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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
March announcement to the
right!
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Classes (Thur 2-4)
March 19: Finishing Techniques (Pam)
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!
"Times are tough. No denying
that. But we knit and crochet for joy, and
anything done for joy is worth finding a way to
do, no matter what the challenges. The more joy,
the more solace, the more calm we can bring to
this crazy world, the better." This is what
Sandi Wisehart, editor of
Knitting Daily wrote in her last
newsletter - and this is exactly our focus of our
March Newsletter.
- we introduce the YARN OF THE MONTH
with a 20% discount (below)
- we announce a limited time only SPRING
INCENTIVE if you purchase more than $50
or $200 worth of yarn and accessories (below)
- we introduce beautiful new Spring/Summer yarns
for not only more fun, but also for affordable
prices
- we offer a free pattern from
Pam and added more to our web page of free
patterns.
Have you checked out Ravelry
and our Ravelry Group? 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.
Please read more about Ravelry in our
blog and
join our group!
Your feedback is always very welcome, please
let us know what we can do
better! Jurgen
Don't miss out on the opportunities in
March to SAVE money while having fun knitting and
crocheting!
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Limited Time
only SALE!
This is our Spring
Incentive from NOW till March 17 only:
If you purchase in our store or order online
more than
$50
worth of any yarn, books, needles
or other knitting accessories, you receive a
15% discount.
For a purchase or order of
more than $200
you get a discount of
25% plus free
shipment!
Several discounts cannot be added, the higher
discount applies.
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Yarn of the Month - 20% OFF
MARBLE
and
MARBLE CHUNKY
Marble (DK weight) and Marble
Chunky are amongst our best selling
yarns! Both are 100%
Acrylic yarns that are Machine
Washable/Dryable and are available in 18 beautiful
one-of-a-kind shades. This variegated yarn is
balanced by a marl effect.
A marl means that it has two plies
of different shades spun together. But in this yarn,
the plies change colour along their length, so this
yarn knits into bands of colour and also
 produces
a very unique effect. This wonderful yarn has the
look and feel of wool with the easycare of acrylic,
and comes in a number of stunning colourways in a
marbled effect. Check the shade cards of
Marble and
Marble Chunky.
It's a great value too, as each
200g ball of
Marble Chunky has 312 m and
retails for only Can
$12.25. The
100g
ball of Marble has 220 m and retails for only Can
$6.95!
Both yarns are great for children wear and
sweaters. Check the free Earflap Hat
pattern in our
pattern page!
The
20% discount applies to
purchases in our store or online orders from now till
latest March 31. Several discounts
cannot be added, the higher discount applies.
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New Spring/Summer Yarns and Patterns
According to this month's theme it's not only a
pleasure to announce 17 new yarns
since our last newsletter just one month ago, but
also to see a couple of very affordable
yarns come in.
In summary: we got
beautiful Spring and Summer colours, many chic
patterns and books, which you can check out in our
 book
page (where you find the book to the
right), and: yarns for every taste and wallet. Take
alone the
Ecological Wool from Cascade
Yarns, offering an exceptional value at $16.95 for
250 grams, or King
Cole's
Baby Big Value DK for only 5.25
for the 100g skein!
We got some dream lines from PUNTA,
a completely new supplier, an established yarn mill
in Uruguay; many lines are hand painted, for
sensational prices (see list to the left).
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!
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Free Pattern of the Month
The Storries Beach Tote Bag is designed by Pam
Dobbs, Needle & Arts Centre and has proven to be one
of our most successful
 patterns
for felted bags.
Lots of variations of this tote bag in size, colour
patterns, I-cords and locks have been created.
Download the FREE pattern as a PDF file
here.
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Cool Curvy Knits
We got three remarkable books in with designs for
"shapely" 
figures. Curvy Knits - Pemaquid
(cover to the right) contains six beautiful Spring
and Summer designs by Jilian Moreno and Classic
Elite Yarns (CEY). Curvy Knits 1
and Curvy Knits 2 come
from the same source.
You find all three books in our
book page, where you can check all
patterns contained in those books by clicking on the
cover photo. They retail for $9.95 each.
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Last but not least
Square Surina Needles
All our knitting and crochet needles
listed in our updated
Surina web page are
available as round needles or square
needles - except the metal circular needles.
Right now we stock only round needles but we are
preparing the market introduction of the square
ones and take orders.
Square needles are said
to be the most arthritis friendly needles
ever. In our last email we offered free square
needles for test purpose and had a great
response. Those who are still waiting: we
expect another shipment from India by the end
of this week. There will be a couple more free
sets available - if you are interested,
please drop me an
email.
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Your
PS: we look forward to your March
orders or purchases. Please mark the SALE deadlines
in your calendar or order right away.
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