Newsletter

Newsletter-– March 2008

Dear valued customer

Happy Spring! The days are getting longer and the sun is beginning to shine more. That’s enough to get anybody in the mood to make something beautiful!

We are so pleased to be able to bring you another Newsletter full of new products, books and workshops to further your fiber-arts projects and passions. There are a variety of workshops scheduled this spring which may allow you to try something new or further explore an existing interest. We recommend early registration for workshops as space is limited and they do tend to fill quickly.

Gemini Fibres will attend several events again this year, which are listed on the following pages, and we look forward to seeing some of you at them. Since we are predominantly a mail order shop we always appreciate putting a face to the name on the phone or email, so please do come and introduce your self to either Tanis or myself.
Please let us know how we can be of assistance in achieving your creative potential in your area of interest.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Tanis, Cheryl & Aubrey

Attention Internet Users

If you are receiving this Newsletter via snailmail and have internet access, please take a moment to email us so we can update our records and send future mailings to you via email.

Thank you!
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Wish List Service

We will accept your “Wish List” and keep it on file for family members to shop from. All they need do is call us for the things you want. Please contact us if you wish to take advantage of this free service. Purchases made from your wish list will receive a 10% discount.
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Workshops

All Workshops (Click here to see the list of workshops) are held at Gemini Fibres. registration is limited so early registration is recommended. Refunds will be given only in the event of class cancellation

Bonus: All workshop participants will enjoy a 10% discount on any in-stock purchases made the day of the workshop.

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Look for GEMINI FIBRES At the following events:

• Heritage Textile Crafts Sample Day
  Saturday, March 1, 10am to 3pm
  Simcoe County Museum, Barrie Ont.
  Presented by the Simco4e County Arts & Crafts Association.
• Knitter’s Frolic
  Saturday, April 26, 9am to 4pm
  Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Cres., Toronto, Ontario.
  Presented by the Downtown Knit Collective.
• Wasoon
  May 23 to 25
  Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario.
  Presented by the North Bay Gateway Guild of Handweavers & spinners & Huntsville Trillium Handspinners & Weavers Guild
• Ontario Handspinning Seminar
  June 6 & 7
  Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario
• Waterloo County Knitter’s Fair
  Saturday Sept. 13–9:30am to 4:30pm
  Bingemans, Kitchener, Ontario
  Presented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Guild.
• OHS Central Region Seminar
  Saturday October 4 - 8:30am to 1:30pm
  Gibson Centre, Alliston, Ontario
  Presented by Nottawasaga Handweavers & Spinners.
• Creative Festival
  October 17 to 19
  Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

New Products

For Felters:

• Fiber Blenders – Needle Felting Hand Carders – quickly & easily prepare fibers for needle felting. Instructions included $12.95/pr
• Felting Needles:
  • Blue grip Felting Needles –cushioned top for comfort & control; extra strong & long lasting $6.30/pkg of 2, 36 gauge ndls
  • Blue Point Felting needles – 50% more barbs for faster felting – great for surface
    details. Extra strong & long-lasting, pkg of 3, 36-gauge needles $6.30
• Felting Kits:
  The following kits all contain, instructions, felting needles and fibre for the projects.
  • Choice of: Panda, Penguin, Merry Mice, Canada Geese, Snowman -$21.95 ea
  • Choice of: Backyard Birds, Racoons & Skunks, Chubby Cherubs - $24.95 ea
  • Choice of: Fiber Breathing Dragon, Wooly Bear, Wet-felted Jingle Ball - $26.95ea
  • Father Christmas kit $29.95 ea

For weavers:

• Linen Rug Yarn – 100% linen Available in 8/2, 8/3, 8/4 or 8/5 – ½ lb cone $20.50/cone

For Knitters:

• Double Point Needle Tube/Case
  Telescopic needle case expands from 6” to 10” and has 5/8” inside diameter. Each tube can hold 5 needles (up to 6.00mm) or fewer larger size needles up to 10” in length. $6.50/set of 4
• Double Point Wip Tubes Protect your DP needles & knitting in rigid, telescopic tubes. Each tube holds needles from 6” to 10” in length.
  $9.00/set of 2

For Spinners:

• Clemes Hand Carders
  • wool, curved 72ppi $65.00
  • cotton, curved 208ppi $72.50
  • Flick card 72 ppi $18.50
• New from Louet –The “Julia” wheel (based on the popular “Victoria”) is a full-sized, upright wheel that is smooth & easy to operate.
  Available March 31st 2008.
• Forrester Spindle: Tom Forrester has done it again…. His newest design is a duel-whorl (yes – 2 whorls) spindle with amazing aerodynamics which prolong the spinning time of this incredible addition to his line of working pieces of art. Participants at the 2007 SOAR conference in Michigan were asked to come up with a fun name for this new Forrester spindle. The spindle name chosen was “The Dervish”. “The Dervish” is a third generation version of the Tri-wing spindle design now in the Geometric Series of Forrester spindles. First there was the Tri-wing, then the Tri-wing/Granny, and now The Dervish with the Tri-wing/Granny whorl on top and a smaller sub-whorl directly below it – design evolution at work! A variety of wood types/combinations and weights are now in stock. $69.95
• Forrester Support Bowl: on a shaft to rest between your thighs while support spindling $29.95
• Spinner’s Lap Cloth – This sturdy cotton/poly blend washable twill fabric protects clothing from fiber fall out. Contrast aspect allows better view of drafting zone resulting in a more evenly spun yarn. Dual pockets, accessible from either side, are great holders for tools, oil bottle, orifice hook, etc. 13”x 22” $25.00

New Books

We stock over 300 different titles. If you don’t see it on our price list or website Book Section feel free to ask – we may be able to get it for you.

Audio Books:

• America Knits – Melanie Falick/read by Christine Marshall
  4 CDs, 4 hrs., 56min. $29.95
• Art of Fair Isle Knitting-Ann Feitelson/read by Melissa Hughes
  2 CDs, 1 ½ hr. $14.95
• History of Handknitting- Richard Rutt/read by Melissa Hughes
  4 CDs, 4 hrs. 52 min. $29.95
• Knitting Memories – Read by Kymberly Dakin
  4 CDs, 4 hrs. $29.95
• No Idle Hands-Anne L. MacDonald read by Kymberly Dakin
  4 CDs, 4 hrs $29.95
• Stitch’N Bitch – Read by Debbie Stoller
  3 CDs, 3 hrs., 19 min. 19.95

Beading:

• Bead Romantique: Elegant bead weaving designs–L.Kan $24.95
• Beyond Beading:-projects to instruct & inspire–E.Knight (May) $27.00
• Complete Guide to Traditional Native American Beadwork: Study of authentic tools, materials, techniques & styles–J.Monture $19.99
• Dare to Bead–H. Laithwaite $25.95
• Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads – Stephanie Sersich $22.95
• Jewelry Making & beading for Dummies – Heather Dinsmore &
  Tammy Powley $25.99
• Jewelry Studio: Silver Wire Fusing – Liz Jones $22.95
• Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping –L.Chandler/C.Ritchey (Apr) $22.95
• Not Your Mama’s Beading – Kate Shoup Welsh $17.99
• Simply Modern Jewelry- Danielle Fox editor of Stringing $21.95
• Step-By-Step Jewelry Workshop: Simple techniques for soldering, wirework & metal jewelry – Nicola Hurst $24.95
• Teach Yourself Visually Jewelry Making & Beading –Chris Franchetti Michaels $29.99
• Touch of Glass: Designs for creating glass bead jewelry–Nancy Alden (due August) $27.95

• Amigurumi World: Seriously cute crochet – Ana Paula Rimoli $18.95
• A to Z of Crochet: ultimate guide beginner to advanced crocheter $28.95
• Crochet Chic: Haute Crochet scarves Hats & Bags – Francine Toukou $29.95
• Crochet Designs for Kids – Lucinda Guy (due March) $22.95
• Crochet Inpiration–Sasha Kagan $38.95
• Crochet Patterns-a-Day 2009 Calendar (due July) $16.99
• Crochet Patterns for Dummies – Susan Brittain $23.99
• Crochet Visual Quick Tips-Essential techniques, troubleshooting, time-
  saving tips – Cecily Keim & Kim P. Werker $17.99
• Crocheted Flowers – N.Epstein $29.95
• Crocheting for Dummies – Karen Manthey/Susan Brittain $23.99
• Crocheting on the Edge – Nicky Epstein (due July) $32.95
• Cute Little Animals: 8 crochet collectibles – Amy Gaines $9.95
• Double Stitch: Designs for the crochet fashionista - Erika & Monika Simmons (Due May) $21.95
• Dynamic Designs: 8 crochet afghans – Melissa Leapman $7.95
• Harmony Guide: Basic Crochet Stitches: 250 stitches to crochet – Edited by Erika Knight from Interweave (due May) $22.95
• Harmony Guide: Crochet Stitch Motifs: 250 stitches to crochet – Edited by Erika Knight from Interweave (due July) $22.95
• No Adults Allowed! 13 crochet designs for kids only – Kay Meadors $9.95
• Not Your Mama’s Crochet – Amy Swenson $17.99
• Sensual Crochet–Amy Swenson $19.95
• Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting – Kim Werker & Cecily Keim $29.99
• Vogue – Knitting Stitchionary, Volume Four – Crochet $35.95
• Vogue – Felted Crochet $16.95
• Vogue - Crocheted Shawls $14.95

• Complex Color – Susan Rex $24.95
• Natural Dyeing – Jackie Crook $17.95
• Root of Wild Madder: chasing the history, mystery & lore of the Persian carpet – Brian Murphy $15.00
• Shibori, The inventive art of Japanese shaped resist dyeing $48.00

Felting:

• Animal Felt (using the felting needle) -Birgitte Krag Hansen $69.00
• Complete Feltmaking: easy techniques, 25 projects -Gillian Harris $31.00
• Creative Felt–Felting & making toys & gifts–A. Wolk-Gerche $17.95
• Complete Feltmaking – Gillian Harris $31.00
• Designer Needle Felting: Contemporary styles, easy techniques –Terry Taylor & Candie Cooper $29.95
• Creative Felting–L. Houghton $17.95
• Fabulous Felted Scarves: wearable works of art – Chad Alice Hagen & Jorie Johnson $29.95
• Felted Bags, Boots & Other Things – Cendrine Armani $17.95
• Heartfelt: 25 projects for stitched & felted accessories–Teresa Searle $26.95
• Needle Felting Magic: Easy machine techniques & projects – M.Duke $16.95
• Needle Felting with Cotton & Wool–Jennifer Kooy Zoeterman & Linda Lenich $19.95
• Not Your Mama’s Felting – Amy Swenson $17.99
• Uniquely Felt: dozens of techniques from fulling & shaping to nuno & cobweb – includes 46 creative projects – Christine White $27.95
• Vogue – Felted Crochet $16.95

• 49 Sensational Skirts: Creative embellishment ideas - Alison Willoughby $24.95
• And So To Bed: 24 original handknits for girls & boys – Lucina Guy $22.95
• Animal Knits: 26 fun handknits for children & toddlers– Zoe Mellor $9.95
• Armenian Knitting – Meg Swansen & Joyce Williams $24.00
• Barbara Abbey’s Knitting Lace (reprinted) $24.00
• Ashford Book of Projects Vol#1 - 24 fashion projects using the Knitter’s Loom $19.00
• Cable C
• Chic Knits: Stylish designs from Knitport–Phuong My Ly (due April) $24.95
• Classic Knits at Home – Erika Knight $25.95
• Classic Knits for Kids:designs for 0-6 years – Debbie Bliss $14.95
• Cover Up with Nicky Epstein Knitted Afghans from her personal Collection $35.95
• Easy Knitted Accessories - Jeanette Trotman $27.50
• Elegant Ensembles to Knit: Heirloom Christening sets – Judy S. Lamb $9.95
• Elegant Knitter – Gina Macris $32.95
• Encyclopedia of Knitting – Donna Kooler $24.95
• Essential Baby: over 20 handknits to take your baby from first days to first steps – Debbie Bliss $19.95
• Expectant Little Knits: chic designs for moms to be – Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott $29.95
• Find Your Style & Knit It Too: unique teen angle, trendy patterns – Sharon Turner $17.99
• Fine Fleece: 26 patterns for handspun yarns–Lisa Lloyd $38.00
• Finishing Techniques for Hand Knitters – Sharon Brant $24.95
• Freeform: Serendipitous design techniques for knitting & crochet – Prudence Mapstone $42.95
• Fully Woolly – joining the needlecraft revolution has never been easier or more appealing to girls (ages 10+) – Ellen Warwick & Bernice Lum $14.95
• Gigi Knits … and Purls – Karen Thalacker (due June) $16.95
• Glamour Knits at Home - Erika Knight $25.95
• Guy Knits – Best of Knitter’s Magazine $19.95
• Handknits for Kids: 25 designs for girls & boys – Lucinda Guy $23.00
• Hats, Mittens & Scarves Deck: 25 cool & cozy projects – Andrea Tung $19.95
• Heartfelt – Kim Hargreaves $29.95
• How to Knit in the Woods: 20 projects for the great outdoors – Shannon Okey (due May) $18.95
• I Can’t Believe I’m Knitting Cables $14.95
• I Love Knitting: 25 loopy projects that will show you how to knit easily & quickly – Rachel Henderson $24.95
• Inspired to Knit: Creating exquisite handknits – Michele Rose Orne
  (due July) $24.95
• Itty Bitty Nursery: sweet, adorable knits from baby & beyond – Susan B. Anderson $22.50
• Kids Learn to Knit – Lucinda Guy & Francois Hall $14.95
• Kitty Knits: projects for cats & their people – Donna Druchunas $19.95
• Knitalong: Celebrating the tradition of knitting together – Larissa Brown & Martin John Brown (due April) $26.95
• Knit Couture – Gail Downey & Henry Conway $34.95
• Knit So Fine: Designs with Skinny Yarn – Lisa Myers, Laura Grutzeck & Carol Sulcoski (due June) $24.95
• Knitted Critters for Kids to Wear: 40+ animal-themed accessories – Jean Adel (due June) $24.95
• Knitted Icons: 25 celebrity doll patterns – Carol Meldrum $16.95
• Knitted Socks: over 25 designs for fab feet & cozy toes for the whole family – Anna Tillman (due March) $24.95
• Knitter’s Lib: Learn to knit, crochet & free yourself from pattern dependency – 20 all-season knit & crochet projects, tips to create your own designs – Lena Maikon $23.95
• Knitting America: A glorious heritage from warm socks to high art – Susan M. Strawn $44.00
• Knitting Cowichan Sweaters – Priscilla Gibson-Roberts (re-release of Salish Indian Sweaters) (Fall 2008) TBA
• Knitting Cuff to Cuff – Susan Guagliumi $26.95
• Knitting New Mittens & Gloves: Warm & adorn your hands in 28 innovative ways – R.Melanson $25.95
• Knitting Patterns-a-Day 2009 Calendar (due July) $16.99
• Knitting Patterns for Dummies – Kristi Porter $23.99
• Knitting the New Classics: 60 exquisite sweaters from the studios of Classic Elite – Kristin Nicholas $25.95
• Knitting Visual Quick Tips – Sharon Turner $17.99
• Little Box of Socks – Charlene Schurch & Beth Parrott $19.95
• More Big Girl Knits: 25 designs full of color & texture for curvy women - Jillian Morena & Amy R. Singer (due April) $38.00
• My Knitting Teacher: includes special left-hand instruction – Susan Bates $4.95
• Never Not Knitting! 2009 Page-a-Day Calendar–365 days of wit & wisdom
  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (July) $13.99
• Not Tonight Darling I’m Knitting - Betsy Hosegood $19.99
• Not Your Mama’s Knitting – Heather Dixon $17.99
• Rowan Story Book of Little Knits - Marie Wallin $30.95
• Scottish Highland Knits – Sarah Dallas $22.95
• Selbuvotter: Biography of a knitting tradition – Kerri Shea$24.95
• Sensual Knits– Yahaira Ferreira $19.95
• Shear Spirit: Life on America’s Fiber Farms & Ranches – Joan Tapper (due April) $38.00
• Shibori Knits: the art of exquisite felted knits–Gina Wilde (Aug.) $27.95
• Shibori Knitted Felt: 20 plus designs to knit, bead & felt – Alison Crowther-Smith $24.95
• Show Me How Knitting: Storybook & Instructions – Susan Levin & Gloria Tracy $17.95
• Signature Scarves –Nicky Epstein (due July) $32.95
• Simple Gifts for Dog Lovers – Catherine Tough (April) $18.95
• Simply Shetland 4 $24.95
• Start to Knit–Alison Dupernex $12.95
• Stripes, Stripes, Stripes: Knits with Color & Texture–Sandy Scoville $24.95
• Sweater Renewal: felting knits into new sweaters & Accessories – Sharon Franco Rothschild (due Aug.) $24.95
• Teach a Group of Kids to Crochet Kay Meadors $14.95
• Teach Yourself Visually Knitting Design–Sharon Turner $29.99
• Things I Learned from Knitting (whether I wanted to or not) - Stephanie Pearl McPhee
  (due April) $14.95
• Tweed: 20 contemporary designs to knit–Nancy J. Thomas (April) $35.00
• Twelve Months of Knitting - Joanne Yordanou $27.00
• Twinkles Weekend Knits - Wenlan Chia $29.95
• Vogue Cables (Mittens, Hats & Scarves) $16.95
• Vogue Designing Custom Knits (due March) $35.95
• Vogue Quick Gifts $14.95
• World of Knitted Toys – Kath Dalmeny $16.50

• Creative Embellishments: For paper, jewelry, fabric & more – Sherrill Kahn $27.95
• Making Kumihimo: Japanese Interlaced Braids – Rodrick Owen $32.95
• Secrets of Planning & Designing Hand-hooked Rugs – Deanne Fitzpatrick with Susan Huxley $21.95
• Softies: Simple instructions for 25 plush pals – Therese Laskey $22.95
• Stitch Graffiti: Unexpected cross- stitch – Heather Holland Daly $21.95

Spinning:

• Age of Homespun – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich $23.95
• Creative Spinning–Alison Daykin & Jane Deane $17.95
• Hand Woolcombing & Spinning: A guide to worsteds from the spinning wheel – Peter Teal (Revised) $30.00
• Intertwined, Art of Handspun Yarn, Modern Patterns & Creative Spinning – Lexi Boeger Plucky Fluff $29.99
• Start Spinning: Everything you need to know to make great yarn–Maggie Casey (due April) $21.95

• Ashford Book of Projects Vol#1 - 24 fashion projects using the Knitter’s Loom $19.00
• Big Book of Weaving, The: Handweaving in the Swedish Tradition: techniques, patterns, designs & materials – Laila Lundell & Elisabeth Windesjo $29.95
• Clothing Patterns from the Weaving Room – Susan Lilly $39.95
• Costume & Clothing Designs from the Weaving Room-S.Lilly $43.95
• Creative Weaving– Beautiful fabrics with a simple loom – Sarah Howard & Elisabeth Kendrick $17.95
• Handbook of Weaves - G.H. Oelsner $22.95
• Tapestry Handbook: The next generation – Carol K. Russell $59.95
• Weave Structures the Swedish Way - Ulla Getzmann (translated) $41.95

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New DVDs:

• Art of Knitting 4 Kids ages 5+, (99 min.) $19.95
• Cotton Spinning Made Easy – Joan Ruane, 120 min. $39.95
• Discover the World of Weaving Looms (2 DVD set) from Louet $20.00
• Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Ribwarmer with Meg Swansen 25.00 DVD $25.00
• Finesse Your Knitting #2 – Lucy Neatby (due May) $29.00
• Intarsia Untangled #1 – Lucy Neatby, DVD (due May) $29.00
• Intarsia Untangled #2 – Lucy Neatby, DVD (due May) $29.00
• Knitting Around – Elizabeth Zimmermann & Meg Swansen, 3 DVDs, 6 hrs. $48.00
• No Rules Knitting at the Teen Knit Café-Chelsea Povall, (98 min.) $19.95
• Shawl Collar Vest with Meg Swansen $20.00
• Spinning & weaving the Ashford Way, 67 min. $15.00
• Weave a Neckpiece - Linda Hendrickson $20.00
• Weaving on ashford Knitter’s Loom, 12 min. $15.00

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Specials:

• Calendar Clearance - Save 25% to 40% while they last
  

  Title	Retail	Sale
  Crochet Patterns-a-Day 2008 Calendar	$18.99	$14.24
  Stitch’N Bitch 2008 page-a-day	$18.95	$14.21
  Sock Calendar (Through 2006) C. Wingate & J. Erickson-Schweitzer	$32.00	$19.20
  Sock Journal (Through 2009) C. Wingate & J. Erickson-Schweitzer	$30.95	$18.57

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• The following titles are out of print. Limited stock available on a first come first served basis. Receive a 10% discount off these titles, while quantities last.
  • Big Knitting – Sophie Britten $37.95
  • Comforts of Home–Erika Knight $40.95
  • Crochet For Babies & Toddlers – Betty Barnden $33.95
  • Crochet From the Heart – Kristin Spurkland $29.95
  • Crocheted Sweaters–S. Huxley $37.95
  • Handknit Style– Beryl Hiatt $49.95
  • Hooked on Wool – Rugs, Quilts & More–Karen Costello Soltzs $24.95
  • Lavish Lace –Noble & Potter $29.95
  • Little Box Crocheted Hats & Scarves – D. Black & S. Scoville $28.95
  • Little Box of Scarves – Melissa Matthay & Sheryl Thies $26.95
  • Little Box Sweaters – Melissa Matthay & Sheryl Thies $26.95
  • Sarah Dallas Knitting $38.95
  • Style at Large–Rasmussen Noble $37.95
  • Ultimate Knitted Tee – L. Militzer- Bryant & B. Klein $44.95
  • Ultimate Knitters Guide–K.Buller $53.95

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• Video Sale!!!
  Save 40% when you purchase in stock VHS tapes – priced to clear, while quantities last!

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