Out With the Old....

December 31...time to bid 'adieu' to 2018.  Maybe it's been a terrific year for you, filled with new friendships, new opportunities, new projects, a new location or achievement -- so perhaps you're sad to see it go.

Or...maybe you've been challenged with illness or loss or just all the trouble in the world -- so you're glad to be rid of 2018, in the hopes that 2019 will bring a fresh start all 'round.

Maybe it's time to pick up a new skill, such as knitting, crochet, beading or embroidery.  Maybe it's time to refresh an old skill -- such as...well, you get my point!  😉

However you travel from 2018 to 2019, The Crafty Lady and her staff hope your journey will be smooth sailing -- blessed with health, perhaps a little wealth, and many, many blessings.  We'll be here to help you with your yarn and/or needlework projects, to show you new colours and introduce new materials.  We'll help you brush up rusty skills or learn new ones.

And we hope you'll join us in February as we celebrate 25 years in business in downtown Lacombe!

Meanwhile...please note the following IMPORTANT INFORMATION for this week!

Another short week = NO Super Special Sale.  😞

 New Year's Hours:

Monday, December 31: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 1: CLOSED.  Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 2: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday, January 3: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. -- Knit Night!

Friday, January 4: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Saturday, January 5: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

"Back to Business as Usual" on Monday, January 7! 

And in with the New...

So here's to our customers -- thanks for making 2018 a Very Good Year for The Crafty Lady!  Have a Happy New Year's celebration -- and we'll see you in the shop!

Abandoned and Orphaned...

Yarn, that is.

Here at The Crafty Lady, we're rather fond of yarn.  Thick, thin, natural fibres or synthetic -- we pretty much love all of it (even if we tend to play favourites from time to time!)

So it makes us sad when people put in a Special Order (S.O.) for yarn and then, having had several calls and messages left to tell them it's here and would they please pick it up...they leave it in the shop -- sometimes as long as a year.

And it makes us sad when we see odd balls...orphaned from the pack because they're the Last of the Dye Lot.

That's why we're starting the New Year off right -- by trying in earnest to find these yarns a new home with you, our crafty, yarn-lovin' customers!

First, there's a full bag of S.O. yarn that needs to find a good home -- Sirdar Big Softie in a warm-your-heart red (Colour #358 - "Norsk"), perfect for more cozy toques and cowls, but there's enough here for a sweater!

51% Superwash Wool

49% Acrylic

50 grams = 45 metres (49 yards)

Regular Price: $6.50

Sale Price: $1.63

As for those Yarn Orphans -- there's a variety of single balls and skeins available, including the classic Berroco Vintage, a medium-weight (#4) wool-synthetic blend.  Pair up the colours for a striped scarf or cowl...or use a single ball for a toque or a pair of toasty mittens:

52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon/Polyamide

100 grams = 199 metres (218 yards)

Regular Price: $11.50

Sale Price: $2.88!

It's cold outside.  You've (hopefully) finished your holiday knitting and crocheting.  Now that you've warmed up family and friends, the long winter evenings are the perfect time for creating things that will bring winter warmth to souls who really have been abandoned or orphaned.  Help us find homes for these yarns...and from your needles and hooks to the heads, hands and heart of those in need.

Tidings of comfort and joy to you from 

Lori, Anne and Margaret.

 Happy New Year!

*NOTE: Colours pictured do not necessarily reflect the colours of the yarn on offer!

Written by Margaret, happly TCL employee who loves to spend wintry evenings curled up with coffee, a book, and her knitting.