SUMMER VACATION

Annual Summer Holiday Dates  
  Shop closed Sunday, July 24 thru Friday, August 5
Reopens Saturday, August 6

SYLVIA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

  Sylvia celebrates #85 on August 13.  And, she has a present for you.
    Come in the week of August 9 thru August 13,
    and get 8.5% off your purchase. 
    This applies to sale merchandise, too!
    (Merchandise only, before sales tax. 
    Excludes special orders, classes, and finishing. 
    Most sales are final.)

CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH THE GIFT OF YARN

Beginning in January, 2011

Come in the month of your birthday, with ID showing your date of birth, and get 20% off a single receipt purchase.
(Merchandise only, before sales tax.  Excludes special orders, classes, and finishing.)

It's our way of saying,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

NEWEST ARRIVALS . . . SPRING 2011
  Some amazing yarns to tempt you! 

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  and Some wonderful accessories, too!

Totes and Needlecases from Baguettes by BBL
  including her latest design for interchangeable needles.
Addi Clicks + Lace Clicks due this month!
HiyaHiya needles
Buttons-Buttons-Buttons
SOAK sweater wash
Books-Books-Books including the latest on designing your own sweater.
  Beginners will adore UNPATTERNS.
  Advanced designers must have Shirley Paden-Bernstein,
  KNITWEAR DESIGN WORKSHOP.

WE'VE JOINED FACEBOOK

We now have a "Facebook Wall."  We admit!  We are better knitters and crocheters than computer geeks.  The wall is set up on our personal homepage, but we hope you enjoy sharing your projects with us.  Hey, we're looking for a computer geek who wants to work for yarn!

WHAT ARE YOU MAKING?
  Some finished projects to inspire you.

 Needle Felted Scarf from Pagewood Farm

 
 
Sprout Baby Tunic, pattern and yarn from Classic Elite

  Cabled Cardigan, yarn from Crystal Palace and custom pattern

ORGANIZE YOUR STASH
(or how to justify buying one more skein of yarn) 

Laura Bryant of Prism Yarns (awesome hand-dyed yarns and the signature yarn, "Stuffs,") shared one of her techniques for organizing colors.  Most of us think of colors as a rainbow or a color wheel.  We separate colors according to the wheels, and then can't see which colors work well with each other.  Laura helps you to think about colors as values from dark to light, to create fabulous blends.  Watch her introductory video, and think about combining some of the newest fibers with some treasures that have been "hibernating."   

SOME ADVICE FOR
COMPLETING THOSE UFO'S
(unfinished objects)

Not sure if you want to begin something new when you have so many started projects?  Select one, two, or three WIPS (works in progress) that you have to finish first.  Work on them 10 minutes a day, even when you're tired.  After 10 minutes, work on anything you want.  Do you realize that adds up to 5 hours each month!
Just added to our classes and special services: a service to help you work on projects that have been
hibernating because you need help.

RAVELRY

If you are looking for a place to chat with fellow knitters and crocheters, you might want to join RAVELRY.  We can be found chatting under the name amajorknitwork.

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Debbie and Sylvia