A Hundred Ravens is packing up a GIANT Trunk Show for YOU! They're sending 10 bases and AAAAAALL the samples! Mini skein kits! Silk! Sport weight, sparkle yarn! OH MY!
Known for its lush, vivid and saturated colors, A Hundred Ravens is coming all the way from New Hampshire for the James River Yarn Scroll. The Trunk Show will open Saturday, Sept. 12, the first day of the Yarn Scroll. This in-store and virtual hybrid event will kick off with The Flying Needles and Becca, one of the dyers behind A Hundred Ravens, co-hosting a Zoom session to walk people through the show.
Meanwhile, the shop will be open to in-person shopping for up to 10 people at a time. The show will continue with special shop hours Sunday and Monday.
All those who drop by the shop will qualify for a prize, and all those who participate via Zoom will qualify for another prize. Sept. 12 also is LYS Day this year, so either join via Zoom or drop by and see us. There will be more awesomeness that will drop into the shop before the weekend!
Above is the latest FINISHED Winginit Shawl posted to the Finished Object Winginit Ravelry Discussion thread. This dramatic beauty was knit by Martha in Robin's Promise Yarn Co.'s Raven's Wing and Stormy Skies. PHOTO CREDIT: MARTHA WILLIAMS
FREE PATTERN: DOWNLOAD BY SEPT. 4
Have YOU downloaded your FREE WINGINIT SHAWL pattern? Your code is good through Sept. 4, after that, codes will no longer work.
The Winginit Shawl pattern is FREE through FRIDAY! Just purchase 2 fingering weight skeins of Robin's Promise Yarn and the pattern is YOURS... FREE!
This knitted shawl was written for YOU - the lovely customers of The Flying Needles by Lesley Robinson, @KnitGraffiti on Ravelry. She was so sad that she couldn't be with us for our Summer Staycation that she wrote us a pattern, which released July 24.
We've added a few more kit options, so we now have 53 kits at www.RobinsPromiseYarn.com The newest addition is Sam's Kit, so named for Team Flying Needles staffer Sam. She chose Aplomado Falcon Feather and Green-Winged Teal Feather. We loved her colors so much, we put it in a kit! We've also added a Heartbreak Kit and an Exotic Birds In Flight Kit.
If you don't like any of our kits, go a la carte, and choose your own adventure with any two skeins of Little Bird or Songbird. (This offer cannot be combined with any other promotions.)
The Wednesday Virtual Open Stitching PARTY is 5 to 7 pm EDT Wednesdays! To join:
1. If you are on a mobile device, download the Zoom app. If you are on your desktop, go
to Zoom.usYou will have to download an executable file and install.
2. Click "Join a Meeting"
3. Input our meeting ID and password.
WEDNESDAY's ID is: 922 853 417. WEDNESDAY's Password is: 445065
WEDNESDAY'S LINK IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE CONNECTING: https://bit.ly/33GAw0W
If you are on your phone or a tablet device, you will only be able to see the person speaking. If you are on a computer, you will be able to see everyone.
Rules of Engagement & Participation:
Enter and turn your camera on your face. Just like the shop, no politics. No hate language toward anyone. Be kind and inclusive.
As an added layer of security, each session will be recorded.
We will see you Wednesday!
James River Yarn Scroll: NEW DETAILS
Fiber enthusiasts, you are invited to grab your devices and join a condensed version of the James River Yarn Crawl. This hybrid event that will be held in-store and virtually will kick off Sept. 12, also Local Yarn Shop (LYS) Day.
Grab your laptop, tablet and/or phone to join the informational Zoom sessions or drop by the shops. All six yarn shops will host Zoom sessions for all three days to help you shop virtually for those of you who do not want to venture into shops.
Meanwhile, check each yarn shop for IN-STORE shopping and COVID-19 requirements. Shopping at each store will require a mask and social distancing. The Flying Needles has a limit of 10 people in the shop at a time.
Drop by The Flying Needles and have a chance of winning a $100 gift certificate!
Passports will not be required for the James River Yarn Scroll. Also, the winner of the Craft-A-Long will be announced after this weekend’s events.
All Zoom links for all shops and more information can be found on the James River Yarn Crawl website: www.JamesRiverYarnCrawl.com . Be sure to watch the James River Yarn Crawl’s Instagram and Facebook pages for information on what's coming.
Hours for shopping for all participating shops are Saturday and Monday, Sept. 12 and 14, from 10 am to 5 pm and 1 to 4 pm Sunday, Sept. 13. The Flying Needles will be LIVE via Zoom 10 to 11 am Sept. 12 with Becca of A Hundred Ravens; 2 to 2:30 pm Sept. 13, and again from 3 to 4 pm Sept. 14 with a Robin's Promise Fashion show of more than 40 knitwear samples.
ROBIN'S PROMISE:
2020 Yarn Advent Calendars & Joy Bundles
I’ve been dyeing for 1 ½ years now, and this entire time, I have wanted to do a Yarn Advent Calendar. THIS IS THE YEAR! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to throw 2020 out the window! In honor of this life-sucking, joy-stealing year, I am naming this inaugural year’s Yarn Advent Calendar “Hard Candy Christmas” from the Dolly Parton song. I have my color inspiration – a piece of holiday home swag I purchased at The Restore, which gives me so much joy to have around – also a reminder to me that something bought for repurposing brings beauty and joy to my life.
They are selling quick! Hard Candy Christmas Advent Calendars available for purchase this inaugural year, so if you’re at all interested, please do not wait. There will be no last-minute additional quantities. Pre-orders are now open!
If you have no idea what a Yarn Advent Calendar is, keep reading.
This Hard Candy Christmas Yarn Advent Calendar will include 24 individually and secretly wrapped 20g or 92 yards of 75% Superwash merino/25% nylon 2ply fingering weight skeins. I am deep in color development now, and I cannot wait for you to see this box of yarny fun. Each yarn bundle will be numbered for you to open your gifts each day leading up to the BIG 25th. There will be tonals, speckles and variegated yarns in this SUPER FUN pack. This box filled with goodies & surprises also will include pattern suggestions to give you choices in how to use your Hard Candy Christmas box.
Boxes will be shipped by Nov. 13 for you to open your first gift on Dec. 1. If you are local to Williamsburg, Va., Yarn Advent Calendar boxes can be picked up beginning Nov. 13 at The Flying Needles.
The yarn in this box will be superwash, but for best results, we recommend hand-washing with very light agitation and drying flat.
Purchase one of these fun yarn boxes and you will receive 8 mini skeins with a complementary skein of yarn. These Joy Bundles will be a surprise, but I can promise you they will not be traditional holiday colors. This alternative to my 2020 Yarn Advent Calendars is sure to bring you some yarny JOY at the end of an already very long year. This box also will include pattern suggestions for your full skein & 8 mini skeins.
Want some SQUISHY MAIL? We are offering a BRAND NEW DROP-SHIP PROGRAM! Order YOUR yarn over over the phone or in person with US, and your yarn will come directly to your house. Pick your favorite colors in Mille Colori Baby - 100% Superwash Fine Merino Wool, 207 yards per ball. Call us at (757) 345-3655, place your order with your $7 shipping and get the yarn AND the FREE pattern delivered right to your doorstep!
Lang CROCHET Blanket (ABOVE LEFT)
Dimensions: 20½ x 32½"
LANG YARNS Mille Colori Baby, 4 balls each color
Pictured in colors 845.0052 and 845.0053
Cost: $96 + $7 shipping = $103
LANG KNIT Blanket (ABOVE RIGHT)
Size: 19¾" x 31½"
LANG YARNS Mille Colori Baby, 4 balls, color 845.0052
Cost: $48 + $7 shipping = $55
The Flying Needles is a Williamsburg, Va., local yarn shop with its own yarn line - Robin's Promise Yarn - dyed right in Williamsburg, Va. You can shop the yarn line at our online website - www.RobinsPromiseYarn.com - or at The Flying Needles, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Wednesdays from 10 am to 4:30 pm.
