Saturday, September 22, 2007

Yarn Harlot's Visit to Houston 2007

The Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, made her appearance here at Twisted Yarns on Tuesday, September 18.

She is awesome! We had such a great time!



We picked Stephanie up at the hotel at 5:00. Her first question was about the weird lizards we have here in Houston. If you read her blog entry, you'll see her lizard photos. She tried to get a picture of the lizard (anole) and her traveling sock, but they weren't cooperative! When we arrived back at the shop, Stephanie had a scheduled podcast interview with Christine and another interview with the Houston Chronicle, which should be published soon!

Everyone went over to Carl Wunsche High School for the event by 6:15, which gave Stephanie some time to chill before her talk. We drove from the shop to the school and pulled into the back parking lot. Stephanie was a little concerned at that point since she saw only 6 cars in the back parking lot (the Twisted Yarns employees). Stephanie said she thought we had a problem because there weren't many people there. "If this is all that is coming, let’s ask them to join us for a beer instead of staying at the school!" We assured her that there was another parking lot full of cars on the other side of the building!

While we were giving Stephanie some time to chill and all of the guests were getting settled in the school, Lynn Anne and Yolanda handed out door prizes. We had over 55 door prizes from our generous vendors. A huge thank you to Vicki, for organizing all of the door prizes!




Then it was finally time for Stephanie to begin. She had the audience rolling with laughter. Her story about the cocktail party was priceless. If you were not able to attend, you will have to have someone share the story with you (although, Stephanie tells it sooo well). One of the things that impressed us about Stephanie’s talk was how she made knitters feel great about being knitters. We are a diverse community of individuals who have power as a group. The best example is her ability to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Doctors Without Borders when non-knitters told her it couldn’t be done!



The other thing that so impressed us during the book signing process, was her ability to relate to each individual knitter. We had a line of people weaving through the store waiting to get their books signed, and Stephanie stayed until they were all signed!



We had a wonderful evening, and were so happy that so many of you were able to share it with us. Thanks to all of our employees and our extra volunteers for helping that evening, we couldn’t have done it without you!



We still have openings for the retreat, so get signed up fast and join us!
Details are here. Call or email the shop if you have any questions.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Remodel progress and NEW yarn

It seems like an entirely new store now -- it's brighter (more light fixtures!) and we think it's roomier now.

We have several new yarns in stock, so please come see everything soon!

In the sock yarn section, we have the new Kaffe Fasset sock yarns and the Online Supersocke 100:





We now have the Malabrigo and Manos del Uruguay displayed on the back wall:

Malabrigo:


Manos del Uruguay:


And also . . . Zephyr Style Patterns! We have Rusted Root, Wicked, Green Gables and Glee

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Yarn Harlot Event Details

We recently sent an e-mail to those of you who have signed up for the Yarn Harlot event to be held Tuesday, September 18. We received several non-deliverable messages, so are posting the logistical details here.

We have about 300 people coming, so it should be a great evening! If you are still interested in attending, but have not signed up, it is not too late! Please visit our websit for details. www.twistedyarnstexas.com

Here are some logistics -

The event will begin at 7:00, but the doors will open at 6:00.

Remember the event will be at Carl Wunsche Senior High School. The book signing will be back here at Twisted Yarns (walking distance!).

You will not need tickets to get into the event. However, for those of you who would like to have Stephanie sign a book, we are handing out tickets for specific time slots for book signing. This way, you will not need to stand in a long line for the book signing. The time slots will be:

8:45 - 9:15
9:15 - 9:45
9;45 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:45

We will be handing out the book signing tickets at the shop starting Saturday, September 8th through Tuesday, September 18th. If you are traveling from out of town, you can also get your book signing ticket at the door. Don't worry - everyone will get their book signed! We are just trying to keep it somewhat organized!

Stephanie will be pre-signing some books, so if you prefer to just purchase one of these books, you can do so.

If you have already purchased her books, you can bring them. You don't need to purchase the books here. However, we will have copies of Casts Off and her other books, including the audio versions of Casts Off and At Knits End.

As many of you know, at several of these similar events, knitters bring hand knit hats to donate to charity. We will be accepting hats at the door. Hats can be in any size or color of your choice. They should be soft and washable. Hats will be donated to either Star of Hope, MD Anderson, Texas Children's Hospital or Ships Project. If you are knitting for Ships Project (for our troops), the hats need to be in "guy colors" - blue, green, brown, tan, grey, black, etc.

http://www.theshipsproject.com/ItemGuidelines.htm

We are so excited for this fun event!

Eve and Shelley


Twisted Yarns
www.twistedyarnstexas.com
702 Spring Cypress Road, Suite A, Spring, TX
281-528-8664
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 5
Join us the 3rd Thursday of the month for Sit & Knit from 5 to 8:30!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

New and improved yarn shop coming soon!

Thank you to everybody who visited the store during our Topsy Turvy time -- things are really starting to shape up and you will LOVE the improvements!