Komen Connecticut Knit for the Cure® Online Registration is now open!

Bring your lawn chair or picnic blanket and join us in Hartford’s Bushnell Park on Saturday, June 7. We’ll be there from 7 am to noon.

Come meet our special guest, author, designer and breast cancer survivor Candace Eisner Strick!

Go to www.komenct.org and click on “Register Now” to sign up for the race. There is a special event category for Knit for the Cure. Registrants will receive a race t-shirt and be eligible

Don’t forget about comfort items for Oncology Units of area hospitals. Go to www/komenct.org/Knit_Main.htm for more details and a list of shops accepting items. You may also bring items to Bushnell Park on Friday, June 6 between 10 am and 4 pm or on race day, Saturday, June 7.

Denise from The Yarn Garden has declared an anniversary sale in honor of her third year in business. Come visit the store and get 30% off (excluding special orders). The sale starts May 13 and runs through the end of the month.

Saybrook Yarn has moved their annual sale from July to May, calling May the “Stash Month”. They will also be having a book signing Saturday, May 31. Newly released, Shear Spirit is “a beautiful, behind-the-scenes look at the lives of fiber farmers” (it also includes patterns). From east to west, the photos are magnificent. At 11:00 am Gale Zucker, the photographer, will give a short speech and answer questions, and copies will be available for purchase.

KnitPicks is enticing you to choose your lace escape with one of their color-themed samplers: Sea View (blues and greens), Wine Tasting (pinks, purples), Riverside Café (grays and browns), Sunset Picnic (oranges, reds). Each sampler consists of 6 hanks lace yarns of luxurious blends of Merino, baby alpaca and silk.