April 2009

Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 9 am to 9 pm
Friday: 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm
Sunday: Noon to 5 pm
CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH

3512 East 12th Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303.322.2223
thelambshoppe.com

LambShoppe's Third Anniversary Celebration!
Friday, April 10, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Champagne and Cake

20% off all in-stock regularly priced yarn
Additional 5% off sale yarn!

April Pajama Jam

Saturday, April 18, 2009
5 pm to Midnight

Reservations are appreciated.
Call 303.322.2223 or email info@thelambshoppe.com. 
Be here!

Special Event:  Ann McCauley

Colorado's own Ann McCauley,
author of the newly published Together or Separate: 
Knitting the New Twinset and The Pleasures of Knitting: Timeless Feminine Sweaters

Ann will be in LambShoppe to teach two classes on May 16th. 
She can be seen in the Knitty Gritty episode known as Delightful Details.  She teaches knitting locally and nationally at yarn shops, guilds, and large knitting events.  Ann recently taught for Stitches West at the end of February.  She has also begun to design for Louet Yarn Company.


I Made It and I Love It (and it FITS!)
Saturday, May 16, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$40 plus materials
Learn ways to enhance your sweater knitting for a professional finish.  Swatching, gauge, quality of knitting, measuring, fit, shaping, blocking, seaming and more!  It's the small details that make a big difference.


Align and Balance While Knitting
(aka Pilates for Knitters!)
Saturday, May 16, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
$40 plus materials
Explore how your body alignment and comfort effects your ability to knit and do other handwork. Awareness, alignment, body mechanics, self-help handcare and pressure points are just some of the topics we'll cover. 

Call to sign up and get a list of materials.
303.322.2223.

New Yarns at LambShoppe

Artyarns "Cashmere Sock Yarn"
cashmere blend in variegated colors, perfect for socks or lace projects

Artyarns "Beaded Rhapsody"
handpainted, 15% mohair, 85% silk with glass beads

Artyarns "Beaded Mohair and Sequins"
handpainted, 20% mohair, 80% silk with glass beads and sequins

Austermann Step Classic sock yarn
 fabulous bright new solids

Cascade 220 "Superwash Paints"
variegated yarns in superwash worsted

Cascade "Eco +"
Eco wool plus color 

Debbie Bliss "Eco"
100% organic cotton, worsted weight

Done Roving "Frolicking Feet", "Tapping Tootsees" and "Kidding Ewe" Sock Yarn

Gedifra "Highland Alpaca"
100% Alpaca Super Chunky

GGH "Goa"
cotton blend in a chunky weight

Lonesome Stone "Mountain Feat"
Colorado's own yarn company

Lonesome Stone "Sheepish Edition"
200 yards, superwash, worsted

Lorna's Laces "Shepherd's Wool"
225 yards, superwash, worsted

Limited Edition Lang "Jawoll Aktion", "Jawoll Bamboo", and "Jawoll Silk"
the one with the spool of matching reinforcement yarn

Skacel "Zauberball" (Magic Ball) Sock Yarn
460 yards

St. Patrick's Day Contest Winner

The winner of the $20 gift certificate for the best St. Patrick's Day joke submitted is Mary Landauer.  Congratulations, and the certificate will be arriving on your doorstep shortly.


HERE'S THE JOKE:
While on vacation in Rome, I noticed a marble column in St. Peter's with a golden telephone on it.  As a young priest passed by, I asked who the telephone was for.  The priest told me it was a direct line to Heaven, and if I'd like to call, it would be a thousand dollars.  I was amazed, but declined the offer. Throughout Italy, I kept seeing the same golden telephone on a marble column. At each, I asked about it and the answer was always the same:  a direct line to Heaven and I could call for a thousand dollars.

Then, I went to Ireland.  

I finished my tour in Ireland, I decided to attend Mass at a local village church.  When I walked in the door I noticed the golden telephone.  Underneath it there was a sign stating: "DIRECT LINE TO HEAVEN 25 CENTS."

"Father," I said, "I have been all over Italy and in all the cathedrals I visited, I've seen telephones exactly like this one.  But the price is always a thousand dollars.  Why is this one is only 25 cents?"

The priest smiled and said, "Darlin', you're in Ireland now.  It's a local call..."

Cheers!

Mary Carol and Anita
LambShoppe