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Yarn Update

November 23rd, 2011

Alas, the UPS man does NOT succumb to puppy-dog eyes or begging.  And stalking him doesn’t seem to help, either.  We’ve tried it all, and yet he did NOT deliver our Madeline Tosh today.  :(  Very sad.  However, VERY excited about the gorgeous new Tahki stuff that came in!  How about Boulder?  It’s one HUGE ball of yarn that will make both a hat and a cowl…  And you can knit both in about 2 hours!  Click, click, done!  Love it!  We also received more chunkies, and a couple glitzy finer weights.  Guess Friday will be a big day for us.  I can hardly wait!

Black Friday will start at 9:30.  From 9:30am until noon, sale yarn (and there’s a TON of it to make room for all this new stuff) will be 75% off!  But you MUST check out prior to noon.  From noon to 4pm, it’ll all be 60% off.  And never fear… Saturday it’ll all still be a whopping 50% off.  We mean business here.  We have to make room! 

While you’re in the shop, be sure to join the Gname Our Gnome contest.  If you haven’t yet met our Gnome, you really should.  He’s humongous and really cute!  A little flirtatious, too!  Just drop your suggestion off at the counter.  If you win, we’ll call you and disclose the very elusive prize!

Happy Turkey Day, everyone.  I’ll post again on Friday with more updates.


Sidewalk Sales & New Yarns

July 8th, 2011

Next week - July 14-16, is the annual downtown Rochester Sidewalk Sales.  Watch for us to put several yarns on sale up to 70% off!!  Our sales will all be located indoors in the air-conditioned shop, with unlimited iced tea, water, and cookies. 

This week we received more of the ever-popular MaggiKnits linen and cotton.  We also saw the return of an old favorite, Ty Dy Cotton from K1C2.  This self-striping, worsted-weight cotton is perfect for those transitional garments that take you throughout the year. 

Early next week we’ll see two new additions to the shop.  First is Sassy Skein’s gorgeous cotton that is unbelievably comparable to Tahki’s Cotton Classic, but with a better price point!  We love this!!  You’ll see it hit the shelves with 36 beautiful colors!! 

And finally…  a replacement for Comfort and Encore.  Kraemer’s Perfection in worsted weight will arrive next week as well, in 33 stunning shades.  Watch for the DK weight to arrive shortly thereafter as well.  It’s perfect for afghans, baby blankets, and plenty more, with a similar price and yardage to the aforementioned favorites.  We think you’ll like this one even better!


Newsletter Sign-Up

December 21st, 2009

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