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• "Fashionable Purses Workshop" - Sat. Feb. 25th with Barry Klein!

• "Rowan Yarn Tasting Workshop" - Tues. Feb. 28th!

• Yarn Lady's 4th Annual Fashion Show! - March 20th with Barry Klein & Fayla Reiss!

• Keep checking our "Calendar of Special Events" for up-coming events!

New Yarns: read more...

• Trendsetter's La Scala is now on-line!: "An amazing new ribbon that alternates rectangles of bright Polyamide and matte' Cotton..."
• Trendsetter's Super Kid Print is now on-line!: "Just touch this yarn... yummy would be the best response. Continue from last season are the Super Kid Silk Solids in an awesome color selection..."
• Cascade 220 comes in soooo many colors to match what is in the new "Pursenality" book... please call 888-770-7809 or email the store for details!

New Books: read more...

• "The Knitting Experience Book 3: Color" by Sally Melville! "... 36 designs range from simple to classic..."

• "Pursenality Plus" by Eva Wiechmann! "First knit, then felt—and let your "pursenality" pack a fashionable punch!"

• "Knitovation" by Barry Klein & Fayla Reiss! "... knit something sensational out of three simple shapes..."

• AND Lots of magazines from ROWAN! "25 Bags to Knit", "Magazine 39", "Calmer Collection", "Classic Art", "Classic Bambino", "Classic Beach", "Beach Cool", "Classic Summer", "Cotton Braid Collection", "A Midas Touch", and "Tuscan Retreat"!!

New Accessories: read more...

• Clover's "Knit Mate Knitting Accessory Set": Everything you may need to get started, or would want to have with you when you are on-the-go!!

• Clover's "Coil Knitting Needle Holders - 5 small" and "Coil Knitting Needle Holders - 3 large": add brightly-colored fun to your knitting!

• Lots of Crochet Hooks added to our on-line Webstore!

• and Clover's Bamboo Double Pointed needles have been added too!: As you work with these needles, the bamboo develops a nice patina and a lovely feel!

Next Newsletter: Let's talk CROCHET!! We'll talk about yarn suitable for crocheting, give you lists of books and lots of ideas. Also we'll chose a great crochet book to give away. Be sure to read our next newsletter!

Our newsletter is our most important way of communicating with YOU!! So to entice you to actually read it, we have a drawing for a FREE BOOK in each newsletter!! It will be a different book each time. We choose a name from our e-mail mailing list, so you need to subscribe to be eligible. You will know that you have won if you find fragments of your e-mail address imbedded in our Newsletter. (We do fragments to protect you from spammers). Our Webmaster has chosen an e-mail address at random and posted it somewhere in between the text of this Newsletter. If you find an address that looks a lot like yours, e-mail us! You have one week to claim your prize!!!
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Special Events: Barry Klein will be at our store to teach us some of his ideas from his latest book; another great way to use rectangles! In this workshop, Barry will use his incredible yarns to make fabulous, show-stopping purses. I guarantee that you will be noticed wearing one of these creations!

RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW... Click here to sign-up now for Barry's: "FASHIONABLE PURSES WORKSHOP"

If you're a fan of Rowan Yarns or are wondering what all the fuss is about, then you will want to be sure to come to our first Rowan Yarn Tasting, on Tuesday February 28th! This is where a representative from Rowan Yarns comes and brings us a "taste" of their finest yarns. You can come and sample these yarns to try them out before you buy them! 

This is your chance to try them with different needle sizes for a effect (you must bring your own needles). You can use a variety of stitches and color combinations. This is your chance to sit with fellow yarn enthusiasts and experiment. Our Yarn Tastings are very popular and sell out fast. So don't miss out!  RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW... Click here to sign-up now for: "ROWAN YARN TASTING"!

I can't believe it's already time for another Fashion Show!!!  This time we will be welcoming Fayla Reiss along with Barry to co-emcee the show for us... You've probably been knitting from Fayla's patterns without knowing much about her. You will love meeting her! I have never seen Fayla where she wasn't just a ball of excitement and energy, almost jumping out of her skin with new ideas and projects. I know she loves to go to Barry's warehouse so she can find yarns to PLAY with.  Fayla has a great sense for color and the very fashionable feminine side of things. Come and meet her!

Besides seeing all of the fashion that we would like to show you, please remember that there is also THE most important part of this show that allows YOU to show US what you have done. We really look forward to that and are always inspired by you!  As always we have asked around for great prizes to give away as our door prizes. 

All of this and a wonderful dinner and a Gift Certificate from our store for one admission prize! Treat yourself and bring a friend!  

RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW... Click here to sign-up now for: YARN LADY'S 4TH ANNUAL FASHION SHOW!

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New Yarns: It seems like we have just returned from our weekend at the Tradeshow and from many meetings with yarn reps where we bought, bought, bought the new yarns. Many of them are already arriving at our doors (?nel?on@pa??ell.ne?) and Clayle has his hands full looking for room to put them.  Be sure to click on the links above to see just a few of the treats that are in (the) store for you!

Since felting is so very popular, I wanted to draw your attention again to our recent newsletters (October/05 and September/05) dealing with felting just to refresh your memory. The new Pursenality Plus book lists many new colors of Cascade 220 and we want you to know that we have them in stock and ready for you to buy! Besides these new colors, we have a huge variety of their other colors of 220 in stock as well as their popular yarn Pastaza. They are not online yet, but do call the store and speak with Janice with any questions or to order.
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New Books: The last couple of years have been so exciting! Everyone, it seems, has learned to knit! From young school children who are taught by their teachers in school, to men who get together in groups to knit and are even mentioned on TV, to us "old" knitters who love the fact that knitting is now popular. Rumor has it that crocheting is not far behind and that this will be the new wave. If you happen to crochet and subscribe to Discover magazine, you will find a big article on crocheting in the March 2006 issue.

So what's next - now that everyone has made a scarf? Here are just a few of the many new books which will let you explore new horizons and help you add even more pizzazz to your wardrobe.


Barry Klein and Fayla Reiss, in their first joint book venture:
"Knitovation", have made it very easy for the beginner knitter and inspirational for the advanced knitter. The idea is that we know how to make a square or a rectangle. There's no shaping involved here. They also include a triangle which involves just a very simple increase or decrease.

Out of these simple shapes come classy cardigans, great ponchos, glamorous shawls, hats, gloves and purses. There are boleros and tank tops, and... well you get the idea. You will love the projects presented here and I know that it will get your mind going to come with up your ideas of what to do when you start with a rectangle... Read what the publishers had to say about this book!

As you know, "Pursenality" has been a run-away best seller...
We can't hardly keep it in stock. Felting is ever so popular. We now have the sequence to it, "Pursenality Plus" in stock and ready and waiting for you!  Please remember that although we don't yet have Cascade 220 on our site we do have a huge inventory of it in our store including the colors that are used in Pursenality Plus.

For those of you who love to work with color, you won't want to miss Sally Melville's new "Book 3: Color".  The publisher writes: "The closest thing to a knitting coach, this primer on knitting describes simple approaches to choosing, using, and wearing color."  We're sure you'll get alot from this book!!


And, for those of you who love Rowan yarn and patterns, and who love stylish and classic designs, please check out all of the Rowan Pattern Books we have in stock!
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New Accessories: Remember when there were only just a few accessories to go along with your basic set of needles? Well, now that knitting and crocheting are so popular, everyone is coming up with great new "must-have" gadgets and of course, lots of bags and totes and baskets to carry them in. Keep checking our Events page for news of a special Trunkshow  just for this.

Remember, just like you need a variety of tools for any task on your job or in your kitchen, you will benefit from having just the right tool when you knit and crochet. You spend many hours at this, so treat yourself to the right tool. I used to do all of my knitting on ADDI circular needles and still think that they are the finest slick needles on the market. But because of scarves there seem to be more wooden needles around and I find knitting with short wooden needles a real pleasure. It depends largely, I guess, on the project and on the yarn. I remember knitting with a yarn once and absolutely hating it. Then I thought to change to a different needle and suddenly the yarn was a pleasure to work with. So do experiment!
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Have you ever had Foot-in-Mouth disease? I've had a major case of it just recently. It's when you open your mouth and out comes stuff that should have never left the barn. And when it's out, there is just no way to get it back in. My brother told me today that he had heard that life is a series of brush strokes. An event like this leaves a heavy stroke which will take many strokes of a different color to cover up. In the end, hopefully, a more beautiful picture will emerge.

When it comes to writing this newsletter there is always so much to say that I probably get way too long winded. (BTW, I would love to have feedback from YOU as to what you would like to read about in our letters.) 

As I write this, I am again with my mother and again feel that this will be my last goodbye when I leave here next week.  What is it that I should say to HER that I don't want to leave unsaid?  Nothing matters but that last expression of love...

Words.... they can tear you down or lift you up...

14) How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15) And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"[a] Romans 10:14-15