Sunday, December 4, 2011

What's on YOUR wishlist?

From now until December 17th, you can come by the store (or email us!) to fill out a wishlist. The lists can either be left at the shop or given to a certain someone who might buy you a present. If those "certain someones" come by the shop on the 17th or 18th to purchase something from your list, they will receive a 15% discount on their purchase.

Other December sales:
On the weekend of the 10th/11th, all Christmas colored yarn - Red, Green or White - will be 20% off (excluding consignment yarns).

LAST MINUTE GIFT SALE!
We will be open 11am - 3pm on Christmas Eve for last-minute gift purchases. Buy a $25 gift certificate for only $20, and all non-gift certificate purchases will come with a free, locally made reusable fabric gift tag.

Friday, November 11, 2011

We're almost ONE YEAR OLD!

So, we opened on the day after Thanksgiving in 2010. We will be holding our One Year Anniversary party the day before Thanksgiving this year - Wednesday November 23rd, and a Black Friday sale two days later- the 25th. Join us as we celebrate our first year of yarn-indulging-awesomeness!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

"I LOVE YARN" DAY

Come into the shop on Friday, October 14th to receive a special discount in honor of "I Love Yarn" Day. Which just happens to be exactly six months away from that OTHER "love" day... Each yarn-inspired Valentine at our counter contains a discount, ranging from $2 off your purchase to 30% off any item (some exclusions), to free (used) knitting needles and 10% off your entire purchase! Be sure to stop by tomorrow and see what your sale will be!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Our October Class Schedule is Packed Full!


If you've been meaning to take a class, but were busy gardening all summer, or if weekends don't work for you, or if you'd like to try something new, but don't have much cash... This is the month for you!

FREE EVENTS
Crochet Hat Class - Sunday October 2nd, 1-3 pm. Free with purchase of worsted weight yarn, bring a size I crochet hook

Baby Surprise Jacket Knit-Along, Thursdays from 3-4. Free with purchase of yarn. You must supply a copy of the pattern, by Elizabeth Zimmerman.

WEEKDAY CLASSES
Noon Knitting - Thursdays, noon - get individualized instruction for $10/hour. Come every week, or just once! Drop in any time- no need to pre-register.

Baby Surprise Jacket KAL - Thursdays (see free events above for details)

Wednesday Oct 5 - 5pm - Knit Continental!, $15

Friday Oct 7 - 1pm - Möbius Cast-On, $10

Friday Oct 14 - 1pm - Jogless Stripes, $10

Friday Oct 28 - 2pm - Anatomy of a Stitch, $10

STANDARD 3-WEEK CLASSES
Beginning Knitting, $30, Saturdays the 8th, 15th and 22nd - 1pm - bring size 7 or 8 needles and worsted weight yarn

2-Color Mittens, $30, Saturdays  the 8th, 15th and 22nd - 2pm - bring two colors of worsted weight yarn and size 6 circular needles (either two circulars or one 40" long)

Raglan Sweater Class, $30, Saturdays the 8th, 15th and 22nd - 3pm - Child or Adult size - bring light worsted or dk yarn (our new KnitCol yarn would be great for child's sweater! Try Cascade 220 Superwash for adult sizes), size 6 and 4 circular needles, and stitch markers.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Upcoming July Events

Bring your kids to Rendezvous in the Park next week- 9am to Noon, Thursday July 14th and Friday July 15th, at East City Park in Moscow. Marisa will be hosting a finger knitting activity on Thursday and making pictures with yarn on Friday.






CHRISTMAS in July!
Get started now to get your gifts done in time. We're holding store-wide clearance sales to get ready for new yarn this fall and winter. Sales will be held all week, from Wednesday July 20th - Sunday July 24th.

How cozy is your toilet paper?? Ours is naked! Knit or crochet a kitschy TP cozy and bring it in to the store by July 20th to win a fabulous prize! All entries receive a $2 gift certificate just for entering, and the winner will live at the store and adorn our toilet.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Yarn Underground Customer Survey!

Every completed survey qualifies for a 30% off any one item coupon and entry into a drawing!


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Friday, June 10, 2011

BIG COUPON, sale schedule and fun for Knit in Public Day!

We're opening an hour early tomorrow to get the fun started sooner. :)

Hourly sales all day - (Sales do not include consignment items and do not stack with the coupon)

   10-11: Sock Yarn - Buy 1 skein, get a second skein 1/2 off or a 40" needle, size 0-3 1/2 off.

   11-12: Hemp - Buy 2, get 1 free.

   12-1: Cascade - 25% off cotton and cotton blends, or Buy 3, get the 4th free for all other Cascade yarn.

   1-2: Knitpicks - Buy an interchangeable set, get a 40" cable free. Buy any KP interchangeable tip and get a set of used needles free.

   2-3: Dream in Color - All Dream in Color yarn is 20% off.

   3-4: Interweave Press - Buy any new Interweave book and get a used book free. All Interweave magazines 25% off.


   4-5: Class Fees - Sign up for any July class for 50% off (beginning knitting, baby hats, toe-up socks, hand carding fiber).

   5-6: Silk - Any yarn containing silk is 20% off.


   6-7: HAPPY HOUR! - 15% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE!

Bring a folding chair, water, snacks, sunscreen and a knitting project. Sit anywhere along the meandering strand of chalk "yarn" between the Farmer's Market and The Yarn Underground to educate the public on the awesomeness of fiber arts. If rain keeps us off the sidewalk, bring your project down the shop and hang out here for more fun.

Get in on even more fun by bringing along a t-shirt or fabric bag to stamp with our yarn ball logo. Use the stamped item all through the year to qualify for special sales!


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

May Classes and Knit-Alongs!

May classes are now available for registration on our website!
Learn to knit cables, use provisional cast-on and make socks from the toe-up!

We're bursting with free Knit-Alongs next month!

Sign up for any of them to get 15% off any yarn used in your project:

Oriental Lily Dress - A simple, cute cotton dress for babies and girls up to age 10. Free pattern!

Shetland Shopper Tote Bag - Just in time for the Farmer's Market! Continue the good work we've started during the Bagless Campaign and make this cotton shopping tote in the round, practicing your lace skills and using an applied I-cord. Free Pattern!

Traveling Woman Shawl - Use some of that gorgeous sock yarn you've been drooling over to make a quick wrap for chilly nights. Summer in Idaho doesn't guarantee warm evenings, you know... :) $6 pattern on Ravelry

Looking ahead to June, place your order by May 22nd for any color of yarn from Lanaknits Hemp for Knitting to make the Wakame Lace Tunic!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

April is Earth Month!

To celebrate, we are participating with The Moscow Food Co-op, Buy Local Moscow, The University of Idaho Sustainability Center and others to promote a city-wide "Bagless Campaign"!

We ordered 100% cotton shopping bags and had them printed locally (upstairs at The Shirt Shack, actually) with our logo, and are selling them AT COST (that's right! No profit to us!) during the month of April. You can even purchase Yarn Underground Bags right here on our website!!

Every time you use one of our bags- or any bag- at our store, the co-op, The Storm Cellar consignment shop or Paradise Creek Bicycles, you receive a free raffle ticket for one of many awesome prizes. How easy is that??!

We also have new yarn on the way from Lanaknits Designs - 100% hemp, fingering weight, a hemp/cashmere blend in DK, and another DK in hemp/cotton/modal. Come see our boot at Moscow Hempfest on Saturday April 16th for the grand debut!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Local Knitters get a “Bootie Call” from The Yarn Underground




Oh, it isn't what you think... The booties in question are of the fuzzy footwear variety, popular in nurseries and playgroups. A local knitting shop is hosting a baby bootie knitting competition to benefit Motherwise Midwifery, Fruitful Vine Midwifery and the families they serve.

The co-owners of The Yarn Underground, LLC, both former clients of Motherwise Midwifery, are looking for a way to add some warmth to tiny toes this winter. Participants in the knit-off will compete to fill gift bags with hand-knit slippers to be distributed to babies born at home on the Palouse.

The competition will run from February 13th to the 27th and will culminate with prizes for each of the three following categories: “Most Awesome Booties”, “Fullest Bag of Booties”, and “Most Booties Knit with Yarn from The Yarn Underground”.

For more information, contact Marisa Gibler or Shelley Stone at The Yarn Underground, LLC. The shop is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00am - 7:00pm and Sunday noon - 5:00pm and is located downstairs from Deadbeat Records at 114 ½ East 3rd Street, Moscow.
Phone: (208) 882-7700
Website: www.yarnunderground.com

Nancy Draznin of Motherwise Midwifery (208) 310-3252
Noel Leithart of Fruitful Vine Midwifery (509) 338-2611

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Palouse Prairie Charter School


The fifth and sixth graders at Palouse Prairie Charter School in Moscow are changing the world! The whole class has been finger knitting and crocheting scarves to raise money to send to Haiti. On Tuesday, I went to their class and taught them to knit (with semi-sharpened pencils) so they can progress in their skills. Next week, I'll pick up all their completed swatches and sew them into one striped scarf. What an awesome group of kids!