norahsknits

I'm signed up to be a vendor at the Old North St. Louis House Tour and Arts Festival on October 3, 2026. I'm planning to bring mostly crocheted purses and bags - but also a few lace shawls and scarves -  to sell. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, 10 to 4. Exact location of my booth TBD, but somewhere near the intersection of St. Louis Avenue and North 14th Street. This is the corner where Crown Candy Kitchen is located, and House Tour tickets will be for sale at that corner also.   

I'm posting photos of a few items (out of quite a few) that I will have in the WGSL Annual Sale Oct. 23-24, 2026. I'm looking forward to the sale. It's one of the only places around where you can purchase hand-spun yarn.

Norah's Knits news - I plan to participate in the Weavers' Guild of St. Louis annual sale this year, October 23 & 24 at the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves. Details are below.  

The small shawl on the left is knit from Little Knits Mirus, half silk and half camel fiber, purchased online. It's about 23 inches measured along the "spine." This yarn is exceptionally soft. The small wrap on the right, doubled over so that the pattern is obscured (sorry!) is knit from Isager brand Tvinni, 100% wool laceweight or very light fingering, purchased at Brooklyn General Store on our recent visit. The yarn is made in Denmark and is a very "crisp" wool that is said to be long-wearing, although that may not have much application to lace knitting.   

I finished this during the past week. It was a fun crochet but a little bit hard on the hands because of the big yarn and large crochet hook needed, but I'm happy with the finished product. The yarn is "Snowstorm" from Hobbii Yarns  which I ordered online. It arrived fast, considering that it had to go through customs. For my next blanket, I'm going to try a different method of joining the squares. 

  Our downstairs kitchen table, a "still life with Featherweight sewing machine" and various works in progress, such as the lining for a crocheted bag and linings for two cowls with reversed stranded knitting patterning. The Featherweight is a 1941 Singer 221 (1/2 size) that "someone" in the family has been restoring along with a number of Singer 99 machines (3/4 size) for City Sewing Room . He worked on this machine and then when it didn't sell at a recent fund-raiser, purchased it for us. CSR has several vintage Singer machines for sale that have been restored to working order.