Heindselman's Knit & Gift
America's Oldest Yarn Shop
WELCOME SPRING!
SO MANY FUN EVENTS!
Trunk show, catalog party, 72 hour afghan, yarn buyback, and of course KAL/CAL, 120th
anniversary specials and more! Let’s make the most of the beautiful spring weather that is about to unfold in front of us and get our creative on!
URTH TRUNK SHOW
March 25th - 31st - Be here or be sorry! You have seen the wonderful self striping Urth Uneek yarns in the store. Every colorway is captivating and the clever patterns that accompany them are beautiful. We are excited to announce a huge trunk show, courtesy of Urth, March 25th to 31st. New colorways are on the shelves, there will be lots of models and free patterns. AND during the trunk show mention the newsletter and take 10% off all Uneek yarns!
CATALOG PARTY!
It’s back and even bigger!!!Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 20th OR Saturday, March 23rd! The fiber arts world is full of great products and equipment and we would love to carry all of it. We can’t. We don’t have the space. However, what we do have are distributors who carry all those products and we have made arrangements with them to open their entire catalog to our customers. This event has been such a success we are going to offer it several times a year, and this time we have added a new distributor for you to shop: Lykke! Fall in love with the beautiful knitting needles, crochet hooks, wooden yarn boxes and other accessories, all hand crafted in Nepal where Lykke is actively improving the living conditions and educational opportunities for the Nepalese people. Of course, you also have access to brands including Lantern Moon, Addi, Knitter’s Pride, Clover, Chiao Goo, Lacis, Boye and many others. Space is limited so reserve your spot early. $10 includes dinner (or brunch in the form of Dinah’s fabulous Malaysian cooking! Then we hand you the catalogs and an order form and you can shop to your heart’s content AND take 10% off anything you purchase and pay for at the time of the party. Come have fun, shop the industry’s best products, eat delicious food and SAVE MONEY! Wednesday, March 20th, 6-8 PM OR Saturday, March 23rd, 10 AM – noon. $10.00
YARN AMNESTY!
We are offering “yarn amnesty” the entire month of April. Bring in whatever yarn you aren’t going to use for whatever reason and we’ll buy it from you! Did you buy it here? Great! Did you buy it somewhere else? Fine! Did you
inherit it? No worries! We don’t care! Bring in ANY yarn from ANY source and get $1.00/lb credit in the store. Any yarn. All April long!
72 HOUR AFGHAN
It’s time again for our 72 Hour Afghan Challenge, April 5th-8th! We have collected a selection of knit or crocheted afghan patterns, all designed to be completed in a weekend. Think bulky yarns and simple stitch techniques. On Friday April 5th, you choose knit or crochet, then pull 2 patterns out of a jar. Choose which one you want to complete, choose your yarn and get started! Get back into the store with the finished afghan within 72 hours of the time stamped on your receipt and receive 50% of whatever you spent on the yarn in instore credit! Every time we do this, more and more people successfully complete it. Join in the fun and knock out an afghan in a weekend. And if you can’t make it in to the store, call us and we’ll see if we can still make it work for you!
SOCK BLANKS!
Sock blanks are undyed sock weight yarn pre-knitted into a rectangle. They are dyed and then unraveled to knit or crochet. Depending on how you dye them they produce endless different effects. Check out our in-store display with two of them used to create a beautiful brioche fade project. They come to us knit either as a single strand or doubled. Doubled strand pieces can be unraveled with each strand used to knit 2 at a time socks (which will match each other exactly), or used double to create a worsted weight yarn. These 4 oz superwash merino-nylon blanks are just $19.99 each and that includes getting them dyed, either by us or we’ll give you all the supplies to do it yourself!
FEATURED ARTISTS
SaLTED PORRIDGE POTTERY
Laura Petty is a pottery artist who doesn’t just capture a vision; she makes it her own and goes way above and beyond. Bobbi met her last summer at a festival. Impressed with her beautiful pieces, Bobbi asked her if she would be interested in producing yarn bowls for Heindselman’s. Laura was only vaguely familiar with what a yarn bowl even was but agreed to give ita try. She brought her first wave of hand thrown bowls in to the store and they were beautiful, and sold out very quickly. Her next generation of yarn bowls are here now and are simply beyond gorgeous. 3 dimensional motifs on the outside and inside of the bowls take them so far beyond anything we were expecting that we were blown away. These too will sell quickly so come in and see her artful approach to a welcome, handy accessory.
MIMMA ROSE
Jane Rosenberger is the force behind the great Mimma Rose products we carry. From hem stitched baby blankets and burps ready for you to add a crochet edging, to oven mitts, picnic blankets and adorable aprons, Jane’s color sense and attention to detail never disappoint. For example: the great “bowl cozies” she makes. Designed to go into the microwave, you can put a bowl of soup or chili in them and then they stand between you and the hot bowl allowing to safely remove it from the microwave. But here is where her attention to detail comes in: most sewing thread is a cotton polyester blend and will melt in the microwave. Jane makes sure that the thread she sews them with are 100% cotton and also uses batting that is safe for microwave use. Would you have thought of that? We wouldn’t have... until the thread melted. Jane restocks her products here on a regular basis so be sure you check out what’s new every time you come in!
ELENA SMITH
Rock expert and wire wrapping artist extraordinaire, Elena has produced beautiful magnetic closure wire wrapped pendants/shawl pins for the store. Using the extremely powerful rare earth magnets, these beautiful pins close shawls and sweaters without having to penetrate the fabric, and also make beautiful pendants to adorn any blouse or top. A handy fabric sleeve over the 2nd magnet makes them easy to apply and remove, and there is a great selection of sizes and colors to choose from.
Longer days mean longer hours! Starting April 1st, we will be back to our summer schedule: hours are Mon-Tues 10-6. Wed-Sat 10-9.
CLASSES
KNITTING
KAL HELP CLASS: Get help with your KAL project the 3rd Thursday or Saturday of the month. March: Hen, basket and chicks, 6-8 PM March 21st OR 10 AM-noon March 16th. April: Boat neck summer T-shirt, 6-8 PM April 18th, OR 10 AM-noon April 20th .Free to anyone who buys the KAL project.
PARK OF THE MONTH CLASS: Our one shot monthly class is the 2nd Saturday from 10-noon. Buy a kit for the class and take 10% off the regular retail price and of course get all the help you need any time. March: Yosemite. April: Congaree. $10.00 plus supplies. Pre-registration is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED so we have enough hat kits available!
TOP DOWN RAGLAN SWEATER: A great first sweater project, and the whole process is made seamless (see what we just did there.... seamless!) under the expert tutelage of Mary, who has written no less than 7 pattern books on this very subject. Create any size sweater with any weight of yarn and master the top down, one piece construction that you will love forever. Wednesdays, Mar 20, 27, Apr 3, 10, 6-8 PM. $35.00 plus supplies: enough yarn for desired sweater, circular needles appropriate for weight of yarn chosen, stitch markers.
CROCHET
CAL HELP CLASS: Get help with your CAL project the 3rd Thursday or Saturday of the month. March: Amigurumi bunny, 6-8 PM March 21st OR 10 AM-noon March 16th. April: Sakura inspired granny squares make a flower motif bag, 6-8 PM April 18th, OR 10 AM-noon April 20th. Free to anyone who buys the CAL project.
GRANNY SQUARE CARDIGAN: A beginner friendly project that’s flowy and comfortable. It can be any size and it works with any weight of cotton yarn. Perfect for spring and summer and quick to work up. Worsted weight yarn willrequire approximately 1250 yards of yarn and a 5 mm hook, but that is up to you! Aly gets you fashionable for summer in this fun class. Saturdays, April 20 and 27, 2-4 PM. $25.00 plus supplies.
WEAVING
TATTING / LACE
TATTING 2: Expand your skills with hands-on class time that will advance both your skill set and your confidence in this time honored lace making technique. Prerequisite: completion of Tatting 1 or demonstration of necessary skills. Tuesdays, Mar. 12, 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 5-7 PM. $120.00 plus supplies.
TAT ALONG: Join Dale each month on the 3rd Wednesday for Tat Along. March 20, April 17, etc. 6-8 PM for a fun evening of tatting projects and good company. 6-8 PM, and just a drop in $5.00 for the evening.
SOAP MAKING
Join Kathy and learn the process of saponification: combining various fats with sodium hydroxide (lye) to create soap. Learn the tricks and hacks in this demonstration class and take home 10 bars of Kathy’s hand made soap or a complete kit to make 20 bars at home! Saturday, Apr 13, 2-4 PM. $65.00.
CLASSES