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last updated 8/04/2010

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12/05/10 New Yarns... new classes, the Holidays are looming...

10/9/10 Yes, the rumor is true. Lucy Neatby return next month to teach 4 classes. Space is limited to 15 people, so make your choices fast!

09/10/10 We have a jump on October's free class, time to think Holiday Knitting

8/31/10 It's official, Saint Paul is the New Minneapolis. Tee Hee. What do you get when you combine the creativity of Vandalia Street Press, home of those beautiful letterpress cards, and the quirkiness of the people at Borealis? A line of T-shirts that will be in later this week. Stay tuned!

8/25/10 Fall is in the air, the State Fair starts tomorrow, which means the Fall crop of Bia Baskets from Ghana are in! It's always so hard to choose from among all the beautiful colors..

Gracie tries to choose among the baskets

8/24/10 New colors and a new yarn from Cherry Tree Hill. We have a limited amount of Fingerpaints which is handpainted to stripe in your favorite sock yarn.

New Self-striping yarn from Cherry Tree Hill

We also got in a new load of Oceania. The colors are great, and we blew through our last shipment in less than a week.

8/20/10 Author Alert! Author Alert! Jot down September 3rd in your calendar for Lorna Miser who will stop in for a book signing on that Friday. Check out our Special Events page and stop in.

8/19/10

Fall was in the air yesterday, I'm not so sure about today. Still, we got in lots of our favorite things yesterday from Frabjious Fibers

8/15/10 I took a trip to Clay Coyote out in Hutchinson yesterday... and you know what that means: The new yarn bowls are here! The new yarn bowls are here! The new yarn bowls are here!

8/11/10 Classes are finally up on the Web! Hey, this is html and tough work, so...

The other news is that our Paca Peds has come back in. For those of you who missed June's Free class called Coyote Argyle scarf, this yarn is really amazing, and does wonderful things. Stop in for a look and the free pattern!

8/5/10 A New Sock Yarn! For all those 'Two-at-a-Time' sock knitters, Skacel has come up with Flying Saucers. It's really pretty neat, you rig up a saucer and knit your two socks at one time and get exact matches. Clever, Hmm?

8/4/10 There is definitely change in the air, as there is at the store. We will work at updating our pages (yes I smell a resolution just as much as you do!)

As a sign of good faith, here is a sample of this month's free class, tonight (wednesday) from 6-8pm.

5/27/10

Announcing ..........our 6th MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. You'd think we'd get tired of them by now... Nah. Too much fun.

SALE

The devil is always in the details. The sale starts tomorrow, Friday 5/28 and ends Monday night 5/31. Everything is 20% off except Class fees and Gift Certificates. No Punches will be given. Pretty simple.

4/3/10

We will be closed for Easter Sunday, reopen on Monday as regular.

2/3/10 Where does the time go? Winter is finally showing signs of spring sunshine today and our Classes are finally up!

12/24/09 Wow!is it beautiful outside. We can all be happy with a old fashioned white Christmas after years of insignificant snow. We will be open today from 10am to 4pm, and CLOSED on CHRISTMAS.

We will be open normal hours on December 26th. Have a safe and happy holiday!

9/11/09 The new classes are finally up. We have a wide ranging selection on our >Classes page. More details and pictures, along with a few more classes will be coming soon.

7/03/09We will be closed on July 4th for the holiday. Enjoy the Fireworks!

5/22/09

Announcing ..........our 5th MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

SALE

Okay, you know the drill. The sale starts Friday 5/22 and ends Monday night 5/25. Everything is 20% off except Class fees and Gift Certificates. No Punches will be given. Have Fun.

5/09/09 Boy the things you learn being the 'IT' guy. I had a mometary lapse, (mostly because getting hit with 27 boxes of new yarn in one week will make you a little crazy), and let the domain name slip. Oops. Renewed it immediately with the domain people in New Orleans, and am told that gee, there is nothing they can do, it is out of their hands, and so for 48 hours there will be an advertisement for their company on my site saying site under construction. Hmm. It is the 'webs' fault. Problem is, if you type in our alternate name: borealisyarns.net our site comes up. Hmm. apparently the web is funny that way. Funny thing, hmm? By the way, the hosting company is in Minnesota, great guys, always helpful. Inet7.com. I do recomend them. But New Orleans? The sympathy for rebuilding their economy post-katrina is wearing thin.

2/18/9It's been a busy couple of weeks. We had Nora Murphy come for a book signing event Knitting the Threads of Time, and yes, we were mentioned in the book. If you missed it, her website has more dates, and she is also going to be downtown at Borealis too on March 12 at 12 noon.

We also just got in Smooshy but are currently straightening out some problems with what may be a 'off' batch, so you will not find much in the store. Keep posted, we all love that yarn so much that a delay in gratifcation just makes seeing the new colors all the better.

2/03/09 Winter's back after last weekend's lovely balmy temperatures, but at least we are getting lovely new cottons in to remind us that Spring really is coming.

To hold us over until the warm weather and serious cotton knitting, we have finally come up with a pattern for that lovely Recycled Silk from Frabjous Fibers. Stop in and take alook, or show up for the Class tomorrow on Wednesday night.

1/13/09 Two Announcements! Classes are up on the web, and Borealis too has its own web-site. Borealis too site is in the beginning stages, but will look professional. I was told by a web designer that this page looked BLAH. Sniff. I thought it was an odd way to get me to sign up with a service, but what do I know? Maybe critiquing someone's labor of love works as a sales technique. Oh Wait... it did... I signed up Borealis too......

Borealis Yarns
1340 Thomas Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104

(651)646-2488

Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: noon - 5 pm