Wolseley Wardrobe

Many of you have been asking whether we will have a winter retreat this year.  Unfortunately Delta Marsh has closed and we haven’t been able to find another venue for this winter.  However, we found a great venue, Camp Manitou, and have booked it for the fall.  Please mark your...

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The RAGS group continues to find ways to recycle items and keep them out of the landfills.  Right now they are making reusable shopping bags out of pre-loved t-shirts.  These bags are available at the shop for a suggested donation of $1.  All money collected will be forwarded to Osborne...

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The Boys and Girls Club of Winnipeg is wanting to start knitting classes.  If you’re interested in teaching knitting to teens please call Mona at the shop at 772-1393.

New ‘Knitting’ Group! Starting Sunday, November 8th, we will be meeting weekly to explore a fibre focus within a charity or social issue. Our first theme and project will be knitting mittens for immigrants; in which we hope to extend a warm woolly welcome, not just to our new charity...

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 In addition to our sale there are great deals to be had in the clearance section of the store located across from the change rooms.  Right now we are highlighting two great yarns at great deals.  Curly Kid is a fun, bright, chunky weight yarn great for hats and other...

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We had such a great time at the spring fibre retreat at Delta Marsh that we're doing it again this fall. For more info and to get registration information download the PDF brochure bellow.

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We have  a bunch of great classes lined up for the fall which are all listed in the rest of this article as well as on the calendar in the events & classes section of the website.
 
Introduction to Knitting – Helen Konrad
Dates: Sept 2, 9, 16, 23...

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Keep Reading for the Winning essays!

Thanks to everyone for your great essays about “Why You Knit”.  It was so hard to choose just three, but we finally came to consensus and are happy to announce the winners (in no particular order) are Kelly Milne, Eve Dutton and Kirsten McFarlane. ...

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If you’re interested in learning how to spin during the summer, either on a drop spindle or on a wheel, please contact Mona at the shop.  We’ll be offering free lessons from July 20 – August 7 – so give us a call and book a time.

This year our camp will run for 4 afternoons from 1 – 4 pm.  We will be working on a series of mini projects which may include knitted finger puppets, kool-aid dyeing fibre, learning basic crochet and of course lots of fun and laughter.  Cost is $40 plus GST and...

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