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Spring hath sprung

2011-05-21T19:23:59Z

Like whoa...are we ever going to get Spring here in Michigan or what?

Oh, wait..... yeah.... it does seem to be getting warmer. By a tenth of a degree each day.
At this rate, it'll be 68 degrees by August. Wow.

New Store

2010-10-06T22:23:13Z

Hey, hey..... we're lookin good these days. We keep adding new things every week. Last week was a whole new line of yarns: Cascade! Yes, it's true. And one of the many lovely yarns they have is Pastaza .... our favorite becuz it's half llama and half sheep. 86 bee yew tif full colors.

The consignment room is starting to look great.... thanks to Dale. She just glommed onto new display equipment, painted the floor, and is working her butt off.

Next upcoming fun thing is Demo Day this Saturday, October 9th.... demo-ing weaving, spinning, needlefelting, primitive rug hooking, knitting, etc...... having cookies, cider and fun. (Yes, it's free.....) (All day)

Now that the weather is chilling out, we are, too. Starting to think about knitting sweaters, afghans and bigger projects. Oh, boy.

Wanna take an art class? Huh, huh, do ya? Do ya?

2010-09-10T15:43:00Z

Our very own Susan Pack is going to be teaching art classes (yes, really) at our new store. We have a great almost ready classroom now. Gotta do something with it!
So Susan (a certified art teacher with tons of experience) is going to offer drawing, watercolor, paper making, fiber art and more.... and art birthday parties.... Whoa, like whoa..... check us out. Call.... major fun...

Upcoming FUN stuff

2010-09-08T14:20:00Z

Okay. We're open in the new store. NOW what? Well!!!! NOW we have room for "stuff."
^{STASH BASH at Twisted Warp & Skeins: Saturday November 20th, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.}

Do you have stash everywhere...??? Odds and end of yarns, or projects or whatever, that you will not ever use? Maybe you can't even remember what you bought it for? Well, here is your chance to get new yarns, new projects.

Here's how it works:
You put the items you want to sell in a large plastic bag (we have them here). You decide how much you want to sell it for and then mark it with that price.
Someone comes in to the Stash Bash, BUYS your old stuff, then YOU get that much money in Stash Cash from Twisted Warp & Skeins to use in the store.

So, see? You get rid of your OLD stuff, get NEW stuff, and it doesn't cost you a penny. Such a deal!

How much fun is that?

Bigger, better, brighter

2010-09-08T14:19:29Z

Yes! We HAVE moved. We are now in our new store (2 blocks east of the old store but a world of difference). It was a major effort getting here but we have many great friends that helped us along the way.

The new store is not only bigger .... we now have a classroom, a consignment area AND a parking lot. Everyone coming in to the new store says "Wow

Summer Blogs

2010-07-15T02:50:00Z

Ok, so who blogs in the summer anyway? There

isn't enough time as there is, much less check blogs....

Girls' GetAway Weekend

2010-02-23T03:06:00Z

Ok, that was one of the most seriously painfully fun weekends I've (we"ve?) had in a long, long, long, long time. And it looks like it's going to be an annual event. So start saving your money, honey, we're doing it again NEXT year. And keep in mind those off-the-wall skeins of yarn so that we can play the Skein Game again.
Let's see..... Skein Game, Charades, Add-a-Purl/pearl, shopping at the yarn store in Battle Creek, eating a Win Schuler's, Turkeyville and the Dixie Swim Club, the master knitter and her yarn tattoo.... singing Christmas carols, the ghost, knitting, eating, partying, talking our faces off, laughing until we peed our pants... yes, kids. We had a great time. And thank you Twisted Groupies for the wonderful, surprising gift to Dale and me. Wow. Totally unexpected! Seed money for next year. That was amazing. You guys are the best. We couldn't ask for a better, or more fun group of women to hang out with.
It was great seeing everyone. You came from all over to hang out with us, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. And the hotel...wasn't it gorgeous? It was just the perfect spot. Let's hope they let us come back NEXT year.... (that we didn't trash it too much...).

6 Days and a Wake Up

2010-02-12T23:07:00Z

Only 6 more days, count em.... 6.
Oh, and a wakeup. Are ya getting excited out there? Huh, are ya? There will be 32 of us going to the National House Inn in Marshall, Michigan, for the knit therapy weekend.
6. More. Days. (and a wake-up)

Snowy Knit Nite

2010-02-10T16:32:00Z

OOOOH Whee! Snow! Only brave Jean D showed up for Knit Nite last nite. And she went home early, so we did, too. The roads were seriously nasty. Jean says we are the "Peak of her week" and she wouldn't miss it. Suzanne, you would have been here, too, you dedicated knitters, you... Actually, we are blaming this snow on you anyway, Suzanne. Just because YOU got 16 inches of the stuff, doesn't mean WE need that much, ok? And please to note that there will be NO SNOW on the 19th, 20th or 21st of February. NONE! We have people driving from all over everywhere and we want them to come to our Girls' GetAway weekend safely. Ok?

Congratulate US!

2010-01-27T17:00:00Z

Yarn it...yarn it....yarn it.... We made it to FOUR (4) years old. Yes, it's true! We turn 4 on Sunday. We will be celebrating with cake, chocolate, of course, on Tuesday at Knit Nite. Hard to believe that we are going into our 5th year already.
Thank you, friends, for all of your support and kindness for the past 4 years. Rock on to the NEXT 4 years.

Saturday, It's Saturday!

2010-01-23T16:34:00Z

I love Saturdays....we offer FREE knitting classes every Saturday 11 to 1 pm and we get some of the most fun people in here that learn to knit. They usually thinking knitting is some odd torture that only someone ELSE can do or even WANT to do.
Today we have a needlefelting class with 5 people. Our own Sue P. from Hemlock is teaching. She's awesome! Does detail work like you just can't believe. Little teeny tiny things.... it's seriously cool. Oh, boy.

COUNTDOWN TO YARNOVER: 26 and a wake up!!!! (Until we go to Marshall......)

Girls' Getaway Weekend in Marshall

2010-01-19T17:42:00Z

Only 31 days and a wakeup until the Girls' Getaway Weekend (aka GGW or Yarnover, not Sleepover, but Yarnover, get it?)

We are now officially closed! That is to say, there are NO MORE ROOMS AT THE INN. If you didn't get in on this great weekend, you have missed it!!! There are 32 people coming. Fun folks! And cute pajamas, too, I'm told!!

OMG! A BLOB!

2010-01-15T22:46:00Z

OMG! The Blog lives!!!!! Is that like the BLOB lives? Yeah, I guess it IS, kinda.... we've actually had a (count that as ONE) comment on our blog. Whoo hoo!!!! We're on a roll, jelly bean...

The Monday Blahs

2010-01-12T00:18:00Z

Snow. Then snow. Then more snow. Blah. It was nice today when the sun was shining. I even got ambitious and shoveled most of my driveway (no small feat, either). Then, an hour later, the next door neighbor's adult son showed up with his big ole truck and plowed the driveway completely. I love Merrill. The people here are awesome like that.

Dale and I were both off today.... Mondays the shop is closed. Sometimes we have 4H meetings with our kids. Not today. Yay. Love the little buggers but sometimes it's nice that they aren't here. Thank you all of the Sweethearts in Halters llama club supporters. You know who you are..... the people that put money in our 4H bucket every Knit Nite. The ones that we force pies onto to help raise money for camp. Thank you. We have enough funds now for our April Llama Show at Michigan State University AND to go to Llama Camp (www.youthjamboree.net). Last year was a blast. And we learned a lot of stuff. This year promises to be just a great.

Knit Nite: Every Tuesday starting at 5 pm. Last week not so many. Illnesses and weariness.... got the best of us. I think they didn't come because they were afraid we'd have leftover snacks from Xmas time. Fooled them! Dale's philosophy is this.... if either Dale or I bring in something to eat, then we will have lots and lots of stuff. But if neither of us does, then we have nothing. One week we all shared 3 Ritz crackers. It was pathetic. But one week 3 people brought cheesecake! Yeehah! Hit the lotto. We'll see about tomorrow.

I'm gonna try to keep updating this stupid blog every few days now. Let me know if you're reading it, ok?

Late Night Blogging

2010-01-10T07:07:00Z

I'm pretty sure that there isn't a soul out there reading this garbage. BUT! If you are, please send me an email, just so's I'll know, ok?
It's now 2:08 a.m. Sunday morning and I think I've figured out how to do this. Maybe.
Anyone got any Diet Mountain Dew? That'll help....

Huh?

2010-01-10T04:24:00Z

Ok, I admit. I have almost NO clue as to how these blog things work. Hang with me... maybe we can evolve together. Just how much patience DO you have, anyway?