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How to Join a New Ball of Yarn into Your Project
If you're new to knitting or branching out to multi-ball projects, you may be wondering what the best way to join new ball of yarn into your project. Check out this helpful instructional video featuring Jeanne, our resident knitting guru, as she demonstrates this essential knitting skill!
1. As you are approaching the end of your old ball of yarn, you can knit a couple of stitches with the old yarn.
2. Then take the old yarn and new yarn, (old yarn to the right and new yarn to the left in the video) and knit with them together as if they are one strand of yarn.
3. Knit a couple of stitches (3-4 stitches is just right!) with the two yarns held together.
4. Now drop the old yarn and then knit with the new ball of yarn and finish your row as normal.
5. When you start your next row make sure to knit those double-stranded stitches as one stitch so you don't end up with extra stitches.
6. You can come back later and weave in the last little strands of the end of the old yarn and the beginning of the new yarn. They should disappear right into the wrong side of the fabric once they have been washed!
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The "Egg-stra" Special Sock Kits
Ovarian cancer is one of the scariest cancers out there as it is difficult to diagnose in the early stages when it can be more easily treated,
and therefore the survival rate has not increased over the last 50 years. You may know someone, a friend or loved one,
who suffered from or is a survivor of ovarian cancer. Skacel has initiated a project to boost awareness and research that
will help to increase that survival rate. We are proud to introduce the
Egg-stra Special Sock Kit!
Support Ovarian Cancer
The "Egg-stra" Special Sock
$25.00
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From cuff to toe these socks are a reminder that ovarian cancer can be beaten if we unite against it.
The pattern, designed by Rosemary Chappy Chapman, features an ovary pattern and is knit in a special Trekking XXL color Teal
(the official color designated to ovarian cancer) dyed especially for this egg-ceptional kit.
Both Jimmy Beans and Skacel are donating 100% of the proceeds from this kit to the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer
to help fund research for ovarian cancer. Join us in helping to heighten awareness of this disease through the craft that we love!
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Trendsetter Bags
New purses and bags have finally arrived from Trendsetter!
Practical in design with classically simple sophistication these bags are never going out of style!
All three new styles feature plenty of space for organization and toting everything you might need during the day...and we'll have video reviews of all 3 bags on the site shortly.
 On Monday August 23rd, we'll put 1 of each bag type (leather, bowl, side pocket) on Wool Watcher.
Who will be the lucky Wool Watchers?
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Limited Edition Update
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And the Winners are....
The return of
Peppermint Mocha and
Blueberry Snowcone!!!
Hallelujah, the votes are in and the results are out!
The formerly limited edition colors Peppermint Mocha and Blueberry Snowcone have been added to our permanent line of fabulous Lornas Laces
colors in any the exceptional Lornas fibers you need for your next project!
While these colors remain available exclusively through Jimmy Beans, you can now get them any time.
Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to cast your vote and helped us to make this difficult
decision as always we truly appreciate your feedback!
And don't forget, for a limited time we have a few hanks of each color in the
Greenline Worsted and
Greenline Dk - at 50% OFF!
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Peppermint Mocha
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Blueberry Snowcone
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| P.S. Have you knit with either of these colors before? If so, we'd love to add your project photos to our Facebook gallery! |
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What's New?
We've got a few new yarns, colors, and things to update you on... we hope you find the update helpful!
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Lots of Yarn on Sale, but we wanted to highlight a few of our favorites...
Araucania Itata, one of our newest yarns from
Araucania is now on sale at 40% off! This wool, bamboo and silk blend sock yarn is absolutely gorgeous with a hint of
silky shimmer and comes in an array of beautiful solid colors. Hand dyed by skilled artisans in Chile using
traditional techniques, each hank is truly unique! With 430 yards per hank, there is plenty for a pair of socks,
like the
Amelia Socks from Never Not Knitting patterns, or use two hanks for the elegant
Winterlude Shawl from Nelkin Designs!
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Araucania Itata
Was $18.00
Now $10.80
(40% off!)
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Mirasol Samp'a
Was $7.00
Now $4.25
(39% off!)
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Misti Alpaca Lace
Was $7.20
Now $5.99
(16% off!)
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Schoeller Stahl Big Ball
Was $27.95
Now $13.95
(50% off!)
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Brittany Needles Up to 20% off, Lantern Moon Up to 60% off.
Now on sale, Brittany Birch needles and crochet hooks! These smooth and durable needles just got even better: for a limited time they are 20% off! We just love working with these wooden needles and know you will too! So don't wait to take advantage of the reduced price as we are limited to stock on hand and these fantastic needles at this fantastic discount are sure to be gone in no time!
And make sure to check out the Lantern Moon sale page... we've got lots of new stuff!
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Birch Victorian Crochet Hook
Was $7.00
Now From $5.60
(20% off!)
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Birch Double Points
Was $7.00
Now From $5.60
(20% off!)
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Silk Taffeta Bags
Was $13.00
Now $7.80
(40% off!)
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Garden Taffeta Bag
Was $36.00
Now $21.60
(40% off!)
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Offhand Designs: Up to $60 Off
The coming of the new season means great deals on last season's fabrics and styles... Save Big on
these older designs from Offhand Designs, as we make room for the new styles. Got a set of Addi Clicks or Denise Interchangeables?
So do we - and we love storing them in Offhand's Switch Clutch (especially at $39.95!).
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Zhivago Weekender - Madeleine
Was $229.95
Now $179.95
($50 off!)
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Gatsby - Midge
Was $250.00
Now $189.95
($60 off!)
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Suzannah - Ft. Point
Was $159.95
Now $119.95
($40 off!)
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Switch Clutch - Judy
Was $59.95
Now $39.95
($20 off!)
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Lorna's Laces Green Line Dk and Worsted: Save 50%
Each week, we'll be getting new colors of the Green Line DK and Worsted from Lorna's Laces and we'll be selling them at 50% off.
If you see a color you like, grab it quickly because once we sell out, we're out!
Here are a few of the colors we have in stock this week:
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Green Line DK - Black Purl
Was $15.00
Now $7.50
(50% off!)
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Green Line DK - Bold Red
Was $15.00
Now $7.50
(50% off!)
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Green Line Worsted - Blueberry Snowcone
Was $20.00
Now $10.00
(50% off!)
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Green Line Worsted - Pioneer
Was $20.00
Now $10.00
(50% off!)
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Knit Night each 4th Thursday
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!
Classes!
You can find the most recent class schedule here.
**Class note: If there is a specific class you would like to take please let us know and we will do our best to make it happen for you.
In the summer months we combine our class schedule due to summer vacations, but please ask if you would like to schedule a private lesson, or class.
And we are always looking for good class ideas and instructors, so if you would like to teach please let us know and we will be happy to take a look at your class proposal.
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One last thing to mention before you start shopping... there are still a number of you out there
that haven't used your Jimmy Beans Bucks. We're really glad to see many of you have already used your Jimmy Beans Bucks to make exciting new purchases.
These rewards dollars are in your accounts and ready to be used.
If you didn't earn a reward or aren't familiar with Jimmy Beans Bucks, you can read about this incredible FREE YARN program here. In a nutshell, if you have
a JBW account and made purchases last quarter (April 1st - June 30th), you received an account credit equal to 5%
of those purchases (with a few rules, of course). The Bucks expire around the end of this month, so make sure to
use them while you can... you've earned them!
Remember, all of your purchases made during this current quarter (July 1st - September 30th) are eligible to become Jimmy Beans Bucks on October 1st!
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Please let us know what you think of our newsletter or if you have problems reading it! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? email support@jimmybeanswool.com
And please don't forget to support your LYS. In addition to being an online outlet, we also have a retail location and therefore understand how important it is to be supported by our locals.
We only send the newsletter to people who have requested they be added to the list.
Feel free to update your notification options on our site.
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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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