Halcyon Yarn Knit-a-Long Drawing…
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Events | No Comments »
As a special thank you, the names of all of the knit-a-long participants have been added into a drawing for a Halcyon Yarn gift certificate. If we could send one to every person that took the time to “do their part” we’d be sending over 200 gift certificates all over the country and abroad. Thank you all so much once again for your time and efforts. Keep us in mind when the wind begins to chill again in the fall because we will begin sending the mittens to our soldiers at that time.
If you have any mittens in the works still, please send them along to us at any time. I’ve got a special box to store them over the summer months and we’ll be more then ready for the fall.
One final thing… Halcyon and the “Soldier’s Knit-a-Long” were featured in a public television series called “Knitting Daily.com”. They’ll be featuring the glomitts and the gauntlets that all of you have knit and the devotion behind charity knitting sometime in late July. Check your channel listings for times or check online, at www.knittingdaily.com
Without further ado… The winners for our first ever knit-a-long are…
Sheri Tyler from Arcata, California
and
Penelope Damore from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Upcoming Classes in April & May
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Events, New Items | No Comments »
Spring is here! Wow… a long winter is finally behind us and what a relief that is. The snow is pretty much gone and we’re started on a path to the best days that lie before us. A sweet feeling for sure. So for starters I thought it would be a good idea to let you know what classes we have available in the next couple of months. We always have a running list on our website that you can check out, but I thought you might like to mark your calendars for the busy months ahead just in case there’s something you’d like to schedule for yourself. If you see a particular class you’d like and it is full, we can always place you on a waiting list and you never know, things do happen. Here’s what we have available for the next couple of months… Also, the summer schedule will be arriving in your mailboxes the first part of May, so be on the lookout or check the website for your summer choices.
April 18 & 19; Sat & Sun ”Weaving A Life” with Susan Barrett Merrill
Times: 9:30-3:30 Cost: $125.00 per student
April 20 & 21; Mon & Tues ”Intensive Beginning Spinning” with Rudy Amann
Times: 9:00-3:30 Cost: $155.00 per student
May 2; Saturday ”Color Play” with Rhea Daiute
Times: 9:30-3:00 Cost: $45.00 per student
May 15: Friday afternoon from 4:00-6:00, ”Melissa Morgan-Oakes” Booksigning
May 16 &17; Sat & Sun * “Two at a Time Socks” with Melissa Morgan- Oakes
Times: 9:00-3:30 Cost: $90.00 per student *These are single day workshops*
Saturday’s class is currently full, but Sunday is available. Call soon to sign up!
“WIN” Ticket Winners for 2008
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Events, General News | No Comments »
For those of you who are new to our way of life here at Halcyon Yarn here’s a little tip to keep you “in the know” for one of our on-going give-aways. We ship all of our merchandise 5 days per week from our one stop fiber shop and within those shipping boxes we enclose a blue “WIN” postcard that if you send it back to us enters you into a monthly, quarterly and yearly drawing for $10, $25.oo and $50.00 gift certificates… Below are the winners from 2008! Congratulations Everyone!
$10.00 Monthly Winners
January: Maureen Wallace, IA
February: Judy Mudfoot, CA
March: Linda Sertich, MN
April: Kay Martin, WI
May: Kay Cooke, Australia
June: Lyn Burrows, CA
July: Phyllis Simmons, CO
August: Linda Denz, NY
September: Lynne Brandt, NJ
October: Carolyn Tremont, MI
November: Sandra Williamson, MN
December: Elizabeth Van Patten, CA
$25.00 Quarterly Winners
Nadine Shafer, MN
Dolores McKitrick-Goebel, GA
Marge Lowe, OR
Marcinde Fast, MD
$50.00 Yearly Winner
Martha Van Kouwenberg, PA
“SPA Weekend 2009″ Wine & Cheese Reception
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Events | 4 Comments »Welcome 2009 Spa Friends!
February is almost upon us and in the fiber circles people are buzzing about the upcoming 2009 Spa Weekend at the Hilton Garden Hotel in Freeport, Maine, February 27-March 1! Everyone here at Halcyon Yarn thought it would be fun to kick off the festivities with a wine, cheese and shopping event that would add a nice little side trip to the fiber filled weekend. We’ll be hosting the evening at the shop from 5pm – 7pm on Friday, February 27th and will be offering a “Spa attendees” discount as well as some specially home baked appetizers from Halcyon herself. Come join in the fun! If by chance you can’t make it to the reception we’ll also be open Saturday, February 28th from 9-4 pm. Hope to see you there!
Coming In February…..
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Events | No Comments »February is the shortest month of the year, but it seems to have a lot packed into it! The kids have a winter break, presidents are having birthdays, love abounds anew and we will be launching the start of our new winter class schedule!!
February 14th, Marianne Dubois will once again be teaching, “Going To The Dogs” needle felting. Come join her and learn how to make these sweet little guys for yourself or for fun gifts to give the ones you love…
Winter Break spans over February 16th – February 20th and we’ll be having a couple different kinds of fun classes for the kids. ”Two Sticks and a String: Beginning Knitting for Kids and Teens“, will be February 18th, as well as, “Rock & Roll Felting” and “Felted Treasure Bags” on February 19th. There will be two different sessions on each of those days featuring each class, so call and schedule soon before all the spaces are filled!
Spinning Fever has hit the scene with our “Intensive Beginning Spinning” class instructed by Rudy Amann. The man, the myth, the spinning guru… well, his class in February filled up so fast we asked if he’d be available for another before his next scheduled class in May and he has agreed! So, mark your calendars or call soon and book your space for another offering on April 20th & April 21st; a Monday/Tuesday class for all you newby spinners. Don’t let “Intensive” scare you off… it should read, “complete”, “overall”, “absolute”… Sign up soon… you won’t be disappointed!
Two at a Time Socks – Live and in Person!
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Events | No Comments »
We wanted to give you all plenty of “heads-up” time for this class, because we think it will be fun, and will fill up quickly: Melissa Morgan-Oakes, who wrote “2-at-a-Time Socks” will be giving a class here on Saturday, May 16, 2009.
Join Melissa to learn the secret of knitting 2 socks at once on one circular needle. Just imagine, two socks started and finished at the same time. They’re still portable, still fun, but no “second sock syndrome”. With Melissa’s guidance, students will create their own miniature sample socks using the technique outlined in her book. It’s a revolution in sock making!
Glomitts and Gauntlets: Updates on our Knit-A-Long
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Events, General News | 7 Comments »
As those of you who read our early July newsletter may remember, we had put out a call for our first ever knit-a-long (KAL). We were prompted to start the KAL at the request of Malta Phelps, a Maine mother who’s son, Sgt. Mike Wall, is stationed in Afghanistan. Mike reminisced with his mother (who doesn’t knit) about the hunting and fishing mittens his grandmother had made and requested some for his unit. Malta called us with a request for help and we passed that request along to all who were interested.
The response has been wonderful. We had some great introductions and discussions in our KAL forum, and have been awed by the wonderfully crafted donations of Glomitts and Guard’s Gauntlets that have come in from all over the US and even from the UK! So far, we have had over 40 pairs sent in and we know that there are more on the way.
Sgt. Wall’s parents recently visited us here at Halcyon Yarn, and they expressed their heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed. Malta said that she was overwhelmed by the response: “It’s just unbelievable and amazing, thank you so much”. She also couldn’t wait for the supplies to arrive in Afghanistan. Sgt. Wall will be there through June so they’re really gearing up for a long winter.
The experience has certainly made the events in Afghanistan more immediate to us here at Halcyon Yarn. It has been wonderful for us to hear updates on Sgt. Wall’s unit. The photos above of Sgt. Wall are from his unit’s newsletter. In these photos he’s entertaining local children by juggling and by drawing cartoons in the sand – a duty which he loves, but which makes him miss his own son as well. We hear news and updates from Sgt. Wall’s parents (shown here, L to R, Beth Hood, Beth Quivey, Halcyon Blake, Malta Phelps, and Richard Wall). We also have had some great posts in the forum for the KAL, where you can see the great diversity of people who have been moved to help.
It has also given us a better understanding of the work of another soldier who is in our thoughts: Nolan Hood. Nolan is the son of our designer and customer service representative, Beth Hood and her husband Jack. Nolan helped Beth to modify her Guard’s Gauntlet pattern when he was home visiting over the summer. We will be including a shipment of Glomitts and Guard’s Gauntlets to his unit as well. Nolan saw a recent article published in our local paper about the KAL, and gave us some encouragement from the field: “You guys have all done a wonderful thing. When we get them I will get some photos for you guys”. We can’t wait, and will share them when we get ‘em!
Thank you again to all who have contributed, you are really making an important difference in peoples lives!
We are still accepting Glomitts and Gauntlets. You can download the patterns here: Glomitt or Guard’s Gauntlet.
Please mail your finished items to:
KnitALong
Halcyon Yarn
12 School Street
Bath, ME 04530
Thank you for your help and support!
Weavolution Auction
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Events, Notes | No Comments »We have several items that will be available as part of a fundraising auction from weavolution.com. There will be several auctions, starting this weekend, Nov. 1st. Included items are: Waffle Weave Towel Kits, Newport Linen Classic Linen Towels Kits, and one of our Pearl Cotton Color Gamp Kits. The weavolution site aims to be a social network for weavers and is in the development phase. We look forward to seeing it develop!
