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Exciting new happenings

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Well here at Rose’s we are starting off 2014 with some exciting new additions to our store.  We are opening the back two rooms of the store up again and wiil have one room that will be our sale room and the back room will be a class room/ meeting room ( with yarn in it of course!).  Having this back room will enable us to have room to host a knitting group.  Starting March 11, 2014 on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00 -3:00 we will have a knitting group where anyone can drop in and knit.  Come in and have a coffee or tea and chat with other knitters. Get inspired by seeing what others are knitting or crocheting.

Speaking of crocheting, we are holding our first crochet classes starting March 12th.  We are pleased to have Charles Voth teaching our crochet classes.  Charles is a freelance technical editor for knitting and crochet publications.  He has done work for magazines including  Interweave Crochet and Vogue Crochet.  The first class is a beginner crochet class.  The second is a project class but is suitable for beginner crocheters.  We will also be holding a sock knitting class and a beginner knitting class.  Check  the class section of the website for more information on dates and times.

There are more exciting things in the works here at Rose’s but I will let you know about them in a future post. Hope to see you soon!

Christmas Open House

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Well here we are again and it is time for our annual Christmas Open House.  If you haven’t ever been to our Christmas Open House, you have to come in and see the store at it’s finest – all decorated up for Christmas.  With all the twinkling lights and hundreds of ornaments all hung from the ceiling with care, it is a sight to behold. Christmas Open House is on Wednesday November 6, from 7 pm to 10 pm. Come in and see the full effect of the Christmas lights and get inspired to get those Christmas presents knit or pick a few ornaments or gifts.

In addition to being all gussied up for Christmas, we will be holding a draw for a basket of some lovely yarn.  What a great early Christmas present to start the season.  There will be select yarns on sale so come in and take advantage of our sale to pick up yarn for that special someone for Christmas (yourself maybe?).

We are working hard right now to get the store decorated and ready for the Open House and hope you will join us on Wednesday November 6 from 7 to 10 pm.

Almost September

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Can  you believe it is almost time for a new school year to start?  The summer seems to have flown by so quickly.  It is an exciting time of year – new books, new classes, new experiences, new yarn.  That’s right- time for all the new yarns to come out and we can try out all the new textures and colours.  We have had a few new yarns and books arrive in August, but September really is when all the new yarns should be available.  The new Creations 13/14 is in store already and I have already had a few customers come in to get yarn for projects from the design book.  We have some of the new Berroco Boboli Lace in stock but more will be coming.  We are expecting another shipment of Madeline Tosh any day now.   I have ordered some new sock yarns too from other companies as well.  The fall Debbie Bliss magazine should be in store sometime this week.  All these new things are so exciting!

September is a good time to start working on projects that you want to give as Christmas presents.  I know that seems like a long way away but how long ago does June seem?  Think how good you will feel if you have all your Christmas projects done so you can actually enjoy the Christmas season.  Every year I say I am going to start early so there isn’t the mad rush in December so maybe this will be the year I actually am prepared.  Let’s try and be good and stick to our plan.  Whether it is socks ( we will have the ready-made socks available again for those who want to cheat a little) or a sweater or a pretty shawl come in and see what we have for you project and let’s get knitting!

Try it you might like it

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How often do you avoid trying something because it might be too hard or you might not like it?  You never know you may love it.  Some of us are naturally more adventuresome than others and are willing to try almost anything but there are others of us who just get stuck in a rut and stick with what is comfortable.  I do this in my knitting as well as in other things in life – same old recipes, same stores… I usually like to stick to small knitting projects socks, hats fingerless gloves – all usually with not too much pattern so I can do it without paying attention.

Recently I started a cable knit sweater pattern.  Initially I thought I don’t really want to do this.  There are 4 different cables to figure out, keep track of and count.  The one cable has 28 stitches in it.  Besides if I start it I may never finish it.  Well, I dove in and had to rip out the first rows a few times but now I have the hang of the pattern and I can actually watch TV while doing it.  I am enjoying the challenge of something new and it looks really nice.

So maybe we all need to try something new, whether it be in knitting or or other areas of our life.  Hmm… maybe I should try…