, but absolutely not least, we welcome Linda Sears to the crew as the lead of Sunday Making Time! Linda is an amazing knitter and a wonderful knitting teacher. Her patience and positive support is just what we need to encourage everyone to keep trying new things! We really considered calling Linda’s Sock Sunday…because - Linda is an amazing sock knitter! We want to welcome all kinds of making so we will keep it “making” - but if you need sock support - come to making time on Sunday - Linda is amazing!

Community

Peaceful Maker’s Society -

We continue to grow our Peaceful Maker’s Society - welcoming Katie Gilreath and Linda Sears to the Society! We will be displaying Katie’s beautiful Pressed Flower sweater this month. This is the Pressed Flower sweater knit in Bare Naked Wools Kent DK. We will be displaying Linda’s Clog Socks and Val’s Ooey Gooey Socks.

Linda Sears - Clog Socks by Summer Lee - In Camillia Fibers DK with the Lang Jawoll Sock Nylon in the heels and toes. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clog-socks-4

Katie Gilreth - Pressed Flower Pullover by Amy Christoffers In Knit in Bare Naked Wools Kent DK and Feederbrook Farms Entropy DK. Other yarn suggestions - Farmer’s Daughter Fiber Juicy DK and Spincycle Dyed in the Wool. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pressed-flowers-pullover

Valerie M - Ooey Gooey Socks - knit in Farmer’s Daughter Fiber Bear Paw Sock in Daddy State of Mind and Fugitive

We should have our samples knit by our wonderful Society up next week! Come check them out!

Peaceful Making Discord Channel -

A new way to keep us all connected - the Peaceful Making Discord Channel. Download the Discord App on your phone and click this link to join our discord server! https://discord.gg/cGufJ27V We are still building the server, so keep an eye out for new channels and exciting new ways to stay involved on the channel!

New Things in the Store Week

Cashmerino - Lana Gatto VIP - I purchased this and a little extra for a customer making a lovely baby blanket, and I think I’m in love. It is so soft and lovely. Check it out. Let me know if you love it and I will order more!

Lumos Counters - I might be repeating myself, and I know Val told you about these Lumos Counter - but we have Lumos Counters! They are wonderful and we love them - come get yours!

Noro Koma - This lovely Noro is a combo of Merino, Kid Mohair, and Silk. We have a blue hue and a purple. Come check it out!

Knit-a-longs

Join us for the Hibernal Sock Knit-a-long and the Dagmar Knit-a-long. There are a group of us who are knitting the Hibernal Sock by Summer Lee. There is a DK and a Fingering pattern. It is a super easy - but very beautiful pattern sock.

We will be starting the Dagmar Knit-a-Long in February. Look out for info on this on the Discord Channel and the newsletter!

If you’d like to join us in the Discord Channel. We will be knitting on our socks during making time and chatting on the Discord Channel. We will also have a virtual knit time once a week for all of our knit-alongs. For more information about our knit-alongs please join our Discord Channel https://discord.gg/cGufJ27V

Weaving and Spinning

Have you been upstairs lately? As many of you know we have Dealerships for Ashford, Schacht, Kromski and EEW. We carry the full line of all of their products whether they are in the store or we order them to be shipped to you. We are working on creating a show room upstairs. We hope you take a peak at the new spinning and weaving displays. We will continue to develop this space and have information about all of our wonderful weaving and spinning lines. We hope to add Harrisville to our collection of providers soon!

We continue to have open spin on Thursday and our group continues to grow. We will be adding spinning classes soon. We are spinning with both wheels and e-wheels. If you are interested in trying any of our wheels or e-wheels, please sign up on the website. It’s a great way of trying all kinds of wheels before you decide if you want to buy one!

Upcoming Trips

Linda Sears and I will be heading to Vogue Knitting Live and A Time to Remember in New York City January 29-February 1. We are very excited to be going to these events for the first time. We will be meeting Isabell Kraemer, Andrea Mowry, Patty Lyons, Aime Gille, and more. We are sneaking in some NYC fun as well and seeing Hamilton! We’ll have a full report and post lots while we are away!

Classes and New Events -

We have been looking at the way we have been scheduling classes and how we are posting them on the website and realized it was a bit confusing. We have updated the way we are posting them with the option of purchasing single classes, a month subscription, or a yearly subscription for the classes and we are looking forward to seeing you all at a class soon!

The classes and other events are on this calendar https://peacefulmaking.com/pages/calendar?_pos=1&_psq=calendar&_ss=e&_v=1.0.

The knitting classes are twice a week. Thursday at 6:30 is a Skill’s Tune Up class. You will need to already know how to knit for this class. It will be an hour to learn or sharpen a skill.

We will also have a beginners class on Sundays from 1- 3. We will have a series of classes that will move the student to becoming a knitter. Check out the calendar! Classes can be purchased individually by the hour, by the month or a yearly membership that includes all events, classes, and equipment used in the store for a year. Here is the price schedule:

Individual classes by the hour: $10 per hour.

Monthly classes: $24 per month ( one month of unlimited classes in a specific craft)

Yearly membership: $247 per year (one year of unlimited classes all crafts included)

FO’s

Hibernal DK (and Fingering) Sock - Summer Lee - I’m cheating a little here as I’ve finished one Fingering and one DK Hibernal sock. Love this pattern - super easy to remember and who knew how fast a DK sock would go! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hibernal-dk-socks
Traveler Hoodie - Andrea Mowry - I know I have already mentioned finishing this project, but I double finished it with its sparkly new i-cord and Jenna is currently wearing it constantly. Absolutely love the garment and the wonderful Camellia Fiber Sport yarn used to make it. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-traveler-3

WIP’s

Winters Pullover/Baaba Dupe - Ozetta and Sara Elysabethe - I am loving this simple knit on big needles. I am using Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino with their silk mohair and I love it! The pattern is simple and the companion guide for making this a Baaba dupe is spot on. I am well on my way for this to be done well before the NYC trip! So excited! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winters-pullover ozetta winters pullover companion.pdf
Lumme Pullover - Sari Nordlund - I cast this on and as usually this Nutiden project is going to be a little finicky - the yarn is soft and lovely and yes it is breaking a lot. I’m going to take my time and enjoy this process of love! Anyone want to try a Nutiden project? Let me know - I do have a large stash! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lumme-pullover
Metamorphic - Andrea Mowry This is a lovely Spincycle project. I was a bit nervous about my green and yellow Metamorphic - but it’s super cool. Love it with my Dyed in the wool. I am almost to the last increase in the round yolk. Simple pattern, some neat add ins, and oh my I do love me some Spincycle! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/metamorphic-2

Helsinki Volute - Tokuko Ochiai - Recommended by Aimee of La Bienne Aimee. I started this last week and am finished with the first hank of Volute. This is the most lovely soft yarn! It feels so different knitted up! I ordered the Volute in white and black - I think this would be a great staple!

Double Slippers - Liv Stangeland - Sandnes Garn Slippers - see video below for instructions on doing this in one piece without sewing! Almost done with one slipper. Excited to see how this comes out! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nr-3-doble-tfler
Dagmar Zipper - Petite Knit - Linda and Katie and I are all going to do this one! Knit-a-long starting in February! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dagmar-zipper-sweater

Patterns of Interest

Colman Diamond Sweater - Nyah Knits - Yet another BaaBa dupe! I am going to do this on the flatbed knitting machine with the help of Stephen when he comes down :)! Love this sweater! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/colman-diamond-sweater

Lavinia Sweater - Lily Kate France What a lovely mohair sweater. Many of you have been asking for a light mohair Lacey sweater. This is a great choice - simple, elegant! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lavinia-sweater

Heimathafen - Isabell Kraemer -I love this stripe with a little extra! I might try to work this in before NYC - we shall see if I make it! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heimathafen

Loupy Stripe Cari - by Loupy Studio - I really like this cardigan - I want to do this using one of my lovely advent calendars. Super fun shape. See video in the YouTube section! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/loupy-stripe-cardi

DK Vanilla Sock - by The Crazy Sock Lady - I’m loving the speedy knit of a DK - good to have this staple in the library! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dk-weight-vanilla-socks

Hibernal Hat - Summer Lee - for those who love the socks - here is the hat pattern - looks so easy! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-hibernal-hat

My Favorite YouTube

knitting my dream sweater ☆ (I can be done knitting now...) This is the lovely striped Cardi from above. Free pattern and really cool design.

Basic Sweaters I Would Knit Again | Beginner Sweater Knitting Pattern Ideas

How to Add a Zipper to your Knits

How to knit Continental style

Turkish Cast On for toe up socks

Boro: The Japanese Philosophy of Textile Art

How can I knit a whole sweater in 24 hours?

Recipes

Cream Biscuits - these are an old favorite from my great grandmother - and I will tell you they are so easy - it’s going to become a regular! Easy as canned and much tastier!

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 ½ tablespoons of baking powder

1 teaspoon of kosher salt

1 tablespoon of granulated sugar

1 ½ heavy cream

Mix all dry ingredients - add cream and stir until just combined. Pull the dough together and roll out and cut your biscuits - I pull my dough together and just form it gently into a square or rectangle and I cut squares so I don’t have to handle it too much (and it’s easier cause I’m lazy these days)

Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes. If you are lucky enough to have left overs - they heat up in the toaster oven well!

Wrap up

It’s been an interesting and different kind of January. Love the activity and fun that is happening in the store. If you are here, if you have time - come in and join. If you are not here and want to join for one of our making times - let us know and we will zoom you in. The Peaceful Making family is growing and we are having a blast! Join us! We’d love to see you! You don’t have to wait until Summer to be here!

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Mischel and Jenna

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