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1. COFFEE

2. Expresso

3. Addi Turbos

4. COFFEE

5. Point Protectors

6. Well-written patterns (there are a few out there)

7. COFFEE (I am extra thankful for coffee)

8. Stitch Markers

9. Running Water (water freezing in pipes=bad)

10. All the good company (that means you!)

So on behalf of all of us at yarn we would like to say thank you for all good times and loyal support this past year.  We hope all of you have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

<3 Chlc

P.S. I fooled you didn’t I? You thought this whole post was going to be depressing didn’t you? Well you can’t really write a depressing blog at Christmas can you? There’s too many warm fireplaces, Christmas cookies and sappy Christmas movies to stay down for very long.

let me share with you a story…there once was an unfathomably awesome chick who had plans to knit a sweater. it was a plan that went no where until a groovy designer from new york convinced the awesome one to knit a better, unique sweater. so our hero ordered more yarn, only to have to sold out from under her when it arrived, (it did go to a really cool customer, so i can’t complain too much). this is the good part. the awesome one also happens to have THE BEST GRANDMOTHER EVER! who happens to read the yarn blog and newsletter. she called up debbie and bought the sweater yarn. merry christmas! she also sent a card to the store, so the next time you are in come check out what she wrote to you all. morale of the story…..my grandma is totally better than your grandma.

now for extra fun check out the parade of projects:

what do you do when you run out of yarn before your sweater is finished? you pick another yarn than matches and then make one of the COOLEST SWEATERS EVER. p.s. i think janie knit this whole thing in a weekend…she is in serious contention for an over-achiever award.

look at our fearless leader…modeling another finished knowknits felted garment

a billion dollars to whoever can recreate this awesome monkey for me…and by a billion dollars i mean possibly a six pack of beer.

jan made the tiniest sweater for a christmas ornament….it has raglan sleeves.
a fact that totally blew me away, i mean i was really impressed….then deb w. chirps up from behind me “why wouldn’t it have raglan sleeves?”…..deb w. obviously operates on a completely different level than the rest of us.
cheers….shannon
p.s. thank you very much grandmama, i love you.

if anyone cares to look at oprah’s favorite holiday gifts, you might notice a certain item that we offered a class on last month. it’s ice scrapper mitts…remember the ice scraper mitts deb w. designed? here let me remind you…

see, ours are much better than the ones you can buy…because the are handknit! in case you’ve changed you mind and truely want to be trendy we are offering this class again in january. just remember that we were totally awesome before oprah jumped on the bandwagon.

did you remember that we have a holiday open house THIS sunday? its going to be awesome, with homemade treats, fun and games, and of course our sparkling personalities. stop by…make some pom poms, play yarn ball game, and work on those projects that you still think you could possibly finish before chirstmas. (i personally have given up all hope and have resorted to just showing people pictures of the patterns, but i have abosolutely no problem motivating all of you….don’t worry about thanking me, i bully for free)

hey, did you miss the parade? check this out.

if you click on the photo it will take you to our flickr page….then you can see all the photos. apparently you can’t put a price tag on dignity, but if you could i think i sold mine for free. keep checking back because i just got my hands on a video clip from the event. i’ll be taking bribes b efore i put it on the website. (you’re going to have to pony up, cause i’ll plan on destroying the disk)
see you sunday!
cheers…shannon

these are some of the classes for december

the perfect poncho:check out the look of wonder and excitement on deb w. face…i mean that kind of expression of joy is normally reserved for young children and small dogs…don’t you want to knit this awesome poncho? (seriously we are uber glad that deb w. is back and she kind of knit the samples for december single-handed)

snuggly slippers: these are warm, fuzzy, and perfect for winter. (also knit by deb w….we really were lost without her)

click here for the december newsletter!!!

cheers…..shannon

one: a couple of weeks ago when i was forced privileged to attend the k-state/ou game, my trusty GoKnit pouch kept my knitting free from stadium gunk. though i have learned that should i find myself in that situation again i will be sure to pack knitting on circular needles..perhaps socks. anywho..if you notice in the photo my poor brother, bug, is well and truly squished. i poked him with my needles more than once and a least some of those times were on accident.

Two: when i got up before the sun to vote this morning you helped me to confuse the old people (she a radical young person with PINK hair, but she is knitting…i don’t know whether to shake my fist or pat her back) really the expressions this morning almost made me glad i wasn’t in bed. AND i was productive. i gained three inches while i stood in line. also, side note, you can use a collapsible pen as a cable needle if you are desperate.

my GoKnit pouch brings me joy….you should get one…then you could have joy too.

join us for twisted stitches tonight, where we promise a complete “political free” zone. no politics will be discussed..none…seriously.

p.s. i’m sitting here looking at jean ramsey…she’s baaaaccck! get excited people.

let me share with you my favorite story from hop weekend…there happened to be a yarnado that was created out of a skein of ribbon yarn. instead of just untangling the mess and moving on with our day, jody and i decided it would be far more fun to make a race out of it. she took one end and i took the other and we tried to see who could end up with the biggest ball once we reached the center…..there was some yelling, and taunting, and….well….jody won. but just wait until next time…i will have my revenge.

share with us your best story from the yarn hop…if they are good and obnoxious we’ll post them on the blog!

oh…im also taking a poll…cause i can do that…..do you think coral is more pinkish or more orangeish? (debbie thinks i’m color blind, and i’m taking it kind of personally….wouldn’t you?)

cheers….shannon

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cheers….shannon

cindy the overachiever finally finished her sweater…it took for freaking ever to get this photo.

the miller residence modeled the big grasshopper hat…it also took forever for this photo…she kept giggling and blurring everything.

now here are pretty pictures of the trunk show we have from deep south fibers

plus more pretty pictures of the store!

these are the women responsible for the store transformations….i find its best to stand back and attempt to stay out of the chaos when this is happening, but let me tell you the spectacle is better the anything on reality tv. cheers…shannon