Knitters' Day Out

Knitters' Day Out is a day and a half of classes, shopping, and camaraderie devoted to knitting and fiber arts, and has been held annually since 1986. This wonderful event takes place in Summerdale at Central Penn College September 24-25. At this time, classes are filled, but it is worth a visit simply to take part in the market of fiber vendors from PA and other neighboring states. This year's guest teachers include:

Gwen Bortner
Karen Frisa
Annie Modesitt
Barbara Walker
Kathy Zimmerman

For more information on Knitters' Day Out, visit

http://www.knittersdayout.org

1st Annual 2-Day Sidewalk Sale!

Our first ever 2-day sidewalk sale will take place Friday, August 13th and Saturday, August 14th. Selected books, project bags, and yarns including - Noro, Louisa Harding, Elsebeth Lavold, Colinette, Knit One-Crochet Too, Debbie Bliss, etc... and the list continues to grow. We hope to see you for this exciting event!

World Wide Knit (and Crochet) in Public Day

Saturday, June 12th we will be celebrating, along with several other countries, World Wide Knit in Public Day. Despite the name of the event, crocheters and any other needle/fiber artists are welcomed to join us at the shop as we celebrate our craft. Knit in Public Day is really about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity. Come to the shop between 10:00-3:00 to celebrate this event with us. We can promise food, drinks, and good company... we'll keep our fingers crossed for nice weather too!

Stitch's 1st Birthday!

April 28th is Stitch's 1st birthday and we feel it is necessary to celebrate with a sale! We'll see how many of you read our posts. :). So, mention Stitch's name at the register between Wednesday, April 28th and Wednesday, May 5th and receive 10% off your purchase.

Art, Music and Wine Walk - Pomfret and South Hanover St.

From 12:00- 5:00 PM Saturday, April 24th, come and embrace your artistic side, enjoy jazz music, or simply treat yourself to a fine glass of wine. This is our second time offering this event and hopefully it will be another success! Let's hope the weather cooperates! We, at the Yarn Garden, will also be featuring hand spinning demonstrations by our very own Vicki Wingert. Elaine Haag will be displaying some of her hand made bags as well as providing demonstrations of felting and wet felting.

Spring Happenings at the Yarn Garden

We hope that you will join us on Thursday, April 15th from 6PM-8PM for our After Taxes Spa Party. Our friends from Face Forward will be here to give hand massages and chair massages as well as showing their tanning products so you won't burn while you're knitting at the pool. All summer yarns will be 20% off that evening. Anything with cotton, silk, bamboo, or linen is considered a "summer yarn". There will be plenty of sweet treats and drinks.

March Madness Sale!

We will be holding a sale beginning March 8th through March 31st to celebrate March Madness.
Each week we will hold a different special marking specific items 20% off!
March 8th - 13th Books and Patterns
March 15th - 20th Needles,Notions and Bags
March 22nd - 31st Yarn

Come in before March 16th to be entered into our March Madness Lottery. Get the winning team and win a prize!

2010 Winter Knitting Olympics

Do you have the motivation and self-discipline of an Olympic athlete? Most of us don't, but a little healthy competition goes a long way. In February, we will be holding the Winter Knitting Olympics here at the shop. The idea was originated by The Yarn Harlot during the 2006 winter Olympics.

Winter Knitting Olympic Rules at the Yarn Garden:

Option 1: If You are Beginning a New Project-
1. The project must be considered a challenge for you to complete in 17 days. You know your level of knitting and you are the only one that can determine what is a challenge for you.
2. No casting on before the flame is lit.
3. Finish before the flame goes out.
4. You may have your swatch before the games begin.

Option 2: If You are Finishing a UFO (Unfinished Object)-
1. You may not start on your designated UFO until the flame is lit.
2. Finish before the flame goes out.
3. You may choose 1 or more UFOs depending on the difficulty level and how much is left to finish.
4. All UFOs must be declared prior to the beginning of the games.

Declaration of Events - Thursday, February 11th
Join us for drinks and light appetizers as we declare our events (project to be completed) and cheer each other on as we prepare for the games to begin.
Meet us at the shop any time over the course of the Olympics to work on your project.
Yarn Garden Closing Ceremony Celebration - TBD
Bring your project and share your Olympic stories. Medals will be awarded.

3rd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party

With the Superbowl quickly approaching, we here at the Yarn Garden are preparing for our 3rd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party benefiting Project S.H.A.R.E. All non-sale items will be marked 10% off from 12:00-5:00PM with a chance to earn more savings based on a donation to Project Share. By donating, you can earn multiple chances to pick out of our Super Savings Bowl. You may make either a food or monetary donation. Possible savings will range anywhere from 20% - 100% off. One person may be lucky enough to walk away with a bag of free yarn! Here is how it works:

Donate: Earn:
5 items/dollars 1 pick
6-10 items/dollars 2 picks
11-15 items/dollars 3 picks
And so forth...

*If you earn more than one pick, we will apply the highest discount to your purchase.

Project Share has posted items that are "most needed" at this time.
Beef Stew or other Hearty Soups
100% Juice
Crackers
Stage 1 baby food
Good Start baby formula
Enfamil baby formula
Baked Beans


Join us February 7th for typical football munchies and lots of fun. What better way to help out a great cause!

Ideas for Holiday Shopping

With the holidays quickly approaching, we would like to give you some suggestions for gifts ranging from a crocheted wine topper for the host of your holiday work party or a pair of cashmere socks for your favorite sister-n-law. Your daughter might appreciate a pair of fingerless gloves while your son is hoping you'll knit him a new pair of felted slippers since the pair from two years ago has seen better days. Stop in and we will show you several patterns that provide quick, yet beautiful results.
Be sure to check out our holiday hours on our website so that you don't find yourself standing outside a locked door on Christmas Eve wishing you bought that gift certificate the week before.

Customer Appreciation Night!

On Tuesday, December 15th we will be hosting a Customer Appreciation Holiday Party. You will not want to miss this event. There will be live holiday music provided by the talented Central Pennsylvania Woodwind Quintet, delicious snacks baked by Carlisle's Beth Thompson and a wonderfully relaxing experience brought to you by the women at Face Forward. The festivities will take place from 5:30-8:00, so whether you plan on stopping by or spending the entire evening with us, it will be worth your trip. Mark your calendars now, Tuesday, December 15th!

Grand Re-Opening

Join us for our Grand RE-Opening!
October 15th from 5:00 - 7:00
Come early to watch the ribbon cutting!
There will be dessert, drinks, and storewide sales.
20% off Everything

Our newest staff member!

Meet Stitches, our new shop kitten!

New Arrivals

Noro Summer Yarns

Chirimen: 60% cotton, 24% silk, 16% wool

Yardage: 137 Stitches: 5.5 Needle size: 6 Ball weight: 50g

Furisode:45% silk, 40% cotton, 15% wool

Yardage: 165 Stitches: 3-4 Needle size: 9-10 Ball weight: 100g

Della Q Bags:

Isadora Bag: cute, woven bag equipped with a drawstring to allow the bag to expand along with your project

Rosemary Bag: great bag for sock and other small projects

Lena Bag: Adorable bag equipped with pockets for both straight and circular needles

New Shop Open!

We are thrilled to be open at our new location and eager to share some pictures with you. Come visit us at 52 West Pomfret Street!

Moving Sale!

As most of you may know, the Yarn Garden will be relocating to 52 West Pomfret St. (just a few doors up the street), hopefully having our doors open by June 1st. In order to make as smooth a transition as possible we will be closed the last two weeks of May (18th-31st).

So, between now and the 18th everything not already marked down will be 20% off. This includes yarn, all books, new titles as well as old favorites, patterns, needles, etc.

We've been very touched by how many of you have told us how much you will miss our current store, but we promise, you will like the new store just as well. It's a great space with a beautiful back yard.

March Madness

How cute is this crocheted basketball set? (posted on Ravelry by Seema Saraf)

Last week we realized that we are not the only knitters that are also interested in college basketball. We had many customers that were buying yarn for projects to work on while watching the basketball tournament. So naturally, we had to somehow incorporate the brackets with a March Madness sale. This Saturday March, 21st all non sale items will be 20% off. For every $25 spent, you will also get to pick a team from our bracket board receiving 4 to 1 odds. For example, if you pick Pitt and they are a #1 seed and they win the tournament, you can receive 4% off your next purchase, conversely if you are a risk taker and pick a # 8 seed that ultimately wins the tournament, you will receive 32% off your next purchase. If you spend more than $25, you can pick more than one team, and increase your odds of winning.

Classes for April will include Intro to Lace, Beginning Crochet, Beginning Knitting, and the Booga Bag. Please see our web site for details, http://www.yarngardenpa.com/.

Lastly, we want to announce that the Yarn Garden will be moving up the street to 52 West Pomfret St. We are thrilled, and hope to be in our new location by June 1st.

2nd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party

It is one week until Super Bowl Sunday and that means one week until the Yarn Garden's 2nd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party benefiting Project S.H.A.R.E. All non-sale items will be marked 20% off from 12:00-5:00PM with a chance to earn more savings based on the number of non-perishable food items you donate. By donating items, you can earn multiple chances to pick out of our Super Savings Bowl. Possible savings will range anywhere from 20% - 100% off. One person may be lucky enough to walk away with a bag of free yarn! Here is how it works:

Donate: Earn:
1-5 items 1 pick
6-10 items 2 picks
11-15 items 3 picks
And so forth...

*If you earn more than one pick, we will apply the highest discount to your purchase.

Project Share has posted items that are "most needed" this time of year.
Beef Stew
Soup
100% Juice
Crackers
Jello
Stage 2 and 3 Baby Food
Baby Formula

Join us February 1st for typical football munchies and lots of fun. What better way to help out a great cause!

2nd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party for Project Share

We invite you to join us for our 2nd Annual 'Soup'er Bowl Party. Along with "super" sales, we will be collecting non-perishible food items to be donated to Project Share. Join us from 12-5:00PM on February 1st to help out a good cause! Please check back closer to the date for more details.

Holiday Open House at the Yarn Garden

Season's Greetings!

Is it really December already? I still have to block my mother's shawl, finish my son's other clog, decide how long I want to make my daughter's shawl (Does it really have to cover both shoulders?), but all I really want to knit is the beautiful cabled sweater I have started for myself. Can you relate?

Let's take a break from all the madness and help celebrate the coming holidays! Put down your needles and join us on Saturday, December 13th from 10:00-3:00. We will mingle over hot cider and yummy cookies from Beth Thompson. As our holiday gift to you, ALL regular priced items will be 20% off.

Hope to see you next Saturday!
Hil and Jill