Chic-a is having its Annual Warehouse Sale this coming weekend! Last year was successful so we decided to make it an annual event. We will have seconds, discontinued colors and discontinued products at discounted prices! If you are in the Santa Barbara area this weekend come stop by.
Here is the important information:
Warehouse Sale
Saturday, November 14th
9:00am – 2:00pm
375 Pine Ave, Suite 11
Goleta, CA 93117
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
In a little over a week we will be setting up the Chic-a booth at Yarnosphere! This is a fun weekend show in Long Beach, California. This is the third year and we are excited to be at Yarnoshpere again. I guess I would consider this Chic-a’s home show since it is only a 2 hour drive from Santa Barbara.
I am also excited because this is the first public show where our new print Finlandia and new Duo Interchangeable Case will be available.
New Chic-a print Finlandia.
The new print, Finlandia, has a navy blue background with red, gold and light blue flowers and the accent fabric is the fun red and white polk-a-dots.
The new Duo Interchangeable Needle Case
The Duo Interchangeable Needle Case is a compact case that holds two complete sets of interchangeable needles. There is an accessory pocket that has a divider for the all the cables and things. You may have already seen them at your local yarn store! I have a shipment arriving this week to be sure we have plenty of the new case and new print at the show!
There is always something fun going on at Yarnoshpere: classes, demonstrations, great shopping and free coffee! I like the free coffee. Check out the schedule and maybe take a class!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone. It is sure to be a weekend filled with friendship, knitting, yarn and relaxing.
It has been a fun spring preparing new things for Chic-a. One of them is video! There has been a lot of photography and videoing going on around Santa Barbara to give Chic-a a new look. I have worked with a great team of people to make these happen. It has been a very fun, creative learning experience too. Here are a couple of videos to get you in the Chic-a mood.
This first video is a fun and playful display of Chic-a prints. It is called Chic-a Timeless
The second video is a teaser for the Chic-a Video Catalog -Look Book. It is called Chic-a Catalog Teaser
Hope you enjoy watching and please feel free to subscribe to the Chic-a channel.
Earlier this month on April 2, Chic-a participated in WillBridge’s 8th Annual Inter-faith Homeless Foot Washing. This event takes place every year on the Thursday before Easter. Chic-a has been involved with this event for the last 4 years. Lynnelle Williams, the Director of WillBridge states, “The Significance of the Foot Washing is to demonstrate Hospitality; Humility; Servanthood; Compassion; and Unconditional Love.” toward the homeless in Santa Barbara. It is a special event which brings different people from the community together to serve the homeless.
Hygiene Kits using the Double Yarn Keeper.
The Homeless guests, around 250, arrive in the morning and receive a continental breakfast, sneakers/hiking or work boots, 2 pairs of socks, personal hygiene kit, and a sack lunch. They have the option to have their feet washed by a volunteer. There are social services available to them as well. Chic-a has donated pouches for the hygiene kits. This year we were able to donate Yarn Keepers that had slight irregularities that made them unsellable. They worked great for the kits and were able to hold all the items.
Ready to distribute shoes!
My daughter and I worked at a station for doing manicures. Hands are as important as the feet! I think more men came through this station than women this year. They opted out of the polish but enjoyed the hand message, scrubbing and a chance to trim their nails. The conversations are so interesting and we quickly realized that these people are longing for respect and attention. Plus, we get to hear some very interesting stories. Most of the people who come through one would never suspect of being homeless; this was a real eye opener to me the first year I did this. My daughter had her reservations about helping but she did. Nervous at first, I think she started to enjoy the conversations and see that she could brighten a person’s day.
The most amazing thing is how thankful and appreciative all those who came through were. There were a lot of smiles and laughter! In reality it really is the least I could do to help. What a blessing to be able to touch a life and to give some joy and respect. I am so thankful to be a part of an organization like WillBridge that brings hope and solutions to the homeless in Santa Barbara.
I always enjoy creating new products and using them. I have to say that the Single Yarn Keeper, one of Chic-a’s original products, is one of my favorites. It keeps my cats away from my yarn, which is really great because they have managed to ruin several nice skeins and it protects my yarn from all the other stuff in my knitting bag. It is also a fun burst of color which makes it easy to find at the bottom of my bag.
The website All Free Knitting has done a nice review of the Single Yarn Keeper. They are also doing a Yarn Keeper giveaway which you can enter until February 16th. There will be 3 lucky winners so head on over and enter.
There just might be a Yarn Keeper with your name on it!
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