What would February be without some sort of nod to Valentine’s day? Love it or hate it you just can’tget away from it!
With that in mind in lieu of weekly specials this week and next what I’m doing instead is putting everything PINK in the store on for 14% off until February 14th!!
I want to send January out with a bang,
so we need not one, not two, but let’s say three specials this week.
Opal Sock Yarn 20% Off (who doesn’t want some toasty new socks for the rest of the winter because we know the cold weather is coming back!) ****
Buttons 25% Off All of them, the ceramic, the pewter, the wooden, all of the pretty pretty buttons!
Drop Spindles 15% Off (all in stock drop spindles, including the Jenkins Turkish Spindles!!)
So this is what happens when I have too much time on my hands. I decide to put stuff on sale.
I’ve got new yarns coming in, and I need places to put them.
SOOOOOOO
For the rest of the week all clearance merchandise, all that gorgeous Colourworks, Mohair Plus, Merino et Soie and whatever else is on the clearance table, plus the stuff in the 25% off basket up at the front desk is an extra 10% off.
skeins of the colourworks make a super cute toque that knits up fast for a christmas gift!
Let’s make room for the new yarns including the Dream in Colour Starry that’s on it’s way!
So it’s been, ummm, a really long time since I’ve posted. Back when we were in the midst of reno-ing I’d resolved to be much more regualr with my blogging. It didn’t last long…but hopefully I’ll be better now. There’s always a chance.
I kept meaning to post completed pics of the store, then grand opening pics, then I got pics emailed to me by the lovely Angie, then I wanted to post pics of the retreat, but I forgot my camera, then I rearranged everything. Those of you who’ve known me awhile, like say 10 minutes or so will know I have a tendency to do that a lot.
but today I took new pictures
TA DA!
those couches are every bit as comfy as they look!!
YES THAT’S A GINAT DISPLAY OF FLEECE ARTIST/HANDMAIDEN in the pucture above
Tuesday’s are still the night for knitting here at Twist of Fate, would love to see you out some week, or every week, from 7-9.
In other news gearing up for Christmas there is going to be a yarn tasting and sale on Sunday November 15 from 1-5 pm.
Yes I said Sunday. We’re still closed on Sundays which is actually why this will be a sunday event. It’s an excusive sale, you have to pre-register. There are only 20 spots!
It’s an event, and has a small fee, but here’s what you’ll get for your $10…
there’s only 20 spots so you’ll want to register early!
That’s right the floors have started going down.
The painting’s not quite done yet, but we had to get started on the floors, by the end of this week they should both be done, done, done!
This is what the floor looked like after it had been swept and scraped and was ready to have the laminate laid down
kind of uggh right? Well Chris worked hard over the weekend, this is what it looked like about halfway thourgh Saturday
He’s now past that other doorway but apparently I didn’t take a picture yesterday. It looks amazing, I can’t wait for it to be finished for real.
Everything is coming along really well and I’m sure I’ll have no problem being ready for the grand opening on August 29th (it’s a saturday you should come ;) I know it’ll be hard being away for nearly 5 days when I head to Gisbons Landing Fibre Arts Festival on Wednesday and don’t come back Sunday afternoon! The way I figure it by the time I get home all the painting and flooring will be done so it’ll be time for sweeping, mopping window cleaning and getting all those shleves together so that Monday morning I can start filling them!
The only thing I may not have before opening is the couches I’ve been talking about. I went and picked them out yesterday but they may not be able to deliver them in time. So we’ll see. If not before the opening then definitely soon after
pretty yes?
can’t you just see yourself knitting on that?
So the painting on the store started monday night and is almost finished. It should get finished tonight.
My painter is a great guy, and works like a maniac. He works all day painting for his day job, then he works all night painting for his own jobs.
2 nights in the shop until midnight has resulted in this
what a difference eh?
I also went out and paid for the flooring today, which we’ll pick up tomorrow probably and install on the weekend.
it looks like this
and I actually have a piece of it sitting here in the shop if you’re by in the next couple of days you’ll have to be patient with me as I make you look at it while squeaking with excitement.
**glee**
A few weeks ago I got in an order of Hiya Hiya needles. I’d heard great things about them, but never had a chance to use them myself. So I was really excited to get this order.
Okay really here’s the thing. Thy have these little itty bitty 9″circulars for knitting things like socks. They are just about one of the cutest things ever.
When I first cast them on I wasn’t so sure, they took some getting used to but by about the 2nd round of knitting I was in love. They are really so much fun to knit with.
In the pic there I’m using Classic Elite Summer Sox to knit a pair of socks for my man, because every man really needs a pair of girly socks.
In case you’re sitting there thinking some thing along the lines of “oh those are cute, but I don’tknit socks” or “I like my dpns” or I knit my socks magic loop” the Hiya Hiya needles can meet all your needs. I got in a full range of bamboo and steel needles. The bamboo are lovely, that’s what I used for those socks. The stell are hollow and weigh pretty much nothing.
The range goes from 9″ to 60″ and they do dpns too.
There is an interchangeable set but they’re on back order right now:( I’ll be sure to let you know when they come in.
Finally
I know what you’re really looking for is an update on the store. We went to Calgary on the weekend for a friend’s birthday. While we were there we picked up about 1500 pounds worth or shelving at Ikea. So many shelves, so heavy, so gonna be awesome!
The afternoon the painting begins. Maybe I’ll have new pics tomorrow.
If you followed the link in Ravelry to get here you’ll have been following the picture of a key.
A key to what?
you guessed it!!!
notice the “Coming in August” sign in the window, I’m hoping to be open by the end of the month!!
It needs some work, new paint, new floors. We’re working on that. This is how it started out
Chris spent a few hours out there on Saturday ripping out carpets, and we met with a friend of ours who’s a painter yesterday.
and of course there’s all those orders still coming in.
I’ll keep posting pictures and updates as the renovations progress.
in the meantime mark your calenders, I’m anticipating being abe to have the GRAND OPENING saturday August 29th
So tomorrow is the WWKIP Day yarn tasting here at Twist of Fate
I had originally planned to do a bigger shin dig, but it was a bad date for so many people, and not all of the new yarns are in yet. So instead I will do a big, big to do at the new location at some point in time when I know what’s up with that. But for now we weill indeed be having a yarn tasting here.
Here’s the menu for the day, all the yarns out for sampling will be 15% off on the day of the tasting, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE ENTIRE STORE will be on sale for 5% off.
I really hope to see you tomorrow.
Oh and there’ll be cookies and iced tea too!
So I’m expecting to meet with the property manager today. My fingers are crossed and my shops all prettied up.
Well okay it’s always pretty, I mean come on colourful, lustrous, squishy yarn and roving everywhere, throw in a few wheels, how could it not be amazing?
The shelves are all straightened, the floor vacuumed, and vacuumed again, and then again.
What do you think, gorgeous yes?
and if you’ve been by the store recently you’ll have noticed the great new seating area…lots of shade, cool breezes and pretty pretty things to distract you!
I tried to snap you a great yarnie pic of the Laz, but he just refused to be accomodating, every time I’d crouch down to get his picture he’d just come over and love me. What’s up with that? So you’ll have to make do with this slightly blurry and totally non yarn-ish picture of Mr Lazarus. (I think he’s the only one who is dead set against the store moving….him will miss being a store cat!)
