Millicent’s News   
October 2005

  

MILLICENT’S YARNS & MORE

27 N. Centre Street, Cumberland

301-722-8100  or www.millicentsyarns.com

 

Shop Hours:  Tues – Sat, 10 –5

Extended Hours:  Wednesdays, 10 –9

Also:  Sunday, 2 – 5 pm

 

* * * GRAND OPENING * * * 
Saturday, October 1

 SALE, RAFFLES, SILENT AUCTIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS

We have worked and worked this month to make our new store all set for your winter knitting.  On Saturday, October 1, Millicent’s Yarns & More is ready to show itself off!  Come see our completed shop with its wide open spaces, bright lighting which makes the yarn colors sparkle, the new yarns, the kits and fun ideas for holiday presents, and the fun photos of vintage knitting. 

 

DEMONSTRATIONS!  We will have knitting, spinning, weaving, and felting demonstrations throughout the day.

 

SALE!  Our grand opening sale of 10% off anything in the store is bound to please. 

 

 RAFFLES!

1)      We are raffling 250 yards of beautiful hand-painted bulky chenille yarn from Maryland’s own Blue Heron Yarns! One person every hour will be the lucky winner.

2)      We are raffling two places for the two Stash Day Workshops on Saturday, October 15.

So put your name in our raffle bowl for a chance to win.

 

SILENT AUCTION!  We are also having a silent auction for model sweaters and hats from Millicent’s Yarns & More.

 

TRUNK SHOWS!  See beautiful knitted and crocheted items from Dale of Norway and Brown Sheep.

 

Live harp music and munchies will top off the great day!   Please join us from 10 to 5 on Saturday, October 1 for lots of fun!

 

Newsletter Contents:

  1. Workshop Announcement # 1:  Knitting Beautiful Scarves (or how to get a head-start for the Scarf Style Contest and Spinning Demonstration with Maureen Pritchard (October 8)
  2. Workshop Announcement #2:  October Stash Day:  Stashology 101  (October 15)
  3. Workshop Announcement #3:  Spinning with Fibers (October 16)
  4. Knit-Out and Crochet Cumberland plus a Scarf Style Contest (October 22)
  5. Workshop Announcement #4:  Ribbon and Yarn Embroidery with

              Karen Phillips-Shwallon (October 29)

6.    Weaving and Spinning at Millicent’s

 

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT #1 - Scarves

To help you with ideas for the Scarf Style contest, we will hold a second Knitting Beautiful Scarves workshop on Saturday, October 8 from 1:00 to 2:30.   We will discuss design sources, combining textures, and colors, and gauge (or how to get that 6 inch width no matter what thickness of yarn you start with) and how to create stunning scarves.  Please note:  This is NOT a learn-to-knit workshop.  Our September 17 workshop was great fun – lots of hands-on work as well as creative and theoretical thinking!  The workshop fee is $10.00.   Please register ahead by calling 301-722-8100.

 

Knit-Out & Crochet Cumberland
and Winter Scarf Contest

Have you ever thought that you were one of only a few knitters in our area?  Well, we would like to show you just how many people are celebrating the wonders of this art/craft form during Cumberland’s Knit-Out, Saturday, October 22 between 10:00 and 3:00 pm, on Baltimore Street near the Liberty Street Stage!

 

Many cities around the country have Knit-Outs in October.  These are gatherings of knitters who teach new folk to knit, and enjoy being part of a large group of knitters having fun!   The Maryland Eastern Shore Knit Out is early October.  The Washington one is late in October.  Washington is also sponsoring a scarf-making contest, contributing all entries to D.C. homeless shelters after determining the winners.  It’s a great idea worth imitating!

 

Our Winter Scarf Contest will be the focus of our Cumberland Knit-Out & Crochet as well.  Ours, however, will involve selling your beautifully knitted scarves to the public to raise money for the Cumberland Food Bank.  (Please submit scarves by Oct. 15).

 

Here are the contest rules: 

1)      The contest is open to all knitters and crocheters of any age group.

2)      Knit or crochet a winter scarf that is at least 6 inches wide and 60 inches (5 feet) long.  Scarves knit by kids should be at least 4 inches wide and 48 inches long.

3)      We sure would be happy if the yarn for your project were purchased at Millicent’s Yarns & More. 

4)      The more original you can be, the better.  Try knitting with a new stitch pattern, create your own sampler scarf, combine yarns to create interesting textures, experiment with mosaic knitting, or entralace, or lace!

5)      Scarves must be submitted to Millicent’s Yarns & More at 27 N. Centre Street no later than October 15.

6)      The decision of the judges will be final.

7)      Prizes are awarded as presented and cannot be redeemed for cash.

8)      Scarves must be labeled with your name, address, telephone number and age group by decade (i.e. under 10, 10 – 20, etc).

 

 The scarves will be judged by an impartial judge (i.e. not me) to determine first, second, and third prizes, and one honorable mentions as well as a prize for the best scarf knit by a child under 12 and a prize for a student ages 13 – 22.   Judging will be based upon three criteria:  worthiness in craft (i.e. excellence in execution and neatness in finishing work), originality of design, and design impact.  Winners will be announced at 12:00 noon at Towne Centre in Cumberland.  All scarves submitted to the contest will be put up for sale in downtown Cumberland on Saturday, October 22, from 12:00 (after the announcement of winners) to 4:00.

 

Prizes:

First prize will receive three free knitting or crocheting books, a $40.00 gift certificate to Millicent’s to be spent on any item in the shop, and a gift certificate up to $45 toward any class at Millicent’s Yarns & More. 

Second Prize will receive two free knitting or crochet book, a $30.00 gift certificate to Millicent’s to be spent on any item in the shop, and a gift certificate up to $25 toward any class at Millicent’s Yarns & More. 

Third Prize will receive one free knitting or crochet book, a $20.00 gift certificate to be spent on any item in the shop, and a gift certificate up to $15.00 toward any class at Millicent’s.

Honorable Mention will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to be spent on any time at Millicent’s Yarns & More and a $10.00 certificate toward any class at Millicent’s.

Child under 12 years of age Prize:  One free knitting or crochet book, a $15 gift certificate to be spent on any item in the shop, and three free knitting lessons with Mel.

Teens ages 13 – 22 Prize:  One free knitting or crochet book, a $15 gift certificate to be spent on any item in the shop, and three free knitting lessons with Mel.

 

 

 

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT #2  -  Stashology

STASH DAY!!!  -- Saturday, October 15.    Ever wonder what you’ll do with all the bits and pieces of yarn you have left over from all your projects?  A yard here, a yard there!  You didn’t throw them away, did you?  Good, because now we have a good use for them!

 

Stashology 101 with Mel.  Got lots of leftovers?  Bought some yarn on sale or even one that wasn’t on sale that said to you “take me home”!?!   Is your stash box/basket/drawer/room flowing over?  Well, here is a perfect way to use some of those yarns.  You’ll learn to cut (yes, cut and slash), and created beautiful scarves and pillows with your stash.    Bring at least 15 yarns in a single colorway.  They can be of any weight or content or texture – actually the more varied they are, they better.  Don’t

have enough?  We’ll have some for you.    1:00 to 3:00.  Fee:  $15.00

 

NOVEMBER STASH DAY:  Stash Necklaces with Shirley Carnahan

 

 

 

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT #3 - Spinning

Spinning with Fibers is a research workshop.  We will be spinning with small bits of over 20 fibers to record properties, ease (or lack thereof), desires to work with more of the same!  Unfortunately this workshop is full.  But we will be repeating this workshop and more for spinners in the future!

 

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT #4  -

Ribbon Embroidery

Many of you met or saw the work of Karen Phillips-Shwallon at the Schoolhouse Quilters Annual Quilt Show this summer.  Her work is a marvelous blend of ribbon and yarn embroidery and woven stitches and her speciality is creating pictures in this way of baskets and flowers.  I was so enamored of her work and she was so enamored of Millicent’s selections of yarns that we decided upon a workshop just for Millicent’s customers:  Millicent’s Magnificent Embroidered Flower Basket.

 

Karen will be teaching the fine skills of embroidering with ribbon and yarns at a Millicent’s Yarns & More on Saturday, October 29 from 10am to 3pm.  The cost of the workshop is $45, plus a pattern fee of $12 and an additional fee for materials (not more than $20.  Karen’s finished work will be on display at Millicent’s for several weeks before the workshop.

 

Karen is close enough to come for repeated visits and is quite excited about the prospects of doing a series of classes for Millicent’s customers.  We are excited too.

 

 

WEAVING  AND SPINNING AT  MILLICENT’S

October is National Weaving and Spinning Month.  And we will celebrate National Spinning and Weaving Month by having spinning and weaving demonstrations throughout the month of October.

 

Shirley Carnahan, a weaver for over 25 years, will bring a loom and demonstrate multi-harness weaving through the month of October.  Starting October 1st, and continuing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 to 3 for the rest of the month, you’ll be able to watch Shirley weave on both her 8-harness loom and her triangular loom. 

 

Shirley also teaches weaving and is willing to set up classes to teach basic four-harness weaving to anyone in the area who is interested.  We will also be taking names of anyone interested in starting a weaving study group.  Such a study group is an excellent way in which to advance your weaving knowledge once you have learned the basics of four harness weaving.

 

Spinning will also be demonstrated on Wednesday and Friday afternoons throughout October.  We will have spinning wheels for you to examine and for purchase so that you too can begin to spin your own yarns 

 

Millicent’s has sponsored several spinning workshops with Maureen Pritchard, “The Barefoot Spinner,” from Romney.  Maureen has offered workshops on dying yarns, basic spinning skills, spinning novelty yarns to an enthusiastic group from Millicent’s in the last year.  Maureen Pritchard will be at Millicent’s on October 8 from 11 – 3 to demonstrate spinning and talk to anyone interested in taking lessons with her.. 

 

We will be taking names of those of you who are interested in taking lessons in spinning and help you acquire a spinning wheel if you don’t yet have one.  We will also have roving on sale for spinners who are looking for this. 

 

Help us help you as we build our spinning and weaving areas at Millicent’s Yarns & More: let us know what you need and what you would like to have at Millicent’s.

 

 


QUESTION OF THE MONTH:

At what point did you make the leap from knowing how to knit to being a knitter?

 

E-mail your answer to Mel  (mel@millicentsyarns.com) or drop off your answer on a slip of paper at Millicent’s.  We’ll compile answers and let you know what you all think!!





 

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