MARCH GREETINGS!

THE GREAT ADIRONDACK’S TRUCK SHOW IS HERE!!!  Actually, it’s taken over the store.  Even our usually unflappable Donna was a bit overwhelmed.  Another store cancelled their trunk show, so we got everything and we have it all until May 29^th.  We look like we’ve been visited by a rainbow!  We have everything: silk and Blue Face Leicester rovings; sock yarns; lace weight mohairs and bamboos; worsted weight cotton, bamboo, and alpacas, and blends; and several fabulous multi-yarn skeins for scarves and shawls.  We have plenty of my two favorites – Chinchilla and Fluff.  I often use them together for scarves and shawls.  We have kits, more kits, and even more kits for everything you can imagine.  Patti at Great Adirondack Yarn is one of the best hand dyers in the business.  Her color palette covers everything you could want.  She has light and dark neutrals, and a wonderful eye for putting colors together including fabulous brights, pastels, and jewel tones.  There is truly something for everyone, and her skeins have great yardage.  To make it all the nicer, we have it all on 20% OFF for the duration of the trunk show.  Come by and see it all, and a few of the fabulous garments you can make with it all.

We’re continuing our SALE on past issues of knitting magazines.  We’re out of room, so we’re offering them to you on a buy one, get one of equal or lesser value FREE!  If you have gaps in your magazine collection, or if you’re a newer knitter, or if you’re just looking for good patterns at a great price, stop by and check them out.

If you didn’t get in to see the Firefly or Sanibel trunk shows recently, we still have some yarn and books left.  They are truly lovely yarns and very nice knitting.  More of our summer yarns have come in so you have plenty of choice in cottons, linens, and blends from Classic Elite as well as our other yarn companies likePlymouth and Universal.  We have lots of self-ruffling yarns, too.

We will no long be open on Sundays since we’ve had very few people come in.  Instead we will be staying open till 9 pm on Thursday.  We’ll be doing something a little different that night.  It will be an open knitting and stitching night so everyone is welcome to come in and work on any project with yarn from any place.  It’s not a class so there won’t be any instruction, but we will be having YARN TASTINGS.  We’ll have a few yards of a yarn for you to try along with ideas for using it, and free patterns and samples of how it knits up.  If you choose to buy the yarn during the tasting, you’ll get a discount on it.  We’ll also have light refreshments so you don’t have to actually eat the yarn.  The cost for this?  We’ll put our charity box out and you can make a donation of your choice.  It will all go to one of the charities we support.  You can still come by and sit and knit or stitch any time the store is open as usual.  There’s never a charge for that.

We have put off our Customer Exhibition till fall.  Watch the newsletter for details.

This month’s tip is easy.  When planning your vacation, pack your knitting and stitching first so you don’t forget it, and remember to take small and washable projects if you’ll be knitting on the beach.  Take a copy of your pattern (you can make a single copy for your own use only) and leave the original at home in case you spill suntan lotion on it.  And have a great vacation!

Thank you all for your kind condolences on the death on my Mother earlier this month.  She was 94 and not sick, just worn out, and ready to join Dad.  Now he has his hair back, and she has her memory and is knitting up a storm, and that’s as it should be.  Keep your needles moving!

Betsy