Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Making the Towels

Anyone who has been to one of the craft shows we participate in know that we always have scrubbies, dish cloths and towels.



These are the ever popular towels. Another crafter couldn't believe that someone still makes and sells these. I guess they remind people of a simpler time. We sure do get a lot of requests for these.

The secret to our towels is this - We always use quality towels and we use cotton yarn at the top as cotton keeps its shape better than acrylic yarn.

I am going to show you the process we follow to make these.


The first thing we do is cut the towel in two and sew the raw edges. 


The next thing we do is prep the towels by sewing the yarn to the towel and knitting needle and then knit it and sew on the button. 

If anyone reading this wants to learn how to make these towels - we could teach you. Just email us at pamdonnaknits@yahoo.com.

Here are some towels we will have available this summer.






Monday, April 28, 2014

May Events

It's a double header weekend for Knitting by Pam and Donna. We have two shows coming up. 

On Saturday we will be at the Home Economics Building at South Park for the Spring Fling Craft Show benefiting the Windover Hills United Methodist Church. The hours for the show are 9a - 3p. The address is 3738 Buffalo Drive, South Park, PA 15129. 

On Sunday the Pump House Season begins.


The Pump House is located at the Waterfront in Homestead. The hours are from 10a - 2p. We will also be there on Sunday, May 18th.

Let me show you some of the products we will have at these two shows.


It's time for spring cleaning. We will have our line of scrubbies, scrubbers and flower scrubbies as well as dishcloths.

Now for something new - hair scrunchies.


So when the weather gets warmer you will want to pull your hair back with some colorful scrunchies.

Of course we will have new towels to decorate your kitchen.



Later in the week I will be doing a blog on how we put these towels together. I will also show you some new towels we bought.

Hope to see you at one of our events this month!

Saturday, April 5, 2014

April Events

This is going to be a very busy week for Knitting by Pam and Donna. 
We have two big events this week.

We will be at the Bi-Annual Book and Bake Sale at the Swissvale Library on April 10, 11 and 12.



On Saturday while Donna will be at the library, Pam will be at the White Oak Athletic Association Spring Craft Show. The hours for that show will be 10a - 3p.

We will have fan favorites at both shows like the scrubbies and towels.

Donna is working on refilling her animal basket.


So far there are Minions, an owl and some penguins. She is working to add some pigs and perhaps a couple Easter Bunnies.

We are bringing back one items that some people have asked us to bring back. This is a grocery bag holder. We sold these a few years back.


We have a few light weight scarves that are perfect for spring.


This scarf is made using bamboo yarn held together with a ribbon yarn.

Donna has been busy crocheting these scarf necklaces using all kinds of yarn with bling.


I hope you can make one of our events.

This year is shaping up to be very interesting. We have some new events this summer and fall and we will update you on these shows as we get closer to the dates of the events.