Gratitude List

Greetings, Happy Fiberholics! I sure hope everyone had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. I know I certainly am as this has been a year of challenges, but this has just made me all the more grateful for what I do have.

And one of the things that I seem to have in abundance is great friends and customers. In this time of trying economic challenges, we are going into our 5th year and and ya'll are more supportive than ever. So there are several things that we are doing at the shop to thank you for this support. First is that we are offering 50% discounts on selected yarns while they last. We are calling this our "Yellow Tag" sale and it is an in-store special which means you have to drop by to see what is Yellow Tagged. We will be adding new items every few weeks so you never know what might appeal.

Another thing that we want to do is to showcase what awesome crafters you are. To this end, every time I post (which I hope will be more often- but you know!! I'm busy knitting!!!) I want to feature one of your finished projects. So whenever you finish something (and have time!), stop in so I can take a picture and show you off!

Our first incredible finished project is the Anne Ruanna (see mine below)

as knitted by Shirley. I cannot believe how quickly she finished it and what a fabulous job she did.

Doesn't she look Marvelous in it!?!

And to start the New Year off right, Thursday Jan 1, 2009 (doesn't seem possible, does it?) I will be open 11AM to 4PM for our 1st annual "No Football Tailgate Knit In". I'll offer some finger foods and will be working on a couple of new variations on the Ladder Shawl.

These are the finished ones in the shop.

These are the possible color choices
for the next version.

And this is a variation on the same theme called Ala Mode Scarf. It will be felted after the stitches are dropped. I can't wait to see how it turns out!

These are great stash busters and I will be offering tips on these projects with the purchase of the pattern. Hope you can join us!

And last, but certainly not least!, is I am very lucky to be married to a man who not only supports me and puts up with all of my projects taking over the house (silly man!- he thought when I opened the shop that everything would be down there!), but he does housework and enjoys being pet furniture.

Love and Happy New Year to all!

And We Have Bangles!!!

Another great gift giving idea this year is customized bangles. We had a hard time finding any here in town that were suitable and reasonable. So we decided to stock some! Even if you don't want to cover them, some of these are realy cute. This is one of the ideas Bonnie will present during this workshop on Wednesday November 19th from 1-4PM. This can be made in about an hour. And you thought you didn't have time to make your gifts!

Anniversary Sale and Gift Giving Ideas

Beginning November 1 we are celebrating the start of our sixth year in business. And we have you to thank for supporting us and allowing us to serve your fiber needs. So, our gift to you is our second annual Anniversary Sale. For the whole month of November all yarns in stock are 20% off. All back issues of magazines are 20% off. And every Sunday we will be putting 4-5 items on deeper discounts. You will have to come in and look for these in-store specials. They will not be advertised. All sales are final on the deep discount yarns and no other discounts apply but these purchases will count toward future Customer Appreciation Program discounts. We hope this will help in creating Christmas presents for those loved ones.

And to further help with Christmas gift giving we are offering several different workshops that we hope will inspire.

The first one on Wednesday November 12 from 1-4PM is a knitted sachet. Very quick, a great stash buster and can be adapted for any stitch pattern you choose. Bonnie made these from Sublime.
The second idea is beaded stitch markers. This will be taught by the very talented Danielle Martinez and the first one will be on Thursday November 13th from 11AM to 2PM. This will also be repeated on Saturday November 15th at the same time. If you don't want to learn to make them, just let us know and Danielle will be happy to complete a custom order for you. We will repeat this workshop again at the beginning of December.

And here is Angus practising his yoga. Can't have any repetitive motion injuries while we are trying to complete our Christmas gifts, now can we?

And We Love Others' Hand Dyed Too!

Since we were talking about hand dyeds, let me show you some pictures of some new arrivals.

This is Schaefer's Esperanza in potluck colors. What you see is what you get! We also have a limited amount of Sock The Vote from Schaefer.

This is a new batch of Indy Dyer Supersock Select from Cherry Tree Hill. Love her bright colors and use of purples, blues and greens (guess what my favorite colors are?).

And here are some more sock yarns from Cherry Tree Hill including indy dyers 2DI4 and a very limited sock yarn from a Scotish dyer. We only have 3 skeins of it left.

We seem to be somewhat fond of sock yarns as well!