It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already upon us!
After you have stuffed your bird, your family and yourself, come by on Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving for our GIVE & TAKE Sale!
For every non-perishable food item you GIVE, you can TAKE a dollar off your purchase!
We will also GIVE you
15% off all yarn
25% off all kits and
35% off all Louisa Harding Yarns
Come on in and TAKE some home!
As a reminder, we will close at 3:00 on Wednesday, November 21st.
We will be open our regularly scheduled hours from 10 to 5 on Friday and Saturday, November 23rd and 24th.
Enjoy a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Eve, Shelley and the rest of the Twisted Yarns Gang
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Fall......finally, knitting weather!
As we finally see the temperatures dip to pleasing numbers, many of us are kicking the holiday knitting into high gear!
I just finished some of the Dayflower Fingerless Gloves (Hand Jive) for my daughter for Christmas (ssshhhh!) and fell in love with the yarn and the quickly worked, well-written pattern. Am currently trying to find someone else to make some for so I can do another pair! We have re-ordered the pattern as it flew out the door at amazing speed, and should have more in a day or two. Only one skein of the Hand Jive Nature's Palette makes it a very economical gift.
Shelley just finished a hat out of the Aysen yarn from Araucania. It is a beautifully soft yarn, and the colors really pop once they are knit up. I don't think that how it looks on the hank does it justice. Come see it for yourself.....another quick gift idea!
The "Kiss the Baby" sweater has been completed by Lynn Anne and is in the shop! You need to come check out the model and get signed up for the class which begins in January. It is a really cute sweater, and a great introduction to cables!
We are headed to Fredericksburg this weekend for a fall knitting retreat, with a Saturday trip to the Kid 'n Ewe Wool Festival in Boerne. Shelley and I (as well as an employee or two!) are more than ready to walk out the door and leave the kids and their troubles behind - as well as the spouses and pets - and have a glorious weekend with friends, fiber, a bit of wine, and mostly, chocolate! We love having the chance to spend a bit of time away from the shop, getting to know some of our customers better, and getting some REAL knitting time in. It promises to be a fantastic weekend, and I hope that if you aren't coming with us, you will have the chance to attend one of our retreats in the future - we always have fun! (Don't worry, the shop will be open this weekend!)
As we begin to enter the holiday season, it is important to remember what an amazing creative link there is between us and our ancestors. I remember watching my Mom knit those Christmas stockings year 'round (tho' usually quite close to Christmas!) for family and friends, and marvel at how quickly she would move, with such sure fingers, having knit them so many times, she really didn't need to look at the pattern! I feel a tremendous connection to her through knitting, and now have a bit of a sense of how she must've felt knitting for those she loved so very dearly. We hope that this holiday season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Festivus you will tap into that creative link, and allow yourself to experience the loving connection to holidays past through knitting or crocheting for those you dearly love.
Happy knitting!
Eve
I just finished some of the Dayflower Fingerless Gloves (Hand Jive) for my daughter for Christmas (ssshhhh!) and fell in love with the yarn and the quickly worked, well-written pattern. Am currently trying to find someone else to make some for so I can do another pair! We have re-ordered the pattern as it flew out the door at amazing speed, and should have more in a day or two. Only one skein of the Hand Jive Nature's Palette makes it a very economical gift.
Shelley just finished a hat out of the Aysen yarn from Araucania. It is a beautifully soft yarn, and the colors really pop once they are knit up. I don't think that how it looks on the hank does it justice. Come see it for yourself.....another quick gift idea!
The "Kiss the Baby" sweater has been completed by Lynn Anne and is in the shop! You need to come check out the model and get signed up for the class which begins in January. It is a really cute sweater, and a great introduction to cables!
We are headed to Fredericksburg this weekend for a fall knitting retreat, with a Saturday trip to the Kid 'n Ewe Wool Festival in Boerne. Shelley and I (as well as an employee or two!) are more than ready to walk out the door and leave the kids and their troubles behind - as well as the spouses and pets - and have a glorious weekend with friends, fiber, a bit of wine, and mostly, chocolate! We love having the chance to spend a bit of time away from the shop, getting to know some of our customers better, and getting some REAL knitting time in. It promises to be a fantastic weekend, and I hope that if you aren't coming with us, you will have the chance to attend one of our retreats in the future - we always have fun! (Don't worry, the shop will be open this weekend!)
As we begin to enter the holiday season, it is important to remember what an amazing creative link there is between us and our ancestors. I remember watching my Mom knit those Christmas stockings year 'round (tho' usually quite close to Christmas!) for family and friends, and marvel at how quickly she would move, with such sure fingers, having knit them so many times, she really didn't need to look at the pattern! I feel a tremendous connection to her through knitting, and now have a bit of a sense of how she must've felt knitting for those she loved so very dearly. We hope that this holiday season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Festivus you will tap into that creative link, and allow yourself to experience the loving connection to holidays past through knitting or crocheting for those you dearly love.
Happy knitting!
Eve
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