Knitters Gone Wild

A band of mystery knitters has been tagging a New Jersey town with colorful yarn to give the ho-hum hobby a shot of adrenaline. Steve Hartman has the March 23rd 'Assignment America'. Click to watch video.

Prince of Wales Leading Wool Fashion Comeback

The Prince of Wales announced an initiative in January to work with the industry to raise awareness of the wonderful qualities of wool in fashion, carpets and other products. Click to read article at telegraph.co.uk. Click to read article at vogue.com.uk. Click to read about the fine attributes of Merino wool.

Idle Pastime: In Off Hours, Truckers Pick Up Stitching

The Wall Street Journal published a really great article and video about truckers who knit and quilt!

Super Scarf Program

Superbowl 2012 is hosting the Super Scarf Program, which is looking to knit 8000 scarves for volunteers for the upcoming Super Bowl in Indianapolis! Click to watch video.

Knitting on Martha Stewart

March 9th was a day for knitting segments on TV. Jane Pauley hosts a feature titled “Your Life Calling” and the March 9th segment featured book author and teacher Betsy McCarthy about her transition from a top administrator to a teacher and author centered around her passion – knitting. Watch the video here: today.msnbc.msn.com Also on March 9th, Martha Stewart did a brief segment on knitting during which she featured the Knit Kit, referred to as the “Swiss Army Knife for knitters”. GPY has the turquoise third generation Knit Kit in stock. Go to MarthaStewart.com and type “Knit Kit” in the search box at the top. You’ll see the link to both the video and the article. The Knit Gauge cards demonstrated in this segment are downloadable from MarthaStewart.com

AddiClick Lace interchangeable kits are coming...

While attending the Yarn Market News Conference in March, Beth received a prototype set of the AddiClick Lace set and couldn’t wait to put some knitting on those lovely pointy tips. The AddiClick Lace kit retails for the same amount as the original AddiTurbo Click kit. Each AddiClick Lace kit features eight pairs of Addi Lace tips in approximate US sizes: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, along with five blue Addi cords which create 16”, 20”, 24”, 32”, and 40” needles (approximate lengths), one Click connector, and a gold Addi heart pin. The Lace Click tips were created to be shorter in length, to allow for both 16” and 20” applications. The Click Lace tips have been improved to prevent the dulled/tarnished look after many uses.

Beth has her set at the shop if you would like to see it. We expect to be receiving a number of sets in one of the first shipments. We have already sold several sets and will continue to take pre-orders if you want to be one of the first to receive this incredible set. The latest news is that the sets will be arriving later this summer.

Best of Silicon Valley 2009

GPY was voted the Best Green Business by readers in the San Jose Mercury News 8th annual Best of Silicon Valley survey. The 2009 results were released Sunday, June 28th as an insert to the Sunday edition. We are honored to receive such recognition and we will continue to do our absolute best to offer a wide selection of natural fibers and feature multiple sources of organic, fair trade, domestic, recycled, and low impact dyed fibers.

United Nations Declared 2009 as the International Year of Natural Fibers

The International Year of Natural Fibers was officially launched on January 22, 2009, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. Visit: www.naturalfibres2009.org for more information. The web site has a great deal of information but the following excerpt appears on the main page: "OBJECTIVES: Raise awareness and stimulate demand for natural fibres; Promote the efficiency and sustainability of the natural fibres industries; Encourage appropriate policy responses from governments to the problems faced by natural fibre industries; Foster an effective and enduring international partnership among the various natural fibres industries."

"Keep the Fleece" is an initiative celebrating the International Year of Natural Fibers. More information may be found at www.keepthefleece.org

Giving at Green Planet Yarn

GPY proudly supports the Mother Bear Project and the Heifer Project via Keep the Fleece in the following ways:
- We are a drop-off location for the Mother Bear Project whereby we pay the shipping costs to get the Mother Bears you make to the Minneapolis headquarters of the Mother Bear Project. We stock both knitted and crocheted patterns for which you may reimburse us, or you may order your pattern directly from the Mother Bear Project. The current Mother Bear newsletter is here.
- We will wind non-GPY yarn for customers who give $3 per skein to either the Mother Bear Project or Keep the Fleece. Checks should be made payable to your organization of choice or cash will be placed in the appropriate envelope.

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Film Crew Visits GPY

On September 15th 2008, Green Planet Yarn was busy with a film crew from Comcast Best of the City. It was very exciting with a cameraman, boom and director! GPY was one of the featured green businesses in the area. If you are a Comcast Digital Customer, you can view the video by going to On Demand / Get Local / Best of the City / Style & Shopping / SF Green Planet Yarn. If you don’t have Comcast Digital, watch it here:

Employment Opportunities at Green Planet Yarn

Every once in a while we are looking for additional staff. Contact us if you are a knitter and interested in working a few hours a week in GPY. The ability to work any day of the week or evening is a plus since we are open seven days a week. Send a copy of your resume and an e-mail to: jobs@greenplanetyarn.com