Ding Dong the HST is gone. The Wicked HST is gone.
That means that from this day hence, there will only be 5% gst on your yarn. You have 7% more to spend or save, as you wish!
Jane’s Hotline of Hand Dyed Yarns.
The JST Hot Line of Hand Dyed Yarns was launched at Fibres’ West in Vancouver at the end of March. Hand Dyed by Cheryl Huseby Wiebe of Salt Spring Island, there are 32 exquisite colours to choose from. We have been working on this colour line since last fall.
Our next big job is to scan those 32 colours and get them online. Each colour is available in 100g skeins of 11 different yarns from our Yarns to Dye For collection: 20/2 Silk, 30/2 Silk, Tussah Silk, Soie Naturelle, Prime Alpaca, Peruvian Tweed Alpaca, Orlando Boucle, Bolero Boucle, Mikado, Cuddles and Montana.
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Here are a few yummy tastes: Shameless & Favourite Wine, Autumn Spice, Pistachio and Princess Pamuk. Don’t you just want to eat them? (well, you don’t want to eat Princess Pamuk because she’s our dog.)
It sure was fun naming them.
The Time Has Come
Remember way back when Jane decided that she’d rather give her advertising budget to you instead of the corporation? At first we were going to do a single prize worth $250 each quarter. But then I got to thinking … those big lotteries … if only they spread out all the millions between a whole bunch of people. Instead of screwing up one person, they could help 32. So along those lines we decided to make two $125 prizes.
Drum roll please …….
The winners are:
Kathleen Walsh of Powell River!
and
Sharon Butler of Ladner!
Yahooo! Your gift certificates will be sent to you in an email.
Remember, every time you order from us, your name goes in the draw box. Next draw will be July 1, 2013.
Lovely Louet Fibre
Don’t forget that JST has an extensive line of exquisitely prepared fibre from Louet North America.
Just in case you are looking for a specific sheep breed, here is some of what we have in stock:
Blue Faced Leicester, Cheviot, Coopworth, Corriedale, Falkland, Gotland, Karkul, Jacob, Manx Loughton, Masham, Norwegian, Perrendale, Romney, Merino, Shetland, Swalesdale and Welsh.
Not to mention Alpaca, Mohair, Flax, Hemp, Cultivated Silk, Eri Silk, Tussah, Muga and a huge selection of exotics such as Yak, Cashmere, Bison and Camel. Plus more and more and more.
What else have we been up to?
I know that it’s only April 1st, but these first three months have been stellar.
We’ve hosted a wonderful basketry workshop with Joan Carrigan,
an exciting spinning workshop with Cheryl Huseby Wiebe,
our first two full retreats on Colour & Design,
Fibres’ West in Vancouver,
the Louet Dealer’s retreat where Jane trains Louet dealers from across North America,
and our favourite past time … sharing stories of India and the incredible work that Charllotte Kwon and the Maiwa Foundation do in many parts of the world.
Here we have Kathy Fimrite hanging scarves at the Victoria Weaver’s Guild event and Pat Daniels happily setting up displays in Courtenay.
Our display on Salt Spring Island.
Through these three events and everyone’s incredible enthusiasm purchasing the fabulous works of artisans in India we were able to raise $16,000 for the Maiwa Foundation.
Customer’s Corner
Every month we have customers walking through our door sharing the wonderful creations made from the yarns that we sell. It’s always fun to share their creativity.
Karen Lengyeltoti from Vancouver Island’s Tzouhalem Weaver’s Guild wove this stunning Mohair Blankie from our Brushed Mohair.
Sharon Hatelt took this photo out of her window looking east over Drew Harbour on Quadra Island.
And this is the result of her inspiration in Zephyr Wool/Silk yarn sett at 24 epi. Sharon created this original design called the Heriot Bay Local Tartan. It was registered with the Scottish Registrar of Tartans at the National Archives of Scotland. Congratulations Sharon!
And here we have the lovely Judy Moores from the Deep Cove Guild showing off one of her latest towels. Judy has been pushing the lid off her colour box by taking a colour workshop with Jan Korteweg and by following JST’s Colour & Design article in the previous newsletter.
Pretty sweet Judy!
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