Good Afternoon Knit Friends,

This marks the end of the first year for our online store. We so appreciate the input and feedback that we’ve received from you. We are going to make a few minor changes. As posted in the last email, we had originally intended to place a separate shipping charge on the grab bags but found that there was not a good solution since we already had a shipping schedule in place. Also, in reviewing the shipping charges on the first grab bag orders to go out the door, we found that the separate charge did not cover the cost of shipping. This led us to do a quick review of the past year and we found that the original shipping schedule we set did not cover the cost of packaging and shipping either. So, after some quick planning, we’ve decided to let the grab bags go through the original shipping schedule and to increase the shipping charges on the schedule by one dollar. This change and we hope you’ll find it minor, will bring us in line with our package and shipping costs.

And another discussion we’ve had lately is over the Spring Retreat. Last year we did both of the retreats virtually. We had great fun but we were really hoping to return to an in-person retreat for this spring. We quite honestly still are not feeling safe enough to accomplish this, so we’ve decided to cancel the spring retreat this year and return to the in-person retreat by this fall. Susan will be planning out dates and we’ll have those out to you soon.

Thanks again for being here with us, and we hope you are all well and safe. What are you going to knit next?

Yours,
Dru

Good Evening Knit Friends,

We’d like to introduce some new ideas we’ve been working on.

First up is a new product we’re introducing into the online saleroom. We are starting a grab bag feature. Grab bags will be priced at $10, $20, and $30 dollars. Each bag will contain between 7-10 skeins of yarn. When you order a grab bag there will not be a color choice as each bag may contain multiple colors perfect for a scrappy project. All grab bag purchases will have an additional shipping charge of $5 per bag. Grab bags will be online this weekend and here is how the pricing is decided for the bags:

-$10 bag will contain 7-10 skeins that have a retail value of between $60-$70.
-$20 bag will contain 7-10 skeins that have a retail value of between $80-$100.
-$30 bag will contain 7-10 skeins that have a retail value of between $110-$170.

The second product we’re introducing is a special idea we’ve been working on for several months. We are offering a subscription discount for shopping with MAKS. You will get a 10% discount that will be good for either in-store or online for regular priced yarn excluding MAKS yarns. We are limiting this to 20 subscriptions. You will receive a charm to attach to your bag for in-store shopping and a unique code for use at the online store. The price is $40 and will be good until December 24th, 2021. Once these are sold out there will be no more offered until next year.

We hope you’re staying safe and knitting your dreams. What are you going to knit next?

Yours,
Dru