Archive for March, 2010

Luxury Yarn Tasting

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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Carrying on from Friday’s blog post, we’d like to accounce that Urban Yarns will be holding a “Yarn Tasting” all day this Friday! Most of us aren’t able to appreciate these creatures,  such as yak, bison, and muscox in person, so we’d like to give you the opportunity to try knitting with the fibres from these exquisite animals.

Come by and join us at the Point Grey Store from 10am – 9pm this Friday, March 5th.  Sit down and relax while trying out these fabulous yarns. We have some gorgeous samples made up in these yarns to inspire you! These samples are only here for a very limited time, so take a look while you still can!

Our weekly Special this week is Katia Mykonos at 40% off. Mykonos is a fancy ribbon type yarn which is a 22 stitch gauge. We have 4 colours to chose from, all of which have gold glitter throughout to add a little bit of glitz and glam. Great for lightweight,  delicate projects!

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Also, the February UY draw winners are Honey from Point Grey, and Linda from Edgemont. Congratulations to the both of you! If you’d like to enter our monthly draw, just drop by one of our stores and enter your business card or fill out a knit pick card. If you’d also like to be on our mailing list (monthly newsletter filled with great info, new store items, upcoming events, and shop news), just send us an email!

GCC: Olympic Goal?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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Well, sometimes the Olympics (knitting or otherwise) don’t go as planned. My sweater did not go as planned and is sadly, not quite finished. I was casting off the sleeve as the closing ceremonies were on, not sewing in ends as I had intended. I would normally feel a little badly for not having met a goal but for some reason this time, I don’t. This was an ambitious project that ran into a few problems at the start (ribbing, sleeve ripping, chart reading etc.) but those are not really the reason my sweater is unfinished.

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If the Olympics had been anywhere else I would be wearing my cozy sweater right now, but it was here, in my city! I spent so much time in the happy Vancouver streets, at a few hockey games, a few bars, at Olympic parties, hosing parties, it was a fantastic 17 days and I regret nothing! I waited 6 hours to hold the medals, 4 hours to see the Colbert Report, and more than a few hours in security screening line ups. I met new people and enjoyed the atmosphere. Cheered and cried, all the things that proud Canadians did in the last couple of weeks. That isn’t to say that those who completed their projects weren’t living it up, they are just a hint more dedicated than I. So my sweater is unfinished but this experience was fantastic.

That being said, a shout out to my ladies who DID finish their projects!

Jan finished her beautiful Burberry Cowl

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and Amanda finished here lovely Prairie Boots

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Well done ladies!

–Alexa–