Friday 27 December 2013

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All

Christmas Holiday Hours
Store closed from December 22, 2013 to January 6th, 2014
Regular Store Hours resume on Tuesday January 7th, 2014

Wishing everyone and their families a Very Merry Christmas full of Happy Moments
and Wishing you all a Very Happy, Healthy New Year.

Happy Knitting/Crocheting :)

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Party :)

Hello :)
 
We are hosting a Stella & Dot Party with our friend Anik here at Sweet Yarns.
 
Where: Sweet Yarns - 2354 Long Lake Rd
When: Saturday - November 30th 10:00am - 5:00pm
 
Come and check out the gorgeous fashion jewelry.  Orders will be in for Christmas and perhaps it's just the finishing touch you need for your knitted items.
 
Here is a link were you can check out the Stella and Dot collection:  www.stelladot.com
 
Hope to see you on Saturday.
Happy Knitting :)

Friday 25 October 2013

Hey Everyone,
More huge news!
Seeing as how on November 9th, 2013, we're going to be having our SUPER-AWESOME 3RD ANNIVERSARY PARTY AT SWEET YARNS!
We'll also be hosting Master Yarn Dyer; Rhichard Devrieze AND all of his fabulous yarns! Not too mention: cake, coffee, and many other joyous things to behold!

We are all very thankful for everyone's patronage from these past three years.

So stop by, say hello! And come and join in the fun!



Wednesday 4 September 2013

We are BACK :)

Hello everyone - it was nice to have a little break BUT it is great to be back at the shop.  Missed everyone.  Hope everyone had a wonderful summer. 

We are very excited for all the great things we have planned for the fall. 

We are back on our regular hours.
Knit groups have started to gather and new yarn shipments have started to arrive (just received Malabrigo RASTA - so excited I could sit and knit all 28 exciting colours)

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Here is the fall workshop schedule for the shop. 
For further particulars please come visit us at the store - further info can also be found on our blog (www.sweetyarnsinc.blogspot.com) as well as facebook and we are also working on a website (sweetyarns.ca) - Pre-registration and payment required
Full Day Workshops (cost $50/person/workshop + supplies
September 29th - Toe-Up Socks Using Magic Loop
October 27th & November 3rd - 2part Beginner Weaving (for the 2 part workshop cost $75 +supplies)
November 17th - Wet Felting Bowls
1hr Quick Workshops (cost $10/person/workshop + supplies)
Sept 14th - Cast ON
Sept 28th - The Knit St
Oct 12th - The Purl St
Oct 26th - Cast Off
Nov 9th - Introduction to Ravelry
Nov 23rd - The Mattress St

Happy Knitting everyone :)

Saturday 27 July 2013

YARN SALE @ SWEET YARNS

Hope everyone is having a fabulous summer.

It's time for our annual Summer Yarn Sale - Come and save on some great finds :)

YARN SALE
TUESDAY JULY 30TH
TO
SATURDAY AUGUST 10TH
 
SAVE UP TO 50% ON SELECT YARNS

2354 Long Lake Rd in Sudbury
705-586-4648
Hours - Tuesday - Friday - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

See you next week

Paulina

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Madeline Tosh - the wait is over

Madeline Tosh Yarns have arrived today.  We are so excited and they are so gorgeous.  Come get inspired :)

madelinetosh.com

In other news I am off to the TNNA show (An needlework industry show)  Can't wait to see what fun things I find and bring back to share with you all.

See you soon

Monday 10 June 2013

More Knit in Public this week

Espanola's Fiber Art Festival Co-ordinators have also co-ordinated some knit in public activities this week.

Check it out :)

June 10th - knitting at the Espanola mall from 1 - 3
June 12th - knitting along main street Espanola 1 - 3
June 14th - knitting on the Chi Cheemaun 11:10 crossing
 
Have an awesome knitting week
Paulina

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Knit/Crochet In Public Day - June 8th - Sudbury

Hey everyone! I am sharing this with you - some of our customer that come to the shop are planning on the following:

June 8th is Knit in Public Day!
If The Weather Network is right, we’re looking at a nice sunny day with part cloudiness with only a 20% chance of precipitation!
I’d like to propose a gathering. I was thinking we could all meet in Bell park with blankets and/or chairs and snacks in tupperware (potluck fashion) and knit for a couple of hours in the afternoon. In public.

Location Changed to Moonlight Beach from 2-5pm Saturday June 8th - enjoy

Saturday 25 May 2013

Summer Hours Begin June 1st

Although it doesn’t really feel like it yet - IT’S SUMMER and time to change over to Summer Hours
Starting JUNE 1ST - FOR JUNE/JULY & AUGUST.
SUNDAY - MONDAY - CLOSED
TUESDAY - FRIDAY - 10:00AM - 5:00PM
SATURDAY - 10:00AM - 2:00PM

STORE CLOSED
AUGUST 11TH - SEPTEMBER 2ND - 2013

Regular Hours Resume September 3rd.
Have Safe and Happy Summer :)

Happy Knitting

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Thank You - We WON :)

So Very Excited - I want to Thank everyone for everything that you have done to make it possible for us to win this award.
 
We have received the Small Enterprise Award from the Chamber of Commerce and the Regional Business Centre.
So excited to share this with everyone.
Thank you
Here is a little video from the venue - our video is unther the Small Enterprise Award.
http://vimeopro.com/user3904284/bell-business-excellence-...

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Thursday 9 May 2013

Baby Month - was a great success

A HUGE thank you to everyone. 
In April we raised $1,000, as well as knitted items, baby clothing and a box of food for the Infant Food Bank of Sudbury.   We could not do it without you.  A great big Thank You to Karen A for donating the beautiful Owl Baby blanket (Won by Sarah of Lively) to Nancy C for the beautiful Baby Jacket (Won by Grant of Sudbury) and Diamond Yarns for the great Basket full of wonderful yarns (Won by Margurite). 
Thank you with all my heart :)

Saturday 20 April 2013

Bella's Birthday Specials

Bella's Birthday Specials
All Rowan Yarn on for 15% off.
Selected Baby Yarns on for 15% off.
Come for some Birthday Cake as well :)

Thursday 18 April 2013

Perfect boots for the peftect pair of knitted socks

Look what we have :)
Will all this rain I thought maybe these would help keep feet dry while showing off your hand knit socks :)

We now have these in the store - are they not perfect not only to show off your awesome knitted socks but will certainly keep your feet dry in this rainy weather we are having.

Don't you just love them :)

Paulina

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Bella's Birthday Bash

Hello everyone - you have met Bella our Shop Sheep.  Well she has been with us for a full year - so we thought it would be fun to have a Birthday Bash for Bella as she turns 1.

Come joing un on Saturday April 20th for cake, coffee and some instore surprises.

Bella would love if you bring a donation for the Infant Food Bank of Sudbury and your name will be entered in a draw for a basket of yarn sponsord by Diamond Yarns.

See you Saturday :)

Wednesday 27 March 2013

It's Easter Time :)

Happy Easter everyone.  Wishing everyone a fun and restful weekend.

Just wanted to remind you the store hours for this weekend will be as follows:

Friday - March 29th - Closed
Saturday - March 30th - Closed
Sunday - March 31st - Closed
Monday - April 1st - Closed

Back on Tuesday April 2nd, 2013.

Have a great weekend - enjoy all of the chocolate and a little knitting.

Friday 1 March 2013

I Can't Believe It

I just joined my first Mystery Knit Along - wish me luck. 
In my defence I'm not the only one Janet, Andrea, Elizabeth are joining me in this mystery adventure and you can too just sign up at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-mysterious-shawl-kal by Romi (the designer). 

We get our first clue March 15th and then anything can happen from there.
I thought I had picked my colours but now I have found some others - what to choose - what to choose.  Our yarn choices have been Malabrigo sock, Misti Alpaca, Heritage Sock Yarn, Heritage Silk Paints and Fleece Artist BFL (city of lakes).  WOW I can't wait to see peoples projects.

I hope I can Knit fast enough LOL.

Have a super Knitting day :)

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Scarf Yarn

I guess winter wants to hang around for a little longer.

We have just received a shipment of scarf yarn - so come on in and see what we have.
We have also received a limitted shipment of the Piccadily and Covent Garden yarns.

Unfortunately my computer is acting up and I can't add a photo of the yarns :(

Happy Knitting everyone.
See you soon

Thursday 21 February 2013

Perfect day for knitting

What a perfect day for knitting.  It's cold outside but warm inside :)

What to Thank Deb Gemmell from Cabin Fever Knits for taking the time out of her busy schedule to come up and teach out Top-Down Sweater Workshop in February.  It was great to have Deb in our shop - she had wonderful information for all who attended on how to make your top-down sweater fit you perfectly.  Everyone was excited to start on their very own top-down sweater design and I have been talking to some of the attendees and their projects are coming along great.



I have started my top down cardigan and can't wait to see it completed.  I am very excited as this will be the first sweater I am making with Malabrigo Rios and I have to say that I LOVE this yarn.

You may have heard, but I would like to officially welcome Janet to our shop.  You will find Janet very helpful, knowledgeable and always willing to help.  So Janet - welcome to Sweet Yarns.   I am very happy to have you working with me.

What do I have on my needles - well there is the top down sweater (as mentioned above) and there is the Swirl Sweater from the Knit Swirl book.  Now I am not the only one that has embarked on this adventure and yes I would say that it is an adventure.  There is a group that meets regularly at the store on Saturday afternoons to compare notes on our swirl sweaters.  Here is mine - only on welt 5.  If you are thinking of making one of these (which I think will turn out beautiful) make sure that your stitches are NOT twisted when you join in the round - this is tricky and can happen as it has happened to some in our group to great dismay as they must tear back thousands of stitches and knit again.  At that point you must repeat the mantra "it's all knitting - it's all knitting" :)

Socks are next on my list as well a beautiful little shawl; but no pictures of that yet as they are not on the needles - but soon.

The store has been restocked and the yarn is now by weight through-out the store - I hope you will find this helpful.  It's like a new treasure hunt.

Paulina

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Closing Early due to Weather Conditions

Hello - just a quick note that Knit Group will be cancelled tonight and the store will be closing at 5:00 PM due to the weather.

Drive safely.
Happy Knitting

Paulina

Saturday 26 January 2013

Thank you

I wanted to share a little something that we did at the store this past fall. 
It all began with an idea - it always does, doesn't it.  We love to knit and we love beautiful yarn so if we all got together and pitched in what can we create and be able to help our community with our craft.  A decission was made to knit a blanket in all shades of pink.  We used BERROCO VINTAGE (Thank you to Berroco for helping with the donation of yarn)  and we were off to the races.  It took many knitting hands but in the end the final product was beautiful and warm (in my opinion anyway).


We raffled off the blanket over the months of November and December and were able to present a checque to Northern Cancer Research Foundation - Angel In Pink fund in the amount of $600.

I want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all that helped achieve this goal.

Thank you
Paulina

Sunday 20 January 2013

Knitting/Crocheting Workshops

Happy New Year everyone.

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy 2013 with lots of wonderful knitting time :)

It is a true northern winter up here in Sudbury.  What a perfect time for knitting.  We have some interesting things going on at Sweet Yarns - so come in out of the cold and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with us as you brouse our beautiful yarns or come in a sit and knit for a bit.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
We have put together some knitting anc crocheting workshops for the next few months. 
Full Detailed Schedule is available at the store - but here is a quick breakdown.
All of these workshops will run on Sundays and will run from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm - the price for a full day workshop is $50 (tax included - supplies extra)

Jan 27th - Mittens
Feb 10th - Top Down Knitting - Design it for yourself - Guest Instructor - Deb Gemmell of Cabin Fever Knitting
Mar 10th - Toe-Up Socks Using Magic Loop
Apr 14th - Knitted Toys - Guest Instructor - Andrea Ford
May 05th - Beginner + Crochet - Guest Instructor - Debby
To Register for any of the above classes - please call us at the store at 705-586-4648.

Let your beautiful knitted items keep you warm this winter.
Paulina