Iris Fine Yarns

IRIS Summer 2007 Newsletter

All of us at IRIS hope you are enjoying these long, lovely days. Summertime is a wonderful time for knitting…with a luxurious plant based yarn, for new babies, during road trips, for friends who are getting married, for a loved one who is ill.

As you have grown to expect, at IRIS we have a lovely selection patterns, accessories and fibers for summer projects including hemp, ramie, cotton, silk, bamboo, soy, Tensel, rayon, linen and pineapple. We’ll help you select yarn, find the perfect pattern, wind your yarn, give you assistance when you need it.

More HABU has come in: silver wire, pineapple, linen paper, silk wrapped stainless steel, lace weight merino and scarf, bag and sweater kits. Join our Tuesday evening HABU group. Please call to register.

Summer Evenings at IRIS

Master Knitter Interest Group
Want to become a Master Knitter? Join us if you are interested in pursuing this prestigious certification from The Knitter’s Guild of America.
Registration required.

Orientation Meeting
Tuesday 6-7:30pm
June 12

Interest Group Series
Tuesdays 6-7:30 $20
July 10, 24, August 7, 21

Habu Interest Group
IRIS is a center for knitters interested in HABU Textiles intriguing fibers and garments.
We’ll start each session with a lesson related to reading Japanese patterns and working with HABU Textile fibers. Then we’ll knit, talk about our projects and learn from each other.
Registration required.
Tuesdays 6-7:30 $20
July 17, 31, August 14, 28

Happy Birthday IRIS

IRIS is two years old and we’re having a party.
Friday & Saturday June 29 & 30. We’ll have a free gift with a purchase and other surprises!!!

Sensational Sales at IRIS

End of Summer Sale
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
10-7pm
August 16, 17, 18
Additional markdowns on sale yarns. Markdowns on discontinued yarns and close-outs.

IRIS Wants to Buy Your Yarn!!!
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
July 11, 12, 13, 14
Bring in yarns you no longer want. We’ll pay you $1 a pound and then donate the yarns to charity.

IRIS in the Fall

Socktober
We’re planning a month of sensational sock knitting activities in October: special displays, a competition, new yarn, and lots more. Watch for details. We’re going to have lots of fun.
Registration will be required for some activities.

Takako Ueki, HABU Textiles
Takako returns to IRIS with 60 unique garments.

Trunk Show
Friday & Saturday November 9 & 10

Class: How to Read Japanese Patterns $40
Registration required.
Saturday 9-11 November 10 Atlas Coffee Mill

Charity Knitting: Hats to Kurgan Charity
IRIS is proud to join the Appleton Kurgan Sister City Project. Make hats for preemies through size 4. Use washable yarn. Bring them to IRIS and we’ll get them to Kurgan, Russia clinics developed and supported by the Sister City project.

Carol Hurt Weekend...
September 28 & 29 $60 per class; $55 each for 2 or 3
Atlas Coffee Mill 425 W. Water Street Appleton
Registration required.
Friday 6-9 pm What Grandma Didn’t Teach You
Saturday 8:30 – 11:30 Finishing Finesse
Saturday 12:30 – 3:30 Hooked on Knitting: Crochet for Knitters
Saturday 4-7:00 Shop with Carol at IRIS

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