My contribution to this year’s gift guide is centered around a subject near and dear to my heart: pets. Specifically, the adopted and fostered animals who become dear members of our families. I lost both of my geriatric dogs, Baloo Bear and Conrad Jenkins, this past fall and it was heartbreaking. I am, however, incredibly grateful…
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KW Holiday Gift Guide: You Just Can’t Beat a Good Book
When I say “Our house is full of books,” you may think to yourself, “My, that’s wonderful. Reading is great.” But, no, it’s really FULL OF BOOKS. They are on every conceivable shelf, table, chair, surface, corner and even in the car. We have a lot of books. Yes, this is our car. It’s hard…
Happy New Year from Kelbourne Woolens!
2016. What can we say? It’s been quite the year. Let’s get ready to ring in the New Year by taking a look back at some of our favorite knitterly memories of 2016! The Year of Mittens Our Year of Mittens KAL will continue into 2017, but your response to our July announcement of the project…
Happy Holidays from Kelbourne Woolens!
Tonight is the longest night, the winter solstice, and the official beginning of the holiday season. We at Kelbourne Woolens wish you the happiest of holidays, however you choose to celebrate the season. Please note that our offices will be closed on December 24th and we will reopen on January 3rd so we can spend…
Free Pattern: Holiday Cheer Ornaments
Our daughter, Charlie, is at the age where she’s really starting to “get” holidays. Easter and Christmas are current favorites, although I’m confident she has no idea what Easter is about except piles of chocolate and everything is covered in bunnies (two of her most favorite things ever), and we try and keep Christmas planning…
KW Holiday Gift Guide: Meghan’s Shortlist of Small Shops
Between the big gifts, it is always nice to give a one-of-a-kind gift from a one-of-a-kind shop, owned by a one-of-a-kind shop owner. Being in the business that we are, we love supporting small, local businesses. If we could buy all of our holiday gifts at our favorite LYS’s, it would be so easy! Alas, that…
Happy Holidays from Kelbourne Woolens!
Our offices will be closed on Thursday December 24th, Friday December 25th and Thursday December 31st and Friday January 1st. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year! We’ll see you in 2016!
KW Holiday Gift Guide: Leah’s Instagram-Inspired Gifts
Hopefully you’ve been enjoying our Gift Guide so far! In this installment, we bring you some fabulous hand-made gifts from Leah inspired by some of her favorite companies she has found via Instagram: I have a confession – I love Instagram. Yes, sometimes there are too many pictures of cats, random pieces of food and…
KW Holiday Gift Guide: Courtney’s Gifts for the Home Chef
We continue our KW: Holiday Gift Guide with some awesome cooking-inspired gift ideas from Courtney! 1) In case you don’t have a fantastic local gourmet foods purveyor, any intrepid chef à domicile would love this cassoulet kit from NJ-based fine foods purveyor D’Artagnan. It includes just enough of everything you need without having to buy all of…