Holiday Hours

Holiday store hours

November 28^th thru December 23^rd

Monday 11:00 to 7:00

Tuesday thru Friday 11:00 to 5:30

Saturday 11:00 to 5:00

Sunday 12:00 to 4:00

December 24^th, 25^th & 26^th Closed

December 31^st & January 1^st Closed

Normal store hours resume on January 2^nd

Christmas Walk

La Arcada will be hosting the 14th annual Christmas Walk to begin the holiday season. This festive event is filled with music, holiday lights and a visit from Santa.

We will be open serving hot apple cider and cheese cake samples from a new Santa Barbara bakery Simply Pies, http://simplypiessb.com who specialize in delicious organic pies, tarts,quiches and cheesecakes.

We look forward to seeing you,

Julie

Class additions

Hand Knit Christmas Stockings

Saturdays, November 8^th & 15^th 11:00 to 1:00

This holiday make a gift that will be treasured and kept for many years to come. We have a basic Christmas sock pattern where you will make your own designs using different yarns and combinations of stitches or just keep it simple. If you’ve been wanting to make socks, this is a perfect way to learn by using worsted weight yarn…it can’t get any better than that.

Skill Level: Intermediate Beginner

Materials: Worsted weight yarn and double point needles to get gauge of 16 sts in 4 inches.

$45.00

Beginning Crochet *Full*

Wednesdays, November 12^th & 19^th 5:30 to 7:30

The combination of single, double and the shell stitch makes this adorable beanie an easy first project and great gift.

Skill Level: Excited and eager to learn

Materials: Crochet Basics by Vogue Knitting “On the Go”, one skein of Malabrigo Silky Merino and size G hook

$45.00

Wool Yarn Tasting

Our third and final Yarn Tasting event will be held this October 16th starting at 6 p.m.. We will be swatching wool and wool blend yarn from organic to superwash and rating them, as always a trail size of Soak wool wash and a 15% coupon will be included in your goodie bag. Everyone that has pre-registered you will need to bring various size's of needles from 5 to 10.5 .

See you all on Thursday,

Julie

Blue Sky Alpacas Trunk Show

September 25 to October 4

Blue Sky Alpaca's, www.blueskyalpacas.com has sent us eight wonderful knitted and crocheted items; the Baby Dress, Scoop Neck Vest and the Simple Raglan using their new Skinny Cotton to name a few. If you are curios about size and how it'll fit you are always welcome to try them on.

And the “Stitches” contest winners are…

First place went to Rowan Merate
for her beautiful lace shawl made
from Lorna's Laces.

Second place went to Allyson Blomeley for her denim skirt for Lace Style

Third place went to Leslie Heintz for her
Hemp skirt from Hemp for Knitting
(she wasn’t able to attend so
we don’t have a picture)

A special thank you to Andrea from B.U.N.S: http://www.bunssb.org/ and her Giant Angora bunny Mortimer.

And to everyone that came to help me celebrate the second year and the beginning of the third, thank you all so much!

Julie

Remember our living room is always open for you to come sit and knit, and Mondays are our Knitting Social nights starting at 5:00pm.

2 Year Anniversary

September 13^th

11 to 5

Our “Stitches” Contest is underway, if you haven’t been by to vote or bring in your entry stop by, we are always accepting entries. Remember they need to be made from yarn purchased at Knit & Pearl this past year with everyone voting on their favorite. The winners will be announced at 4 o’clock.

We are excited to have Andrea Bratt, from B.U.N.S. joining us at 12:30 with her angora bunny Mortimer and her spinning wheel to demonstrate how she spins Mortimer’s fur into angora yarn to make her darling Mukluk booties for that special baby in your life. We will have some for sale along with the angora felted bunny booties. She will also have information about B.U.N.S., and the upcoming Bunny Festival on September 21^st. You can watch Andrea and her bunnies by clicking on Rabbit Agility from the BUNS website www.bunssb.org.

There will be hourly drawing starting at 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm (you must be present to win), an expanded sale section and pick your discount.

Thank you all for a year full of starting projects, ripping out projects, and starting them all over again!

Julie