Knitting with Company

Announcing our Fourth Annual Cruisette.   A two and a half hour mini cruisette up the Fox River on a Paddle Wheel River Boat! Leaving from Pottawatomi Park in St Charles at 4:00pm on Sunday, September 12th, we will serve wine, drinks and desserts, and you can enjoy the lovely scenery and company of your fellow knitters and crocheters.

All levels of knitter and crocheter (and non-knitter / crocheter) are welcome.   You’ll be able to walk to the jetty from our new store! Sign Up Today!

Would you like to participate in a Knitting-in-Public event at a Kane County Cougars game? Many of the professional baseball teams, including the Chicago White Sox, offer a Stitch and Pitch game each year, and now we can start one locally at a Cougars’ game right here in Kane County.

The game is Saturday, August 14th at 6 p.m. against the Peoria Chiefs, the CUBS farm team. This is a fireworks night at the ballpark. The Cougars play in Geneva at 34W002 Cherry Lane.

If we have 20 or more people attending (includes family members and non-knitting friends, too!), we can get a discount on the tickets. The Saturday night group discounted tickets will cost $12 each. We can sit and knit and enjoy the game. There may be goodies and door prizes to make the evening even more fun, and Wool and Company will have some great coupons and giveaways too.

Please email Gretl gkramer@foxvalley.net if you and your family and friends would like to go, and tell her how many tickets you want to purchase. Gretl will make arrangements to collect the money, and she’ll purchase the group tickets.

Thanks, and batter up!

Join  us on Thursday May 27 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois for great night out.  Show starts at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00.  Tickets are just $25 and are available online at www.thearcada.com.

Skip Mennerick died suddenly and tragically in October 2009. Proceeds from this concert will benefit his wife Erika, son Cole and daughter Kiera.

Chicagoland’s premiere horn band IS AUGUST.   Not just a band with horns, but a band who plays some of the best music ever written; a band whose essence is horn-driven rock, soul and R&B. Experience that music, experience the  band … www.augusttheband.com.

With very special guest, guitarist, singer, sogwriter Greg Boerner (“Burner”).  His music is an original blend of blues, folk, country, roots rock n’ roll and all that comes between — Southern style. www.gregboerner.com.

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?

Witchy Woman

Stephanie Fellendorf – You are our witch of the year!

Congratulations come on by and pick up your $50 gift card.

We all had a lot of fun and it’s so nice to have people who are happy to join in the shenanigans.

Broomsticks are parked at the door.  The witch’s cauldron is bubbling over with $2 oddballs.

Lost broomsticks … or did the spider scare her off?

I know what color your scarf is going to be this holiday season!

Here it is, the one you have been waiting for has finally bared her fangs and polished her warts.

Come to the store on Saturday October 31st dressed as one of her foul smelling sisters and take part in our 9th Annual Witchy Sale. If you forget, or your clothes are still soaking in the cauldron don’t worry you can buy-in to the sale for a $10 donation which will be divided equally between Lazarus House in St Charles and Suicide Prevention Services in Batavia.

View our email newsletter for the Witchy Sale.

Thank you to everyone that contributed in any way to our food drive.

We managed to collect more than 4 tons of food and delivered it to an almost empty food pantry in Biloxi, MS at the beginning of October.

I can’t tell you how appreciative the people of Mississippi are.

Here’s some pictures of the delivery.

After 22 unbroken days of fabulous weather here in the midwest, it decided to rain yesterday afternoon just in time for our cruisette – but spirits were not dampened.

We all gathered on the lower deck and the buzz of conversation was continuous.  Captain Rich Anderson took us up and down the river, while we ate, drank and shared stories.  A few silly games were played.   Thanks everyone for coming out  – we look forward to seeing you next year!