HRYC

Of course you do!

Here's the deal: blog, facebook or tweet about the shop and you're in with a chance to win! You don't even have to live in Wellington to be eligible, the $50 voucher will also work in the Knitsch Yarns online shop. Wheeee!

Deets:

- blog: if you blog about the shop, pop a link in the comments

- Facebook: same as above, yo

- Twitter: make sure you @knitsch so I see it!

What exactly do you win?

- A specially signed copy of Margaret Stove's new book 'Wrapped in Lace'

- A specially signed copy of Margaret Stove's second book 'Creating Original Hand-knitted Lace'

- A $50 vouched to spend either in-store or online.

hip hip hooray! Get blogging, tweeting and facebooking!

PS i've you've already done any of the three, you can still be in to win! Just leave a comment letting me know and provide a link :D

Woot, it arrived 3 days earlier than expected, so now you can zip zap your yarn purchases!

Somehow photos of the shop haven't made it on here! So, for those of you that haven't made it yet, here are some snaps from the phone...

It's also looking to be quite busy on Saturday afternoon for the Crafternoon Tea with Granny G - i'd recommend bringing a chair and being prepared for a warm shop!

Also, the eftpos isn't arriving until Monday - grrr - but there is the atm next door, which is handy dandy. Yay!

Now that the yarn is on the shelves, my attention has moved to patterns. The first that i've jumped at getting is those from Alana of the Never Not Knitting podcast.

They are presented so beautifully, and the patterns themselves are simply gorgeous. Hopefully I'll have them instore by the 3rd of March.

Are there any great pattern designers out there whose patterns I should stock? Let me know!

Click the image to get through to the Never Not Knitting site

Besides donating 20% of all Knitsch Sock to Christchurch earthquake relief, here are some other ideas - what is needed, primarily, is money.

Donate at Oxfam NZ - Red Cross NZ is overloaded so Oxfam is channelling donations through their website

Donate blood (if you are in NZ) - sadly I can't do this thanks to living in the UK for a year in the mad cow black out period. Severely frustrating!

Donate to accounts set up by the banks:
ASB - 12-3205-0146808-00
ANZ - 01-1839-0188939-00
National Bank - 06-0869-0548507-00
Westpac - 03-0207-0617331-00

Vodafone users can donate to the Red Alert Canterbury Earthquake Appeal by texting Quake to 333 to make a $3 donation, or by texting Quake to 555 to make a $5 donation. A universal donation text number is currently being set up.

Donate via the Salvation Army website

Trademe has also set up an excellent resource for contacts, connecting people with services and supplies.

Again, my heart goes out completely and fully to the people of Christchurch, and anyone who knows someone that is missing. xxx