February 2012
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2012 Pucks N' Purls Fastest Knitter Face Off Bio →
At the 2012 Pucks N’ Purls we had a Fastest Knitter Face Off. You should have seen those needles fly.
Watch this You Tube biography of Wanietta and Linda, the two contestants.
Great Game Day - Thanks Everyone
Great game at Pucks N’ Purls yesterday. Marlies won 4 to 1. Lots of hockey, a little fighting, lots of penalties. In general, a great day. Thanks to everyone that came out to the game. Extra thanks to those who brought along donations to Streetknits, they were very grateful. Hope you had fun. I did!
Denise Powell presented a very grateful Duke the Dog with his scarf at the beginning of the...
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Wow ! More Yarn from Estelle Design and Yarn
Duke the Dog was really busy. In addition to all the yarn that Estelle Design and Yarn donated to knit the scarf for the big guy, they also donated more yarn for Dukes’s Yarn Toss. Thankfully the Marlies dancers could help. Those women know how to throw.
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Duke the Dog has More Yarn to Toss Thanks to...
Thanks to Diamond Yarns, Duke the Dog had more yarn to toss. So much so that he needed help from the Marlies dancing girls.
Thanks Diamond Yarns.
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Three More Fabulous Books from XRX - The Knitting...
Three more books as Pucks N’ Purls prizes from XRX. What a lovely collection. For more information about the books and magazines that XRX publishes and the events they host check out their website at www.knittinguniverse.com.
“Entree to Entrelac: The Definitive Guide from a Biased Knitter” by Gwen Bortner is devoted to the entrelac (a French word meaning “interlaced”) technique which is...
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Three Prizes - Three Classic Sally Melville Books
XRX Inc. “The Knitting Universe” has donated three classic Sally Melville books to the Pucks N’ Purls raffle. Sally is beloved and revered by knitters around the globe, but never more so than in Southern Ontario where she started her career in knitting and has inspired hundreds if not thousands of knitters.
The three Sally Melville book prizes are: “The Knit Stitch”, “The Purl Stitch” and The...
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Subscriptions to Knitter's Magazine
Three lucky people are going to win a one year subscription to Knitter’s Magazine, published quarterly. What a terrific gift for the lucky Pucks N’ Purls ticket holders. This is a magazine with a world wide view that will appeal to many. The current issue has articles on Texture and Form and Shaping Lace as well as a delightful piece on Betsy Hershberg: Confessions of a Left-Brained Knitter. ...
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Patternfish Donates $50 Gift Certificate for...
Patternfish has donated a fifty dollar ($50.00) gift certificate to the Pucks N’ Purls Raffle. The gift certificate can be used to purchase knitting or crochet patterns at their on-line store at www.patternfish.com. What a great gift.
Patternfish is an online store dedicated to buying or selling your knitting or crochet patterns as customized PDF downloads. They offer every type of pattern:...
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You Too Can Have a Flock of Sheep
Knit and felt your own flock of sheep with the felting kit donated by Old Mill Knitting Ltd. Each of your sheep will be individual, their personality developing during the felting and finishing. What fun!! The kit includes a Fiber Trends pattern for a Felt Flock (critical) and two skeins of yarn for knitting and felting; a skein of mohair from the Montage Collection hand painted by Jan Gilray...
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More Raffle Prizes from Eliza's Buttons and Yarn
Thank you to Eliza’s Buttons and Yarns which has given us more prizes for the raffle. One is a package of four note cards themed for knitters. The top one says “Knitting brings me peace”. How true - at least most of the time. And on top of that, there are five prizes of a 10% discount on your next purchase at Eliza’s Buttons and Yarn.
Eliza’s Buttons and Yarn, owned by Elizabeth...
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Unique Accessories from Eliza’s Buttons and Yarn
We are very grateful to Eliza’s Buttons and Yarns which has supplied several fabulous, unique accessories to the Pucks N’ Purls Raffle. I am sure you will enjoy winning any of these three prizes.
The first of these is a very pretty Pollika mother of pearl stick pin. This will be a chic addition to your knit wardrobe for you to fasten your shawls, scarves and cowls.
The second is a double ended...
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Delicious Cupcake Kit for the Wee Ones - All from...
What a marvellous treat! Old Mill Knitting Ltd has donated a kit for the baby and toddler set. There are 8 balls of “Cupcake”, a deliciously soft 50% Acrylic/50% nylon (50 g/approx 90 m) yarn by Peter Pan Yarns. The #818 colourway is called Tutti Frutti and looks so much like the frosting on a delicious cupcake. Then there is the pattern book, Peter Pan #327, with its 21 scrumptious...
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Duke the Dog has More Yarn to Toss Thanks to Old...
Many thanks to Old Mill Knitting Ltd. which has donated 18 balls of “Vero”, a 100% pure wool yarn (50 g/80 m) made in Italy for Naturally Yarns, to the Duke the Dog yarn toss. There are several luscious variegated colourways in the group. The yarn, which has a gauge of 16 stitches to 4 inches is wonderfully soft to the touch.
Old Mill Knitting Ltd is a yarn, pattern and knitting...
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Old Mill Knitting Ltd. Donates Yarn for Fastest...
Many thanks to Old Mill Knitting Ltd. which has donated two balls of mauve “Zara”, a DK weight yarn by Flilatura Di Crosa, for the fastest Knitter Face Off. The competitiors, Linda Benne and Wannietta Prescod chose this yarn for the competition and Beth at Old Mill Knitting Ltd. has generously supplied it for them.
The Fastest Knitter Face Off will take place at intermission in the Rogers Red...
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Beautiful Afghan Kit from Berroco Yarns
Berroco has donated a kit with everything you need to knit or crochet that afghan you have always wanted to make. Not only that, they have included a zippered case for you to store it in once it is completed. To make the afghan, there are 10 skeins of Berrocco Comfort yarn (50% nylon/50% acrylic, 100 g/195 m) that can be machine washed and tumble dried in a gorgeous green colourway (#...
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Wool and Wicker Donates Fabulous Prize - Set of...
Many thanks to Denis and Diane DeBray from Wool and Wicker in Richmond BC. They have very generously donated a set of interchangeable AddiClick Basic needle set as a Pucks N’ Purls raffle prize.
In recent years many knitters have turned to circular needles as their needle of choice. Circular needles have a “needle tip” at each end held together by a flexible cord. Circular needles are...
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Lantern Moon Silk Needle Case
Another raffle prize - a beautiful, silk, Lantern Moon needle case with 18 compartments for circular needles and a zippered pocket for knitting notions has been donated. In mint green and burgundy, this is a beautiful way to store your precious needles.
