The Wooden Needle Newsletter - April 2024
Newsletter #44
April 2024
Want to know what’s happening at TWN?
You’ve come to the right place!
Once each month, we’ll send you our newsletter to keep you in the know.
Spring is here!
What’s happening?
LYS Day is coming!
Saturday, April 27th, is Local Yarn Store Day.
It’s a fun day to celebrate all of you, our customer/friends, and thank you for your support.
- Store-wide yarn sale!
- 20% off yarn
- 15% off kits
- 20% off quilting (Discount is for quilting portion only. Does not include custom quilting.)
- Online shoppers use the code LYS2024 to receive 15% off
- Yarn walks throughout the day! (Think cake walks with yarn!)
- Giveaways! (You must visit the store to enter, but you do not need to be present to win.)
- Madelinetosh and Knitted Wit LYS colorways!
We’ll be open from 10:00 until 5:00.
Come join the fun!
**Sale items not eligible for discounts.
No punches on reward cards. Reward cards not redeemable on LYS day.
Workshop Wednesdays!
Join us for Workshop Wednesdays!
Every month or so, we’ll begin a new project together.
Our goal is to help you learn new skills or practice old ones.
There is no charge for attending TWN Workshop Wednesdays.
A basic knowledge of knitting will be needed for these projects.
The only requirement is that you purchase your project materials here at TWN.
You don’t have to attend every Wednesday--- come when you can, when you need help, or when you just want to join the party!
Workshop Wednesdays will take place every Wednesday afternoon from 2:00 until 5:00.
- June/July - BLANKETS AND SMALL PROJECT BAGS FINISHED!
- Aug/Sept - SHAWLS READY TO WEAR! (i-cord edging and colorwork)
- Oct/Nov - CARDIGANS TO WEAR! (brioche-tuck) or cowl (colorwork)
- Dec - CANDLES SITTING PRETTY ON MATS! - wool applique (intro to wool work)
- Jan/Feb - YIKES! IT’S CUT! - cardigan (steeking)
- Mar/Apr - KNITTING AWAY! shawl (slipped stitches and colorwork)
- May - socks (toe up or cuff down, one at a time or two at a time)
Questions? Just give us a call!
Come to Sit & Stitch on Third Thursday!
Do you like to knit? Crochet? Embroider? Something else?
Bring your project -- whatever it is -- and join us on Third Thursday.
This is our time to enjoy a variety of fiber crafts.
For Sit & Stitch, your crafting materials need not have been purchased from TWN.
Bring your project, and come craft with us!
Join us on the Third Thursday of each month from 5:00 until 7:00.
Join the fun at Friday Forum!
Let’s get together for crafting on Friday afternoons from 2:00 until 5:00.
It will be a time to get help with a current project, discuss ideas for future projects, and simply enjoy the company of like-minded folks.
Knit? Crochet? Wool applique? You choose what you’d like to do.
The only requirement for Friday Forum is that your project materials were purchased at TWN.
Come join us!
Go to school with TWN!
If you’d like to learn (or relearn) how to knit or crochet, join us during Workshop Wednesdays.
If you’d like to learn (or relearn) how to knit, join us for Workshop Wednesday or Friday Forum.
There is no charge for the class, but you will need to purchase your supplies from TWN.
Just give us a call and let us know you’re coming!
What’s new?
If you’ve seen our recent Facebook or Instagram posts, you know we now carry locally hand-crafted progress keepers from Wild Fern Craftery in Dover, Tennessee.
Nothing like having a little useful bling for your projects!
If you like 100% cotton, you’re going to love all 54 colorways of the Queensland Coastal Cotton collection!
We’ve received the Madelinetosh Hue of the Moment for March– Bird is the Word!
The blues with a touch of orange on Emma’s Yarn April colorway make us think of blue skies and sunrises!
What are you gifting?
Put a little sunshine in someone’s day with a TWN gift card!
What’s the UFO number for this month?
Do you see them?
They're watching you!
All those unfinished projects----
If you’re looking for a fun way to finish your WIPs or begin some new projects, this is the way to do it.
You begin by making a list of twelve projects.
Your list of twelve projects can include unfinished projects, new projects, parts of a large project, or a combination of the three. Each month, we'll draw a number which will identify the project you'll work on over the coming month. On the third Thursday of each month, we'll meet to share our projects and choose a new number. Just think! At the end of the year, you'll feel so good with all those FOs!
March - #1 (#8 is the floater this year)
*Next UFO meeting - April 18, 2024
What? UFO - Unfinished Objects
When? Third Thursday of each month 5:00 until 7:00
How? Work on the chosen number project from your list until the third Thursday
**For UFO projects, yarn does not have to be purchased from TWN.
What are you making?
Isn’t it fun to share your current project (or projects!) with friends?
We love sharing with each other and with our customers.
Christi knit her first pair of socks, and she's already knitting more.
You go, girl!
Lisa has been busy!
She used the Temple Cats pattern to create this lovely green headband, and she finished her No Harm No Cowl project.
Bookish Beverly has been working on a shop sample - the Breathe and Hope shawl by Casapinka.
Soon we’ll have kits available!
Looking who’s getting the jump on Christmas crafting!
The cute little dinosaur is for Sparkle Girl Debbie’s sweet grandson.
Boss Lady Gayla made a beautiful spring wall hanging for her daughter.
She’s almost completed her block exchange quilt.
Needle Notes
Hello, everyone—
The skies are blue, the grass is green, and spring is here! At TWN, we’re enjoying these beautiful days and hope you are, too. We have a special day coming up on April 27th. That’s when we'll celebrate Local Yarn Store Day. It’s always a great time for us, because we enjoy hosting the fun activities of the day for our customer/friends. Stop by to see us and jump in a yarn walk. We’ll be looking for you!
Take care,
Gayla
That's it for our newsletter this month, but don’t forget to keep an eye on our Facebook page, blog, and website.
Thanks for spending time with us!
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