Archive for December, 2009

Ride to Conquer Cancer

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

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Urban Yarns  wants to do their part.  So, our fearless leader, Anina, suggested we start an Urban Yarns team to join  the Ride to Conquer Cancer.  And, within no time, we had ten committed individuals sign up!  We will all ride from Vancouver to Seattle on June 19 and 20, 2010, to raise money for the BC Cancer Foundation.  You don’t have to be a strong athlete for this event, just someone who wants to make a difference. 

And, if you’re worried about getting prepared,  Stephen Kim from the Bike Gallery has joined forces with us and will be offering his support and guidance throughout the training period. 

We would like to extend this invitation to anyone who wants to take the challenge with us.  If you are interested, we will be holding a 1 – 2 hour orientation session at Urban Yarns, 4421 West 10th Ave., on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10:00 am.  We know this is a very busy time of year but it’s also the time when we should be thinking about the spirit of giving and what a better way than this!  If you’re interested please contact Anina, at anina2@telus.net

For more information check out the Ride to Conquer Cancer at http://va10.conquercancer.ca/site/PageServer?pagename=va10_homepage

Urban Yarns Winter Classes!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

You asked for them – now we’ve got them!

In our Edgemont Village Store – Join Alexa on Monday nights as she teaches three of her most popular designs.

Birdsnest Mittens: Jan 11, 18, & 25

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Mock Cable Scarf: Feb 1

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Stag Scarf: Feb 8

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Also in Edgemont:

Beginner and Beyond Beginner Knitting with Sandra on Wednesday evenings and an interesting introduction to Crochet on Friday evenings! Erica will be teaching you basic crochet skills while you make adorable amigurumi creatures from Amigurumi: Super Happy Crochet Cute

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In our Point Grey store, we have lots of choices as well. Socks on two circular needles will be taught by Deanna on Monday nights in January followed by a four week Beginner Crochet course in February. Alexa will be teaching the ever popular Fiddlehead mittens class through January and February on Tuesday evenings. This is such a fun project, especially if you’re new to fair-isle knitting.

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From her newly published book: Introduction to Knitting: a Simple-to-use Guide to creating Hip Knits, Astor will be teaching her Making Knitting Possible class on Thursday afternoons in January.

Who doesn’t have trouble with their knitting from time to time? Our Question and Answer sessions are perfect for all types of questions and queries. Astor will be here on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 – 11:30am and Alexa from 6:00 – 7:00pm on Friday evenings.

As always, Sandra will be teaching her Beginner and Beyond Beginner classes on Thursday nights throughout January and February. Sandra will take you through the basics and get you ready to start your first project.

And for the kids out there… Alexa will be having learn to knit lessons from 3:30 – 4:30 on Tuesdays. This is a great class to do with a couple of friends or school mates!

We will continue our Knit Nights and late night shopping on Friday evenings in Point Grey only from 7:00 – 9:00pm right after the Question and Answer session. Please feel free to come to a social evening of knitting, talking, and shopping! This week’s theme will be stockings! Alexa will be working on the stockings below from Alterknits Felt, but she has lots of other options as well. Bring your stocking patterns to knit along with every one else. Please note that this is not a lesson, but private lessons are available through us.

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Many more classes are on our website, right here. To sign up, please call the stores.

Point Grey: 604-228-1122

Edgemont Village: 604-984-2214

***Congratulations to Valerie from Point Grey, and Inara from Edgemont who are the winners of our Monthly draw for a $50.00 Gift Certificate!***