Over the next few months i'm hoping to add spinning wheels... I'm still considering what is the best brand to add, and am doing a bit of research and contacting companies.
We'll have new yarn in for spring in February. can't wait. so....what's on your needles?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
adieu and good luck
i am tempted to type lots of trite "all good things come to an end" kind of comments, but i'll try to restrain myself. :-)
for those of you who have been with C. R. Yarn from the beginning, you know that it has been a partnership. that Candis and I decided to open this shop together, and we were going to run it together as well. In September after lots of planning Candis moved to Eugene OR. after lots of thinking on both our parts we decided to part ways. i am in the process of buying Candis out of her share of the business and the shop will be just mine then, i suppose.
i will miss candis's company and advice and number genius. I hope that her move takes her the places that she wants to go. so, adieu and good luck!
tomorrow--what's next for the shop!
for those of you who have been with C. R. Yarn from the beginning, you know that it has been a partnership. that Candis and I decided to open this shop together, and we were going to run it together as well. In September after lots of planning Candis moved to Eugene OR. after lots of thinking on both our parts we decided to part ways. i am in the process of buying Candis out of her share of the business and the shop will be just mine then, i suppose.
i will miss candis's company and advice and number genius. I hope that her move takes her the places that she wants to go. so, adieu and good luck!
tomorrow--what's next for the shop!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
New Yarn and more
If you haven't been into the shop lately, you're missing out.
we've new yarn--from lovely self-striping to big and bulky--we're expanding.
the scarf knitting project is coming along well. we still need about 20 scarves so, if you've got time, consider coming in, i'll give you yarn for a scarf. SHHHHH don't tell :-)
we've new yarn--from lovely self-striping to big and bulky--we're expanding.
the scarf knitting project is coming along well. we still need about 20 scarves so, if you've got time, consider coming in, i'll give you yarn for a scarf. SHHHHH don't tell :-)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
One woman's trash is another woman's STASH!
come on down to knit night tonight... bring all that unwanted/unloved yarn that hangs out in the bottom of your stash. you may think it's trash... hopefully someone else will want it in their STASH! see you at 7pm.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Happy November
I hope this finds all of you warm and healthy! It's been an interesting and busy Sept. and Oct. Amanda has moved to Vermillion to attend colllege and I've hired Katy to help out a few hours each month. She's marvelous and comes with some amazing skills that i can't wait for her to share with all of you!
During Nov. starting this Sat. we will be starting to have a knitting cohort again--this group will meet from 2:30-4:00pm. cost of the cohort is $25.00/month and includes knitting/crochet support if you need it. This won't substitute for beginning to knit/crochet classes, but if you have a project you'd like to work on, this is the perfect group for you. Either Katy or I will be on hand to help out and offer all the support in terms of how to with a project that we can, from selecting the right yarn to blocking!
November also bring Thanksgiving and Black Friday! We'll be opening at 8am on Nov. 26 and there will be specials all day long as well as a drawing at the end of the day for a gift certificate and several skeins of yarn. Come in Nov. 26, to register! also, get your name in the drawing an additional time for each $25.00 spent in from Nov. 3-Nov. 26!
From 8am-9am on Nov. 26 get 25% off all purchases*
From 9am-10am get 15% off all purchases*
From 10-12pm get 10% off all purchases*
From 12-2 buy any 3 items and get a grab bag item free
From 2-5 buy any 3 items get a stitch marker free
Additionally, all day long get a free hat or felted bag pattern if you purchase LanaLoft yarn to make it! (hat requires two skeins, felted bag requires 3)
*excludes handspun and other consignment items
happy knitting--
Rita, Katy & Amanda
During Nov. starting this Sat. we will be starting to have a knitting cohort again--this group will meet from 2:30-4:00pm. cost of the cohort is $25.00/month and includes knitting/crochet support if you need it. This won't substitute for beginning to knit/crochet classes, but if you have a project you'd like to work on, this is the perfect group for you. Either Katy or I will be on hand to help out and offer all the support in terms of how to with a project that we can, from selecting the right yarn to blocking!
November also bring Thanksgiving and Black Friday! We'll be opening at 8am on Nov. 26 and there will be specials all day long as well as a drawing at the end of the day for a gift certificate and several skeins of yarn. Come in Nov. 26, to register! also, get your name in the drawing an additional time for each $25.00 spent in from Nov. 3-Nov. 26!
From 8am-9am on Nov. 26 get 25% off all purchases*
From 9am-10am get 15% off all purchases*
From 10-12pm get 10% off all purchases*
From 12-2 buy any 3 items and get a grab bag item free
From 2-5 buy any 3 items get a stitch marker free
Additionally, all day long get a free hat or felted bag pattern if you purchase LanaLoft yarn to make it! (hat requires two skeins, felted bag requires 3)
*excludes handspun and other consignment items
happy knitting--
Rita, Katy & Amanda
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Happy Thursday!
Music Camp was awesome.
John Matthews, a counselor, knows some really good band geek jokes:
“How do you know a trombonist’s kid is on the playground?
He can’t swing and he complains about the slide.”
“What is the definition of a minor second?
Two oboes playing in unison”
He had a joke column on the camp news wall. The “news” was mostly gossip and joking about things that had happened.
The Viking Village demo was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching the indigo dye-pot’s oxidation reaction. we know that Vikings used a dye that contained indigotin, which is also found in woad, a dye plant indigenous to Europe. The Vikings could have easily traded for indigo extracts from China or Japan. We forgot lime to make the madder red. The madder dyed some really nice peachy colors despite that. We know that the Vikings definitely used madder, which is also indigenous to Europe. The weld gave a pretty nice yellow. We haven’t yet identified the yellow the Vikings dyed with; it could be that the plant is extinct. Watching Daria cook was almost as fun as eating the food after it was finished cooking. Yum, salmon! The period forge was interesting and I learned a lot. I didn’t know much about the science behind blacksmithing. I also liked the coin-striking and the chainmail making.
Oboe Shopping! The Yamahas were definitely not my favorite. There was one that had a plastic lined upper joint; it had a really nasty, almost buzzing kind of sound. The Howarth was great; it had a rich, dark sound well suited to Elegiac Dance by Michael Head. The Loreé is much brighter and sounded really nice on the faster movement of the Marcello oboe symphony. I tried oboes until there were only two left. I really liked the Howarth, but I’m going to give both the Loreé and the Howarth a chance.
--Amanda
Music Camp was awesome.
John Matthews, a counselor, knows some really good band geek jokes:
“How do you know a trombonist’s kid is on the playground?
He can’t swing and he complains about the slide.”
“What is the definition of a minor second?
Two oboes playing in unison”
He had a joke column on the camp news wall. The “news” was mostly gossip and joking about things that had happened.
The Viking Village demo was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching the indigo dye-pot’s oxidation reaction. we know that Vikings used a dye that contained indigotin, which is also found in woad, a dye plant indigenous to Europe. The Vikings could have easily traded for indigo extracts from China or Japan. We forgot lime to make the madder red. The madder dyed some really nice peachy colors despite that. We know that the Vikings definitely used madder, which is also indigenous to Europe. The weld gave a pretty nice yellow. We haven’t yet identified the yellow the Vikings dyed with; it could be that the plant is extinct. Watching Daria cook was almost as fun as eating the food after it was finished cooking. Yum, salmon! The period forge was interesting and I learned a lot. I didn’t know much about the science behind blacksmithing. I also liked the coin-striking and the chainmail making.
Oboe Shopping! The Yamahas were definitely not my favorite. There was one that had a plastic lined upper joint; it had a really nasty, almost buzzing kind of sound. The Howarth was great; it had a rich, dark sound well suited to Elegiac Dance by Michael Head. The Loreé is much brighter and sounded really nice on the faster movement of the Marcello oboe symphony. I tried oboes until there were only two left. I really liked the Howarth, but I’m going to give both the Loreé and the Howarth a chance.
--Amanda
Friday, May 21, 2010
Classes for the month of June
June 5:
10:30-12:00 Stash Buster Scarf (1/2)
12:30-2:00 Beginning Spinning
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort (1/3)
June 12:
10:30-12:00 Stash Buster Scarf (2/2)
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort (2/3)
June 19:
10:30-12:00 Beginning Socks (1/3)
12:30-2:00 Plying Handspun
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort
Beginning Socks will also be on July 10 & 24 at 10:30-12:00p.
The Stash Buster Scarf is a beginning knitting project--must be able to cast on, bind off and knit. ($10.00/each--bring your own yarn from your stash)
Spinning class is a beginning class--no prerequisites ($5.00 plus purchase a spindle kit)
Plying Handspun (prerequisite--Spinning class) ($10.00 no purchase required)
Beginning Socks is an intermediate knitting project--must be able to knit & purl & cast-on and bind-off. ($25.00 for all 3 classes plus purchase sock yarn)
Knitting Cohort is a class to simply work on a project you pick. ($15.00 for the month--this holds your spot!)
Email me or stop in to sign up!
10:30-12:00 Stash Buster Scarf (1/2)
12:30-2:00 Beginning Spinning
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort (1/3)
June 12:
10:30-12:00 Stash Buster Scarf (2/2)
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort (2/3)
June 19:
10:30-12:00 Beginning Socks (1/3)
12:30-2:00 Plying Handspun
2:30-4:30 Knitting Cohort
Beginning Socks will also be on July 10 & 24 at 10:30-12:00p.
The Stash Buster Scarf is a beginning knitting project--must be able to cast on, bind off and knit. ($10.00/each--bring your own yarn from your stash)
Spinning class is a beginning class--no prerequisites ($5.00 plus purchase a spindle kit)
Plying Handspun (prerequisite--Spinning class) ($10.00 no purchase required)
Beginning Socks is an intermediate knitting project--must be able to knit & purl & cast-on and bind-off. ($25.00 for all 3 classes plus purchase sock yarn)
Knitting Cohort is a class to simply work on a project you pick. ($15.00 for the month--this holds your spot!)
Email me or stop in to sign up!
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