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Millicent’s News

November 2009 Special Issue

Millicent’s Yarns & More

27 N. Centre Street Cumberland, MD 21502

301-722-8100 millicentsyarns.com

Open Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 5, Wednesday open late until 7

Sunday 1 – 4

*****SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS: *****

We will be open the last Sunday of the month in November and December from 1 - 4

AND

open EVERY FRIDAY EVENING

until 8 pm (11/27 – 12/18)

SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE

Millicent’s celebrates its 8^th Anniversary at the end of November.

And as always we will celebrate with you by having a SALE!

Wednesday, Nov 25 –

Wednesday, Dec 2

20% off all books, magazines, & patterns **

** And here’s the catch! When you purchase $30 or more of books, magazines, and patterns, you will receive 20% off all your other purchases for the remainder of the sale week!

SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE

KNITTING CLASSES FOR DECEMBER

We are offering three short courses (2 weeks only – only $20 fee – 20% off materials) that will give you some stunning last minute gifts! These quick classes are great classes for Beginners. I’m sorry to be late in announcing these, but was home sick last week L Hope many of you will be able to attend nonetheless! You can see our models for each class item at the shop --- you’ll love them!

DECEMBER SUNDAY SOCIAL

Sunday, December 13, 1:00 – 4:00

Our Sunday Social pattern for December is Tudora, found at knitty.com (issue Winter ’07). If you are able to print it out from home, it would be a help for us. It asks for an Aran weight yarn and a US size 6 needle. We carry the Debbie Bliss Aran Tweed recommended for this project, and many other Aran weight yarns besides. Your finished project will need a button. Remember that you will receive a free pattern and free instruction, as well as a second pattern to use with this new skill, and you will be eligible for a door prize. Bring a small snack to share if you feel so moved and join in the fun.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH CLUB: ARAN AFGHAN

Many, including myself, are all falling behind on our Aran afghan squares – can we blame this on holiday knitting? I hope so! Anyhow, we now have only one person coming to our classes : (

Our last squares are:

Jay Campbell, pp. 18 - 19

Dana Hurt, pp. 20 – 21

Dagmara Berztiss, pp. 48 - 49

Kathleen T. Carty, pp. 10 – 11

Susan Rainey, pp. 50 - 51

That should give you 12 squares. Please complete the squares during the months of November, December and January and then assemble your squares using the mattress stitch. During our February meeting we will be working on the cable edging. Be ready!!!

Please feel free to come in for assistance as needed.

Just for fun . . .

DID YOU KNOW

*that putting your mohair knitting in the freezer for 45 – 60 minutes will make it easier to unravel?

*that there are 31 different ways to cast on (and no, we don’t know them all)

*that Genie was a life guard at one point in her life and has swum the English Channel (one pool lap at a time)?

*that “superwash” means machine washable?

*that Millicent’s carries superwash wooden buttons?

*that Millicent’s carries locally hand-crafted glass buttons?

*that Carolyn teaches tatting classes over the internet and is a computer whiz?

*that Interweave publishes not only books but also the magazines Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet, Spin-Off, Piecework, Knitscene, and special issues like Holiday Gifts and Accessories (all of which we sell at Millicent’s)?

*that Jola was the West Virginia Teacher of the Year and met Vice President Dan Quayle at the Washington DC ceremony to honor honorable teachers?

*that you can do a long-tail cast-on by using the inside strand and outside strand of a ball of yarn and never ever have the frustration of running out of yarn before you finish casting on?!

*that Judith makes award-winning dolls and even owns a kiln to bake porcelain doll heads and limbs?

*that Millicent’s is called one of the top-ten yarn shops on the East Coast?

*that Millicent’s has yarns made not only from wool, but also from alpaca, camel, llama, angora, cashmere, mohair, possum, shrimp and crab shells, cotton, soy, bamboo, hemp, silk, and the kapok tree?

*that Joanna has been a straight A student at Frostburg and this month moved into her own apartment for the first time (anyone have a student desk or bookcases she could have)!?

*that the Addi Turbo Click interchangeable needle set costs $155.95, BUT if you purchased each needle size separately you would invest over $600? (we have three hard-to-acquire sets left )

*that Mel found her first white hair at the age of 10, had a streak of white by high school, was mostly all white by 30, but never dyed her hair – too cheap!

THURSDAY AFTERNOON KIDS KNIT Children ages 6 and up are welcome to Millicent’s on Thursday afternoons at 3:30 to 4:30 to learn and increase their skills in knitting and crocheting. Parents are asked to pick up children by 4:45 at the latest please!

Congratulations

to Theo Ewers who finished her Master’s Degree in Web Design!

Knit on, knit on . . .

Mel, Dick, Judith, Jola, Geni and Joanna