hurray! New Cal Launching Very Soon

Janie's Quick Update
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I hope this email finds you well and that you are looking forward to the weekend. 

The weather outside is revolting here in North London, so I have been busy trying to distract myself from the forecast by focussing on all the positive things that are on the horizon including the launch of my new CAL.....

The new project will be launched very soon, but for now the information about the inspiration for my design, what yarn is used and how everything will work is embargoed until March 6th. So, with just a week to go before I can finally reveal my 'new baby' to you, now seems like a good time to let you know about some of the non-secret things that I have in store to accompany the CAL.

The first is that we will be holding a launch party here at the studio on Wednesday 18th March between 2pm to 7pm. The official 'pretty' invite will feature in a forthcoming newsletter, but for now I am hopeful that you will add the date to your diary. At the party we will have the 2 colour ways of the CAL project on display alongside information about my design inspiration and process and of course I will be on hand to answer any questions. We will also have yarn kits for sale at the event (they will not go on sale on line until the end of the March). The launch party will be free to attend, but it would be good to have an idea of numbers, so if you think you can make it please RSVP.

New CAL Launch Party
Janie Crow Studio
Hadley House
17, Park Road, Barnet
Herts, EN5 5RY

2pm - 7pm

The second exciting bit of information is that I will be doing a workshop and event 'tour' to coincide with the CAL. I have more than 20 dates in my diary and will be travelling all over the country tutoring mini workshops based on the CAL design and giving talks about the project, as well as showing my back catalogue of designs too! The events will be split across 5 different weeks and I will be focusing on one area at a time to try and keep my mileage low - I have also focused on supporting smaller local yarn stores, so hopefully there will be an event near you that you would like to attend. I am really excited about the arrangements we have in place and hope to be able to give you details of all the stores involved next week.
 

It's Nearly the Weekend!
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Thank you for all the congratulatory messages about the Craft Influencer Award. You are all very kind, although I think Andy is scared my head will stop fitting through the door! 

We had a great time visiting the Unravel Yarn show in Farnham last Saturday. It was a real treat to be a customer rather than an exhibitor! Sarah and I also had a great time in Edinburgh earlier on this week visiting the May Morris Exhibition at Dovecot Studios (the images above were taken at the exhibition) but I was really shocked by the amount of standing rain water I could see from the train, especially around the Darlington/York area - I hope that wherever you are you are safe, warm and happy.