Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble...

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Creator: Toby Ord, 2003

October 31 -- a Thursday this year -- is also Hallowe'en.  It's a spirited celebration (😉) believed to have begun with the Celts about 2,000 years ago.  They referred to this time of year as Samhain -- marking the end of the harvest season and the arrival of the darkest months of the year.  As the typical Celtic day began at sunset, this festival was observed from sundown October 31 through to sundown on November 1.

When Christianity arrived in the Celtic lands (Ireland, Scotland, England), the celebration of "All Hallows Day" and the Eve thereof became the first of a three-day event known as Allhallowtide, which consists of Hallowe'en, All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2).

Traditions for the festival(s) have changed over the centuries, but trick-or-treating; playing pranks (the "trick" if there's no "treat"); dressing in costume; and carving pumpkins and/or squash and lighting them inside (originally to provide light for the good spirits to find their way into Celtic homes, and to keep away the evil ones) persist.

The colours of orange and black dominate.  Orange is a harvest colour -- it occurs when the leaves of deciduous trees change from green to various shades of red, gold, yellow and brown, and when pumpkins and other gourds and/or squash are ready for picking.  Then there's that glorious full harvest moon hanging about in the sky...

As for black, well -- it's the colour of night, and the nights are getting longer this time of year.  And of course it's ever so much more fun to play tricks on and frighten others if you can wear black when running around after dark!

Why wait till Thursday to get your orange-and-black on?  Yarn-wise, that's what we're offering you this week for our

Super Spooktacular Sale

From our Store's Sale Section

ALL

Black and/or Orange Yarns

Previously 25% off

THIS WEEK ONLY!

75% OFF

Assorted Yarns, Assorted Prices

One example?  

 Ushya from Mirasol Yarns

Colour: "Orange Blossom"

100 Grams = 104 metres (114 yards)

2 - 2.5 stitches per 1" on a 10 mm needle/hook

Chainette Construction

98% Merino wool

2% Nylon

It's the perfect thing, because it's so quick to knit up into a toque or cowl 

to keep your little goblin or ghoul cozy on Hallowe'en Night!

AND JUST ONE MORE THING!

9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Customers who arrive in the shop

wearing a Hallowe'en costume

will get 10% off anything they purchase!

And now a wee traditional Scottish prayer for the safety of our staff, family, friends and customers this Hallowe'en...

From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!

See you in the Shop!*

*Written by Margaret, who prefers to mark Hallowe'en by hiding in her studio till all the ghoulies, ghosties and beasties have gone home!

Things That Glow in the Dark

Ooooooh!  It's that time of year again, when goulies and ghosties and long-leggity beasties roam broad...and Things Go Bump in the Night!

The days have grown shorter by the minute, and this week we were graced by a huge, full Harvest Moon just as we closed shop and went home for supper.


The air has been crisp and clear -- with no snow! -- and the kiddies are getting antsy to go 'Trick-or-Treating' come All Hallows' Eve -- aka Hallowe'en, which this year falls on Wednesday.

Yes -- it will be dark!  And clouds may cover that moon!  

Wondering how to keep kiddies safer on the streets as they go house to house in search of goodies?

Want to make them more visible?

How fast are your fingers?

We ask -- because this week, just in time for Hallowe'en, we're offering a quick fix to increase kids' safety and visibility this year:

A reflective yarn in a wild, spooky neon yellow-green.

It comes in two weights -- Chunky and Really Chunky -- so that crafters' fast fingers can double or triple it for an arm-knit cowl or scarf, finger-braid it for a fast pair of 'round-the-wrist or 'round-the-ankle accents, or crochet it up into a quick toque -- maybe even a glowing hood!

A Spooktacular Green for Hallowe'en!

Schachenmayr 

Lumio

100 grams = 75 metres (82 yards)

91% Acrylic

9% Polyester

2 stitches = 1" on a 10 mm needle or hook

Regular Price: $16.00

Sale Price: $4.00

and...

Schachenmayr 

Lumio Fine

100 grams = 90 metres (98 yards)

91% Acrylic

9% Polyester

3 stitches = 1" on a 6.5 - 8 mm needle

or 7 - 8 mm crochet hook

Regular Price: $12.00

Sale Price: $3.00

Limited supply!  All sales final -- and when it's gone, it's gone!

But...

that's not all!

This year we offer a Spooktacular Hallowe'en Bonus!

If you come to our shop on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -- between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. -- wearing a Hallowe'en costume -- 

you'll get 10% off anything you purchase!

Have a safe and Happy Hallowe'en, everyone!

*Written by Margaret, happy TCL employee who prefers to hide from the ghosts, goblins and ghouls that roam on All Hallows' Eve!