Crochet is the latest trend. We are seeing Granny Squares everywhere, even on celebrities on The Voice! We’ve had several calls and messages asking if we have crochet classes so we thought we better get one going.

Join us on Tuesday, March 12th at 1:00 pm for 6 weeks.

Cost: $15.00

You need to bring: A ball/skein of yarn and a crochet hook.

Choose a Double Knit or Worsted yarn. You could choose acrylic or cotton. We have a good selection of dishcloth cotton which is easy to use. We also have some inexpensive worsted-weight yarns as well.

For the crochet hook follow the instructions on the label for the size you need. If it is DK it should be 4 – 4.5mm. If you use worsted weight it should be 5- 5.5.

If you have any questions, please call the shop at 604-477-7445 or email onceuponasheep@gmail.com.

It’s that time of year. Once again we are having our annual Mad About Ewe sale. We usually have this sale over the weekend closest to Valentine’s Day, but this year we pushed it back and it will be this coming weekend. We are getting all the boxes sorted and priced and hope you will join us for some great discounts and deals.

Thursday, February 22nd, 10:00 – 4:00 PM

Friday, February 24th, 10:00 – 4:00 PM

Saturday, February 24th, 10:00 – 4:00 PM.

CLOSED WEDNESDAY

You can read about the history of this sale here. Here are some of the yarns we’ll have on sale. However, EVERYTHING in the store will be on sale.

SEE YOU THERE!

Once Upon a Sheep is once again keeping our doors shut due to weather. We hope you are staying safe and warm indoors, except of course for building snowmen and making snow angels with the kids (and maybe even if you don’t have kids!) They’re predicting more snow and then it will turn to rain and freeze here in Maple Ridge. Yikes!

Here is another great project to work on, this one from Yarnspirations free pattern library. This could be a real stashbuster!

Stay safe and warm…

Today is not a good day to try driving in this weather. We want to keep our volunteers safe and our customers safe. So we will be closed today. I will post here if we open tomorrow as there is supposed to be freezing rain in Maple Ridge after this snow. Hopefully, it will melt away by the end of the week.

Here’s a great pattern to knit on a snow day, it’s called Snow Day Slouch.

If you have children at home, I know they are likely excited there is a snow day! Just like these little bunnies, they’ve been longing for one, I’m sure.

Longing for a Snow Day by Kim Kyota on flickr

Have a wonderful day staying warm and cozy. We’ll see you when the weather clears, hopefully tomorrow.

Blessings!

Do you know how much we love our customers? As PassionKnitters we know you can’t pass up a good opportunity to finish your yarn shopping. With tight budgets and rising prices, we want you to know we understand. So we’re having a sale!

When? Saturday, December 2nd 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

15% off all yarns and needles

PK discount also applies.

See you on Saturday!

We are having a summer yarn sale! We want to invite all of you to come out for some amazing deals. There are so many yarns on sale from cottons

Tuesday, July 11th – Saturday, July 15th

25% Off

All cottons, cotton blends, linen blends, and much more!!

King Cole Comfort 3 ply is used to make some of those vintage baby patterns and shawls. It knits up lovely for a very lacy look. Sirdar Snuggly 4 ply, is a beautiful and soft lightweight acrylic for baby items. Lots of luscious colours are available. Sirdar Snuggly DK is a great yarn for making baby items for our temperate climate here in the Lower Mainland. Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo is a beautiful wool/bamboo blend with a gorgeous drape. Sirdar Snuggly Bunny, which makes great fluffy cardigans, or trim on a DK cardigan, and also fun animal toys. Sirdar Crofter FairIsle has spanned many years and remains one of Sirdar’s best-selling yarns. It knits up in an instant fairisle pattern and is as soft as all the lovely Snuggly yarns. Diamond’s Little Darlings Soft is as soft as its name. It is a self-striping chunky yarn in beautiful baby and toddler bright colours for those who want a soft and cuddly blanket or winter cardigan. Sirdar Colour Wheel, is a great yarn that is self-striping with great meterage. King Cole’s Yummy is a fun polar-weight chenille that makes lots of fun blankets, hats, coats, and knitted or crocheted toys.

Other yarns on sale are Cascade Cherub Aran, Berroco Baby Vintage, Rico Creative Make it Tweed, Rico Creative Make it Neon, Pima Cotton, and more!

(No additional PK discount will be accepted.)

Friends, when I opened Once Upon a Sheep (OUAS) on April 5th, 2003, I had no idea it would still be in operation 20 years later. I remember the ladies from the seniors’ centre barging their way through a group of our shelter residents in order to find the yarn shop before we even opened. It was a great encouragement for me, knowing I was taking a risk.

By 2006 we formed The Shepherd’s Heart Society to oversee the shop and create a financial firewall between The Salvation Army and the shop. This proved to be the secret sauce in keeping OUAS afloat. Our board of directors, five of us since the beginning, and a few others who came and went along the way have done a superb job of keeping the shop on track and making sure the Purposes of the Society are the guiding lights for us.

Since the beginning, YOU helped us raise thousands of dollars for The Salvation Army’s Send a Kid to Camp program. As a child who attended these kinds of camps as a child, I cannot begin to describe the feeling of having a ‘vacation’ away from home. Most of the children we send to camp come from families where a vacation is something they can only dream of. For every dollar you spend at Once Upon a Sheep, we are able to continue to make summer camp a reality for children from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

So, to say THANK YOU…

We are celebrating our 20th anniversary with a

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE!

EVERYTHING will be on sale

10% – 50% off

April 25th – April 29th

Some of our new and older yarns…

• Bramble Ridge Yarns from Mission
• United Socks
• Little Darlings – Soft
• Stellaris sparkly threat
• Pom Poms from Yarnboler
• Cascade Anthem for budget-minded knitters/crocheters
• Cascade Ultra Pima – one of our best cottons ever!
• Cascade Cotton Puff – new to us
• And so much more….!

We are changing our hours. We tried staying open later till 6:00 pm to accommodate our customers who work. However, very few people took advantage of that, and we want to utilize the precious time our volunteers give us working in the shop. So we will be returning to regular hours again in May, and hopefully back to pre-Covid hours in the fall, which will be 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

We appreciate your patronage and want to hear from you. Help us to better meet your needs by filling out the above survey. Click on the photo to go to the Survey

Like most businesses, we are struggling with the economic situation right now. Many shops in the Lower Mainland did not survive Covid, and now with the high cost of everything, more are in danger of closing down.

We also know many of you are struggling as well. When we tighten our belts, the first thing to go on our shopping list is discretionary spending. We understand and so we are doing our best to bring in some good quality yarns you can afford so you can continue your needlework during these next months. We survived the last 20 years through ups and downs in the yarn world. We will continue to survive!

Happy Knitting/Crocheting…. Kathie

See you at the SALE… and in the meantime…remember…