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instructor Sue B. will share her pattern for this intriguing one-piece garment with students who sign up for this new class.

1. Socks are the ultimate portable project--easy to knit at home or on the go, with very little elbow room required in waiting rooms or on airplanes. A sock-in-progress fits in your everyday purse.
2. A pair of socks takes at most only one or two skeins of yarn. You get more projects per knitting dollar, since each new skein of yarn means a new project.
3. Ever-changing variety: Sock yarns come in all kinds of fibers, gorgeous color-ways, and self-patterning designs. Each new pair of socks means a new yarn to sample and enjoy.
4. More enjoyment from your finished product: You wear socks almost every day, year-round. How often do you wear a sweater?
5. Socks still fit you even if you lose or gain weight.
6. Other people wear socks almost every day, year-round. Those people love getting hand-knit socks as gifts. Never again be at a loss for what to give at birthdays or baby showers.
7. Socks can be as simple or as complicated as you like. They are small enough to experiment on, small enough to use up bits of your stash on, and easy to personalize with stitch patterns, stripes, or different types of heels and toes.
8. Fun feet: Customize your wardrobe accessories--knit socks to match all your favorite outfits.
9. The skills you learn while knitting socks can translate into bigger projects. You gain knitting confidence.
10. Impress friends and strangers as you deftly manipulate multiple needles!

We offer you two ways to learn to knit socks on Wednesday evenings in April (14, 21, 28) 6-8 pm:

Socks on Circs with Jenni 
Socks on DPNs with Christi.

 

Hot off the needles, here's Mary's "Mister Ben"  from the pattern by Two Old Bags.

Question to ponder: can you really call him a "sock monkey" when he never actually was a sock?

 
And...

Enjoy this video about one man's journey from skeptic to knitter, and the helpful folks who helped him see that Knitting's a Privilege

April 1: Qualifying purchases will begin to add up to Rewards starting today.

 

 

Sign up next time you are in the shop. We'll ask for your name, email or postal address, telephone, and zip code. 

knitch does not share this information with any other business or organization.

 

Let us know when you make a purchase that you are a Rewards member.

NOTE: The difference between the new system and the outgoing punch card system is that the cashier needs to know you are a Rewards member before the sale is completed so the items that are eligible for Rewards will accumulate points under your name. The staff will try to be dilligent in asking, but sometimes we are rushed and forget....

So help us (and yourself) by remembering to say"I'm a Rewards Member" when you step up to the counter to buy yarn for your next project.

 

Spend $200 on qualifying merchandise and earn a $15 Reward.

 

 

Unlike the punch card which could not be used in conjunction with any other discount, now you may accumulate Rewards on many items even if they are already discounted.

 

How to keep track of your Rewards
When you make a purchase, your receipt gives you a report that tells you:

 

FAQs:
What if I lose the receipt that tells me I have a Reward?
No problem! You don't need to bring in a receipt or show us anything to use a Reward. The computer keeps track of everything. 

 

Is there any way to transfer my punches into the new system?
Sorry, no. Since the Rewards system is a feature built into our retail management software, it sets the parameters. Everybody starts at the same starting line. That's why we've given over two month's notice about the change.

We are excited about the switch and hope you are too! No more trying to keep track of that elusive punch card. Hurray!