Yarn Keeps Coming...

More and more yarn has come in this week, including some beautiful OnLine sock yarn and lovely ribbon yarn. The picture is of beautiful new silk yarn.

We've redecorated for spring. Lots of happy colors in happy yarns.

There's a new class on felted bags listed for April 8. Jennie has written up a nice description of the class, too, so check it out!

Thank you to everyone who came for the felted flowers class, the entrelac bag class and the other classes this week. If you would like to see a class that you have missed repeated, leave a comment on the blog!

Things to See, and Thanks

We have some fun photos (in addition to this one) from our first anniversary celebration earlier today on our anniversary photo web page, so please go check it out. We also have added some new project photos to our gallery of projects page. You are encouraged to send us digital photos of your projects made with yarn from our shop, so we can share them!

Today's anniversary celebration brought joy to the hearts of all the staff--thank you to all who came by, and we hope you enjoy your purchases. Don't forget to come back any time for additional help or to take a class! Congratulations to all the winners in our raffle, too--if you won but were not present at 5:30 when we drew for the prizes, you will get a pleasant surprise phone call! You could have won the $100 gift certificate!

Ye olde webmaster is too tired to type in more details, so she hopes some of the attendees at the celebration will post about their experiences. Thanks to Pat for opening the store, and to everyone who works or teaches at Bluebonnet. And of COURSE, thanks to the customers and students!

Happy Pre Anniversary!

Boy howdy, those holidays just keep a-comin'!

A couple of the yarn storie ladies and yarn lassie went to see our wonderfup proprietess, Pat (that is her at left in queenly demeanor), as her Irish dance group celebrated the day with some festive dancing. We joined Pat's lovely daughters and spouse in hearty applause, especially when Patrick the boy Irish dancer jumped so high it seemed superhuman. Wow there is lots of talent in that troupe!

We got off from the hard work of preparing the store for tomorrow's anniversary festivities at 3 pm, in order to make it to Mother Egan's, where we also enjoyed wonderful Irish accordian (really, amazingly lovely music) and the Clickety Cloggers. But don't worry, we are READY for the big sale day tomorrow--employees and teachers have their tiaras ready (see photos), and we eager to create new yarn divas, so if you want to learn to knit,come on down!

Or if you want to SAVE MONEY! Come on down!

Or if you want to win PRIZES! Come on down!

Or if you want to EAT! Come on down.

Basically, please visit our shop from 10-6 on March 18!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Erin go knit! That's what we say when we forget the Irish word for "knitting."

We just want to let you know that we have posted 4 new class descriptions and dates on our website. If you want to learn about cables, mosaic knitting, cast-on and bind-off techniques or finishing, check out or new classes with our new instructor, Patricia Kalthoff.

Even MORE New Stuff!

Hi, this is your webmaster reporting in from Yarn World. We got LOTS of yarn in today, just in time for the big party on Saturday! We sure hope you can make it--and don't forget that the shop closes early, at 3 pm, tomorrow.

Here's what came in:

• Very large knitting bags for all your stuff
• FFF Bora Bora, a new type of ladder yarn
• Dune--many new colors
• Glamour, a sparkly yarn
• Maggi Knits Mohair Loop
• Yin and its pal Yang
• Beach--this is a really lovely ribbon that you have to see to believe--really gives off an interesting effect.
• FFF Julliett--curly ribbon in many colors

Many Phildar Yarns:
*Luxe
*Phil Crochet Cotton (many nice classic colors)
*Lambswool (51% wool) also in classic colors
*Phil Luxe--soft machine washable baby yarn in nice shades, including some with splotches
*Phil Soie--shiny, pure silk in intense colors
*Licorne--a beautiful cotton yarn in incredibly rich, intense colors--you would have trouble picking just one favorite

And the best one is Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy--cotton/hemp/modal yarn in intriguing colors--the book with Hempathy patterns is great, too!

We also got class descriptions for our new advanced classes, which will be taught by Patricia Kalthoff. The topics are

1. Beautiful Beginnings and Happy Endings
2. Putting It All Together (Finishing)
3. Cable Knitting
4. Mosaic Knitting
   

These will be added to the website either later tonight or in the morning, depending on how long the webmaster spends at her yarn group meeting this evening.

New Items We Have Gotten In!

Pat says: We are getting ready for our one year anniversary--don't forget! We will have all kinds of items for a raffle, refreshments and just plain fun. I hope everyone can come out and spend some time at the shop. And don't forget that everything will be on sale! That's Saturday, March 18 from 10-6.

Here is a list of some of the items that we have recently received, to entice you to visit!

• Art Yarns--Ultra Merino
• Catania--lots of new colors
• Rowan--new yarns and books
• New sock yarns with aloe vera---oooh, soft for the hands
• Mandarin Petit--new colors
• Mystic Alpaca Yarn
• Muench Yarns--Big Baby (make great River Rock Slippers!)
• Reynolds Yarns--new yarns and books
• Yarn Cocktain Patterns--incredibly cute patterns
• The Cascade wall has been restoakced and we have a new book with 220 projects with Cascade yarns!
• Barbara Walker Book of Patterns
• The Debbie Stoller Happy Hooker Book
• New Dog Sweater book (perfect for our Design Your Own Doggie Sweater class)
• Yarn winders and wooden swifts (we are still waiting on the metal swifts)
• New Classic Elite yarns
• New Gedefria yarns and books

Closing Early on March 17

The shop will closedat 3 pm on March 17, in preparation for our big first anniversary event on the 18th! Read more about it. Normal hours will resume on the 18th.

New Classes Announcement

By popular request, we have just added two classes on creating dog sweaters, on Wednesday, April 19 from 6-9 pm and on Saturday, April 29 from 1-4 pm. Sue Ann will be teaching that one.

And don't forget, this week we have two new crochet classes with Beryl: Tuesday, March 7 is the crocheted fan shawl from 6-8 pm, and Thursday, March 9 will be the crocheted felted bag class, from 11 am-1 pm.

Pat tells us that we will also be adding some new advanced technique classes from a new teacher, with topics to include cables, finishing, cast-ons and bind-offs, and mosaic knitting! Stay tuned for dates and times.

Welcome

Welcome to the online version of Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe's Chicks with Sticks. We'll be posting news and updates here, and all our friends are welcome to comment!

Sue Ann, your webmaster and blogkeeper