July's Chix Pix is 15% off all solid color red, white, and blue yarns. Be patriotic and add some solids to your stash from July 1st until July 31st. 

Our first In-Store Retreat was last weekend and a wonderful time was had by all! A very special thank you to MC Rothwell for planning, scheduling, and working so tirelessly on planning every detail of the retreat. Due to her it was an amazing success! We also want to thank our amazing Workshop leaders, Lisa E, Susan K., Annaline C., Candy M., and Linda P. Their demonstrations were informative, creative, and lots of fun. If you missed a workshop, or were a participant and would like to learn more in a full class, please let us know. We will do our best to get those with enough interests on our class schedule. 

We had wonderful food, great fellowship, and sharing a love of some great fibers with our fellow knitters and crocheters. There was lots of fun and door prize winners too! You can see photos from the retreat and all the workshops below. Here is a list of all of our winners:

PLINKO WINNERS:
Deb A., Candy M., Rebecca G., Sherrie R., Krystal H., Jean W., Carmen M., MC R., Sam H., Judith B., Rachel A., Mary F., MaryBeth B., Maxine G., Mabel B., Shari Jane V., Kerry M., Kaye R., Windy C., Pat J., and both Linda Ps. 
DOOR PRIZE WINNERS:
Candy M. - Noro Accessories Book 2
Mary F. - AddiTurbo Project Bag
Annaline - Universal Hat kit
Rebecca G. - wine glass
Sherrie R. - Universal Cowl kit
Susan K. - Universal Scarf kit
Sam H. - Sirdar Pattycake and Pattern
MaryBeth B. - MushiPlus kit
Barbara P. - Addi Art Diamond Circular Limited Edition Needle
Pat J. - FibraNatura kit
Linda P. - Finn yarn 
SHEEP GAME WINNER:
Meghan E. - CocoKnits Pattern book
GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
Kerry M. - Sirdar Sweater Kit.

This Saturday, May 11, we will give a 10% discount to all Mothers on their purchase. This is our special gift to you. These sales will not earn rewards punches on our loyalty cards. ​

For the whole month of May, enjoy 15% off Cascade Yarns. Cascade does a fantastic job of producing high quality, dependable, beautiful yarns. No matter the weight, fiber, or pattern, you are sure to find a Cascade yarn that will make your project shine. We have huge selections of 220, 220 Superwash, 127, Eco, and more. Stock up now!

Workshops/Classes Schedule and Descriptions
 
Saturday, May 18th
 
A Box of Tricks - Creating a Decorative Box 
with Lisa
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm 

Using supplies you likely have on hand, see how to upcycle various boxes into decorative boxes for gifts or for pretty storage in this demonstration. 

Sweater on my Mind
with Annaline
Time: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm                         

Helpful and practical advice for those who wish to dip their toes into sweater knitting and/or sweater designing.
 
Knitting With Beads
with Susan
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm                             
 
How to knit in beads with dental floss.
 
Peaceful Pedaling and Portable Playtime
with Candy
Time: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm                             

Busy hands and busy feet equals a Happy Heart and a Full Yarn Basket. Watch how simple it is to treadle, pedal, and spin your worries away ... All while making your own yarn. 

Can’t pedal? Then learn how dropping things can be productive too! The basic beginner spinning techniques will demonstrated with a chance to learn simple fiber drafting. 
 
Sunday, May 19th                             
 
Folded’n’Woven Stars
with Linda
Time: 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm  
 
Learn to fold and weave strips of paper to create fun and festive stars to decorate whatever you wish.

​This week we are preparing for LYS Day, which is on Saturday, April 27, 2019. We will have codes for Casapinka's new pattern designed for LYS Day.  We will give you a code to get the pattern FREE with your purchase of yarn necessary to complete the pattern. We will be having lots of yarns on sale, some nice door prizes, and a limited number of free Berroco pattern books with purchase of Berroco yarns. We hope you will be able to join us

For the whole month of May, enjoy 15% off Cascade Yarns. Cascade does a fantastic job of producing high quality, dependable, beautiful yarns. No matter the weight, fiber, or pattern, you are sure to find a Cascade yarn that will make your project shine. We have huge selections of 220, 220 Superwash, 127, Eco, and more. Stock up now!

April's Chix Pix is any yarn with alpaca in it is 15% off. Now is the time to take advantage of Alpaca's super squishy, super soft, super luxurious awesomeness at a great discount. Add some alpaca to your stash until April 30th!

Our March Chix Pix is green and gold yarns. These solid colors are 15% off for the entire month of March. It is the perfect time to stock up on these great colors for future knitting projects. If you need inspiration, check out our Facebook page to see what others are knitting/crocheting. 

The Yarn Ninjas have decided they want to plaster Lenoir with all kinds of eyes. Eye balls, flat crocheted eyes, knitted eyes, felted eyes, just lots of eyes. They will take these eyes and place them all over different bushes and trees around town on June 11, 2019. You can find free patterns on Ravelry, or just bring in cut circles of felt and we will assemble them. We will collect these until June 5, 2019.

For the month of February all Solid Red and Pink Yarns will be 15% off! It doesn't matter the yardage, brand, fiber content, or wash-ability. If it is a solid color, the discount applies.

​Our Chix Pix for the month of January is 15% off all Needle Sets, Yarn Kits, and Bags. This lasts all month long and it is the perfect time to use those gift certificates you got for Christmas!

December's Chix Pix with be all things that GLITTER! That's right, if it sparkles it will be 20% off for the entire month of December! Prism, ArtYarns, Sidar, Universal, beads, and anything else that may shine. 

Beginning December 3 we will be open on Mondays only thru December.  We do this to allow you some extra uninterrupted knitting/crocheting time. We will be open from 11am until 4pm  December 3, 10, & 17. We offer a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere to get those last minute gifts completed, or a respite to get some much needed time for yourself during the bustle of the holiday season. 

On those special Mondays, we will be having what we are coining a Pay It Forward Sale. Mondays and Saturdays only in December, if you bring in 1 canned good you will get 15% off one skein. If you bring in 2 or more canned goods, you will get 20% off one skein. This is only applicable on Mondays and Saturdays through the month of December. We will take the canned goods we collect to Yokefellow Food Pantry at the beginning of January, 2019. 

We will close for the week of December 24th for the Christmas Holidays, and also on December 31 and January 1, 2019 for New Year's. We will re-open, Wednesday, January 2, 2019. We look forward to 2019 and hope you will join us as often as possible. ​