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Newsletter |
August 2008 |
Looks like The Purple Purl crew will be about 40 people strong at this year's Stitch N' Pitch game... Go Jays GO!!! Tickets that were pre-ordered from us are now available anytime for pickup at the shop.
We will of course be closing early so we can make the game.
Toronto
Blue Jays v.s. Oakland A's
The Roger's
Centre, Gate 1
7:07pm
August
5th, 2008
Tickets are available for pickup anytime at the shop between now and Tuesday. Miko will be closing up shop at 5:00pm and for those that would like to travel over with us via TTC we will be heading out at 5:30pm. Jennifer (wearing Purple Purl beads of course) will head over early to Gate 1 of the Roger's Centre (Sky Dome) to be there from 5:30pm for those that would like to just meet us there directly and do not yet have their tickets. The Stitch N Pitch loot bags will be given out at Gate 1 upon admittance..yay...swag!
NOTE: Gate 1 is at the north end of the building. If you are coming from Union Station / via the Sky Walk veer to the right of the CN tower to stay on the upper level. Less stair climbing that way.
Let's show our Purple spirit! We will have our purple purl beads available of course, but it would be lovely to see LOTS of purple!
And in support of the Stitch N Pitch event .... whether you came with our crew or not.... bring your ticket stub to the Purple Purl before August 31 and enjoy a one time 15% discount on regular priced yarn. mmmm... Dye-version... Indigo Moon... Miski ...
Fun Fun Fun
Guess who will be at the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitter's Fair September 13th? Yay! Us! Look for us at this knitterly good time! More details will follow in the next newsletter!
Yarn, Yarn, Yarn
Silk Seacell Stunning colourways and very limited stock |
Baby Camel |
Friends of the Purl
We want to extend a big knitterly hug to friend and fibre enthusiast Jacquie B who will be moving away from Toronto this weekend. You will be sorely missed but we wish you every happiness and success in your new home. Come visit as often as you can!
Melinda's wedding is coming up at the end of August and we will be attending to see Melinda and her beautifully crocheted (Purple Purl Finished Object) wedding dress walk down the aisle. Oh yeah and to celebrate the day with Melinda and Nick! So the shop will be closed Saturday, August 30th.
Amy Singer of Knitty.com will be throwing the opening pitch at the Stitch N Pitch game on Tuesday! How cool is that!?! We will be cheering you on Amy!
A big thank you to Lorraine Smith for running two truly fantastic beyond basics sppinning classes in July! Everyone who is interested in spinning should really check out her publication Spinners' Quarterly. Subscriptions are available and there are always great bits of skill building info! Have a peek! And what's more we will be planning more classes on spinning and fibre preparation with her in the coming months! yay!
Flood At The Purl
Many of you already know, but there was some chaos and turmoil at our Purl of a shop on July 8th! Remember that gorgeous, hugely stormy, Tuesday evening? It was a beautiful rain, totally worthy of dancing around outside briefly with unsuspecting and largely amused children! But aside from that excitement, it also resulted in a rather substantial flood in the basement of our Purl of a Shop.
Now, don't panic! It was a Tuesday night and as usual there was a shop full of very horrified stitchers with "Save the Yarn" on the brain! So in a matter of minutes all the yarn and important papers of The Purl were whisked out of the icky water filling basement to the safety of the main level and the yarn and other inventory was not affected! YAY! The clean up took a long while and lots of shelving, tables, rugs etc were lost and needed to be replaced, but thanks to the generosity of our stitch night crew the most important bits were saved. I wish I had photos as the yarn bin brigade was certainly a sight to behold, but alas I was wading around in a lot, a lot, of water. Thank you to all of you!
Why the flood? The storm drains overflowed into sewer drains and then the overflow backed up into the basements of our entire block...so it wasn't just us. And it wasn't pretty. Professional cleaners and 3 weeks later we are disinfected, dry and restocked with new (non-wood) shelving, many more bins and a definite new risk mitigation plan. We are assured that it was a freak occurrence, but we are playing it safe. While our level of organization down there was reasonable, it will now be excellent. We closed for just one day and we very much appreciate all the patience of the people who continued to come even in our very disheveled state!
We just don't know how to say a big enough thank you to all of you who were here to help the night of, and days following as the shop was put back into order! The generosity that this community put out is really awe inspiring. Your support, your help, your thoughtfulness is cherished. We fully appreciate that this craziness could not have happened in a better way. The fact that we saw it start and there were enough willing bodies present meant that thousands of dollars in damages were avoided. We are in good shape again. Always learning!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Adventures of Miko and Purl...
Purl, always up for adventure, joined Miko on a two week vacation that took her driving across Canada! They took a little road trip out west via the trans Canada all the way to were it ends at the Pacific coast. Miko had lots of adventures along the way and even got Purl into a few of them.
and didn't we always suspect Miko might be an actual tree hugger? |
Regular Hours Interruptions
Tuesday August 5th: closed early at 5pm for Stitch N' Pitch Event
Saturday, August 30th: closed to attend Melinda's Wedding
The July 8th storm seems to have hit
more than just our yarn shop too. Our thoughts and good wishes go
out to our friends at In The Loop who had serious water damage from
that storm as well. We hope you are back on your feet again soon
ladies!
Happy Stitching!
Jennifer & Miko
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