DECEMBER 2010 SHOP HOURS WoolWool && WickerWicker Tues. – Sat. 10-5:30PM 120-12051 SECOND AVE RICHMOND, BC V7E 3L6 P 604-275 -1239 Sun. & Mon. TOLL FREE 1-877-966-5945 WOOLANDWICKER.COM 12-5PM [email protected] Open every day of the year except Christmas & Boxing day, & New Year’s Day HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2010!! Wow, I can’t believe I am working on another newsletter for winter/ spring 2011! To all of you, our INSIDE THIS treasured customers, from Denis I S S U E : and I, and our teachers, Pat Dykster- Happy Holidays 1 huis, Edita Michalek, and Elena Nodel, and part timers Lorraine Ma- Boxing Week 1 tsuo, Y Emmons, Meaghan Cristjan- Sale son, Maisy DeBray, Monique Smith, PassionKnitter’s 1 and full timer Kate Young, thank you from the bottom of our hearts, for your con- club tinued support and encouragement. We are here for you! Coming Winter/ 2 Spring 2011 Knitting Group 3 12th ANNIVERSARY BOXING WEEK SALE!! Gift list 3 (Dec.27th to Dec. 31st, hours as usual) New books 3 • draw for your discount, 10-50% off all regular priced yarn needles and accessories • 50% off all discontinued yarns and many magazines and patterns Classes 4 • 50% off all yarns in 3 black plastic shelves at back of store, • 25% off all full priced books and mags • Select sweater samples at clear out prices • 6 free magazines with $75 purchase or more, while they last • We welcome your personal cheques, cash, interac, Mastercard, or Visa A reminder! PASSIONKNITTER’S CLUB discount card! All of your purchases now count on your card! Filled cards are added up and you receive 10% of what you have spent off your next project. Filled cards go into a once a year draw around Christmas time, and drawn customers receive a $50 gift certificate to the store! P A G E 2 Coming for Winter/Spring 2011 Skacelknitting.com , along with the best knitting needles in the world, we still have some wonderful yarns for your fall/winter projects, Schulana Cambada bulky 100% merino , solid background colour with blips of a second colour; Schulana Capo Nord 100% extrafine merino polar weight (like Lifestyle on steroids); Schoppel’s Cashmere Queen, a merino, silk and cashmere blend in 7 lovely soft elegant colourways and three natural colours with 140 meters! See the fingerless gloves Ooh Lala Gauntlets run with Kid Seta or longer Mosaic gauntlets (left ). Also, Schoppel’s In Silk yarn in a 100 gram skein in fabulous colours. We are working on a sample which will be in the store and many colours to choose from. See the fabulous Sophia Shrug in Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts Issue, which takes 3 or 4 skeins! (bottom left) Zitron Filigran 100% super wash merino lace weight in solids and 4 gorgeous hand dyes; Schoppel Wolle Flying Saucer 6 colourways injection dyed to provide matching socks! in a tie dyed effect; Schulana Rodeo 55% superkid mohair 23% merino extrafine 22% nylon Ooh Lala Gauntlets chunky knit on big needles with tufts of colour on solid soft thread; Knit this coat with 7 balls! Schoppel Zauberball 6 ply – a dk weight sock yarn, in stripes, and Missoni like stripes; Zitron Trekking 6 ply tweed – a dk weight sock yarn in subtle tweedy effects on gorgeous solids , sweaters anyone? Zitron Lifestyle and Unisono (left) are also a must see/feel. Watch for the Schulana 28 knitting magazine or check it out on skacel's website or for a new collection of fabulous free patterns and get your yarns here! We can show you samples for now, and shade- cards, the Spring 2011 line will be coming in January. I am especially taken with Seta Mar, an especially yardage rich silk blend which promises to hold it’s shape even on a 4.5mm. needle, and this lovely design in Seta Mar takes less Unisono Etrelac Hat than a bag of 10! (left) Mosaic gauntlets This pattern takes less than a bag of 10 for the largest size! Diamondyarn.com You can see the newest yarns and patterns on their website, use the search function to find them. We will have more Circulo Clea, Diamond Cairo, 100g/168m aran weight Egyptian cotton, Katia baby books 56 and 57, Katia ruffle scarf yarns Tul, and Rizos, Katia Degrade Sun, Noro Nobori, Silk Garden light dk, Noro books 29, Jenny Watson Flowers and Jenny Watson Spring 1011, Mirasol books 21, 22, 20, new Mirasol yarns Sawya, Lachiwa, Wach’I, Sirdar Smiley Stripes, a self striping baby bamboo with garment, Sirdar Summer Stripes, more Baby Bamboo and Tiny Tots, Snuggly Snowflake Chunky, Flirt, Cantata for dishcloths, the latest Sublime booklets (if you Seta Mar haven’t experienced these, they are a must see, fabulous patterns for everyone in a little carry along booklet) Sublime Tussah silk, with a garment, and many new Sirdar leaflets, including those layette designs traditional Grandmas are looking for. WestminsterFibers.com – From Rowan, we have the fol- lowing coming back Handknit Cotton, Summer Tweed, and Some kidsilk Haze for a lovely Kaffe Fassett garment called Unwind Wrap, some new colours of Revive, plus the new Panama in 10 colours, for a dedicated book with 15 designs by Marie Wallin, Lisa Richardson & Grace Melville with a sample garment, called Durian. 2nd row, sec- Sophia Shrug ond from left. Berroco.com We are very happy with the response we have had for the Vintage Chunky yarn. We have topped up our stock with some new colours. When the rep showed me the new dk weight for Spring/ Summer 2011, fifteen colours was the result. I mean, luxury hand, great colours, wool/acrylic blend at 265m/100gms for around $8? No questions asked. A simple, striped 2 colour pullover, Jidai, will be our sample garment, 2 balls each colour! A great garment to show any new knitters you may have met or taught! Another easy knit, with a lovely yoke in multicol- ours, Turia will be the sample for Linsey, a cotton/linen blend in solids and multicolours, which has a Bohus knitting look, see the book (Poems of Color). The 6 books accompanying these yarns are really special, and offer many easy summer gar- ments. We will also have the Origami colour featured in a scarf on the cover of Norah Gaughan’s special booklet, plus a WOOL & WICKER gorgeous white glitzy yarn I could not resist, Glint, and new colours of Berroco Sox, Seduce and Seduce Color. MistiAlpaca.com, we have Misti Alpaca Tonos Worsted and Misti Alpaca sock coming. Knitting Group P A G E 3 If you wish to meet with other knitters in Richmond, come to our informal gathering the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, 1-4PM here at Wool & Wicker & knit for your favourite charity or whatever you like. If you are looking for a meeting place for your knitting group, let us know when you would like to meet, and if we don’t have a class planned for that time, come on over! Gift list to put on your fridge ⇒ Addi Clicks lace (skacelknitting.com) ⇒ Addi Clicks regular ⇒ Addi Clicks bamboo ⇒ Padraig slippers (www.padraigcottage.com) ⇒ DVD Jean Wong’s (www.knittingwithjean.com) ⇒ Ball winder ⇒ Umbrella swift ⇒ Gift certificate ⇒ Della Q needle cases ⇒ Diddy Knitting Bag (nantucketbagg.com) ⇒ Colinette Absolutely Fabulous Throw Kit ⇒ Knitting Kit ______________________________ ⇒ Knitting book_____________________________ New books in stock • Knitting It Old School • Wool Toys and Friends: Step by Step Instructions – so cute! • Dolce Handknits A follow up to the fun Wool Pets • Alice Starmore’s Book of Fair Isle Knitting – yes it is in print • Sock Yarn One Skein Wonders again, and in paperback • Wrapped In Lace • Fair Isle Knitting Patterns: Reproducing the Known work of • Strickly Socks – strickwear.com Robert Williamson • 100 Aran Patterns – written in Japanese, with charts and inter- • Aran Knitting - Alice Starmore back! national symbols, plus several other Japanese pattern mags • Misty - the latest by the prolific and wonderful designer from which are a must see. Yes you can read these charts Rowan, Kim Hargreaves • Design It, Knit It: Babies by Debbie Bliss • Precious – our most popular so far of Kim Hargreaves lovely • Knitwear Design Workshop Shirley Paden – fabulous book pattern books • Mason Dixon Knitting – now in softcover • Touching Elegance by Kim Hargreaves • One Ball Knits Gifts • and Cherished by Kim should be in by then Classes Please note: to support our store offering the best classes and teachers available, purchase your yarns here before class in order to keep your fees low, and class size small. All yarns, needles and accessories for students are 10% off while class in session. Call now (604-275-1239) to register for winter/spring 2011, or for more information. Class size limited to 8 students. Beginner Knitting, $85.00 plus HST for 6 weeks. Starting again Jan 2011, Sat. afternoon, 1-3 or 3:30-5:30PM, depend- ing on how many Intermediate classes we have. Our Beginner Knitting teacher, Elena Nodel , will teach you both con- tinental (left handed picking) and English or Western (right handed throwing) and you will learn to knit on circular nee- dles, so you will be able to avoid seams on many garments and accessories, and it will save you from shoulder, wrist and elbow pain from straight needle knitting. Get your name in now. You will have fun and will get to knit your choice of project purchased from our many products, once you have learned to knit. Beyond Beginner or Intermediate Knitting Our teachers are expert knitters, you can learn any level of knitting from them.