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Pam is a blessing for our store. For more than a year
now she developed into the soul of our yarn
department. With more than 170 yarn types in stock,
and sales reps coming again with new yarns, she is a
big relief for Inge for doing consulting, in placing
orders, doing the backorder administration and so on.
She recently took over publishing our Yarn
Blog - check it out!
Pam introduces herself:"Hi, I'm Pam and have worked at the Needle & Arts Centre for just over a year. My Welsh grandmother taught me to knit when I was 4 and I have been knitting ever since. In England, where I grew up, it was usual for girls to take knitting in school and I shall always remember my first pair of socks, knitted when I was about 8. They were beige with a turquoise stripe in the cuff. I remember the second sock was so much better than the first, but I wore them with pride. My mother was also an avid knitter and we often knitted sweaters for my sea captain father. I usually knitted a sleeve which always had to include a little mistake so he knew which sleeve I had knitted. Since then I have knitted many, many sweaters for my family, including a very elaborate ski sweater for my youngest daughter when she was at UBC. She was in residence and it was usual for the young women to swap clothes. I received a "thank you" note from the whole floor. I really enjoy the people I meet at the store and I especially enjoy helping with pattern and yarn choices. A simple pattern in a beautiful yarn is a very good thing!" |
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Pam brought this "Yarntasting" idea from San
Francisco: If you want to try a yarn before you buy,
Needle & Arts Centre is the place to be. We
encourage our customers to relax in one of our comfy
chairs with a cup of tea or coffee, dig into our
basket of many colours, grab some of our needles
and start knitting.
We are combining different yarns to produce some very interesting fabrics, so give it a go. You never know what you can come up with!! |
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Pretty exciting times: our Art Gallery draws more and
more attention, not only from customers (even
through the new web site), as well as from new
artists
joining the spectrum. Check it out on our Gallery
Page.
Carol Haigh from Saltspring brought in some of her "high realism" works, several of them we framed up. See "Combers Beach" to the left and read about all new artists in our Gallery Blog. Marta Bachkovska brought in a new colourful Giclee print (Regatta), Dianne Bersea a number of her beautiful and also colourful West Coast landscapes. Since this gallery page is growing in length we decided to add another page, dedicated to our local native artists! |
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In our first issue you saw the "Salmon Run" design of
Artables' Coastal Treasures, Lighthouse, Orca,
Mussels, Shrimp and
Crab designs are in! All products are boxed in solid
crates
with "Campbell River, BC" burnt in. See more in our Functional Pottery page!
New in store: "Moon Rattles" from Jodi Forster, Cortes Island. Crafted from BC moon snails, clams and oyster shells, these beach shells are filled with beach pebble for harmony; the covering of horse hide brings power and magic into your life; some creations are enhanced with pearls and painting. You find them in our web site's Gift Page. |
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Don't miss our SALE on Tuesday June 6th - in our
store as well as our online special!
Now, meet you over in our Needle & Art
web site.
Come in - Relax - Enjoy!
The staff of the
Needle & Arts Centre and Pier Street Gallery
email:
info@needlenart.com
phone:
250-287-8898 or 1-888-588-7834
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