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Happy New Year!
Hope you had a safe and satisfying holiday season, both with your loved ones and business.
I am looking forward to bringing you more HeartStrings pattern designs this year that will inspire your customers to not only knit beautiful creations, but to learn something new (or rediscover something old in a new way) – and of course buy lots of yarn from you.
The best to you in the upcoming year. In sincere appreciation of your business and representing my HeartStrings patterns to your customers,
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New Patterns for January 25 Release!
There have been a lot of things on life's plate since HeartStrings' last major pattern release in March 2007. Thank you for your patience. I hope the upcoming patterns will be worth the wait.
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Lacy Wraps
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H48 Palette of Colors Shrug
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H44 Wisps of Smoke Ring
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H45 Ring of Lace Wrap
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Beaded Socks
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S28 Daylight and Shadows
Beaaded Cable Socks
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A134 Buffalo Beaded Socks
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ATTENTION RETAILERS in the Auto-Ship Program – In late January you will automatically be shipped 6 each of the five new patterns above. Please contact me if you would like to increase your standing order for popular requests.
Here is a
high-resolution flyer for the January 2008 release that you may download and print if you'd like. Retailers will receive a printed flyer with their auto-ship order.
Overview of New Patterns for January 2008
#H48 Palette of Colors Shrug
Create a masterpiece in color and texture to wrap your body in style and comfort. This shrug features an interplay of tonal harmony across coordinated colorways of heavier textured yarn and smooth fine yarn.
US 8 / 5mm needles suggested. $6.00/3.00
Shown in Mountain Colors Half Crepe color Chinook and Lorna's Lace's Helen's Lace color Sand Ridge (will be available from Mountain Colors and Lorna's Laces in this and other color combos).
#H44 Wisps of Smoke Ring
Wisps of Smoke combines the heavy drape of silk, the lightness and fluidity of a lace pattern, and the sparkle of beads to impart the feeling of softly wafting smoke in a light breeze intermingled with fleeting touches of flames.
US 7 / 4.5mm needles suggested. $5.50/2.75
Shown in Tilli Tomas Plié and Rock Star, color Atmosphere.
#H45 Ring of Lace Wrap
Ring of Lace is an airy, lightweight circular wrap that can be worn in a variety of ways. This design is an example of how a project in hand-dyed yarn can be planned according to the length of color repeat to create 'faux ikat' effects.
3mm circular needle suggested. $6.00/3.00
Shown in Schaefer Andrea, color Elena Piscopia.
#S28 Daylight and Shadow Beaded Cable Socks
Beads in a lighter color (daylight) and darker color (shadows) embellish the twining columns of stitches of these charming cabled socks. Your choice of two versions — one with a playful beaded fringe cuff; the other with the more refined look of a plain cuff.
Fingering weight yarn and size 8/0 (3mm) seed beads. US 1 / 2.5 mm needles suggested. $5.00/2.50
Shown in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn, colors Harvest (beaded fringe version) and Pewter (plain cuff version).
#A134 Buffalo Beaded Socks
Buffalo down is a soft yet sturdy fiber worthy of pampering our feet. Add some beads and a pretty lace pattern, and you'll have a luscious pair of Buffalo Beaded socks you'll treasure for traveling across the plains or anywhere.
Fingering weight buffalo down blend yarn with either merino or nylon (or similar) and size 6/0 (4mm) seed beads. US 2 / 3mm needles suggested. $5.00/2.50
Shown in Buffalo Gold yarn from 2HL Buffalo Ranch.
Auto-Ship Program
If you are in the Auto-Ship Program, your standing order of these 5 new titles will be on its way to you around January 25. Standing order is 6 each of a title ($82.50 net total) unless you have already told me to increase your quantities. I realize that this is more than the usual auto-ship order, but since we have not had new patterns since last March I hope you will agree these are well worth the wait. Remember that there is no shipping charge on auto-ship orders. Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to increase your standing order or add other patterns to this shipment (at no extra charge for shipping).
Not on the Auto-ship Program yet?
More information ...
No Shipping January 4 - 20
My shipping deparment will be closed for part of January. Like you, we have inventory to do. And while we are at it, we have some other adjustments in the studio to make things more efficient. So this seems the best timeframe to get this out of the way and be ready to get on with things later this month. As always, you may still place orders by email, phone, fax or online and I will fill as soon as possible on or after January 21.
I welcome your comments and suggestions. Don't hesitate to let me know how I am doing and how I can serve you even better. My best to you,
Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer
HeartStrings FiberArts
53 Parlange Dr
Destrehan LA 70047
1-888-955-8094 (toll-free) or 985-764-8094
jackie@heartstringsfiberarts.com
HeartStrings FiberArts / Jackie E-S Design Collections
From the classic to the uniquely appealing.
Skill-building, comprehensive instructions.
Yarn-generic patterns for your creative freedom.
Specializing in Knitted Lace and Beaded Knitting.
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