String Factory » WEBS http://www.string-factory.com one woman's obsession with all things Fiber Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 recent events: webs, rhinebeck and not much knitting http://www.string-factory.com/blog/recent-events-webs-rhinebeck-and-not-much-knitting/ http://www.string-factory.com/blog/recent-events-webs-rhinebeck-and-not-much-knitting/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:03:55 +0000 Amelia http://www.string-factory.com/?p=147 First up, my meager soaker progress:

ecological wool soaker

It only took me, uh, two weeks to get that right cuff taken care of. I hope to finish the left cuff before the kiddo’s out of diapers altogether.

What else have I been up to? After apparently missing Fiber Twist again this year, Eve and I made it out to Webs for Ysolda Teague’s trunk show. Eve was very excited about the walls of yarn:

eve @ webs

She was also really into Ysolda’s talk. Or at least, trying to go through everyone’s knitting bag during Ysolda’s talk. Also, she was so excited to be there she pooped right in the middle of it, so that photo above is the only one I ended up taking. Ah, well. I will tell you that I had sort of a religious knit-appreciation experience looking at the seamless set-in shoulders on the red Vivian sample. Damn, that girl can knit! So inspiring!

Last weekend the family trooped down to Rhinebeck for the NY State Sheep & Wool Festival, which is a lot closer to home than I remembered. I think the last time we went we drove down from the cabin upstate; this year we drove from home and it was only two hours, the middle of which we punctuated with a scenic cut through Stockbridge and Great Barrington on our way to the Taconic parkway from the Mass Pike.

I did a lot of yarn shopping but ended up not purchasing anything because I left my wallet in the car. I am such a dumbass. That aside, it was awesome to meet some of the Ravelry crew in person! Eve’s festival highlight was meeting Bob:

Eve giggles at Bob. (photo via Ravelry Jess–she took the best one!)

For real, I’m pretty sure Bobsolda was the most exciting thing Eve’s ever seen. She loves doggies, she loves wool, and OMG A HUGE DOGGIE MADE OF WOOL?!! OBVIOUSLY THE MOST EXCITING THING EVER. My only regret is being unable to book Bobsolda for Eve’s 1st birthday party tomorrow. There is no way I can ever hope to top Giant Bob of Squishy Wool Love.

Speaking of Eve’s birthday, she’s turning one year old today! Her cupcake-and-pizza party is tomorrow; in the meantime we’ll be celebrating with a round of bloodwork and vaccinations at the pediatrician’s office later today. (Poor kid!) I’m hoping to make it up to her with her favorite purple ice cream. Sadly, I will have no Bob.

]]> http://www.string-factory.com/blog/recent-events-webs-rhinebeck-and-not-much-knitting/feed/ 3 the skinny on WEBS (yarn.com) promo codes http://www.string-factory.com/blog/the-skinny-on-webs-yarncom-promo-codes/ http://www.string-factory.com/blog/the-skinny-on-webs-yarncom-promo-codes/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 07:06:31 +0000 Amelia http://www.string-factory.com/?p=107 Ever since I installed Google Analytics on my blog, I’ve noticed I get a ridiculous amount of traffic from people looking for discount promo codes for WEBS.

Sorry, folks, I don’t have any special super-seekrit WEBS discount codes here. The reason why? There aren’t any right now.

Steve Elkins, one of the owners of WEBS, posted on Ravelry a couple of days ago explaining the situation with WEBS promo codes. I’m reposting it here for people who aren’t on Ravelry:

Hi Folks, we don’t use promo codes a lot, but it was one of those things that came along with the new website. It’s the do it now thing because it will cost a lot more to add it later :) When we do use promo codes we always put them pretty prominently in emails, but we don’t have one going on right now. Just the Anniversary Sale (April yarns on sale ends Thursday (new ones coming Friday)), lots of great Noro and Rowan closeouts, Online Supersocke for $7.99, etc.

Hope that helps answer your questions.

Steve Elkins
WEBS

So, straight from the horse’s mouth: there are no promo codes available right now.  If you do want to know about any future WEBS promo codes, the best way to find out about them is to subscribe to the WEBS email list.

To sign up for their email list, go to this page and fill out the form on the right-hand side of the screen.  Check the box that says “Send me email updates” and click the “Create Account” button.   Happy shopping!

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