Faking Sanity

Summer is here: What’s New and What’s Different

Posted by mtlaise - 30/06/11 at 06:06:35 pm

Summer is here! A few things are changing here at Faking Sanity, and a few are continuing on through the summer. Here’s a quick breakdown.

We’ve made a few additions to the menu for the summer, including a few more vegetarian options, and kept all of your old favourites.

Our summer hours are now in effect. We’re still open late (until 9 pm) on Thursday evenings, but we are now open 10 am to 5 pm on Fridays (the same as Monday to Wednesday, and Saturday).

Our weekly knit/craft night is still continuing throughout the summer, and it even looks like we’ve got some old regulars returning to the group! Yay!

The Singer/Songwriter’s Association Coffee House are on now on hiatus until September.

I think that’s it for now. I reserve the right to mention more again later though!

Success!

Posted by mtlaise - 20/06/11 at 07:06:00 pm

Thank you to everyone who participated in our World Wide Knit in Public event and to those of you who provided items to adorn our walls or to add to the yarn bombing project. I think it was a great success, and I hope you all had fun!

For those of you who are interested, a reporter for the Mirror and the Dawson Creek Daily News took photos of the event for the local papers, and the local CJDC TV station did interviews with several of the attendees, as well as with Cindy. You may have caught a mention of it on the news tonight, but there will also be a full segment on Thursday evening’s arts and entertainment show at 5:30.

And, now, on to some photos! We sure drew a fair bit of stares with the yarn bombing, despite the small scale! Today’s post will include a few photos of the event. There were also lots of projects to look at it inside. I’ll be posting a few here over the next day or two, for those of you who are curious but couldn’t make it.

(Click on any of the picture thumbnails to see the full picture).

One More Special Guest for WWKIP

Posted by mtlaise - 17/06/11 at 02:06:37 pm

We have one more special guest pop in for our World Wide Knit in Public event tomorrow. This young girl doesn’t knit or crochet; her brain just isn’t wired for it (the lack of hands doesn’t help either). She loves admiring hand knits though, so she came to have a look around… Won’t you?

Bertie Invited a Friend

Posted by mtlaise - 16/06/11 at 04:06:25 pm

Bertie Bear had so much fun yesterday, he invited a friend. This little guy (well, he’s a couple feet tall) doesn’tdrive, so he had Anne drive him in.

Anne makes these incredible dolls, and brought in several to display at the shop with all our other knit stuff this month. Come check them out!

A new addition to the store…

Posted by mtlaise - 15/06/11 at 02:06:05 pm

In preparation for World Wide Knit in Public Day, Bun Bun has recruited some friends. Meet Bertie the Bear.

While he doesn’t knit, he’ll happily wear handknits, and treat them with the love and respect they deserve!

It’s Nearly Here…

Posted by mtlaise - 14/06/11 at 02:06:45 pm

The store is all decked out in various yarny projects, and we’re in the final stages of preparing for this Saturday’s World Wide Knit in Public event… and what I’m pretty sure is Dawson’s first taste of the art of yarn bombing. Are you coming?

Pop in between 2 and 5 pm on June 18th. Bring your knitting (or other craft), and show the world – or at least the part around Dawson Creek – that crafts can be very social activities. We’ll be providing free drinks and goodies to all those participating in the event. Join us and show off your knitterly skills!

Do You Remember Bun-Bun?

Posted by mtlaise - 06/06/11 at 03:06:37 pm

Some of you may remember Bun-Bun from when we were renovating and first opened the shop. We shared photos of Bun-Bun inspecting the shelves, scanning in books, etc. This month, we’re decorating the shop with various knitting and fibre-related projects created by our Stitch n’ B**** regulars as a lead up to our Worldwide Knit in Public Event on the 18th. And Bun-Bun just couldn’t stay away!

He’s learned how to knit for the occasion. As you can see, he’s working on a baby Koolhaas hat. I don’t know if he’ll finish it before the event, but he’s doing pretty well handling those 2 sets of circular needles, don’t you think?

It’s June! You know what that means…

Posted by mtlaise - 02/06/11 at 02:06:31 pm

A sale!

We have two very special reasons for celebrating this week here at Faking Sanity. Firstly, summer is coming, so they say, and we’re finally having summer weather to go with that prediction. Woo!

We’ve also just entered our 10,000th book into our inventory system, and you can ask anyone who has cleaned, priced, entered or stickered all these books, that is more than enough cause for celebration!

So, you can celebrate with us this week on June 3rd and 4th. We’re having a “Stock Up For Summer” sale: 10% off all books, including already reduced sale books. Come check out all the new stock, or try one of our new iced drinks here for the summer.

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