Knit or Crochet! Felted or not! Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral! Use your imagination to adapt a pattern or create your own. This stitching contest is inspired by books like Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, The Never Ending Story, and The Last Unicorn. Create a motif for a sweater, a castle diorama, a dragon toy… The [...]

May 11, 2008 We will be closed 10 % off all purchases on May 10, 2008

July 4, 2008 We will be closed Stitch-in is canceled Stitch a hat for our service people

Many of those wonderful handmade Christmas gifts can be made while sitting at the pool this summer, and you will enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas so much more!

Maria is our “Stitcher of the Month”. She Quilts! She Crochets! She Knits! She teaches crochet at “the Purl”, and recently demonstrated Tunesian Crochet at the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo in St. Charles. Many of our crocheted models, at the roids store, were made by Maria. She designs crocheted items and has even had [...]

Our new book corner with new titles and patterns! Fabulous new “Roch” buttons made of natural stone. Gifted Purl has its own Ravelry page and group! Lots of new models to help you with ideas. Wonderful new handmade knitting bags and needle cases. New yarns arriving every month.

In cooperation with Knitter’s Magazine and Universal yarns, The Gifted Purl is sponsoring the “Think Outside The Sox” competition! In addition to over $20,000.00 in prizes, winners will be featu red in Knitter’s Magazine and in a forth comimg XRX book! Please come into “the Purl” to check out our wonderful new sock yarns, the [...]

We are really busy stitching up new models with our new yarns and patterns. The “fish blanket” from ‘Best of Knitters – Babies and Toddlers’ is being made in every color of Lamb’s Pride Superwash.

Gary Scholar presents ANGORA book signing and reading at The Gifted Purl Friday, July 13 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm You are invited!

We have received over 3 dozen helmet liners since we sent out our appeal in the February newsletter! THANK YOU so much for your donations! We had a retired Marine try on a liner. He said it was just right. He thanked all of us for our efforts. We will continue to knit (or crochet) [...]