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SALE!! SALE!!
SALE!!
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Yes, we are having a sale this weekend - Saturday, Sunday & Monday!!
15% Off on ALL MERCHANDISE IN THE SHOP!!!
(Does not apply to any special orders, Ravelry patterns, or any
merchandise not actually out on the shop floor).
Something
Special we have for this weekend is our One of a Kind and Limited
Edition Colorways kits and yarns collection on sale.
When I went to the National Needlearts Association market this
summer, I was able to buy all these single skeins of yarn to check out different
and interesting yarns that we don't carry in the shop, so I did. And many of the
companies were giving away free patterns with the yarns to encourage us to knit
the yarns. So, since it is not ever possible for me to knit or crochet or weave
everything that I need or want to, I am sharing
these with you as kits. I was very good - I am only allowing myself to
keep four skeins, and it was very very very hard to pick which four.
They are mostly single skeins of yarn - and DK or fingering
although there is one skein of a delicious bison that is heavier, and they
almost all come with a free pattern. They are priced at the yarn only price -
the patterns, many of which are from Michelle Miller (the Fickle Knitter), are a
bonus. And these are some seriously nice yarns - cashmere blends, silk blends, yarns from small indie
dyers, so if you want to make a gift for someone (or for yourself) that
you are not going to find anyone else around here making, this is one way to do
it.
We also have a limited selection
of Colinton Angora Mohair. This is not like any mohair you have ever seen
or felt before, and even if you can't usually work with mohair, you want to
check this yarn out. We have test colors - their dyer did a whole bunch of
colors in the different weights to find the colors they wanted to feature in
their palette, and they are selling all the ones they decided not to use this
year. So we have an assortment of their colors in 3 different weights, and these
are limited to stock on hand. I got all they had of the color weight
combinations I selected.
And then there are our limited
edition colorways. We have been working on some custom school color sock
yarns (the last test batch is being run this weekend, so hopefully we'll start
having the yarns in about 2 weeks) and so have been experimenting with yarn
bases and striping patterns.
Our marvelous and spectacular indie dyer, Roo, who creates
a lot of the fiber mixes we sell in the shop, has dyed a pile of skeins for us
of all sorts of different and exotic yarns
in addition to our sock yarn tests. We have one skein of handspun mink, several
skeins of various cashmeres and blends, some tibetan yak, some super fine baby
camel laceweight, and then we have a whole pile of different sock
yarns in different colors. And since these came straight from the mill to us
and into Roo's dyepot, they are a bit more reasonably priced than if they have
to go through large distributor who has to pay rep commissions and warehouse
overhead costs, and they are ON SALE!!!
The sock yarns aren't dyed in school colors yet. These yarns
we're selling now were created to test the striping
patterns that Diane developed for us, but they are all gorgeous and will
make great one-of-kind projects. There are 3 different overdyed skeins of Koigu
KPPPM in the most delicious shades of purple and all sorts of interesting sock
yarns from 3 of our suppliers.
If you are interested in school color sock yarn, let the shop
staff know what colors you're interested in so that we can dye the colors you
want. Several staff members have seen the first test samples, and apparently
approve. One skein didn't even make it out onto the shop sales floor so I think
we're on the right track.
Since we don't really have a good way to showcase this many
OOAK items in the shop all the time, we're offering
them to you on sale, so that you can get them now to start with your
early holiday gifts and help us make room for the wonderful fall yarns that are
starting to come in.
Did I remember to mention the 100%
laceweight silk from Aurora Yarns? Just a few skeins - 900 to 1100 yards
- you won't find these just anywhere. Yes, on sale!
I may have gotten myself a skein or two of these, but we're not
keeping track....
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Mesh yarns and
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Mesh
Yarns!
We will have more glittery mesh yarns in by late September, but we still
have a little of the light summer colors and some fall colors as well.
We also carry Papillon and some other mesh yarns from FourSeasons which
make fun ruffled scarves for petite women and in kid sizes. The mesh is narrower
and the skein is shorter so it works out perfectly.
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Books!
Lots and lots of Books!
And books - all the newest ones - and all the ones you've been looking for
and thinking about. We have so many books that we've run out of places to put
them. And not just knitting books, but crocheting books, and beading books and
felting books and books to make toys and dolls and fun stuff for kids.
We still have a few copies of
Storey Publishing's Cast On Bind Off by Leslie Bestor that came out last month,
but we've also just received Martingale Press's Cast On Bind Off by Cap Sease.
Both of these are useful useful reference books. And if they sell out, we will
get more...
And.....
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And now for the Back to School
stuff!!
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Please
Note: The Beaded Row Counter bracelet workshop has been moved to Saturday
September 8th, and the Sock Anatomy class will be held at 530 in the evening,
instead of 930 in the morning.
And we are planning more October and
November classes so read on....
We're starting back up with a reprise of Introduction
to Knitting
 taught by Joan Cook. Please spread
the word to your friends and family who've always wanted to learn to knit that
Joan, who is the absolute best Intro Knitting instructor on the planet, has
agreed to teach one more class for this year. The class will meet
on 3 Saturday mornings in September - the 8th, 15th and 22nd, from 9 to
11am and the registration fee is $65.00. Click here for all the details.
Beaded
Row Counter Bracelet: RESCHEDULED TO A NEW DATE:
Saturday September 8th at 4pm.
 Registration Fee: $25.00; The Beaded Row Counter Bracelet created in
this workshop uses the same counting method as an abacus. You will learn how to
make the bracelet and also how to use it. Click here for the general details - the date change is
not shown on the flyer.
Basic
Sock Anatomy: RESCHEDULED
TO A NEW TIME:Monday September 10th, Wednesday September
12th and Friday September 14th at 530pm. Registration Fee: $65.00; Diane
Lyles will be offering her ever-popular Anatomy of a Sock
 class for those of you wanting to knit socks for holiday gifts but
afraid to begin those patterns that have kitchner and gusset and heel flaps and
all sorts of other intimidating sockisms. Let Diane demystify it for you as you
knit a sock (possibly a funny sized  one, but an entire sock nonetheless) in 3 class sessions. While this
class was created for first-time sock knitters, it is also great for those who
have knitted a few socks and not been happy with them and also for folks
suffering from Single Sock Syndrome who haven't found knitting socks to be as
much fun as they'd hoped. Diane can make it fun! Click here for the general details - the time change is
not shown on this flyer.
Tri-Loom
Weaving: Saturday, September 15th or Sunday
September 16th, from 4 to 7 pm. Registration Fee: $35.00, plus $10. loom
use fee to instructor if you do not own a tri-loom. 3ft Tri-looms may be
purchased from the instructor. If you've always been fascinated by weaving but
 overwhelmed by looms with heddles and peddles and shuttles and all
that weaving stuff, this is for you. In 3 hours, you can
complete a small shawlette - how's that for instant
gratification? Click here for more details. These make great gifts just
as they are, or you can combine them to make larger shawls or afghans. And you
can always move up to a larger loom for larger projects.
And yes, at long last, Jessica has some free time, and will be teaching
 the Top-Down
Raglan Sweater aka Your First Sweater. While this class is not
limited to knitters who've never attempted a sweater before, it is a great
sweater for those who're overwhelmed at the thought of knitting all those
separate pieces and putting them together. This sweater is knitted all in one
piece and is a very versatile pattern because you can make the sleeves as long
or as short as you want them, and you can make the length as long or as short as
you want it, and the pattern spans 5 sizes so you can make it to fit almost
anyone once you've mastered the basic sweater. This class will begin on Sunday
October 7th and will meet at 2 week intervals so that participants will have
adequate time to complete their knitting to the stage needed for the next
session. The class will meet on Sunday October 7th, 21st and November 4th at 4pm
and the registration fee is $65.00. Click here for the rest of the details.
No details yet, but Diane is hoping to reoffer her Pocket Flyer class, this
time featuring her Spider Web Flyer and is also working on something to do with
gloves, and mittens and fingerless mitts and....
And she and Jessica have been trying to decide about workshops for blocking
and for finishing - absolutely necessary skills if you want your finished
projects to just have that super-finished look - and something they are both
great at.
We are planning to reprise the Knitted and Crocheted Snowflake workshops
later in the season if there is interest. So, if you'd like to attend either of
these, or if there is any other class you would like to see offered, please
email me at yarnexpresssions@juno.com and let me know. Our website now
includes a listing of all previous classes offered. All of these classes are
available if we can get a group together. Our instructors typically have a 4
student minimum.
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Cascade Yarn Tasting: September 29th & 30th
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Plans for the yarn tasting are coming along nicely and we are planning a
mini-kit including one of Cascade's newest yarns for everyone to take home. In
addition to all the goodies Mike (see below) is bringing.
This yarn tasting is completely different from our previous ones, so make
sure to register soon. We have two sessions scheduled, on September 29th and
30th. The Sunday session is filling up faster than the Saturday one, so if you
want to come to the Sunday sess
 ion, come in and sign up, or call the shop and send us a
check.
Mike, our Cascade rep,will be here and set up a shop full of yarn tasting
stations and is bringing doorprizes (lots of them) as well.
We'll have lots of trunk show models for you to check out and Mike will be
here with all of his color cards, so that you can order anything you'd like from
their line, even if we don't normally carry it. And we'll have the books that go
with the trunk show models.
And yes, there is a registration fee that goes to Animal Rescue. Have I
mentioned that we're becoming very popular with the local Animal Rescue
groups?
Click here for the Event flyer with all the
details.
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As those of you who are MadTosh fans know, there can
be a very long wait for these yarns. I signed us up for a fall order back
in early July, and it is schedule t o be dyed and shipped sometime in October. Since we are in the queue,
we have flexibility. We can change our order for about 4 weeks, until the end
of September, and add other MadTosh yarns and / or colors as needed. So, if any
of you who would like to get something specific for a project you have in mind,
this is your last chance for this year from us. We do have color samples in the
shop to help you decide your selections. We do not have our color sample yet of
the newest colors, but we still have too many to pick from.
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