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Wow! Cyber Monday! This is supposed to be the day when those of you are still shopping on Monday, but online, make everything great for us online retailers. But we do have a very special deal for you to try something new or just treat yourself for getting all that holiday shopping done!
It’s the Fifth (and last) day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for the yummiest new yarns from Lang: Aiko, a multi-purpose chunky yarn, and a great extension of Alpaca SuperLight, Lang Alpaca SuperLight Lamé.
Aiko: Use the coupon code AIKOLUX Lux because this is truly a luxury yarn. One look at this yarn and you will be wondering where it has been all your life! This yarn is a combination of so many desirable qualities: fast and easy to knit, a little bit of haze from some mohair, depth of color and texture. You will love it–try it now!
Alpaca SuperLight Lamé: Use the coupon code OOHLALA
You can use this beautiful yarn for any lace weight pattern that has a large enough gauge to handle the halo, or substitute for any pattern for Alpaca SuperLight in any of the Fatto à Mano books. A fabulous addition to the Lang yarn line-up. For those of you who like to experiment, this yarn is a great carry-along for a plain yarn. The colors coordinate with all the other Lang yarns, so pair it with Alpaca SuperLight for a chunky knit, or with Aiko for a bulky. Make yourself a one of a kind masterpiece!
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/28/2011) ONLY.
So it’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving – are you all exhausted from shopping? No? Tired of football? Good, because we have new discount codes for 2 more great new yarns today. There’s still time to knit a holiday gift from the skeins you order.
Anyway, it’s the Fourth day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for the newest yarn from Lopi (Istex) Einband Lace weight, and Regia Design Line Hand-Dye Effect by Kaffe Fasset
Einband: Use the coupon code LOPILACE
This is just a marvelous yarn –Lopi yarn in a next-t0-the-skin soft lace weight. Try it!
Regia Design Line Hand-Dye Effect by Kaffe Fasset: Use the coupon code KAFFE8 
The master of color has designed a line of beautiful degradé colors for socks or any 4-ply pattern .
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/27/2011) ONLY.
Ok, I know there’s no official designation for the Saturday after Thanksgiving in terms of the holiday shopping season. But we can make up a new one, right? I wish I were more creative in coining catchy phrases–Saturday Special is pretty common.
Anyway, it’s the third day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for the newest yarn from Jojoland, Fantasia, and Regia Highland Tweed!
Fantasia: 
Use the coupon code FANSAT1
Fantasia is the latest yarn from Jojoland, in chunky weight. Super fast to knit, with the same constantly changing long, long color variation. Love it!
Regia Highland Tweed: Use the coupon code TWEEDY 
A great tweedy 6-ply sport weight yarn.
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/26/2011) ONLY.
Black Friday is Bargain day, right? And you get to take advantage of it without sitting outside in the weather.
It’s the second day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for 2 Trendsetter Yarns:
Rendezvous: Use the coupon code BF11FUN
Improv: Use the coupon code BF11JOY 
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/25/2011) ONLY.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
It’s the first day of the Try a New Yarn promotion from Handknitting.com. Today’s Buy One Get One Half off coupon is for 2 Lang Yarns:
Donegal 
Use the coupon code THANKS1
Merino Lace 400 Use the coupon code THANKS2 
This coupon will allow you to buy 2 skeins of these yarns, with the second skein at half price. You may mix colors, and you may use the coupon as many times as you wish.
GOOD TODAY (11/24/2011) ONLY.
It’s that time of year again! The calendars for 2012 are here. Without equal, here’s the
Helen Hamann 2012 Calendar
The 2012 Calendar contains a new pattern from Helen for every month, plus two bonus patterns for Nov/Dec of this year.Lots of accessories in this one–great for smaller projects.
You get the beautifully photographed 14 month calendar, plus a code to download any or all of the 14 patterns. What could be better?
I just cannot believe how fast the time seems to go by right now. Every day I’m farther behind than the day before: more new products to get up on the website, more inventory reconciliation, more everything. And at the same time I’m worrying about getting organized for Stitches West and other shows. We are way behind schedule. Gosh.
You should see the state of my house–Thank heavens we don’t yet know a lot of people here who will “drop in.”
WHERE???
Ludington, MI is on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, and home of the SS Badger Car Ferry that traverses the Lake to Manitowoc WI. We thought this might be a nice little relaxing respite from all the driving. And it was–it was delightful, although quite windy. But that didn’t stop 2 knitters I saw on the bow area of the top deck from stitching away! One was working on EZ’s Baby Surprise Jacket, and the other was half way through a Transverse Jacket, knit from side to side.
Anyway, here’s some of the scenery from the cruise …
View from the deck...
GGGGGG!!!!!!!!
Seriously, there were wonderful views of the shore during departure & arrival, and a sailing regatta with race, that we got to watch. The vibrant colors of the sails against the misty surface were truly enervating and delightful.
Next, day 4
OH — MY — GOODNESS! The Midwest is caught under a dome of sweltering, oppressive heat. It must be record-setting.
We left early this morning, and stopped early too. We’re now in Sioux Falls, SD, it’s 102 with high humidity so the heat index is 115-120, and it’s 5 pm. Arrrgggghhhhhhh. We’re hoping it will be easier as the weather moves eastward and we continue to move west.
Whew.
Yes we finally got completely packed up, moved out and on the road! Packing & loading day (Thursday) was a real trial, with all the people everywhere, constant questions, and complete confusion!
Fortunately we had all the yarn in the warehouse ready to go, so that part was pretty smooth, but still it filled up more of the truck than the movers had expected, so there was some last minute reorganization. By the time the last truck left the house at 7:30 pm, I was thoroughly frazzled and both of us were exhausted. Poor Sadie, she was beside herself with all the people and activity all over her house. But she survived.
Day 1: A big let-down — anti-climax I should say. Pack up the cars, sweep out the house, all those stupid last-minute things that take forever! Finally on the road at noon, we headed for Cleveland. The highlight of the trip so far — seeing our friends of many years, Bernie and Maurice for dinner. Sitting at their picnic table having dinner, it finally began to feel as if it all was really happening right now!
Next entry…. Day 2!
