Anny Blatt Fleur - Color # 460 Poudre
Anny Blatt has an exquisite flair for combining fiber and color. This is a blend of 92% wool and 8% polyamide … giving a durable fiber that is suitable for scarves, shawls, wraps, and trimming off your keepsake projects. You are bidding on one box / 10 balls for a total of 610 yards that knits as a bulky yarn at 3.25 stitches per inch. Normally would cost $197.50, could be yours for as little as $25 + shipping.
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– February 1, 2010
Don’t forget to bring your helmet liners by and drop them off, we’ve almost reached our January goal.
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– January 28, 2010
Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 4:00 pm. Geneva, Illinois.
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We closing in on $13,000 in donations received from you – the knitting community. Thank you again! Remember that will soon be $26,000 when it is doubled by the generosity of Knitting Fever. And this will be a cash donation to Doctors Without Borders.
Don’t send shoes, send money. Don’t send baby formula, send money. Don’t send old coats, send money. Read the article in the New York Times by Stephanie Strom that describes how cash is the most important thing you can give right now.
Don't let this catastrophe fade from our sight.
We will be ending this fund-raising activity soon, so let’s have one more push – please, please, please help us by continuing to spread the word about our appeal. Pass this on to everyone you know – let’s make sure that we maximize Knitting Fever’s generous offer of matching dollars. Tell your friends that they can help Haitians immediately by donating to Doctors without Borders here (Médecins Sans Frontières). Use the “Share This” link below to twitter, facebook, blog, email.
Want to see how some of your money will be spent ….
Thank you once again.
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– January 23, 2010
Thursday January 14th 2010
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If you’re like us your heart is breaking as you watch the reports of the death and devastation that the earthquake has brought to Haiti. One of the poorest countries in the Americas, where people live on less than $2 day, has been hit by another natural disaster.
The American Red Cross is estimating a death toll in excess of 40,000, and the lack of the most basic resources will make that toll rise if help is not immediate.
So here’s a way to help by donating to Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) and in return you gain free access to download the knitting patterns pictured below. For every dollar we raise one of our vendors will be matching (up to a maximum of $50,000). Knitting Fever, who supply us with some of your favorite yarns, including Noro, Louisa Harding and Sirdar have committed to making the match. Now that’s awesome – let’s see if we can max out that offer!
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Doctors without Borders work to provide medical aid in crisis situations – including natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake. The Haiti disaster needs a rapid response with the specialized medical and logistical help that Doctors without Borders can provide.
| You know how much you pay for patterns, so be generous and get some great designs in return. All these have been donated by the designers, and all proceeds go directly to Doctors without Borders.
Go on, you know you want to, and as always thank you so much for your amazing generosity |
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– January 14, 2010
Marines prefer darker shades of tan,
such as khaki.
You are all awesome! The helmet liners are beginning to roll in – for army / air force / navy and marines. We have plenty of yarn in different colors that are suitable. We did get a caught short a little with the demand for needles, but we should have plenty in stock by the weekend.
Here’s a couple of them being modeled by some of the usual suspects … can you tell who is behind those eyes? Leave your comments … join in …
Who's Behind the Helmet Liner?
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– January 5, 2010
Sock Hop at Sock Summit
Our last podcast from the Sock Summit 2009, where you’ll hear about the luminary panel and Voodoo Donuts, which are a lot like socks – because the magic is in the hole.
– January 2, 2010
Thank you all so much for knitting or crocheting a scarf for one special girl struggling with an eating disorder this holiday season.
With all of your help I received 120 scarves. I was able to send 27 to Virginia, I delivered 60 to the girls staying at Timberline Knolls in Lemont, and 33 to the girls staying at Linden Oaks in Naperville. I received so many hugs, warm smiles and even a tear or two. I had the perfect amount to send one scarf to each girl or woman staying at all three treatment facilities.
When I picked up the scarves from the Wool and Company, I was astounded with the generosity and support from all of you! I could never have been able to send these scarves without each one of you choosing to knit one or two or three scarves.
I wish you all Happy Holidays. And I look forward to seeing all of the incredibly unique scarves again next year. If you would like to email me, or have any questions, feel free to use the form below.
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– December 26, 2009
A Typical Helmet Liner
Put Tuesday December 29th on your calendar – we (along with lots of other LYSs) are designating that as National Helmet Liner Day. As you may know, some 30,000 service men and women will be deploying to Afghanistan and they need hand-made helmet liners because the ones they are issued with are not close fitting and warm enough.
Our goal is to get 100 liners knit or crocheted by the end of January, and I know we can do it. We will be here with patterns, yarn at a discount, and hopefully some donated yarn that will work, and lots of encouragement.
I know many of you have made these in the past, so if you have any good tips or advice let us know. We have a wonderful new pattern that seems to be just right, and is available in knitted and crochet versions. They must be made out of 100% wool, worsted weight (Cascade 220, Patons, etc) and need to be in black, brown, tan, olive, dark gray or brown/tan variegated. For the knit version, you will need to have size 8 16″ Circulars and DP’S and size 6 16″ Circulars for the ribbing.
If you can’t come in please make a few and send them to us, and we will send you a little thank you surprise! Here’s a copy of the helmet liner knitting pattern and the helmet liner crochet pattern. You can send your completed helmet liners to the address on the pattern, and we’ll make sure that they get delivered.
The spirit of knitting has never been stronger than it is right now, and there is nothing more worthwhile than letting our service men and women know they are cared for, so let’s get it done.
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– December 21, 2009
Annual End-of-Year Sale
Sunday, December 27th Starting at 7:00 AM
aka, “If you think we’re counting all this, you must be crazy”.
The earlier you get here the bigger the discount. What do you think – could you be first in line this year and beat Cris and Natalie who have claimed pole position for the past 4 years?
Certain items (not many) will be excluded from the sale …
These yarns are excluded from the sale … Brown Sheep, Noro Silk Garden, All Lorna’s Laces, Art Yarns, Qiviuk, Cascade Greenland, Rowan Kid Silk Haze, Rio de la Plata, Classic Elite Fresco, Peter Pan Tinkerbell, Crystal Palace Mochi, Zauberballe, Berroco Blackstone Tweed.
These accessories and gifts are excluded from the sale … Lantern Moon needles and accessories, All Knit Happy products, all Marie Osmond Products, all Addi Needles, and all consignment items.
No Sale Pricing on Special Orders or Previously Held Items.
We will open the doors at 7:00 AM and let people into the store in manageable groups. Dress appropriately, you could be waiting outside for quite some time. Please leave your bags in the car (you might want to bring your wallet with you), and if you can drop your warm outer shells before entering the store – you may feel more comfortable when shopping.
There will be no returns or exchanges and all sales are final.
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– December 21, 2009
