Exclusive to Jimmy Beans Wool - Limited Edition Lorna's Laces!

The November Limited Edition color - My Favorite Fellas - is available now!

We'll have a more complete description shortly... P.s. Don't forget that the Swirl DK and Swirl Chunky are both 50% Off.

Ah, Halloween. It brings back memories. Back when i was a kid in Raleigh, my best friend Allison and I used to run wild, especially on Halloween and Easter. Given the fact that there was an Kerr Drug in walking distance from our house, Allison and I used to count down the days until the day AFTER those famous holidays. Why, you ask? Because that's when all of the CANDY WENT ON SALE!!! The first day after Halloween would yield prices at 25% off, 2-3 days later the prices would drop 50%, and eventually every piece of candy could be had for pennies. We would go crazy. We saved up our kool-aid stand money (that's another story...) all summer for these super candy sales (yes, we had limited parental supervision those days and consequently bought as much sugary candy as we could afford). Anyway, I'll never forget those days... and the sheer happiness of knowing that we could get a bag of candy corn - or a peanut butter egg - for a nickel. (Of course, to date myself, the McDonalds down the street sold ice cream cones for $.26: a quarter plus 1 penny tax.) So, in honor of my memories of Raleigh - and in celebration of Huck's 1st Halloween season, we've come up with a color that reminds us of the colors we saw while walking up and down the sale-candy aisles. We hope that these colors remind you of your own youth. Trick or Treat!

P.S. Don't forget that the Swirl DK and Swirl Chunky are both 50% Off.

Yes, we know Mojitos don't usually have anything purple in them (something about a Grape Mojito sounds pretty interesting, don't you think?!), but the cool minty greens and serene lavenders in Purple Mojito are about more than what might be an interesting summer cocktail!

Yes.. Summer is drawing to a close and my desire to hang on to the lazy summer nights is ever-increasing, yet I'm already excited for the busy fall months and the holidays ahead (I think that's why September is one of my--and some of the girls in the shop's--favorite months!). Ashley and her now-husband Cory finished their yard just in time for their backyard wedding last month, and now that life is returning to normal for them she says they've been enjoying evenings tending their garden and watching the sunset. Rumors of a knit night on Sandy's deck have been circulating all week, and it seems there's always chatter about a barbecue or picnic on the weekends.

Needless to say, the inspiration for this month's color came from these sorts of end-of-summer rituals that are just a little bittersweet as the seasons change, but more than anything help us all to recharge for the coming fall months. For September's limited edition color, we thought we'd bring you along with us for just a moment: a barbecue with good friends (or a quiet evening knitting on the porch), a refreshing drink (perhaps a mojito!) in hand, and the season's last few blooms of purple sage rustling in the wind.

P.s. Don't forget that the Swirl DK and Swirl Chunky are both 50% Off.

Ok, let's be honest. I think it's pretty safe to say that my favorite color is brown. So much so that the girls at the shop constantly tease me about being obsessed with it (maybe because 80% of my recent projects have been in shades of brown?). So naturally, when it came time to choose the color for now 2 month old Huck's nursery, my vote was for shades of brown. Don't get me wrong - I do like blue...really I do, but I just couldn't imagine an entire room in shades it...and without any brown! Sure blue is supposed to be calming, but what about a crying baby is calming, anyway (and believe me, this kid has lungs)? Needless to say, we settled on two colors for his room: brown for the bottom few feet of the walls, and a light blue for the top, separated by a jungle-themed border. We liked the color scheme so much, we thought we'd share it with you in this month's color Huck's Room. Maybe the combination of blues, browns, and in-betweens will be a common ground for you and say, the person you're knitting for!

Quick Note: you might have noticed the inclusion of a few new yarns in the list above: Swirl Chunky and Swirl Dk. Both of these yarns are being discontinued by Lorna's and we are selling them at 50% Off. Don't worry, we'll be getting about 50 more colors in September, but just have them in Huck's Room for now. Be warned - the Swirl Chunky is moving fast (though i like the Dk better, in all honesty)!

What? It's September already??!! The passage of time never ceases to amaze me... One minute the streets of Tahoe are crowded with tourists on holiday around Memorial Day, then poof! - one second later the streets are full again - only this time it's Labor Day weekend. Where in the heck did all of that time go? It's a mystery to me, for sure. To be fair, i have heard that time speeds up as you get older... as an 8 year old, you've only been alive for 96 months, so a single summer constitutes 1/32 of your entire existence. Now that i've been around for 408 months (as of last week!), those 3 piddly summer months (1/136) are just a blip of time on the radar of my life so far. Crazy, isn't it?

What does that have to do with Gone Fishin'? Ha ha - not much (as usual), except that the name came to us (Jeanne gets full credit this time) as we were lamenting the fact that the summer has gone by so quickly... and we all wished that we could take a week off and spend it on the side of the lake, staring at the clear blue water - and maybe we'd just put a sign on the door of JBW that says "Gone Fishin'... We'll Be Back Later." Now that would be some great customer service, wouldn't it?! :)

So, no matter where these last few weeks of warm weather take you, make sure to have a few hanks of the Gone Fishin' in your travel bag... it's a fun new color packed with endless possibilities!

What can you do with a Hot August Night?? Knit! That's what i'm going to be doing with my Hot August Night yarn... This month's Lorna's Laces Limited Edition color was named after the smoky night skies here in the sierras... With all of the smoke this year, the skies have turned intense shades of red, orange, purple, and brown - and we've tried to recreate the colors to the best of our abilities. The Hot August Night color is available in: Shepherd Sock, Shepherd Worsted, Lion and Lamb, and NOW Shepherd Sport!

Let the Fireworks Begin! Naturally the first thing to come out of my mouth when Beth from Lorna's Laces asked for a color name, this being July's color, was Fireworks. When the girls at the shop first saw this color though, they all thought of popsicles -- you know, the ones off the ice cream truck that stained our mouths neon colors in childhood. I'm a sucker for reminiscing, so I passed the new name on to Lorna's Laces. The color arrived today, labeled FIREWORKS! It seems Lorna's Laces is just that efficient and they had already labeled the majority of the hanks before I got back to them! So if in all of this we've told you this month's color will be Popsicle, I'm sorry...but let the fireworks begin!

The color is called Blueberry Snowcone because it reminds us of, well, summer snowcones! To be honest, I wanted to name it Blackberry Snowcone since it has so much purple in it (it has purple, periwinkle, bright blue and charcoal), but we figured that might be confusing since Lorna's already has a Blackberry color. Either way, the color is gorgeous and I'm excited to use it for this little sundress or maybe a baby sweater set. Then I'll just have to find a little kid to give it to!

The May color was designed by longtime Lorna's Laces employee Becca. Here's what she had to say about the color - and her experience at LL: "Leaving Lorna's Laces is bittersweet for me. It is hard to leave an environment that has become like a home. With the good friends, the bright colors, the dance parties and lots of memories it is hard to believe that leaving is the best option. But, sometimes you have to jump into change with both feet and trust that you will land safely. So, thank you to Beth and everyone else at Lorna's for nurturing me (and putting up with me) for the past three and a half years. I hope that you all like the color that I created, and I hope that it encourages you to jump into change with both feet."

The April Lorna's Laces limited edition color Lily Pad makes us feel like playing leap frog to celebrate the beginning of spring! The colors are elegant yet still remaining fresh. Jeanne says that it reminds her of one of Claude Monet's paintings of the water lilies (in fact, we were thinking of naming it Monet's Meadow!)

This month, the girls in the store sat down and picked out a few of their favorite Lorna's shades - and asked Beth if she could dye them all next to each other. Whisper, Sage, Sunshine, and Natural are joined together to create "Spring Forward" - our limited edition color for March. I personally love it!

American Heart Month, Valentines Day, and lots of chocolate.... February makes me think of reds, browns, and all of the colors in between. This month's color SWAK (Sealed with a Kiss) is the perfect combination of all things sweet (candies, love, your honey, etc). Whether you choose to knit a pair of socks for the love of your life - or a shawl to keep your darling mom warm during the cold months - or even a simple poncho for your 2 year old - you'll adore watching the colors of red, purple, and deep brown blend together. So - have fun with this color - and have a terrific February!

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go..." Well, maybe not everywhere, but at least it's snowing a ton here at my house. After skiing in the sunshine this morning, we returned home to snow and ice... and white skies. Yet just a few weeks ago I went for a run on the trails in shorts and a t-shirt! The lack of snow back then is what prompted us to come up with a yarn color that reminded us of snow and ice... maybe as our way of doing the 'snow dance.' And i guess it worked, cause it's been snowing all week long!

Ah, the holidays... traditional colors of red and green filling the house (well, not my house, but i have heard rumors that other people decorate their houses for Christmas, Hannukah, and other Winter Holidays!). This December, the creative geniuses at Lornas Laces have taken that red and green, softened them up a bit (think cedar and cranberry) and then added a touch of Gold. The result makes me giddy!

For November 2007, we came up with the color Autumn Leaves! Remniscent of, well, Autumn Leaves... you can't go wrong with the shades of gold, brown, and rust.

For October 2007, we came up with the color Candy Corn (our very own Jeanne came up with the name!). The color combination of orange and chocolate came about as a tribute to those who are fans of the Halloween holiday - and to those who aren't (hence the brown instead of traditional black). Personally, this color makes me think of those chocolate dipped orange slices, but it reminded Jeanne of her favorite October treat Candy Corn (without the white, obviously).

For September 2007, we came up with the color Cherries Jubilee. With summer coming to an end, we find ourselves already missing those warm nights with ice cream in hand. I know the green in this yarn doesn't really have anything to do with ice cream, but the pinks and browns reminded us of that favorite ice cream cone. I hope you like it as much as we do.

For August 2007, we came up with the color Rainforest. Why Rainforest? Well, because Rainforests remind us of the tropics... and the tropics remind us of going on vacation... and August is the month for summer-ending vacations...