About the New Year's Day Sale...

Just one more reminder that we will be open for our Blowout New Year's Day Sale on Friday, January 1, 2010 - yes, 2010! - from 11am to 3pm only! Come with your money (plastic or real), your largest shopping bag and a generous portion of patience for the long lines of yarn-buyers! All in-stock, full-priced yarns and selected books will be 25% off. A few things to remember:

Doors will open promptly at 11am and close promptly at 3pm!
Needles, notions, fibers, bags and other miscellaneous items are not on sale.
Sale prices are on in-stock, full-priced yarns only.
All sales are FINAL: no returns or exchanges.
Tea service will not be available.
Stamp cards will not be stamped and full cards cannot be used.

Due to the New Year's Day holiday and the sale, the January Knit Nite will be held on Friday, January 8, 6-8pm. See you there.

Happy New Year, everyone! See you at the sale.

A blowout sale and a Cookie

Okay, people, we must now move (almost) past the Christmas knitting and mosey on to the 2010 celebration. You know what that means at VYT: the New Year's Day BLOWOUT SALE!!!! Yes, it's true - we will play that game we normally play on January 1; namely, how many people can we cram into the yarn shop in 4 hours? If you show up at VYT between the hours of 11am and 3pm on the first day of 2010, you can be one of those sardines. But being a sardine will be worth it when you can walk out of here with all the yarn and books you can carry at 25% off. Bring your patience and your big shopping bag and we will greet you with a smile and try to herd you all toward the cash register in an orderly fashion... Once again, that will be January 1, 2010, 11am to 3pm. Be there or be knitting with last year's yarn!

A Cookie, you say? Haven't we had enough cookies for one season? Well, yes, if we were talking about the crumbly, calorie-filled type. But! We're talking about the creative sock-knitting-designing-top-down-toe-up crazy good Cookie - Cookie A! We are so thrilled that Cookie A will be back with us once again this January. She'll be teaching two sessions of her toe-up socks with gussets class on Friday, January 29. Each session is already half-full, so to reserve your spot, call the shop ASAP with your credit card at the ready. Choose your session: 10am to 1pm or 2pm to 5pm. Cost for each is just $40 - a bargain for all the knowledge and fun you'll get.

In the meantime, there are still plenty of holiday shopping hours left at VYT: Tue-Fri we're open till 8pm!

Let the gift buying commence

Not that it hasn't already commenced, but you know it must continue for another couple of weeks at least. And then there will be the after-holidays gift card spending and the beginning of the year BLOWOUT SALE and... and... well, you get my drift!

All fiber people: share this blog with your significant other or your mother or your best friend!

We have some good gifts here at VYT! How about some loose teas and a Stump teapot? We have these fun little pots in several colors, along with our popular snowman serving trays and napkins. Or. Victoria’s sister brought us back from Bali some lovely embroidered silk knitting bags in several sizes, knitting needles with handcarved tops and bone shawl pins in lots of designs. Or add to your collection of Good-to-be-Girl project bags or handmade polymer clay stitch markers - good enough to eat mini donuts, French macaroons and Amy’s famous pink snowmen! Or. For those fiberholics on your list, get some Frabjous Fibers merino and a drop spindle - or check out the new Punta yarns in oh-so-yummy merino worsted or bulky weights.

If all else fails, gift cards are always a popular choice and we know all knitters love them! We look forward to helping you pick the perfect gift for the knitters and spinners in YOUR life!

How about some spinning?

If the holiday bustle has your head spinning, why not take a break from that kind of motion and relax by spinning some fiber at our monthly Spin-in? I had my wheel out today while teaching a friend to spin on her new wheel and it was sooooo relaxing! Join us Thursday, Dec 10 from 6-8pm and make some yarn!