Potluck Movie

Next Saturday (April 5th) is Movie Night, and we're going potluck! The movie is Office Space and dinner will be served at 5:00 pm.

Bring a dish to share. Beer and soda will be provided. If you so wish, post what you're bringing here and we'll get a good idea of what the menu will be like.

If you're already familiar with the movie, you should also come dressed wearing some pieces of flair.

Movie Night costs $5. Come and join us!

Next month will be The Devil Wears Prada.

Needlepoint

If you or any of your friends are interested in needlepoint, please pass on this information from Patti Mann.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! APRIL 10, 11, 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day

Needlepoint is alive and well---even in Wichita! Every week I meet with local stitchers who ask me to custom design pieces, secure canvases from other designers, or help find beautiful fibers. So, I called some designer friends of mine and have arranged to show their work here in Wichita, at my home.

I'm exhibiting at the national needlepoint show in Dallas the first week of April, and I will bring back a nice assortment of new canvases from several of the top designers in the country. I'll have pieces from Melissa Shirley, Hyla Hurley at The Point of it All, Ricki Henry of Renaissance Designs, Barb Selders of Stitch Its, Janet Burnett of A Collection of Designs, Patty Bammarito of Patty Paints and Juli Poitras of JP Needlepoint. I'll share my entire line for 2008 with you, too. And if you like, I can arrange for the fibers to be pulled for you.

If you're interested, contact Patti for more information.

Call for Flowers!

I'm looking toward the next, great window display. We want to put pots of knitted & crocheted flowers in the windows.

Would you be willing to donate your time and a little yarn to the spring window display? Bring your flowers to the shop and we'll collect enough to plant in pretty pots come April.

Thanks!

New Yarns!

If you haven't been in lately, come by to see new yarns:
Pima Tencel (50% pima cotton, 50% tencel, worsted) by Cascade.
Venezia (70% merino wool, 30% silk, worsted) by Cascade.
Catania (100% cotton, fingering) by Schachenmayr.
Punto (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, worsted) by Schachenmayr.
Somerset (85% pima cotton, 15% silk, DK) by Plymouth.
Shire Silk (100% silk, DK) by Plymouth.
Cotton Bam Boo (52% cotton, 48% bamboo) by Classic Elite.
Sundance (50% cotton, 50% microfiber, light worsted) by Classic Elite
Ty-Dy (100% cotton, worsted) by Knit One, Crochet Too.
2nd Time Cotton (75% recycled cotton, 25% acrylic, worsted) by Knit One, Crochet Too.
Hotaru (68% cotton, 32% acrylic, worsted) by Noro.
Cotton Hill (60% cotton, 14% mohair, 14% silk, 12%wool, worsted) by Noro.
Cilantro (70% cotton, 30% polyester, worsted) by Nashua Handknits.
June (100% microfiber, light worsted) by Nashua Handknits.
Sonora (46% silk, 31% viscose, 20% linen, 3% nylon, worsted) by Nashua Handknits.

That's a lot of new yarn to see! Not to mention new colors in old favorites.

Don't forget that we're doing a March Madknits contest. Bring in your NCAA bracket before the first game of the men's basketball tournament tips off, and you can play for prizes that include a Namaste handbag, coupons for 30%-50% off, and other fun stuff!

Radical Needlework

Stan and Dutes, performance artists, will be performing Untitled (Pink Tube) at the Ulrich Museum of Art.

Stan and Dutes are known for their "radical needlework" and often knit or crochet during their performances.



Thursday, March 27, 4-5:30 p.m. You don't have to stay the entire time, you can come and go during the performance as you wish.

For more information, visit the Ulrich website.

St. Pat's Parade

This Saturday, there will be a St. Patrick's Day Parade through Delano. It starts at High Noon.



There will be a parking situation. The street will be closed from McLean to Seneca from 11 am - 1:30 pm. If you're parked in front of the shop at 11, you'll be stuck until at least 1:30.

Parking behind the shop is available, as always, but be advised that they are staging the parade from the Lawrence Dumont parking lot.

If you want to see the parade, come early, get a parking spot, and hang out at the shop! You're more than welcome.

In Honor of Mr. Rogers

"Won't You Wear a Sweater Day"

Mr. Rogers would have been 80 years old on Thursday, March 20th. The city of Pittsburgh is celebrating by asking everyone around the world to wear a sweater in his honor. Wear a sweater to SNB Thursday night. The organizers are asking for pictures, so let's represent!

A YouTube video of Mr. McFeely's Sweater Day Invitation is here.

Did you know his mom knit his zipper-front cardigans? True.

Sale ends tomorrow

Saturday, March 8th is the last day for the winter clearance sale.

25% off all this great stuff: Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk Aran, Plymouth Royal Llama Silk, and Yin and Yang (the one with the sparklies) and Lang Silkdream.


This great stuff is on sale, too: Noro Iro, Rowan Big Wool and Little Big Wool, Colinette Iona, and Rowan Cocoon (and more!)

Don't forget, you also get an extra 10% off the sale rack
(total of 40% off!) through tomorrow.