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Super Sale On Periodicals

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Current Issue, General News, On Sale | No Comments »

To continue the trend of Customer Appreciation in 2010, we are having a Super Sale on Periodicals!! (through March 31st) You may not be aware of all the different magazines we stock here at Halcyon Yarn. They are many and varied and here for your educational benefit. So here is your chance to peruse the listings, enhance your library and save! Buy any 3 periodicals and get the fourth FREE (through March 31st)! Feel free to mix your publications. When we receive your order, we will take the fourth magazine of lesser value and give it to you for free! Please be aware that some magazines go out of print after a certain amount of time so for super personal service and an inventory check, give us a call @ 1.800.341.0282.

Start with Vav Magasinet: the Scandinavian Weaving Magazine that is about so much more than weaving. Beautiful photography, color and artistry, lengthy and educational articles, this magazine really covers fiber and all the different ways to use it. Very inspirational! The latest issue 55931100 has 13 different projects in it.

Rug Hooking Magazine: Did you even know we sell this magazine? Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned rug maker you will find something interesting in every issue. Embellishment techniques, stories from inspirational artists and a pattern in every issue.

The title Handwoven Magazine might be very familiar to you. Take this chance to stock up on back issues or become acquainted for the first time. Always lots of projects along with tips and techniques for all skill levels.

We also have Interweave Crochet for crocheters, A ton for knitters; Interweave Knits, Knit Scene, the Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine, and Spin Off, and Wild Fibers for fiber folk. Or for the multi-talented, see them all here. Happy Shopping and Saving!

Weaver’s Get Your E-Books Here!!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Current Issue, General News, New Items | 2 Comments »

After many, many requests from customers we have made arrangements with Interweave Press to offer their popular Handwoven E-Books series “in print”. We have printed these on quality stock paper identical to those previously offered as “Design Collections” from Handwoven! Can’t download it from home? Get a beautifully printed copy exclusively from Halcyon Yarn.

Discontinued Noro Leaflets

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Current Issue, General News | No Comments »

If you love Noro and you love knitting interesting patterns with Noro get the last of these discontinued pamphlets while you can, only $3.00 each. Limited Stock: call now! 1.800.341.0282

Noro #14

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Noro #14

Spring Needle Felting

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Current Issue, General News | No Comments »

I don’t know about the weather where you are, but we are lucky enough to be having an Early Spring!! Make spring come to you with a bunch of lambs, chickens and rabbits. All needle felted of course!! Wonderful kits for beginners. All you need is included with amazing step-by-step instructions. We added a new kit to the line up just to celebrate spring: the baby chick kit. Makes one small baby chick. Make a bunch with your kids (ages 6 and up, with supervision! ) and fill a basket.

Chicken Needle Felting Kit

Rabbit Needle Felting Kit

Sheep Needle Felting Kit

Baby Chick Needle Felting Kit

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Chicken Needle Felting Kit

Rabbit Needle Felting Kit

Sheep Needle Felting Kit

Baby Chick Needle Felting Kit

New and Notable

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Current Issue, General News, New Items | No Comments »

Noro Kids New from Jane Ellison. Cover your little cuties in Noro.

Noro Volume 27 Spring and Summer styles you are sure to love.

The Woven Bag Instructions for all types of bags, from weaving to assembly.

The Felted Bag Book Covers wet felting, knit to felt and crochet to felt. 21 fun projects for experimentation.

The Knit Kit - Blue The same Knit Kit you have seen around but now in blue, and with a double ended crochet hook. All the knitting accessories you need in one handy spot. Never lose your scissors again.

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Advancing the Warp #2 or Shaft Switching

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Advancing The Warp, General News | 1 Comment »

This blog entry was going to be about knots. Not a lot that I could put together. So, I froze up. I will most likely have to return to that topic at another time, but not today.

Last month I mentioned how “my first choice is to set up a workbook”, which means that my second choice should be to keep it up. Often with the latest workbook or weaving project my Stop and Think Moment is when I have to decide if I stick with the plan or embrace the new reality that I see.

The plan was to follow Jason Collingwood’s newest book Block Weave Technique and practice some of his rug weaving techniques. However, before I got very far I decided to set the loom up for a shaft switching exercise at the same time. Then I set the loom up with a universal tie-up. Now I was weaving with two feet.

The Three Birds With One Stone approach.

Now I could try adapting the book project. Which meant that my black, white and red geometric exercise morphed into a multi-colored flower project with shaft switching.

His book did give me another perspective/skill set on how to do something that I’ve been doing for years. A great gift for any of us. It also confirmed that I’ve never been very good about coloring in the lines.

The way that this has played out in my workbook is a lot of lines through words and sentences with some cut and paste entries. Workbooks are books that have to work. That means that as I work in them, pretty and neat lose ground to “gotta get this down” moments.

Which brought me to another insight, along with not coloring in the lines: I don’t always follow directions.
Mike

2 More New Ones!! Free!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in General News, New Items | 2 Comments »

To continue our Hats Off to Our Customers! promotion, we have 2 more new hat patterns for you.

The Classic Roll Brim Hat which can be done in any worsted weight yarn. We chose Noro Kureyon for a colorful self-striping version and Cascade 220. This hat is a must-have for your pattern library.

Our brand new Baby's First Hat is sized for a newborn with notes to make a bigger version. We made it with Opal Sock Yarn for the bright baby colors, washability and automatic fair-isle fun. If you knit baby hats for charity, you can get 4 newborn size hats out of one ball!

The Alpine Topper was our most popular hat in the last newsletter and with good reason!! This is The Perfect Hat! (if I do say so myself!) Kendra outdid herself this time with the timeless and easy construction of this soft and warm hat. You will love the wind-blocking lining almost as much as you will love the countless color combinations of Noro Iro (221) and Como (116). Here are a couple more combos Kendra whipped up.

Order yarn for any one of these hats and you can order any or all of the patterns Free! Just add items to your cart, and enter this code at checkout:

hatpatfeb2010

After you have chosen yarn, simply add the hat patterns to your order.

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Classic Roll Brim Hat

Baby's First Hat

Felted Inspirations

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in General News, New Items | No Comments »

Don’t know how many of you caught the Felted Stone segment on Martha Stewart which aired before Valentines Day but these Felted Stone Soaps are all the rage. We have sold lots of fiber to people who felt soap but these are the first rocks we’ve seen! And aren’t they great! Here are the ones Kendra felted for the shop. Felted soap is a perfect natural exfoliant and making them is a piece of cake. Complete written instructions and a how-to video can be found on Martha Stewart’s website here..

We have made fiber kits, Felted Stone Fiber Pack especially for the stones which include an ounce each of three colors and a small amount of white for embellishment. This amount will make 1 to 2 dozen soap stones depending on size and amount of felt used for each. We chose Harrisville Dyed & Carded Wool fiber for these kits but there are other options:

Felting Fiber Felting Fiber Choose from lots of colors; one color per 4 ounce bag.

Peace Fleece batting bundles in colors Peace Fleece Batting Bundles and Peace Fleece Batting Bundles Animal Fur-Skin Tones are great for larger settings such as the classroom or fiber fairs.

Ashford Fiber Bags Ashford Spinning Fiber Bag have an assortment of 19 bright colors if you want your stones to have pizazz!