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CLUB FDC, ISSUE NUMBER FORTY-NINE
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OCTOBER 2013
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Extrafine Superwash Merino in a bulky weight makes for great gift knits!
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Our sincere apologies if the previous version of this email contained errors--Please enjoy this updated version of today's Club FDC!
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The perfect winter hat is raging through this season--spotted on the lovely heads of models like Cara Delevingne and Alexa Chung, and even on celeb mom and daughter fashion team Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise, the knit beanie is the 'it' accessory for the Fall/Winter season. And as most knitters and crocheters know full well, you can never have enough winter hats!
But knit hats aren't just stalking the runways of designers like Karen Walker (as seen above left) or casually propped on pretty celebrity heads; they're also taking the crafting world by storm. The perfect quick knit, hats retain a stronghold in Ravelry's Hot Right Now section. We're surprised hat fanaticism doesn't happen every year around this time--they knit up quickly, make great gifts, and are perfect for experimenting with stitch patterns and construction. Filatura di Crosa is thrilled to present our very own collection called Hat Trix, available exclusively through your LYS. Click the BUY NOW button above to visit this week's featured retailer, and keep reading to learn more about Hat Trix!
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HAT TRIX!
What's better than 24 fabulous hat patterns in both knit and crochet? That they're FREE with the purchase of the ZARA 14 it takes to make them, perhaps? Or maybe that they're worked in bulky yarn, which means one can easily craft a hat in a single night? Maybe it's all of the above!
Our Hat Trix collection features 18 knit and 6 crochet hat patterns, most of which take no more than 2-3 balls of ZARA 14, our bulky weight superwash extrafine merino. Available exclusively through your LYS, these hats make the perfect holiday gift, and with 24 options it's possible to make one for every recipient on your gift list without having to knit or crochet the same hat twice!
And since the pom pom is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, feel free to pop a ready-made pom pom atop any of these hats--your LYS should have a selection of Filatura di Crosa's oversized ready-made PomPoms in a wide variety of colors to accompany your ZARA 14 purchase!
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ZARA 14
The heftiest of the ZARA yarns, ZARA 14 truly makes gift knitting fly by in a flash. Working up at 3 stitches to the inch on US 11 needles or an L-11 crochet hook, this extrafine merino wool is not just great for the quick gift hat--it's equally fabulous for sweaters, scarves, mittens, and baby knits. Best of all, ZARA 14 is machine washable, so it wears well wash after wash. Composed of several lightly spun plies, ZARA 14 resists pilling and looks good as new years down the road, retaining its softness and bounce and keeping those heirloom knits in great shape! Know what is important to them and address their needs in your newsletter each month. Include a photo to make your newsletter even more appealing. Add a "Find out more..." link to additional information on your website. |
FREE HAT TRIX PATTERNS
Since we love our crafters equally, this Club FDC features 2 FREE patterns-one knit and one crochet!
The Crochet Striped Hat with PomPom in ZARA 14 is the perfect opportunity to play with color options; a bright pop color with a second contrast color is on-trend and fun for the younger set, whereas the same hat in a dark and light grey makes a lovely topper for an older head. For the knitters, the Knit Squares & Stripes Hat in ZARA 14 is a fun take on scale and construction, with wider, bolder vertical stripes making up the brim, and thinner horizontal stripes for the body. It's another great opportunity for color experimentation, and newer knitters will have fun with the unique construction, which involves picking up stitches on the brim to work the body of the hat. |
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