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Last weekend Amber went to Chicago ... and here's her story!
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Last weekend I went to Chicago for a little vacation where I got to spend a whole day working at Lorna's Laces. Amanda, who is the manager of LL, put my friend and me up at her adorable apartment in the city and took me to work with her on Friday.
We arrived about 9 am and were greeted by Beth (the owner of LL) and her Great Dane Pearl (yes, the yarn is named after her).
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My day started off with a nice tour of LL led by Amanda where I asked a million questions. I met about half of the regular LL staff who were more than happy to answer my second million silly questions. A typical day at LL consists of 2 dyers, 3 people who wind, label and organize the yarn, Amanda, Beth and Pearl (who mostly just wanders around looking cute). They dye about 20 different yarns including Roving and Buffalo Gold's Bison yarn (which is amazing by the way).
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There are PVC pipes hanging EVERYWHERE for drying yarn, about 4 Dye Tables, some tables used for labeling and boxes and boxes of natural (un-dyed yarn). While wandering around looking at and touching EVERYTHING I came across the stamps for our Limited Edition colors, past and future. I spotted one very special to me because it was for a color I had tried to design for this past October and then ran out of time. I come to find out that one of my tasks for the day is to work with Amanda to dye that special color. How excited was I?! So it was off to look through the custom color book to try to explain to Amanda my vision. Since I am not very good at explaining things this took a little longer than Amanda probably expected. After we had a rough idea it was off to the dye tables to mix some colors. We tried about 4 different greens before we nailed it, and boy did we nail it!
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(Amanda from Lorna's Laces)
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The other colors were easy and we got dying. The finished product is exactly what I wanted and I would love to tell you what colors it is and the story behind it, but you are just going to have to wait a few months til it comes out...
You can read the rest on our blog...
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Kit of the Month: Muench Family Feather and Fan Blanket
Make a baby blanket for as low as $48.20!!
Muench Family Feather and Fan Blanket
Save 20%!!
Now: $43.20 w/pattern
(Was $54 w/pattern)
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Now that we have a kid in the house, the one thing we can't have enough of are blankets... Of course, we used a ton of blankets
long before Huck came along - if there was a blanket in the house, Wiley and Buddy would find it and lay on it.
And it doesn't always have to be a legitimate blanket for them to like it. Just last night in fact, we had opened up a new memory
foam mattress topper and left the temporary fabric cover shoved into the corner of the bedroom.
When i woke up this morning, what did I see but Wiley curled up in the corner on top of that cover... sound asleep and comfortable, as if
that cheap little cover was made from cashmere. ha! Anyway, in honor of the usefulness of blankets for kids and dogs, we're making
a blanket from one of our favorite yarns (a yarn -
Muench Family yarn - that is super easy to care for, priced really well, and comes in A TON of colors) the
kit of the month. You can't beat $43.20 for a cozy 28" x 30" finished product!
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Free Pattern - Terry's Easy Slouch Hat
Slouch Hat Pattern
Terry has been using this hat pattern to teach her beginning circular knitting students... It's a great way to practice decreasing, yarn-overs, and knitting in the round.
We hope you enjoy it as much as Terry's students have! She used 2 hanks of
Lorna's Laces Swirl DK in the Sugar Plum for her hat, but there are still lots of other colors to chose from.
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The holiday season is quickly approaching (how many days left? Less than 7? Time has never flown by so quickly for this knitter... I guess that's what having a baby and a business will do to you?
I still haven't made any plans for our Christmas dinner, nor gotten a tree, and have just barely shopped for gifts for Doug, the dogs, and Hucklebaby. I know it's a bit premature, but I'm really looking forward to
next Christmas, as I just know that i'll be better prepared then! If you're at all like me this year, you might need a few last minute items to fill up the stockings - or to exchange with friends at the holiday party
(ours was last night - we're going to an Asian Show-Cooking restaurant and then to a Kung Fu show. I'm so excited!!). Here are a few of the items that have been popular this season:
Under $25
Under $50
Under $100
$100 Plus...
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Save Big: Amy Butler Bags
Save 40% on Amy Butler Sweet Life Bags! We just received these discontinued print bags and are able to offer them at 40% off.
Perfect for gift giving (or receiving), the prices vary from about $50 to a bit over $100... grab them now - we don't have many in stock and they are guaranteed to go fast!
GGH Discontinued Yarn and Select Lana Grossa Yarn On Sale Now
Discontinued GGH Yarns and colors are on sale for 47-65% off! We'll be putting up better photos soon (some are just color cards), but thought you'd still like to take a peek at all
of the great deals we've got going this week.
We'll be taking better photos over the weekend - most of the pictures on the site are from the color cards, but still give you a pretty decent idea of what the yarns look like.
Personally, I'm hoping to pick up some of the 100% Silk, the Come (with cashmere!), and a few balls of Polo for hats... How can you beat the prices!?!!!
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Join us for our open knit night on the 4th Thursday of every month from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. We keep the shop open for any little odds and ends you may need during the evening and we are happy to help you with your knitting questions too. It is a great time to meet other knitters share ideas, tips and techniques. There is a $5.00 cover charge and everyone's money goes into a Gift Certificate for a drawing about half way through the night. Tell all your friends, family, co-workers and you could win the biggest gift certificate ever! See you there!
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Did you know that we're on Twitter? We've been slowly ramping up our tweets - and trying to get a feel for the whole twitter phenomenon...
and are finally getting the hang of it! Jeanne is our main twitterer, but all of us have been throwing our 2 cents into the mix. Follow us now - and find out what we're up to, what's new in the shop, and when we're having great sales!
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Jimmy Beans Wool
891 Trademark Drive
Reno, NV 89521
Toll Free in U.S. and Canada (877)529-5648
Phone (775)827-9276
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