Cafe. Yarn. Friends

 

 

Newsletter

August 2010

 

 

We are each enjoying a couple of weeks of vacation time over July and early August and are gearing up for a busy fall. With shows to attend, planning and organizing are high on our to-do list. And of course in the midst of it all, the new fall yarns are rolling in! SO MUCH YARN! New lines, new colourways, new fibre. It makes a girl woozy! But alas it is aaaaaalllll gooooood!

 

Of course, we are also heading into Year End inventory counting time, and were looking around the shop with a little trepidation thinking " that's alot of yarn" ...so once again we thought we would run our

We don't want to count the Inventory Blowout!

EVERYTHING (except the cafe goodies) ON SALE  Saturday, August 21 & Sunday, August 22 2 days ONLY!  25% off everything in-stock plus we have a few lines that we will be clearing at an even larger discount! Sorry no hints...you'll have to come and see! That's right... All Yarn, Books, Needles, Accessories, Buttons, Fiber, Pottery, & Patterns are 25 % off! Make your lists! Stock up on your favs...indigodragonfly, Mirasol, Sublime, Tanis, Noro, Dye-Version, Araucania, Mission Falls, Manos, Malabrigo, Misti Alpaca, Classic Elite, Addi, ChiaoGoo and more. there really is just too much here to count! (wink)  weeeee! A couple of notes Excludes holds and special orders No Purly Point redemptions, sorry, but you can still rack em up All purchases will be final sale

 

 

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Announcing a new KAL...

You have asked for it and here we go again!  Ever since Emily, of Viola, brought in her sample of the Featherweight Cardigan in to show off the gorgeousness of her amazing Viola Fancy Lace many people have said they would love to make it...so after the 10th person we decided...Knit-A-Long! 

Viola Fancy Lace 1300 yd/100g, 70% baby alpaca, 20% silk 10% cashmere lace weight ethereal

Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig   Our chosen yarn yarn for this Knit-A-Long is Viola Fancy Lace. An Alpaca, Silk, Cashmere blend in delicious colours...it is really tough to put the single skein of yarn it takes to knit this sweater down. We estimate that one skein will be sufficient for up to the 43" bust measurements. This cardi is lovely, and we have a sample on display...pop in to see it ! Hannah is quite tickled that this pattern is so widley loved and is looking forward to seeing the results of the KAL... we will have to send her a group photo. Happily we have also discovered we can get the pattern in for you all! Hurray! So here is the plan: Emily, of Viola, has provided us with a shade card of her colourways and has graciously agreed to dye to order! We will be taking orders until August 15th for a September 1st delivery...at which point we will also have the patterns in. One skein of Viola Fancy Lace retails for $48. And for the participants of the KAL we will be providing the pattern free with purchase of enough laceweight yarn to make this sweater. Here is a link to the Feather weight Cardigan on Ravelry so you can explore the pattern a little more! This sweater is just so lovely. It will become an absolute wardrobe staple! And we will of course arrange a big ol' group photo shoot ...details on that will be in the next newsletter. ETA: COLOUR CARDS AVAILABLE




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Save the date...



Join Us September 11th at The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitter's Fair!  This will be our third year at this exhilarating show!

 

The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Fair is the largest event of its kind in Canada. There will be over 70 knitting related vendors, of which we are so happy to be counted! We are bringing many of our (and your) favourite lines of yarn...be sure to come check us out and see all the goodies and show specials we have to offer! Directions are here.

 

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Knitter's heart Canadian Content...

Wow, the response to our Can-Con sale was heartwarming and patriotic! What fun! It is nice to know that shopping locally is of interest to so many of you! Supporting the big and small producers certainly makes for a well rounded market. Some of the smaller producers have written to us saying they are so thrilled by the responses to something as simple as encouraging people to buy locally!

We just thought you should know that people like Tanis Fiber Arts and Dye-Version and Viola are touched by your support of their work!

 

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Stitch Night Goes On The Road...

 

Thanks For Joining Us! It was fabulous to see so many purple purl bead wearers! And the Jays WON... Hurray. Way to represent! Our crew was 150 purlies strong and a great deal of fun was had by all! See some photos of SnP event here	Don't Forget... bring your ticket stub to The Purple Purl before August 31st and enjoy a one time 15% discount on regular priced yarn. Hmmm... Dye-version... Indigodragonfly... Viola ... Go Jays Go!

 

 

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Miko's Challenge Update ...

 

For those of you wondering what we are talking about,
click here for all the details!

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Yarn, Yarn, Yarn...

 

 

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Looking for Inspiration?

We are pleased to now be carrying both Vogue Knitting and KnitSimple...new additions to our magazine line up.

Plus we are very pleased to also announce that we will be carrying several of Hannah Fettig Patterns in our shop too! Her little one auto vest is pretty darned cute, plus of course the feather weight and wispy cardigan.

 

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Congrats to Keri on the birth of her precious little girl!  Yay another Purlie Baby in our midst.

We hope you all are enjoying the remainder of your summer! 

 

Happy Stitching!
Jennifer & Miko

ps. The Canada Flag and Maple leaf images were found at the Canadian Flag Clip Art Gallery. Tis a good resource for some patriotic images!

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