(It runs in the family).
Since the demise of the monthly newsletter and its attendant coupon code, I've been giving considerable thought to thank-you gifts that would be: a) unique, b) interesting, and c) of genuine value and usefulness.
I've been making shawl pins in sterling silver for several years now, but have always had a fondness for the warm glow of copper, so....
Every yarn order placed in the month of March will receive a hammered copper shawl pin - each one unique and crafted in a spirit of spontaneous playfulness. These are every bit as sturdy as their silver counterparts, and make excellent closures for sweaters & shawls, as well as lovely hairpins (for those of you with long, reasonably thick hair.)
The pins on St. Brigid above (doesn't copper look amazing with that shade of green?) are the inaugural seven.
OMG! Do you sell the shawl pins alone? I'm on sort of a yarn diet right now, what with not being employed and all, but I'd love to know that I could buy a shawl pin in the future...
Posted by: Carrie | 02/03/2009 at 05:45 PM
Golly, those are pretty ... and I love copper, too!
Posted by: --Deb | 02/03/2009 at 07:16 PM
GORGEOUS!!!!
Posted by: johanna | 02/03/2009 at 08:46 PM
Oh, my! Those are so pretty, and I love the way copper gets a lovely patina as it's used. I'm even more glad that I ordered yarn yesterday! :)
Posted by: Cindy (maxfun) | 02/03/2009 at 09:27 PM
...why are you trying to tempt me so badly?
Posted by: Amy | 02/03/2009 at 11:45 PM
They're beautiful and copper does really shine on green!
Posted by: margene | 03/03/2009 at 04:43 AM
They are beautiful, what a lovely idea!
Posted by: Linda M. | 03/03/2009 at 06:31 AM
I love the copper pins. My favourite one is the flowery pin at the top of the picture.
Posted by: Dotty | 03/03/2009 at 08:16 AM
Any yarn diet I might have been on (which - uh no way - I'd rather go on a food diet or a wine diet or a everything else under the sun diet) would totally go out the window for one of those fantastic pins (not to mention the yummy yarn). I'll be back before the month is up for sure. If I'm not back by the Ides, wake me up.
Posted by: Ronni | 03/03/2009 at 11:36 AM
Well, there goes my yarn resolutions. Although, quite honestly, I'd been planning another trip through your store anyway... someday I'll be quick enough to get a fraternal sock order before they're all gone!
Those pins are gorgeous... you are very generous!
Posted by: Kathleen C. | 03/03/2009 at 03:35 PM
VERY nice! And each one had it's own personality.
Posted by: Leslie Wind | 03/03/2009 at 04:24 PM
Alright... I had been ogling your yarns for quite some time now... but those shawl pins put me over the edge! =D Come to mama!
Posted by: Carey | 03/03/2009 at 06:25 PM