| Namaste Sale, Tigress Socks & Beans 4 Brains! Hey All You Cool Crafts & Knittens! | | |
We've all been watching a lot of movies recently. No, seriously, a lot of them. Some of the Beans are the biggest self-proclaimed movie buffs - we're talkin' binging a series of movies in a single night that others might take weeks to finish. Whether it be everyone's favorite space saga or strange and unexpected journeys, we can't get enough of our plucky heroes and sassy sidekicks! The choice between action, suspense, horror, or comedy is truly one of life's biggest decisions!
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Today we're ready to star in our very own action movie! There's nothing quite like the rush of the wind in our hair as we speed down the freeway to intercept an important shipment. But of course, we can't truly be immersed without putting a little bit of ourselves into it! Our grappling hooks? Needles and crochet hooks attached by some yarn (nylon, naturally!)! Once we grapple to the top of the truck, we gotta break in, take the treasure for ourselves and then parachute off using our shawls to get to safety. Maybe there can be an explosion or two - action movies ALWAYS have cool explosions!
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Turns out, that precious cargo was a whole bunch of Namaste bags! Oh yeah, we could get used to this! We've uncovered a bunch of Maker's Crossbody Bags, Maker's Hybrid Belt Bags and Maker's Wallets, with a strange note attached to them, which reads, ahem,
This is the last shipment - these styles are being retired. Stay well, stay safe. - Love, Jimmy.
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Oh yeah, it's all coming together now. We've always needed a place to hold our needles and small projects, so this sale must be fate! The Namaste Maker's Wallet is the perfect way to organize your needle stash, making finding that ONE size a breeze, which is especially good to have on missions like ours stated above! Pair that with the Namaste Maker's Hybrid Belt Bag and make making simple by always having your project on you no matter where you are in a lightweight and fashionable manner! Waiting for your partner in crime to arrive? Or maybe you're just at home making up silly stories in your head? The Namaste Maker's Crossbody is an ideal way to always have a project along to carry you through the adventure without sacrificing room for your phone, wallet, and other bits and bobbles!!
Please note: No bags were harmed in the making of this film! This sale is running through the end of May and we aren't getting any more, so once they're gone, they're gone!
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Knit this Tigress to the toe, Easy stripes, go with the flow Now you're done, you're such a pro!
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Hey all you cool crafts and knittens! Lately, we've been on the prowl for a new project that we can sink our needles into, and Urth Yarns sent us exactly what we've been hunting for! Drawing inspiration from the addictive docu-series about the dark underworld of big cat breeding is the new, limited edition Uneek Sock Kit in the colorway "Tigress"! Socks are basically the unsung heroes of everyone's wardrobe, and even our Bean, Terry, uses his socks as a fun way to express himself!
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Take a walk on the wild side and pay homage to the beautiful, well-beloved big cats with these new stripe-tacular sock kits! Each kit comes complete with two, identical, pre-wound balls of self-striping fingering-weight yarn. Made out of 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon, each hand-dyed ball of yarn makes one sock, giving you the optimal yardage for each (which is 220 yards per ball)!
Needles do not come in this kit, but a US Size 1-3 is recommended!
Tigress is a limited edition kit, meaning that once they're gone, they're gone! Also, as a tip, these socks make a wonderful Father's Day gift *hint hint, wink wink*!
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Don't Bee Mad, Bee Happy!
Sometimes the best thing to do for your mind is to keep a little something on your needles. That way, you always have something to focus on instead of letting your mind wander (which isn't always a bad thing, but it can totally be a mood-killer when you're cooped up at home). By always having a little treat in your project bag, you can kill some time, challenge yourself, or use it as a stress-reliever throughout your day!
We've been busy bees lately knitting up the Mad Bee Shawl by Afifa Sayeed! This wrap is basically the ULTIMATE brain-food project! This oversized shawl starts seamlessly with a slightly different garter-tab cast on and then alternates between sections of garter eyelets and stockinette chain, keeping you on your feet and resulting in a finished project with an eye-catching design motif and texture to boot!
This project is available in two different weights. The fingering weight kit uses four shades of Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light yarn while the DK weight kit uses four shades of Madelinetosh Tosh DK yarn. Each kit includes multiple colorways curated by our color experts over here at JBW HQ!
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Pillow Talk
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Home is where the heart is! It's where we whisper sweet nothings to our needles - which may explain why we get most of our knitting done there, hehe! We pour our heart and soul into our projects, making each one unique and special right down to the tension of our stitches! It only makes sense to be as comfy as possible as we do so, right?
Nothing is more frustrating than being in the comfort of our own home and having to resituate ourselves every few minutes because we just can't figure out how to get comfortable!
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Knit up the best seat in the house with these cushy kits from Arne and Carlos! This small collection of couch projects comes in a rainbow of classic designs that are timeless while still adding a little bit of personality to your family space! Using Rowan SoftYak DK yarn, choose between an array of playful patterns that can be mixed and matched to compliment your own personal style in gorgeous designs of floral and geometric motifs inspired by Norwegian folk art! Each kit comes with three options that lean one way or another (with one that marries the two worlds together)
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Adrienne's Accessories
Do you believe in luck? We're all familiar with those old tales about how a rabbit's foot or a horseshoe brings good luck to whoever has them in their possession, but what about a four-leaf clover? Those are surely more readily available, right? As kids, a lot of us would rummage around in clover patches just HOPING to find that sweet, sweet four-leaf good luck charm and you'd best believe it was always like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
Well, we may have found our four-leaf clover with a few new accessories that will make our projects just that much easier! Talk about luck! Stitch markers are always necessary! Whether you use them to keep track of your rows or color-code them depending on what kind of stitch you need to be doing on the right and wrong side, they've always got your back!
From Clover, both ring-shaped and locking stitch markers are at our disposal. Each set is brightly colored to make their uses more varied! Each pack of stitch markers is designed to coordinate with whatever needle size you find yourself using.
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The month is slowly drawing to a close and we can't help but wonder - have you sent in your Beans for Brains scholarship application yet? A few weeks back, we announced an extension of the deadline to send those bad boys in, and we want to check in on you all!
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The Beans for Brains Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship program suited for artistic students attending or plan to attend an accredited institution of higher education!
This program recognizes students for a variety of things including, but not limited to, GPA, community service, project knowledge, and financial need, while uplifting their creativity through the world of fiber arts!
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The Beans for Brains Scholarship is available to one recipient from each of the four U.S. categories outlined by the U.S. Census, as well as one from Reno, Nevada and one community service awardee, making six scholarships in total!
If you are interested and haven't sent in your application yet, please visit our official Beans for Brains Scholarship page to learn more and answer any questions you may have concerning the program. To submit your application and attachments, please email them to scholarships@JimmyBeansWool.com.
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Project On Our Needles!
Trendsetter's Cape Pullover and Cowl
It's a pullover! It's a cowl! It's truly the best of both worlds!
Perfect for those chilly early mornings, this project is both unique and cozy, while showing off the effortless self-striping nature of the yarn. Using Trendsetter Evolution yarn, you can plan ahead and have the eye-catching stripes at the bottom of the project while the subtle degrade shades fade throughout the rest!
The Trendsetter Cape Pullover and Cowl is available as a kit on our site! The pattern is free with purchase of the kit - all you gotta do is email support@JimmyBeansWool.com with your order number and they'll get you all taken care of!
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