Winter Sale Yarns....

January means no more gift knitting and time to knit for ourselves! We have some great deals for you to start new projects, just to increase your stash without feeling guilty or grab that bag you have been eyeing!

All Colinette 40% off (including pattern books and kits!)
All JaJaJa bags 30% off
All kits 40% (even the gorgeous Hanne Falkenburg kits!)
Baby, Baby Print, and Baby Tweed from Tahki 40% off - was $15.95-17.50, now $9.57-10.50
Blossom from Noro 40% Off - was $10.00, now $6.00
Big Kureyon from Noro 40% Off - was $16.00, now $9.60

We also received our order of the new and hot Addi Click kits - if you are an Addi junkie like lots of our staff then these are a must-have!

Sad news

Dear Friends of Yarn Garden,

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our owner, Linda Carter, this last Sunday night. While she had not been feeling well these past few years, her death was still sudden and unexpected. The loss will be deeply felt by her family and staff. Our current plan is for the Yarn Garden to remain open, managed by her sister and long time store manager, Jo Hartman.

Please join us for a celebration of Linda's life, complete with special knitting projects, at the Yarn Garden all next weekend December 12th thru the 14th. Come wearing a little of her favorite color, red. A special memorial will be held at the store for close friends and family on Friday, the 12th at 5:00pm.

Linda is survived by her parents, Gerald and Phyllis Williams, two sisters Jo Hartman and Connie Ellsbury, two daughters Jill Carter and Julie Painter, three grandchildren Jessica, Jeffrey and Jordan Painter and one great grandchild Rowhan Painter.

It was Linda’s love of all things yarn that gave birth to the magical place known as Yarn Garden. With Linda’s vision and business savvy, the dream of her own yarn store became a reality. Ten years ago she thought it would be a small, quiet retirement business with only a couple of employees; she had no idea that her good taste in yarns, and Portland's knitting fever would help the store grow to become one of the largest on the west coast.

Linda lived a full and vibrant life. In the 1970’s she help to found a wilderness organization, the Umpqua Wilderness Defenders, where she helped save three wilderness areas in Southern Oregon. She lived in a log cabin where she ran a farm, rode horses, grew organic vegetables, raised sheep and two children – and of course spun wool. In later years, she traveled to Scotland and New Zealand where she surveyed many a yarn mill and visited some of her favorite places on earth, pastures full of sheep.

Those who wish to donate in her honor can contribute to one of her favorite charity organizations, Heifer International (www.heifer.org). She loved the way the organization helped underprivileged families and villages around the world by purchasing livestock, especially wool-producing sheep.

You can also knit a scarf for the Orphan Foundation of America's Red Scarf Project (www.orphan.org), a great charitable knitting initiative that provides warmth and encouragement to foster youth in Oregon. Red was Linda's favorite color, she had a personal collection of many, many red scarves that she knitted. She would be delighted that the project continued. The Yarn Garden will accept red scarves through the end of January.

Over the weekend we will also complete a project Linda had been wanting to do for years, which is create a knitted outfit for the little sheep mascot that has sat in the window of the store for the last few years. She had always wanted a little knitted flower garden for the sheep to graze on; she wanted him to have some socks, a little hat, a scarf, but she never had time to work on that project. Come be creative with us.

We know Linda will miss her store, the wonderful customers and her expert staff, but she is in a better place now - the big yarn store in the sky.

December 5, 2008

Join us this Saturday afternoon....

We are excited to announce we will be hosting a representative from Hand Painted Knitting Yarns this Saturday, November 29th from 12-5pm. She will be bringing trunk show models and will be there to tell you all about this truly artistic line. In honor of this show, we will be offering 10% off the Giant Skein kits purchased during the trunk show. Come and be educated and more importantly, inspired, during this special event.



We also just received our reorder of Flat Feet from Conjoined Creations - finally! They have become so popular, we waited for them to catch up with their orders. If you haven't seen these, they are fascinating! Super-portable since you knit them directly from the flat fabric, unraveling bits at a time. We also just received their new book, Flat Feet Book One: Socks, which has some creative patterns to use with this exciting yarn.

Brown Sheep has arrived...

Ah, we now have lots of new stock of everyone's fave, Brown Sheep! We have more Burly Spun, Lanaloft Worsted and Sport, Lamb's Pride Bulky and Worsted, and Naturespun Worsted. You can now begin your holiday shopping....

Madelinetosh Sock is here and Ozark Handspun...

We just received 31 gorgeous colors of Madelinetosh Sock - it has a rabid following and now we have it. Once you see the truly artistic colorways in handpainted multicolor, "glazed", and "somewhat solid", you will become a fan yourself.

We also just received some new colors of Ozark Handspun Opulent. We also have two trunk show models with free patterns to inspire you.

Brown Sheep reorders are still on the way - if you need a specific color, feel free to email us with your request and we can call you when it arrives.

Misti Alpaca Chunky is back....

We just received 9 colors of Misti Alpaca Chunky with 3 more on backorder. These sell out so quickly we always joke that we should just leave them in the boxes rather than use shelf space!

Last week we received an order of notions and needles from Clover, Bryspun, Susan Bates, and some rosewood double points. We also have quite a few new yarns and patterns such as....

From Handpainted Knitting Yarns: gorgeous new sock yarn Merino Tencel, lovely Merino Lace in both soft and vibrant colorways, and two new 20 oz. Giant Skein kits with a free jacket pattern. The Giant Skein kits come in a smaller 10 oz. size as well and would make a wonderful holiday gift for any yarn-lover.

From Schaefer Yarns: new "Sock The Vote" yarn in Michelle, Hillary, Cindy, and Sarah colorways. Also, some new patterns for lace, baby items, and socks.

From Nancy Lindberg: a variety of her classic hat, mitten, glove, sweater, and sock patterns. Many of them have options for more than one gauge so these are patterns you will use again and again for years.

From Berroco: we finally received our Comfort Sock - great colors, a fantastic price, and vegan/vegetarian friendly!

Coming soon - Brown Sheep reorders and some new Ozark Handspun yarns.

20 Colors of Malabrigo Lace Weight... Need we say More?

Such vivid colors in light as air, soft as heaven baby merino. Fall in love today!