Merry Christmas!

All of us here would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for being a part of this wonderful year for us. We feel so lucky to have so many great people supporting our little shop.

Juliet is very excited about Santa coming. Not so crazy about dressing up like Santa though! Juliet just wanted to say thank you for all the great pats this year. She now expects nothing less than your undivided attention when you arrive.

We will be open over the holidays for all your knitting needs. We will be closed Christmas Day and New Years day. So come by for some egg nog and yarn!

Happy Holidays!!

Touch and Feel Catalogues of Yarn!

We here at Knits by the Sea were thinking about how difficult it can be to order yarn online when you don't know what it feels like. And after some more thinking and lots of knitting the Touch and Feel Catalogues of Yarn are now out! These catalogues are designed to help those who live far away from a yarn shop go to a local shop in their town and feel the variety of brand name yarns that we carry. There are swatches of all our brand name yarns knit up on the recommended needle sizes for you to see. We currently have catalogues in Port Hardy, Tahsis, Bamfield and Port Alberni. For full details on which businesses are holding our catalogues go here. Want a catalogue in your community? Contact us!

We hope that these catalogues will help you decide what the best yarn for your project is!

Happy Birthday!

The little greeter here at Knits by the Sea is a year older today! Happy Birthday to little Juliet. I'm sure she will have no idea why she gets extra treats today but I doubt she will complain about it!

If you haven't checked our website in awhile we have posted the December Newsletter! The big news is we have received the new Cookie A. book! This book is full of more amazing sock designs to drool over.

There was also an article about knitting that was just put out in the local paper the Westerly! Stacey and I were quoted in it and the journalist looks at knitting and it's new popularity. A fun read!

Keep your eyes open for specials in January. We will be offering some deals on our upcoming classes so be sure to check back if you are thinking of making a New Years resolution to take some knitting or crocheting classes!

Jingle all the way!

Jingle into Christmas is getting closer and we here at Knits by the Sea are getting excited. We love an excuse to have yummy food and refreshments and stay open late for our shoppers! Friday November 26 is the date for this fun event of sales and food - two great reasons to come to the shop!

But we were thinking about what if you can't make it to Tofino for this fun event? It's a shame to miss out on all the fun! So for the weekend of November 26-28 for all our online customers we will be offering free shipping! It's our little way of passing along some of the Jingle into Christmas fun on to you! The free shipping will start Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific Time and end at 9:00 pm Sunday November 28 Pacific Time.

Want to drop some hints about what you want. You can create a wish list and email it right from our online store! It's that easy.

And if you haven't been in the shop in awhile we have our Knits by the Sea tree up with of course Lucky the octopus as the tree topper. Lots of great last minute gift project books and the Interweave Holiday Gifts magazine is here. Plenty of inspiration for the holiday season.

We are now online!

We here at Knits by the Sea are very excited to announce that we are now online! You can now shop for all your favourite yarns from the comfort of your own home. Click here to see the new online shop! We currently have all of our brand name yarns up and available for purchase. We are still adding more of our locally dyed BC yarns and accessories and notions are coming too. So be sure to check back as we are adding new items all the time. If you have seen something at our shop but can't find it online just call! We are happy to fulfill your order over the phone as well. We hope you enjoy our online store!

November Newsletter!

Our November newsletter has been posted! You can find it here. We have made a few changes at the shop and you can see some of the photos there. We are also adding more classes all the time. So be sure to check out our website to see what is coming up!

Some great holiday books have arrived and the Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts edition is here! It is full of great gift ideas and tons of cute patterns. Great for inspiration.

We have new hours for the winter! We will now be open 12:00-6:00 Tuesday to Saturday, Sundays we are open from 12:00-4:30 and we will now be closed on Mondays. And Stitch Night is still continuing even as the days get shorter! Bring your projects and come in out of the rain and join us for some refreshments and good company! Every Wednesday from 6:30 till whenever!

Happy Halloween!

It is hard to believe it is the last day of October already! Happy Halloween everyone! Juliet "decided" to be a bunny this year. You can see just how thrilled she is to have the hood up on her costume. If you are in the Tofino area today be sure to stop by the shop for some treats! The sun is trying to come out so fingers crossed for all the tricker treaters tonight that there isn't any rain. Everyone here at Knits by the Sea hopes that you have a great Halloween filled with lots of candy and fun costumes!