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Helmet Liners, Gators, Stocking Caps

Neil — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:35:56 +0000

Good Afternoon Wool and Company Customers:

I am dropping you a quick note to let you know that we received your donation of 86 Helmetliners, 39 Neck Gators and 38 Stocking Caps on July 16, 2010. This brings your year to date total to 419 Helmetliners, 13 Scarves, 153 Neck Gators, 25 Cards, 1 Cardigan and 52 Stocking Caps.

We appreciate your generosity because without volunteers like you this wouldn’t be possible.

Thank you for supporting our troops.

Kandy Scribner
Administrative Coordinator
Citizen SAM

www.citizensam.org

Citizen Support for America’s Military is a 501 (c)3 charitable organization.

Want to learn more about how you are supporting our troops?

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Helmet Liners, Gators, Stocking Caps

Meet Dani Cortez at Wool and Company

Neil — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:15:08 +0000

Come on Wednesday July 7th at 2:30 pm to meet Dani Cortez. She will be visiting us on her Craft Culture Summer Tour and she wants to meet as many knitters as she can to talk about crafting across America.

Have you ever wondered what it is about the crafting world (and crafters) that seems to give us common threads (no pun intended) across large swaths of time and distance? What holds us together, even in different regions? What are the differences between a punk rock stitch & bitch in Seattle versus a small prayer shawl ministry in the heart of the south?

Dani Cortez, the host of the Craft Culture podcast will be visiting Wool and Company on July 7 on the first leg of a cross-country tour and would love to talk with YOU about your crafty lives and groups! This leg of what will eventually be a worldwide tour is focused primarily on knitting and spinning, and Dani plans to visit with local yarn stores, stitch & bitches, knit nights, prayer shawl ministries, and knitters on the street (among others). That means YOU could be a part of this tour!

She’ll be blogging her progress as she travels from pristine Anchorage, Alaska to Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as doing videos and podcasts highlighting her adventures. And it’s all for a good cause — the data she collects will be used for either a section of an upcoming book or a book in its entirety about the sociological and cultural impact of modern handcrafts. We’ve always known, as crafters, that what we do can impact and change both ourselves and the world around us, and now, Dani’s looking to document it firsthand.

We will have refreshments, and a couple of drawings for some cool crafty things … so make sure you come.

Marie Osmond Lifestyle Collection on Sale

Neil — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:33:53 +0000

Those of you who are local know that this week is The Granddaddy of Festivals - Swedish Days in Geneva. It is really a huge festival and celebrates the town’s Swedish Heritage in a big way. Because staycations are the order of the day right now, it is a lovely time to come and spend with your family and friends, enjoying great bargains, good food, crafts, carnivals and all kinds of other activities. Don’t miss it.

Mid-Summer Madness Savings: Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, and running until Sunday we will offer everything in our Chicken wire bins at yet another 50% off – that means you will be saving at least 75% on the regular price of these yarns.

Watch your email and check our website during this week for other announcements of Swedish Days Specials.

To start with – all Marie Osmond purses and accessories will be 30% off and all gifts and jewelry will be 20% off. We will also have a good selection of hand knitted models available for you to snap up at great prices. And as if that is not enough we have lots of great bargains on our sidewalk tables so come early and come often for the best selection.

If you can’t make it to the store the savings on Marie Osmond are also available online for the duration of Swedish Days, subject to availability.

We will be open later in the evenings this week. So come, enjoy a stroll around Geneva, sample the great food, listen to the music, and come shop with us.

Hyde Park Guild

Neil — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:39:48 +0000

Did you know we love to have Guilds come and visit?

We have had a couple in the past few weeks and it is always fun to meet new knitters from other areas.

Here is a great photo of the Hyde Park Knitting Guild posing outside the store.

Ladies of the Hyde Park Knitting Guild

Some of these ladies have been customers since we opened, and for others it was their first visit, and we enjoyed having them.

If you’d like to arrange a group visit please contact us.

Win a free gift basket in our Classic Elite Knitalong

Neil — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:12:08 +0000

Join us for a Knitalong and win a fabulous gift basket that is worth at least $200.

Win a Gift Basket Value $200

Simply purchase a pattern book and yarn at our store from the Classic Elite Summer Collection between May 20th and July 31st; complete a project using one these fabulous yarns that we stock by July 31, 2010 provide pictures (you can upload the pictures here) of your completed item along with proof of purchase and we’ll enter your name into a drawing for the basket. You will get one entry into the drawing for every ball of yarn that you purchase.

Choose a Pattern Book

Think that you might need some support and encouragement? Then come along and join in one of our knitalong support sessions:

Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 – 3:00PM on June 9th, 16th, 23rd and July 7th; and / or
Sunday afternoons from 3:30 – 5:30PM on June 13th, 27th, July 11th and 18th.

The Yarns

Firefly this warm-weather yarn has a subtle sheen and wonderful hand. A super blend of line and viscose.

Allegoro is part of Classic Elite’s eco-friendly Verde collection. A blend of organic cotton and linen that is soft with great stitch definition. Linen is a great warm weather fiber; it’s cool to wear. Because it takes up moisture rapidly, it wicks away dampness from your skin, and as the moisture evaporates from the fabric, it cools you.

Fresco is a smooth and even 3-ply sport weight yarn. The plies are twisted together tightly enough to make a firm, springy yarn, but not so tightly that the yarn looses its lofty, soft hand. The fiber blend – wool (for warmth and strength), alpaca (for loft and sheen), and a bit of angora (to provide a soft halo) – makes a yarn that’s warm, soft, and slightly fuzzy.

Classic Elite’s Silky Alpaca Lace is a beautiful blend of alpaca and silk, spun into a gossamer yarn that knits into amazing lightweight pieces. Take your favorite lace pattern and using Classic Elite Silky Alpaca Lace, make yourself something that is a masterpiece – a shawl, a scarf or maybe a wrap. The alpaca gives the yarn warmth, softness and a wonderful halo; the silk adds the silky sheen along with additional softness.

Shoes for Orphan Souls

Neil — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:07:09 +0000

We are supporting Noble Fool Theatricals presentation of Cinderella by NFT Academy Students at Pheasant Run, on Sunday, May 16th at 6:30 and and Monday, May 17th at 6:30. Admission is free, however, we would request that you consider giving the equivalent of a glas slipper by donating a new pair of shoes, socks or laces to Shoes for Orphan Souls.

Your gift will provide a pair of new shoes to a needy child overseas. Many of these children have never owned a new pair of shoes.

There is a drop box for donated shoes, socks and laces at Wool and Company. For every pair of new shoes donated you’ll be able to select two pattern books from our out-of-print collection (up to a $20 value).

Shoes for Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner International, has distributed more than 1.8 million pairs of new shoes to at-risk children in the United States and to orphans in 68 countries around the world. While the program has made a difference in many lives, there are still millions of children we can reach – all through a pair of shoes. Shoes for Orphan Souls is seeking donations of new shoes, socks and shoelaces from individuals, corporations, churches and civic groups.

Two Great Knitted Tops for Spring/Summer

Neil — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:26 +0000

We have a couple of mini trunk shows from Mountain Colors and Classic Elite … lots of inspiring socks and some pretty summery tops.

Come into the store before Monday, March 15th to see the two models pictured above. The Feather and Fan Cardi is knit using Allegoro and is featured in the Farmer’s Market Collection, and the Smocked Pullover uses Firefly which is featured in the Picnic Pattern Collection.

Socks Off – The Magic Is In The Hole

Neil — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:46:10 +0000

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.

The Sock Museum at the Sock Summit Podcast

Neil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:39:44 +0000

Our penultimate podcast from the sock summit 2009 in which Gretl takes you on a tour of the sock museum and the market, and manages to snag a little yarn along the way.