Big Prism Sale, New Yarns, Exciting Events!

It's time for stash enhancement!
Prism yarns go on sale 40% starting Friday Feb. 27th!
Be sure to come into the store early or shop our website to get the best selection. The Yarn Garden is the only store in Portland that carries this gorgeous yarn. 1/4" Sparkle Ribbon, Andee, Big Ball Mo, Blossom, Bon Bon, Carnival, Collage, Cool Stuff, Dazzle, Diana, Duo, Felt Me, Fern, Flash, Flirt, Frill, Frost, Galaxy, Grain, Impressions, Kashmir, Kid Mohair, Kid Slique, Lazer, Light Stuff, Luna, Manhattan, Matisse, New Fern, Panther, Pouf, Quadro, Sunshine, Surf, Tubino, Twirl, Wild Stuff, and Zucca as well as single patterns and booklets.

Prism hand dyes a full range of classic, luxury and novelty fibers, including unusual "Double Dyes"--yarns of combination fibers (usually rayon and nylon) that dye with different types of dye, allowing them to layer color upon color. Cashmere, silk, angora, kid mohair, alpaca, novelty nylons and more make up the Prism Yarn Collection. Prism yarns accept dye well, pill little, and behave themselves once they are knitted.

Since 1984 Prism has endeavored to bring the ultimate knitting experience to discerning knitters. They want you to love every stitch that you make, and strive to deliver the level of quality, ingenuity and delightful surprises that will keep you knitting. We are continuing our winter sale so you will also find deals on many other yarns that are discounted 30% - 40%. Come by the Yarn Garden to stock up for your spring knitting fever!

What's New?
‘Beat the Winter Blahs’ Special Event at Lantern Moon!
On Thursday, March 5th at 6:30 p.m. join us at the Lantern Moon Warehouse in Portland for an evening to celebrate knitting, view the fashion show from the January National Needle Arts show, and learn about what’s new in knitting from local area yarn retailers. Refreshments will be provided and there will be an opportunity to purchase Lantern Moon products at 20% off retail prices. Space is limited and reservations are required, go to Yarn Gardens website for more details.

New from Classic Elite: Spring pattern books Johns Bay, Round Pond, Heron Island, and New Harbor and new Verde Collection yarns Allegoro (70% Organic Cotton, 30% Linen - sport weight) and Solstice (70% Organic Cotton, 30% Merino Wool - worsted weight) with Sprout coming soon. We also received the new Summer Sox (40% Cotton, 40% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon) and new colors and restocks of Silky Alpaca Lace, Soft Linen, and Alpaca Sox. We got a select few skeins of the new luxurious Marly - 100% Cashmere, gorgeous marled colors and a generous 190 yards - if you pick this up, you will be in love!

New from Ecobutterfly: Two fairly traded, certified 100% Organic Cotton, and Vegan yarns - Pakucho Fine Flamme and Pakucho Sport. The staff fell in love with these yarns the minute the Rep showed us. Beautiful, amazingly soft, and eco/animal/people friendly? Definitely!


Where's Joe?
Join the Where's Joe Roadshow March 2nd 1:30 to 3:30 at the Yarn Garden. Joe is bringing a trunk show with SWTC’s (SouthWest Trading Company) latest garments for some hands on fun. Joe is also bringing some free samples for you to take home. So gather your knitting friends together and let's have a knitting party!

More Sale Yarns, French Girl Knits book

Our copies of French Girl Knits just arrived - gorgeous patterns as you would expect.

We have added a few more sale yarns to our Winter Sale. It is a great time for major stash-enhancement with amazing deals on some really beautiful yarns. We have placed all our Spring / Summer orders and need space to put them when they start arriving soon!

New Additions - All 40% Off!

K1C2 Camelino was $8.95, now $5.37
Jojoland Rhythm was $8.95, now $5.37
Artful Yarns Circus was $16.95, now $10.17
Trendsetter Vintage was $10.75, now $6.45
Jaeger Natural Fleece was $14.25, now $8.55
Noro Sumile Solid, Multi was $12.00/$13.00, now $7.20/$7.80
Prism Surf was $21.95, now $13.17

Still continuing on sale...
All Colinette and Karabella yarns, patterns, and books - 40% Off
Noro Niji and Blossom, Tahki Baby/Tweed/Print, Great Adirondack Holo Hoops and Dangles - 40% Off
All JaJaJa Bags are 30% Off
All knitting and crochet Kits are 40% Off

Debbie Bliss, Noro, Sirdar, Denise kits

We are so excited to announce that we have new stock of Debbie Bliss yarns and new books as well as some old favorites! We have 11 colors of Alpaca Silk Aran, 25 colors of Cashmerino Aran, 22 colors of Cashmerino DK, 24 colors of Baby Cashmerino, and 15 colors of the brand new Eco Organic Cotton from her new Fair Trade Collection. A great reason to choose Debbie Bliss yarn - as if you really needed one.

We also got some new colors of Noro Kureyon, Silk Garden, and the gorgeous Silk Garden Sock - we also got the new Noro book from designer Jenny Watson.

We are bursting with Sirdar new yarn colors, 25+ new patterns, and 7 new books too - 17 colors of Baby Bamboo, 3 colors of the new Snuggly Kisses DK which is a very pale tonal striping yarn, 6 basic colors of Snuggly 4Ply, 38 colors of Snuggly DK. And if you think that Sirdar is primarily for children, you would be missing out on some very economical and wonderful yarns for adult garments. There are lots of more grown-up colors and Snuggly 4Ply and DK are vegan.

Denise kits are now back in stock - both in original and Breast Cancer Pink.

Loads of new stuff from Berroco, Plymouth.....

We had 7 big boxes from Plymouth and 6 from Berroco this week so we have lots of new restocks, new colors, new yarns...

From Berroco: 29 colors of Ultra Alpaca, 18 colors of Peruvia, 6 new colors of Berroco Sox as well as 6 restock colors, 13 colors of Comfort, 7 colors Ultra Alpaca Fine, coming soon is some Lang Jawoll solids, Lang Bobbins, and a few colors of Ultra Alpaca Light.

From Plymouth: the gorgeous new thick and thin Trabajos Del Peru in 10 hand dyed colors - we have 4 free patterns available with purchase - 2 scarves, a hat, and fingerless mitts. Also, restocks of Happy Feet with 2 new colors, restocks of Jelli Beenz and Baby Alpaca Brush, lots and lots of Encore, Encore Colorspun, Encore Mega, Encore Chunky, and Encore Chunky Colorspun including some beautiful new prints, 13 gorgeous shimmering colors in the 100% bamboo, Royal Bamboo, and all three natural colors of Homestead.

We also got a large order from Skacel so we are stocked up on regular and lace Addi's as well as their double points and crochet hooks.

More Sale Yarn, Brown Sheep is in, Needles & Notions here too

Our Winter Sale yarns, books, and accessories that were posted last time are still on sale but we are adding some more goodies. All Karabella yarns and patterns, GGH Solitaire, Twinkle Soft Chunky, Great Adirondack Holo Hoops and Dangles, and Noro Kureyon Sock and Niji are all 40% off.

We just unpacked 7 big boxes from Brown Sheep so we are all stocked up on Lamb's Pride Bulky and Worsted, Lanaloft Worsted and Sport, and NatureSpun Worsted - yeah!

Also, we got a huge order of Clover, Brittany, Bryspun, and Susan Bates needles and notions so our needle storage is bursting at the seams!

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