It’s been 6 weeks since the store closed. I’m starting to poke my head out a little, and realize what still needs doing . . . stupid paperwork and stuff.

Thanks to all y’all for making it an unforgettable 4 years.

Over and out.

Hey y’all. Right now I’m going through a big pile of patterns and magazine back issues. I’m gonna be marking them down a whole lot – some will even be free to a good home.

I’m also combing through things and I think I’ve decided to mark a couple of things down further:

Be Sweet Bamboo – now 50% off ($6, was $12)
Lang Studio – 66% off ($5, was $15)
All Opal Sock Yarns – now $8 (was $17 – $19)

I also just unearthed some previously unseen Project B Soysilk/wool blend, and a bunch of handspun merino I’d forgotten about.

Also, it looks like the final day here will be August 27th. I’ll solidify that soon.

In the meantime, come on down and stock up for fall!

I’m so sorry I didn’t have a chance to post earlier . . . long story involving spending the night at LaGuardia airport (I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it as accomodations), and crazy business here at the store.

Anyhoo, yes, everything in the whole damn store is 35% off, including the books, magazines, needles and notions.

There are one or two little exceptions, which are at 25% off instead. Can you live with that? Good. Me too. And as a reward for your tolerance, a couple of things are 50% off.

Check this out:

Koigu – $8 / 50g ball
Classic Elite Soft Linen – $7 / 50g ball
O-Wool Classic – $7 / 100g skein
O-Wool Classic 2ply – $4.25 / 50g skein
O-Wool Balance – $4.75 / 50g skein

Stuff is flying off the shelves, so if there is something you want, come and grab it.

I do not have a final closing date just yet because honestly it’s been too busy for me to sit down with a calendar. Looks like I’ll be here and open until about the end of the month (that’d be August), and I’ll let you know when I have a specific date.

Watch this space for more info!

Hi all.

I’m writing this with a Gin and Tonic (light on the gin, mind you) in hand, because I have sad news to impart: I have decided to close Ariadne.

Why? To make a very long story reductively short, I woke up one day and realized that all of this is not making me happy – and I like being happy.

The bonus good news is that I will be having a GIGANTIC SALE!

Ariadne is closed this week, but starting August 3rd everything (with a few exceptions) will be marked down at least 35% – prices of everything are expected to go up this fall, so now’s your chance to stock up for the coming fall and winter. I’ll post more specific discounts next week.

So, back to my alcoholic beverage, with thanks to all of you for being awesome over the years. Cheers!

Hi guys. I’m being extra indolent this summer, so there are new store hours. As of tomorrow, I will be closed Thursdays at 6:00 (except for knit nights, of course) and will also be closed on Sundays.

In other words, after tonight, don’t come after 6pm on a Thursday or on a Sunday. Because I’m lazy and tired, that’s why.

Also, I’m taking a week off. I know, this is weird for me too. The store will be closed from July 24th to August 2nd.

August 3rd the store will re-open.

Hi all. Quick note to inform you that of this very moment (which is a Sunday, but whatever) I’ll be closed on Tuesdays.

In other words, open Wednesday through Sunday.

I will also be closed on June 24th and July 1st, like the rest of the province/country. But I will be open on the 25th/26th, 2nd/3rd.

Furthermore, I am planning to take a whole week off at some point. I just don’t know when that will be just yet.

Cheers!

Tomorrow, April 24th, Easter Sunday, I will be closed.

I’ll be at home eating chocolate and doing whatever it is I do when I’m not here. What is that again?

Boo.

On Wednesday I had a rotten, rotten migraine–first day ever that I just didn’t come to the store because, well, I couldn’t get in the shower much less leave my house. By the evening things were under control, I was able to eat (and keep things down) and the next morning I was back in the store as per usual.

It still hasn’t quite gone away, much like the grey slushy remnants of winter which still edge the sidewalks. My appetite still hasn’t gone back to normal, and I haven’t had a cup of tea since the one that didn’t stay down on Wednesday. Yes, you heard that right, I haven’t had tea in FIVE DAYS. I can’t believe it either.

All that to say sorry I’ve been a bit lame on the updating and the whatnot.

I was hoping that if I googled “migraine” and “knitting” that there’d be a whole bunch of fun things, but mostly it was just blog posts and suggestions that if you’re prone to migraines you should destress by knitting. Not compelling linkage, I’m afraid.

Next week I PROMISE to bring you more new stuff I have in the store, and maybe some pictures of babies born this last week.

I am working on a post with actual pictures in it, I swear!

However, allow me to tempt you a little. I have in my possession, a secret code word (shhh! it’s secret!).

That secret code word gives you a discount of 50% on Shoediva’s Elephant Parade blanket pattern:

Just buy something from me and I’ll pass that secret code word over to you like a Cold War era spy passing over a spool of microfilm.

How cool is that? You can buy the pattern on her Ravelry page.

And in related news, hang tight for the next intarsia workshop . . . new class schedule coming up soon!

An Ariadne customer has some pieces in a vernissage that I thought folks might be interested in:

The show is up until March 31st, so that gives you lots of time to get there and see some textile art!