Addi Turbo Booster Package

Just out from from Addi, the perfect addition to any Click Set, the Booster Package.  This contains one 47 inch and two 60 inch cords to allow you to get the most out of your Click Set.

Time to Mark Your Calendars for the 6th Annual "Choose Your Own Adventure Retreat"

We'll be holding our annual retreat this year on August 17-19th.  This is later than past years, but many of you requested that we hold it in August so as not to conflict with your family vacations.  

We'll be holding this year's retreat at the WindMill Suites in Chandler.  This is located next to the Chandler Fashion Mall. 

Registration will begin in April once we have a few more details worked out. 

What is a "Choose Your Own Adventure Retreat?" 

This is a time for yarn lovers to gather together in a controlled but unstructured environment and be immersed in whatever yarn activity they want to pursue.  It's uninterrupted time to "be with your projects and share in the energy of having that many fiber people in one space."  We get the space, provide the food, plan some activities and block out the world.

IT'S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - bet you didn't know that!

So it's Super Bowl XLV (why do we use roman numerals but we don't use metric).

So it's (X=10, L=50, V=5 so is it 65, NO, X before L means* a minus (who knows why), so 50-10= 40; then V following L means to add 5 (must be new math), so we have 40 + 5 = 45)  Super Bowl 45.  Wouldn't it be simply to say that vs Super Bowl XLV. 

Anyway welcome to Super Bowl 45 Sunday.  Remember we are having a small pre-game party at TYF.
 

*Subtractive Principle:

Any numeral is counted positively unless there's a larger numeral anywhere to its right, in which case it is counted negatively.  However, proper Roman numbers are subject to the following restrictions about the applicability of the subtractive principle.
The use of the subtractive principle has always been optional. Its systematic use is fairly modern.  For example, it's acceptable to use IIII instead of IV, as is usually done on clockfaces (to "balance" their left and right halves, so we're told).

It's a Girl!!!

CORA LEE HAD HER BABY!

Baby: Ivy-Pearl Meier

born: 2.3.12

weight: 7 lb, 3 oz

length: 19.5

Mom, Dad & Ivy are doing fine.

Super Bowl Sunday

There are many reasons to stay home and watch the Super Bowl on Sunday (2/5):
1) You love the game,
2) You love the commercials,
3) You love the partying that goes with the game,
4) You love the teams...

All of these great reasons to Stay Home on Super Bowl Sunday.

BUT, if the Super Bowl isn't your thing, we have an alternative for you. 

Tempe Yarn will have our PRE GAME Super Bowl party.  No kegs, no television, no commercials to watch (tape'em), just yarn, friendly people and a few snacks.  We will be open from noon-5pm!

Liam will be here signing autographs if he can stay awake.

Rowan Yarns

We are excited to announced that we will be adding Rowan Yarns to our product selection.  We expect to get our first order in by mid-February.  Watch here for more updates.

addi Lace Clicks--Long Tips Are In!

Up until now you could only get the addi Lace Clicks with the 3.5 inch tips.  Now addi has introduced, and we have in stock (a limited number), the new addi Lace Click Longs.

In a wonderful pink case, the addi Lace Clicks - Long tips are 5.5 inches long.  But there is more than just longer tips.  The new addi Lace Click - Longs sets have:

• NEW Lifeline Cords! Each cord features two threadable eyelets on each end, near the tip connections, through which a waste yarn can be run, allowing you to effortlessly create lifelines as you knit. When not in use, the eyelets remain closed so as not to interfere with one's knitting. Those that have tried them, love them!
• 8 pairs of addi Lace - Long tips (5.5 inches), US sizes: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 in a newly designed pink wallet case that includes a fold-down pouch for cords, gauge and notions
• 3 blue addi Lifeline Cords which create 24”, 32”, and 40” needles (approximate lengths).  
• one connector piece which you can use either to join your cable together so that it becomes a stitch holder or to combine cords for longer lengths
• an addi needle gauge and an addi Heart Pin

We have a limited quantity of these sets in stock.  CALL 480-557-9166 to order your addi Lace Click Long set.

Fibers Through Time 2012

Remember the last day to sign up for one of the exciting classes at Fibers Through Time is February 4, 2012.  For more details click here.

Cat Bordhi Thanks

Thanks to Cat Bordhi for gracing our shop, leaving behind happy students and wiser owners.

National Multiple Sclerosis Donation

Cora Lee Meier has done it again!  She has knitted the Elizabeth Zimmerman 100th anniversary "Pi Camping*" shawl (designed by Judy Shedden) and donated it to Tempe Yarn to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.  This wonderful shawl is made of Zitron's Filagran (in Smoke color way) with yarn that was graciously donated by Skacel Collection Yarn Company.

With a minimum $5.00 donation at Tempe Yarn, you can have your name entered into a drawing to win this Zimmerman Shawl.  If you live outside of the immediate area and you wish to participate, simply give us a call (480 557 9166) and make your donation with either Visa or Mastercard. 

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that impacts many people in so many ways. This wonderful pattern includes the themes of Elizabeth Zimmerman's love of camping from the "paw prints"at the center in honor of her pet Kline the cat, the Slanting Twigs to represent a walk in the forest with sun shining through the trees, Willow Leaves to celebrate the beauty of everything growing and green and the Eaves and droplets to represent water lappin up at the edge of the lake or river and rolling back across the sand and rocks (excerpted from the Ravelry pattern page.)"

 

Cora Lee added a section of Pine trees near the edging to give another additional dimension to the Knit.  She loves camping with others and realizes the difficulty that the disease can bring to those who previously have loved the outdoors and camping in particular.  With this shawl, she hopes to bring attention to this disease as well as to allow one person to truly enjoy the beauty of this work of art for many generations to come. 

 

 

Why The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and I Are Moving Towards a Cure

Having multiple sclerosis means that you may suddenly have blurry vision. Or that your memory will fail you for no apparent reason. Or that you may not always be able to walk. The symptoms of MS are different, and devastating, for everyone - the only certainty is that it will affect yet another person every hour of every day.

Why I Knit This Shawl

"Because I want to do something for myself and others who have been diagnosed - and because I want to do everything to prevent more people from learning what it means to live with this disease", said Cora Lee. Today, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, and with diagnosis occurring most frequently between the ages of 20 and 50, many individuals face a lifetime filled with unpredictability.

Why You Should Buy A Drawing Ticket

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will use funds collected to not only support research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address the needs of people living with MS today. Because of your drawing ticket purchase, we are now getting closer to the hour when no one will have to hear the words, "You have MS."

Drawing Information

For a minimum $5 donation, you will receive a ticket.  The drawing for the shawl will be held at 3pm on March 31st.  All proceeds from the drawing will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 

 

* The Elizabeth Zimmerman 100th Anniversary Camping shawl was designed by Judy Shedden of Mwaa Knit Obsession who agreed to allow the use of her pattern for this charity project.