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Featured Event
Starting on
February 6 at
9:30 am sharp (PST) and limited
time only:
our HUGE
annual
Valentines
Yarn Sale
with
50-70% off
We got new yarn lines and will get more for the
Spring/Summer season.
Time again to clean up the inventory.
For online customers: the
Sales List is
in the works and will be posted in our
web site and updated
regularly. Please check often.
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Dear
customers and friends!
Happy
New Year! We hope
you had a good and healthy start.
The economy
has been impossible to ignore going into
2009. It seems it's not just part of the
news these days, it is the news. I
believe that the key to
weathering a storm like this one
is to not become paralyzed by it but to
keep things moving forward and to remain
agile and willing to change. We had a
staff brainstorming in January and
you'll see a lot coming out of this!
For the Needle & Arts Centre, that's all
about continuing to do what we do best.
In 2009, we will continue to innovate,
to work diligently and to serve you more
efficiently than ever before.
After our successful
workshop weekend with
Miriam (read the summary in our
blog)
we are even more encouraged to offer
workshops throughout the year.
We strive to be always on the
leading edge of
trends, yarns, patterns and techniques,
and will communicate this through our
web site,
blog
and newsletters. In
order to increase the conversation with
our customers, we just startet a
Ravelry Group which we
encourage you to
join.
If you are not signed up with the knit
and crochet community Ravelry yet,
please do so at
www.ravelry.com and
it will take a couple of days to be
accepted. You may read more about
Ravelry in our
blog!
2009 marks the 10th Anniversary
of the Needle & Arts Centre! We will
celebrate all year long and start right
away with a huge
VALENTINES YARN SALE
starting on Friday February 6th
and ending on Valentines Day.
Hope to hear back from you - with
comments, support inquiries - or orders!
Jurgen
Please check our web site
often for the
list of yarns which are on the block
in our SALE!
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New attractive Yarn Lines - and more
First,
it feels good to be able to offer our
customers top yarn lines which they find in
knitting magazines all over.
Since October last year we carry several
yarns from Classic Elite Yarns
or CEY. As they say: The
Classic Elite
collection includes products perfect for all
hand-knitting uses. Products
 include
novelty and basic yarns for hand-knitting,
crochet and weaving. Our yarns range from
wool and wool blends, cotton and cotton
blends, alpaca, angora, mohair and much
more. From our Luxury Fibers Division, you
will find luscious fibers from cashmere to
baby camel to silk. All with the same high
quality you expect from the Classic Elite
family of yarns. So far. we carry
Lush,
Silky Alpaca Lace,
Fresco, and the newest:
Soft Chunky and
Summer Sox (see post in our
blog).
In January we got the first shipment of
Filatura Di Crosa yarns,
and more to come. Our heart jumped
higher to get these wonderful creation,
produced in heir own mill in Italy. 
They write: From fine-grade Merinos to
knockout novelties, these yarns are
sophisticated, elegant and always on the
cutting edge of fashion. The Filatura Di
Crosa Baby line offers the same luxury and
elegance for the modern baby. So far, we got
Centolavaggi and
Zara (see post in our
blog).
Second,
we want to make very clear that we carry at
least 20 VERY affordable yarns
and strive to have yarns for every purpose,
taste and wallet. Stay tuned, in our next
newsletter we'll give you a list of those
yarns which are able to compete with the big
Z and W
stores, with the difference, that we offer
free consulting and help
included!
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Free Pattern
For the Winter season, which is not over
yet, Pam came up with this practical
wristwarmer or Wrister:
These
 wristwarmers
are just timely with Winter all across North
America. This one is an easy knit! Here is
the
pattern.
You need one ball of wool yarn, or a
combination of yarns. If you add Drops
Kid-Silk for increased smootheness, Pam
advises that one 25 gram ball is enough
for two pairs of wristwarmers.
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Last but not least
New Surina
Products
Are you looking
for joint-friendly, light weight and
soft wooden knitting and crochet
needles?
We added
3mm to 3.75mm single pointed
knitting needles to the
wide range we have in stock. See the
full product list in our
Surina web page.
Our supplier now offers
square knitting needles,
too, which are said to be the most
arthritis friendly needles ever. This
is not only he top end which is
square, but the needle shaft. Want a
free sample to try them? We have a
couple here for you. They are not in
our price list, yet. Drop me an
email.
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Your
PS: we look forward to your
business in 2009! Happy Knitting, and visit
our
web site often!
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