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2009 marks the
10th Anniversary
of the Needle & Arts Centre.
You will see us make special announcements all year long
here. Today it is:
We
will have a featured
Yarn of the Month, with 20% discount
every month. See the
April announcement to the
right!
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Classes (Thur 2-4)
April 16:
2-handed Fairisle (Pam)
May 21:
Intro to Lace Knitting (Lois)
June 18:
Intarsia Knitting (Pam)
North Island Sewing
& Needle Arts Show 2009 in Campbell River - classes on
April 18
10-10:45am: Intro to Entrelac (Pam)
11-11:45am:
Hardanger (Lois)
12-1:45pm:
Finishing Techniques
(Pam)
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Dear customers and
friends!
The headline of my March newsletter was "Having
knitting and crochet fun in tough times!" I left
it. Times are still tough, but with sunshine and
Spring flowers comes a lot of positive energy.
The "Yarn of the Month"
initiative which we started in March was very well
received. Every Dollar counts - every month we'll
pick a good quality and well priced yarn and give
you a 20% discount on top. This month it's our
felting bestseller
Drops Eskimo. 
For your Spring and Summer projects we brought
in not only a series of
new, colourful yarns, but also an
exceptional selection of
pattern booklets with breezy, light
Spring and Summer projects - generally less yarn
needed for those tees and tanks..
As always: Your feedback is very welcome, please
let us know what we can do
better! Jurgen
Don't miss out on the opportunities in
April to SAVE money while having fun knitting and
crocheting!
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Yarn of the Month - 20% OFF
April: DROPS
ESKIMO
100% wool, 50g = 50m, needle size 8-9,
knitting tension 10 sts x 14 rows = 10x10cm
A beautiful soft, round spun 100% wool quality
with the season's right look. Eskimo
Comes in an array of beautiful colours,
single colour, tone-in-tone and prints.
Perfect for felting.
Handwash, lay flat to dry, iron on medium heat.
Do not tumble dry or bleach. Can be drycleaned.
To view the colour shadecard on our website, click
here.
It's a great value too, as each 50 g ball of
Eskimo has 50m and retails for
only Can $5.95 (the mixed colours $6.50, the
printed/variegated $6.95). You find hundreds of
free patterns for Eskimo in
Garnstudio's web site. Just select
"Eskimo" under yarn quality for the search.
Inge is just knitting this pattern above for one
of our sons (if it doesn't fit, I'll get it and I
cannot wait). Click on the photo
to get the free pattern!
The
20% discount applies to
purchases in our store or online orders from now till
latest April 30. Several discounts
cannot be added, the higher discount applies.
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More Spring/Summer Yarns and Patterns
You find the list of all new yarns
with links to shade cards in the left column. You
also find Alison's write-ups on all new yarns in our
store blog!
As mentioned in my introduction, we got an amazing
array of new Spring/Summer pattern booklets. Check
the
book page! Click on the picture for
more on this beautiful Summer shawl.
I think the most interesting new yarn is
Rimu from New Zealand. Rimu is a special
blend of merino and possum fibre.
It is soft, light, very warm and doesn't pill. Read
more about possums and Rimu
here.
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Free Pattern of the Month
Our free pattern page was well visited by the
readers of last month's newsletter. I didn't add
more free patterns to our list, but we got more yarn
manufacturers offering free patterns on their web
sites.
Check out some links!
 One
of Pam's first patterns for our Needle & Arts
Centre, and probably the most successful one is her
Johnstone Strait Pullover. It's an
easy fitting pullover in children's sizes 3-10 with
raglan sleeves and trendy curled up edges.
Download the FREE pattern as a PDF
file
here, and see the photo of
Pam's first pullover, which brings out the raglan
sleeves and curly edges nicely. Alison just did it
in Marble, see photo above. Enjoy! It's an easy
project for a beginner knitter which introduces the
use of a cable needle.
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Last but not least
The Prayer Shawl Experience
Lois introduced the prayer shawls to our store
when she crocheted one for her family last
Fall. In the meantine we got this wonderful
book "The Prayer Shawl Companion,
38 knitted designs to embrace, inspire &
celebrate life".
People think that prayer shawls come from a
specific religious tradition. Not so - these
lovingly knitted wraps are made for anyone and
for nearly any occasion. The examples in this
touching book are most beautiful and even
colourful. See our
book page (once you are there,
check out the new and innovative Socks
a la Carte and Knit one Below!)
Inge was inspired to knit
this filigrane white prayer shawl, when our
youngest son was heading off to his four month
trip through South America and started a month ago
in Venezuela, a place which would scare all
parents. He made it safely through to Ecuador so
far.
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Best wishes from all of us at the
PS: Happy Easter! Enjoy reading
our newsletter and we look forward to your
order or visit!
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