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WOOL & WICKER
120-12051 Second Ave
Richmond, BC V7E 3L6
604-275-1239
Toll free 1-877-966-5945
Woolandwicker.com
[email protected]
Happy Holidays to all of you, our treasured
customers, from Denis and I, and our teachers,
Jean Wong, Pat Dyksterhuis, Maria Flather,
Greta Holt, Edita Michalek, part timers, Lorraine
Matsuo, Maria Flather, Y Emmons, Meaghan
Cristjanson, ,and Thank you from the bottom of
our hearts, for your continued support and
encouragement.
Boxing week/08
Sale!! (Dec.27-31st)
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Draw for your discount, up to
50% off all regular priced yarns
and needles!
50% off all discontinued yarns
including many of Needful Yarns
Filtes King and Lana Gatto still
left, and many magazines
50% off all yarns in 3 black
plastic shelves at back of store
25% off all full priced books and
mags
Select sweater samples at clear
out prices
Free Knitter’s little helper hand
cream (you’ll love this one) and 6
free magazines with $75
purchase or more,
We welcome your personal
cheques, cash, interac,
Mastercard, or VISA
Hours as usual
News about your PassionKnitter’s
club discount card! Starting Jan
2/09, all of your purchases will
count on your card! Filled cards are
added up and you receive 10% of
what you have spent off your next
project. Filled cards go into a once a
year draw around Christmas time,
and the drawn customer receives a
$50 gift certificate to the store!
Shop hours
Tues. – Sat. 10-5:30PM
Sun. & Mon. 12-5PM
Open every day of the year
except Christmas & Boxing
days, & New Year’s Day
Knitter’s Christmas Wish
List
Cut out and tape to fridge!
□…….Addi Click Interchangeable
needle set
□ Knit finishing DVD by Jean
□ Ball winder
□ Umbrella swift
□ Gift certificate for my fave
yarn shop
□ Lantern Moon basket
□ Knitting Bag
□ the Que circular Needle case
□ Colinette AB Fab throw kit
□ knitting book
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Here,the latest grandchild, Sidney
Jane, sister of Camryn is wearing a
sleepsack that I designed and knit for
her, done in Zitron’s Lifestyle, a
lightweight dk extrafine merino, now
available in solid colours, new selfpatterning colours promised for future.
This superwash yarn has been raved
about by our students which have
used it, for its spring, softness and
durability. See the 42 colours at
skacelknitting.com.
New books in stock,
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Boutique Knits
Color Style
Knitting in Plain English
Knitted Lace of Estonia
Luxury Yarn One Skein
Wonders,
Nicky Epstein’s Knitting
on Top of the world
365 Knitting Stitches a
Year, Perpetual Calendar
Country Weekend Knits
Folk Socks,
Folk Style
Itty Bitty Nursery,
Knitting for Baby,
Knitting Lace Triangles,
Knitting Noro
We are very excited about Addi’s new
interchangeable needle set, Addi
Clicks, with 10 sizes of tips, (3.5, 4,
If you wish to meet with other
knitters in Richmond, come to our
informal gathering the 2nd Friday
of the month, 1-4PM here at Wool
& Wicker & knit for your favourite
charity or whatever you like. If you
are looking for a meeting
for your knitting group, let us know
when you would like to meet, and
if we don’t have a class planned
for that time, come on over!
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4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10mm) and 3
sizes of a new extremely pliable blue
cord (24, 32 and 40”) and a connector
piece to store stitches or combine
cords, a secure revolutionary locking
mechanism, with no tools to change,
just insert, twist and release. Ask for
them at your local yarn shop.
Class news! See last page
sizes in our Addi
lace needles, you can now
Additional
purchase all lengths in all sizes,
including new needle sizes, up to
8mm!!
Interweave Knits.08 Holiday Gifts?
Blue Sky’s Bulky and Handdye
worsted.
ProjectLinus.org
Thank you to
all of the wonderful blanketeers who
have donated and delivered blankets
to us for Project Linus. We have also
had several welcome volunteers who
are happy to help ready the blankets
for gifting when we get a number of
them. Any of you
knitters/crochetters/quilters/sewers
who wish to donate yarn or fabric for
those keen to work on blankies can
bring them here, and of course, we
welcome you folks who are so kind to
use your
knitting/crochet/quilting/sewing time
for children in need. I spoke to
Barbara at Variety Club this week, and
she sent her thank you for helping all
the children in need with the comfort
of love in a handmade blanket. Note:
Parent’s Magazine voted Project Linus
as one of the 10 children’s charities
deserving of your support. 2,293,340
blankets donated worldwide so far.
Baby hats for needy children overseas.
Another group needing volunteers has
come to our attention, through our
latest part time helper, Meaghan. She
is asking for donations of yarn, old
needles, hat patterns, and volunteers
to join her group. Reach her at
[email protected].
New yarns in stock, since last
newsletter, and still for fall/winter
knitting: Blue Sky Alpaca’s Bulky
Alpaca/wool blend (yummy),
Handdye worsted, Organic
Cotton, with their great pattern
support! Below is a great legwarmer
quick to knit for a great Christmas gift.
Or don’t you think the kids would love
these very special slippers from
or, come in and see and feel the
earflap hat and baby hat we have
done with 2 skeins of the bulky for
both, and the 2 button hat we knit
with the worsted hand dye.
Filatura di Crosa has changed
distributors in Canada, and we picked
up some of their incredible yarns for
your enjoyment, Hyrcus, (finest,
softest cashmere) a dk 100%
cashmere in 10 colours, Superior, a
cashmere/silk blend with 300m, in 7
colours, both in 25g balls, and for
babies, you will see Bambi, In 4
colours, a super soft long shag
chenille wool blend, (patterns include
a bathrobe) and Zarina Baby Print.
For spring/summer tank top and
shawl knitting see the multicoloured
160m fingering weight viscose/nylon,
Pixel, lovely! See the colours at
diamondyarn.com
From Skacelknitting.com,
along with the best knitting needles in
the world, we have some wonderful
yarns still for fall/winter knits,
including Nimbus, a multicoloured
organic very soft merino perfect for
neck warmers, and Kid Seta, in
several colours, great for lace scarves,
shawls, and for spring summer,
several colours of Schulana’s
Fashion Silk, a chunky weight
marshmallow of a blend with some
very lovely pattern support, Cotton
Silk, a worsted weight organic nature
dyed blend softly striated
monochromatic colours, and Filolino,
a linen blend ribbon in lovely
multicolours, all, a joy to knit with and
wear. Last, but sure to be a best
seller, Trekking Hand Art is a
handpainted sock yarn in a skein, now
with 12 gorgeous colourways.
From the Earth Collection, we
brought in the Baby Camel, along
with a great leaflet for a neck warmer,
and their earthworks pattern book,
with some lovely designs.
From KarabellaYarns.com we
have more of the wonderful Italian
extra-fine merino Aurora 8 for your
aran weight patterns.
We are forever committed to the
wonderful Manos del Uruguay, so
you will see more and more of this
wonderful yarn in our store. We have
the new colours of the newest Manos
silk blend, along with the new
pattern books for this lovely yarn.
One of our samples which continues
to be popular is the polar bear baby
jacket below, calling for Phildar
Peluche, or you can use
Pingopeluche.
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Murano scarf from Interweave Knits
winter 08, made in our Trekking
Colours 108 and 112
From Berroco.com We still
have good stock of Bonsai, the most
beautiful bamboo ribbon which has
been very popular, along with Nature
Lin. Special yarns, at excellent prices,
great pattern support.
From Fleeceartist/Handmaiden, we
have new colours of Mo, Kits for Jane,
Elmira, Thrummed Moebius, Ana
Bandana, Celtic Vest, Sea Baby, Wavy
Scarf, Felted Beret, Quick knit hat,
Sabine, and new 2/6 merino, and
angel hair.
Coming for
Spring/summer/09
Watch for the following coming in
Jan/Feb/09.
From Diamondyarn.com
New line to us is Aslan Trends, we
were so impressed with the lovely
shawl/capelet our rep Stephanie wore
for their visit, we had to order the
angora wool blend Invernal, and
their first 2 books.
I am so happy to have ordered the
MirasolPeru.com line from
Peru, a fair trade initiative to benefit
the children of the region’s shepherds
who live far below the poverty line and
whose illiteracy rate is 95%. These
yarns have been daily sellers, and we
have their new children’s book, and a
new summer book by Jane Ellison
coming with new colours of their
organic cotton, Samp’a. We also
have good stock of Chirapa and
Hacho.
more Baby Bamboo, Snuggly dk
and tons of new leaflets coming.
There will be 3 new Louisa Harding
books to help support her wonderful
yarns with designs which are truly
inspirational, so romantic in style and
colours to die for. We still have some
of her Sari ribbon, Impression,
Daylily, along with their exceptional
pattern support.
Speakng of pattern support, I came
across some great patterns from this
fellow, and brought some in:
hyphenboydesigns.com.
Kimono Ribbon Pure, Thalia,
Cinnabar, and the most yummy silk
ever, Mulberry, in
very delicious colours.
From Debbie Bliss, we will have
more Baby Cashmerino and Pure
Silk.
Diamond has a lovely multi-coloured
cotton linen blend called Marina,
which I thought would be lovely for
dishcloths.
Diamond Is now distributing South
West Trading Co.’s yarns in
Canada, and we have Bamboo
coming for the fabulous Mariposa
Shawl, below and the jade infused
(yes, Jade) Therapi, for the Therapi
wrap, sample in the store.
Modular Shell Felted Backpack
Sideways Sock yarn baby sweater,
Ella Rae, we are loving the Ella
Rae Classic, lovely for your worsted
weight sweaters so have reordered
and have more colours, including the
classic heather and classic print.
From Noro, you will still see some
cotton blends, Matsuri and a
textured cotton Taiyo, along with new
colours of the very popular Silk
Garden Sock and
Kureyon Sock yarn.
Sirdar.co.uk. The sublime line is
especially luxurious, with very special
pattern support. A new baby cotton
kapok dk too soft to turn away, and
organic cotton dk is coming in new
colours. New yarns are Crofter dk,
which is denim tweed dk in self
patterning fair isle colourways, and
Juicy dk, which is like Baby Bamboo,
only with cotton, not wool. We have
You all must know that we at
woolandwicker are addicted to
Rowan Yarns and designs and
have been since they first came on the
Canadian market, good grief! How
many years ago? 22 years! For this
coming season we will have more
Rowan Denim, Summer Tweed,
and we are bringing back Handknit
dk cotton, and 3 new colours of the
organic Purelife dk cotton, and
from Nashua, we will have 3
colours of a lovely new summer yarn,
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and ocean Waves Shawl.
Our best seller right now and flying
out the door snce it came in is the
Jojoland Swirl Pattern Shawl made
of Melody yarn, seen below. Lovely,
isn’t it? Come on down!
Curious about Jean’s classes? Check out some
on-going blogs on line to see how her American
students are doing, go to google.ca and type in
nihon vogue knitting classes with Jean Wong.
Classes
Woolandwicker.com 604-275-1239
120-12051 Second Ave., Richmond, BC
Please note: We offer the very best available
teachers and we encourage you to purchase your yarns
here before class in order to keep your fees low, and
class size small. All yarns, needles and accessories for
students 10% off while class in session. Call now to
register for 2009, or for more information. Class size
limited to 8 students. Don’t see the class you want to
take listed? Let us know and we will try to make it
happen!
Beginner and Beyond knitting
Just learned to knit or have you only knit
scarves? This class is for you. $85 6 weeks.
Min. 5 students,. Get your name in now for the
next class. Mon. aft. 12:30-2.30. Starting Jan.
12, or Fri. nights starting Jan 16 7-9PM, with
one of our beginner teachers, Edita Michalek,
who is taking Nihon Vogue with Jean Wong,
and wants to teach knitting in her retirement
years coming, and Michelle Prefontaine, who
has retired from a long career in nursing, and
wants to share her love and knowledge of
knitting with everyone! Michelle’s available
anytime for teaching beginner knitting, so
we should have some weekday classes set up
for her soon. Our class organizer, Maria
Flather, also taking Nihon Vogue, has been
enjoying teaching Beginner’s to knit, Jan.
24th,Sat. 1:30-:3:30PM
Basic knitting skills required for the
following classes with Pat Dyksterhuis
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Intermediate Knitting:
$85–6 wks.
Jan.10/09 start. Sat. morn. 10:30-12:30. Min.
5/class. We have a brilliant teacher who wants
to teach you all she knows about knitting, and
she knows a lot! This is Pat Dyksterhuis, a
graduate of Jean Wong’s Level 4 classes. These
are project based classes, you choose the
project and get help from the teacher as you
knit. You will learn so much in this class,
because you learn from what the others in class
are doing as well. Register now for the next
class.
Introduction to Lace Workshop
Nihon Vogue Certificate Knitting
Course.
These classes are the only ones of
their kind offered in North America.
Get your name on the list right away,
only 8 spaces available. These are
certificate classes with Nihon Vogue Knitting
School of Japan affiliation. Nihon Vogue has
had a school operating in Japan for 52 years,
and has trained 50,000 plus knitting
instructors! This is like a University Knitting
course. The 1st year is one year in
duration, with a once a week class for
5 weeks, then 2 weeks off, repeating
for the year. The tuition is $1050,
payable first day of class, (deposit of
25% needed to hold your place) plus
$150 for textbooks needed. These
are a set of 4 texts, good for the first 2
years of the course. (Second year
tuition will be same price, using texts
you already have). This 1 year knitting
course is appropriate for all skill
levels, from beginner to master
knitters. Even master knitters have
learned much from Jean. Your first
seven projects will be
1. pull-over vest with no shaping, your
choice of boat, V neck or round neck:
2. top down sweater (or fair-isle yoke
top down if you have already done this
workshop with her);
4 set in sleeve sweaters:
3. pullover round neck,
4. pullover V-neck,
5. Cardigan round neck,
6. cardigan V-neck
7. Crochet vest.
8. design your own.
You will knit a lacy scarf with yarn of your
choice, learning provisional cast on and knit the
edge as you go. Pat Dyksterhuis
3 sessions, $50, Dec. 6-20/08
Attendance will be taken, and your projects
marked. Certificates not issued if you miss more
than 6 classes.
Sampler Knitting Workshop
3rd year is $1050, 32 weeks, 2 hours
per class, text price to be determined.
You can take 5 weeks, 1 week break,
or go right through. 4 garments
required. Can combine knit and
crochet. You will learn 51 designs.
4th year $1450. 40 weeks, 2 hours
per class. Can break every 5 weeks if
wish. Very little homework required.
3 garments will be made, 1 knit, 1
crochet, 1 afghan crochet. You will
knit and crochet many swatches in
class.
$175.00-10wks. Jan. 10/09, Sat aft. 1-3PM.
Learn to knit aran, intarsia, Entrelac, fairisle and
other knitting patterns you would like to learn, in
sampler sizes with Pat Dyksterhuis. Squares
can be joined into an afghan when you’re done.
Register now for the next class.
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Professional Finishing Classes
Jean Wong teaches the following classes, Nihon
Vogue trained with 9 years teaching experience
in a Taiwanese knitting school. For perfect
results, we suggest this challenging series; we
have had all levels of knitters, from
intermediate skills to masters, all learning many
expert techniques. All students begin with level
1. We offer day and evening classes. These are
an abbreviated version of the Nihon Vogue
certificate class, no certificate offered, for those
who don’t wish to commit to a year of knitting
school. There are 8 levels offered.
Professional finishing, level 1
$220 for 10 wks. start You will knit a round
neck pullover vest, from scratch (no pattern to
follow) shaped armholes. Learn the exacting
Japanese knitting techniques, and learn how to
knit to fit, without following someone else's
pattern
Professional finishing, level 2
$220 for 10 wks. Start Jan. 12/09/ Mon. eves.,
7-9PM. Graduates of level 1, knit a short or long
sleeve round neck pullover. Learning perfect
armhole shaping for set-in sleeves, perfect setin sleeve shaping,, invisible cast off, pattern
draftng. Get your name on the list for the next
class.
Professional finishing, level 3
$220 for 10 wks. Choose from 2 classes, Jan
14 start, 10:15AM, or Jan 15 start, 10”15AM.
Graduates of level 1 & 2 learn more about
Japanese knitting techniques, matching
patterns at side and shoulder seams, armhole
shaping and math involved, shaping collars, you
will be making a lace or aran v-neck pullover.
Professional finishing, level 4
$220, for 10 wks. Get your name on the list for
the next class. Graduates of level 3 knit a
raglan v-neck pullover, matching patterns
perfectly, using stitch patterns, and using one
colour yarn.
Handmaiden sleeveless shaped shrug
workshop,
an Introductory workshop with Jean Wong, 5
weeks, $100.00, max 10 students. Want to
take a shorter class with Jean and see how you
like her teaching? She will offer 1 more of her
Handpaint Shrug classes in March/09. Get your
name in soon as there are people waiting,
Crochet Classes with Greta Holt: Tues.
nights, 7-9PM. Learn to crochet with this
exciting and dynamic expert crochetter
and crochet teacher. $85.00/ 6 weeks.
Get your name on the list and we will set a
date early 09!