World Wide Knit In Public Day

This past Saturday was World Wide Knit In Public day. Kniterary celebrated by inviting all customers (old and new) to come and knit outside the shop for the day.

Among the many people who came to celebrate the day at Kniterary were Ruth and Lindsay from Georgetown. They will apparently be joining another WWKIP event this coming Saturday in the Guelph area. They are sure to enjoy their company as much as we did. It is always good to make new knitting friends!

Unfortunately, the weather wasn't in agreement with all the people who were knitting in public, and forced us all inside. We didn't let the weather get us down and moved the fun upstairs.

It wasn't long before there was much more than just knitting going on.

People were spinning and stitching also.

Over-all the event and experience left all feeling accomplished with the progress on their knitting, stitching, spinning, etc and enriched by our time communing with fellow fiber lovers!

The raffle was won by Elizabeth R who came into the shop with 9 members of the guild from Georgina. They spent an hour or more discovering all the nooks and crannies of The Little Green House! Thanks for the visit ladies!

We hope to see them and you all in the shop soon!

June is Almost Here

June is here in 2 days!

The month of brides and the longest day of the year and Knit in Public day!

Kniterary will be celebrating this year by offering a class for the Striation Shawl at 9 AM on June 5th . On June 12th I will be running my beach bag class and also putting up our Gazebo again for all who want to join us for the celebration.

June 1st is my 25th Anniversary so ALL Kniterary stock will be 25% off for the day! Hours are 11 AM to 6 PM. Be sure to pop in!

Knit in Public with Kniterary

I am almost ready for WWKIP day! Are you?

There will be a gazebo tent up at the side of the shop to protect any knitters from the sun or (heaven forbid) rain. In the event of rain anyone will be welcome to knit in Kniterary.
Coffee Time is 2 doors to the south and Tim Horton's is 3 blocks north.
If you take a stroll through downtown Whitby while you are here make sure to get a business card or flyer from each shop that you visit. I will give an extra 1% off any purchases up to 10% for every one you bring to me.
So far I have talked to:
Hair Express (in the plaza beside Coffee Time). They do cuts for $14.50/$19.50 and wash, cut and style for $25.50.
Sacred Quest (across John Street from Kniterary) which is a spiritual book and gift store.

Fitness Junky at 148 Brock Street North. The store sells active wear for women and has plus sizes in yoga wear.

Second Story Books at 103 Mary Street West in the Pearson's Lanes. The store for book lovers. She has only been open for one month and sells new and used books.

Dragonfly Home and Garden Accents also at 103 Mary St. W. in Pearson's Lanes. They sell a fun selection of gift items.

Essence Cafe and Tea Room. Specialty coffee and teas and gourmet salads would be a good place to drop by for a light lunch to eat in or take out. They are also at 103 Mary ST.W!

Audry Janes lingerie and casual wear at 135 Byron Street N is on Pearson's Lanes porch as well.

All these shops are willing to give their business cards to you to bring back to Kniterary as proof of your visit to them. Make sure to take some time and see what downtown Whitby has to offer. You can visit other stores in the downtown area and bring back a card as proof and I will honour them for an extra percent off.

All yarns and knitting accessories will be 5% off. You will be able to increase your discount to 10% by bringing in a non-perishable donation or a donation of a knit or crochet item. And, as mentioned above you could get up to an additional 10% off by visiting local shops and bringing back up to 10 business cards. (every card is worth 1 additional percent). You could get up to 20% off your purchase with a donation and by visiting 10 downtown businesses!

Help make a Tree Cozy for our Parking Lot Tree! See here.and here and here for ideas for tree cozies. Ok, some may think it is a waste of knitting time and energy but think of that sweater that you will never finish warming up the tree or swatches that are cluttering up the stash. And.....The tree will just make us smile everytime we see it!

Michelle of Sweetsheep has dyed 10 skeins of WWKIP colourway of sock yarn. The cost is $24.09 per 100 gram skein and is beautiful blues, greens and browns. We will be taking orders for more once we run out because it is sure to sell quickly.

Unfortunately Michelle will probably not make it to the festivities on Saturday because her fiance had an accident on Monday and is going into surgery today. He will be ok but send warm thoughts of healing his way. He is an Arborist so I think that making our tree cozy should be in honour of Chris and his healing.

Hope to see you all on Saturday!