Another Pop Up!!

Where have I been??
Busy with wedding plans for my one and only offspring, and my outfit! Dress-check, jacket-check (likely to be cool on the beach at Lorne in 2 weeks time!), shoes-2 pairs, 1 for the sand and 1 for dancing! Bag, necklace and earrings all go! Guess I'm as ready as I will ever be for such a momentous occasion!

Also been busy with plans for our next Pop Up Shop! Yes!! We are going to share a space with
A Piece Of Cloth Studio 9/100 Lower Paper Mill Rd, Fyansford!Where's Fyansford you may well ask? In Geelong! I can almost hear cheers and cries! We have lots of lovely customers in Geelong whom we hope to see and it  is such an easy drive from Melbourne! Make a day of it! Walk along the beautifully developed Waterfront with its great eating choices, take a short stroll to the National Wool Museum and a visit to us on the outskirts and you have a great day!

Take the bypass road to the Hamilton/Newtown turn off, turn left and then a right turn into Lower Paper Mill Rd. A Piece Of Cloth is well sign posted from there. This is a very different space for us but it will be great to share with Jen Hyland who has a passion for vintage quilts and fabrics. Her Studio is in a very historic group of old bluestone buildings that has been a paper mill among other things and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10-4pm
Grand Opening of our little Pop Up space will be Saturday 13th April at 10am for an indefinite period.

Also been busy with orders! This gorgeous soft Merino Wool Top is all going to be used by some very lucky children in Ballarat during the Easter holiday period.

 Lots of these Vintage Sari Silk pieces have been packed, sold and more ordered along with some other gorgeous skeins of brightly colored Sari Silk Ribbon. Lots of great products will be available at our Pop Up space along with all the beautiful Lara Downs yarns. Hope to see you!

What Next??

The very last day of our Pop Up shop at 1158 Toorak Rd Camberwell today!!
We have enjoyed our 3 months in Camberwell, but are keen to return "home" to the inner city where we had been for almost 4 years.

Finding just the right space at the right price, has been more difficult than we had hoped and we continue to search!
Big thanks to Robyn and Prue for offering their Gallery space for us to use in the interim, it's been fun sharing with friends.

Everything goes back in to storage until our next Pop Up wherever it may be.
In the meantime stay in touch through our website and Facebook, see the sidebar for addresses.

Pre felt Special Offer!

A Precious Purl Super Special for all Blog readers and Facebook likers today!!

Felbi Wool Batt (prefelt) logs 150x200cm RRP $54 now $32. If you purchase 2 or more an extra discount will be offered! Get in early as these are all we have in stock of this size. Simply make your selection from the colours pictured, ring 0423 514 668 or email,  that easy. Postage will be extra.

Colours L to R  Top Row: aubergine, verdant, tom tom.

                         Middle Row: rose quartz, china blue, flamingo, urban.

                         Bottom Row: heath, turkish red, smudge, cumin.

The colours are more intense or stronger that this pic shows!

UPDATE: Aubergine, Urban, Turkish Red- SOLD

An Update on the Update!!

SOMEHOW I DELETED MY PREVIOUS POST !!! *#*# I wish I was clever enough with computers to find it! Mr Purly assures me it is here somewhere!!

It went something like this!!

Did you get some bargains in our online sale which finished last Wednesday 31st January? Thanks to all those who did, we had a great response which was so encouraging given we don't have a bricks and mortar store at the moment!

We are continuing with our Pop Up Shop at 1158 Toorak Rd Camberwell, opening Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during February. That leaves us with 4 days a week to devote to walking the streets where we want to be and  trawling those Commercial web sites continually, to find that new home for Precious Purl. Real Estate agents are not much help. Maybe if we wanted a Multi Storey building they might be more interested!

Our Pop Up space looks great, even though it is small.

 Beautiful hand dyed Lara Downs yarns.

Large selection of wool top for Spinning and Felting

Beautiful Baubles

Bits and Pieces for all sorts of Projects.
Come and visit!

ONLINE SALE!

The annual Lara Downs/ Precious Purl Online Sale began at 8am Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time today! This is your chance to grab some bargains, especially for our customers who are not on Facebook where other sale items have been featured!
Lots of beautiful Knitting yarn, much of it hand dyed is available, along with Felting requirements and some Haby items. 60 gorgeous items, to choose from and so easy to purchase! See all the details at

 www.lara-downs.com.au

 Some pics of sale items are below.

 Bundles of prefelt in bright colours

Lovely 2 ply Touch yarn

100g packs of Silk Sari Remnants

100g gram Scrumbler's Delight packs featuring mixed fibres.

POP UP SHOP!

Sooo excited! Tomorrow we open our POP UP Shop upstairs  in a small Gallery space at 

"Opendrawer"  1158 Toorak Rd Camberwell (Hartwell Village) at 11am.

 We will open Wednesday to Saturday 11- 4pm until 22nd December, possibly some time in January too!

We have squeezed a lot of gorgeous stock in, but will add even more tomorrow!

Everything will be 10% off and other specials will also be offered!

If  there is a special product that you like to purchase from us, please check by email or ring 0423 514 668 just to make sure we have included it, or Pam or I can ensure it is in stock for your visit!

This is a great chance to stock up on your supplies for holiday Crafting or purchase something for those crafty friends.

The unique array of amazing, all Australian handcrafted items that Opendrawer offers will of course be an added bonus of visiting us!

TWO FABULOUS STORES IN ONE PLACE for a short time!

Look forward to seeing you there!

We had a Pop Down Shop now a Pop Up !!

It has been so long since the last post! Sales have been happening over on Facebook, while we continue to search for our perfect or nearly perfect Retail space. In the meantime, we are so pleased to announce that we are having a small POP UP SHOP, opening Wednesday 5th December at 11am.

Our good friends Robyn and Prue of Opendrawer, an inspirational Gallery and Retail space, have offered us the short term use of 1 of their small gallery rooms. Situated at 1158 Toorak Rd Camberwell
(Hartwell Village) it is easily accessible by tram No 75 and getting off at Stop 52. Melways Ref 60 C6.

We will open our usual days Wed to Sat 11am - 4pm. Opening from 5th Dec until 22nd Dec, and then 1 day per week through January (TBA) and maybe evn February.
There is a great little Coffee shop nearby and the added bonus of all the treasures at Opendrawer, the perfect place to shop for that special HANDMADE AUSTRALIAN Christmas gift.

We look forward to catching up with our lovely customers prior to Christmas! If there is something you are after particularly, then email or phone to ensure we have it with us, as space will be limited!

Other places you will find us prior to Christmas are the Steiner School Open Day and Fair at Warranwood tomorrow Saturday 17th November from 10am and then at the Victorian Feltmakers Christmas Meeting and Market on Saturday December 1st at the Hartwell Church of Christ Highfield Rd Hartwell from 10am.

 Come and see us at 1 of these places, we are missing our shop and customers!!