Staff Picks
By Jo Hartman
Bags, Bags, Bags!
Have you seen our JaJaJa Bags? Made from recycled, new, old and vintage fabrics, these bags are unique & one of a kind. Each bag has a tag that lists the fabric and the era. 1970’s upholstery fabric, 1960’s & 1940’s – 50’s drapery fabric are just a few. Come take a look, I’m sure there is one for you.
Favorite Yarn
I have a new favorite yarn that just arrived, called “Portland Tweed” from Classic Elite.
50% virgin wool
25% alpaca
25% viscose (rayon)
50g – 120yds
4-5 sts per inch
Needle size - US 7
The yarn is soft; the colors are northwest casual and best of all, its tweed. This yarn represents everything that is comfortable. Lazy Saturday afternoons, you’re favorite old sweater or the afghan that is always near by when you are knitting, and Harrison Ford, right there, beside you reading the paper. He looks at you, in the middle of your yarn over, and smiles…
This is a yarn fantasy and if you take a bag of this delicious yarn home, you can conjure up your own fantasy but Harrison is mine!
Lucky $100 Gift Card Winners
Our winners for the last three months were for November, Mary Kimmel, for December, Taneka Stotts and January 2008, Liza Bauman. We were captivated by our small ticket drawers, four-year-old Haven with awesome sunglasses and Abby Michael who chose a skein of Boa to make a peacock! Congratulations to all!
And Speaking of Winners…
Check out the One Skein Contest Winners!
Grand Prize and Customer’s Choice Award: Annie Gullion, Dragon Scale Mitts, $200
1st Prize - Tia Stanfield
Seamless Grace Baby Dress, $75
2nd Prize - Jane Looking Elk,
Celtic Vine Fingerless Gloves, $50
3rd Prize - Christy Lutz,
Unisex Crocheted Fingerless Gloves, $25
Red Scarf Project Tremendous Success!
Thanks to all of you who knitted Red Scarves for the Oregon Foster kids. We delivered boxes and boxes containing 324 hand knit and crocheted scarves for a special valentine gift for youth in foster care.
Customer Rewards
We continue to offer a 10% discount with our Reward Card. Congratulations to all of you who take advantage of this program! We have been offering a free canvas tote bag (as long as supplies last) to customers whose tickets come up to $100, and of course, we are continuing our Monthly Gift Drawing. At the end of 2007, we are discontinuing the Birthday Discount program. We hope you enjoyed the program and we’ll continue to look for other ways to reward you for being a Yarn Garden customer.
In Memory of a Friend
Frank Strong
March 25, 1981 – February 11, 2008
Many of you will remember Frank while shopping at the Yarn Garden. He was kind, fun and always had time to talk to customers and help find the perfect yarn. Frank left Yarn Garden to pursue his education, but he would stop by to say ‘hi’ occasionally. We remember how much he loved yellow….every yellow. Yarn Garden co-workers got together in celebration of Frank and knitted a yellow elephant that will be displayed in the shop. So let’s raise our needles to a friend and a knitter. We’ll miss you, Frank.