Knotty List
Booth #605
Metro Toronto Convention Centre NORTH BUILDING 255 Front St. W. Toronto, Ontario
Ho! Ho! Ho! Welcome to Crochet Wonderland at Creativ Festival. Creativ Festival is a very special event to Daniel and I. It gives us a chance to think outside of the box to create an imaginative exhibit designed to inspire. We love seeing the AWE in everyones’ eyes. Even the kids light up when they come to our exhibit. We are crazy and we know it... but we love doing it! Creativ Festival also forces us to work on upcoming tutorials as samples are used for exhibit. It helps and creates the fun with the projects and I also learn some new ideas therefore allowing me to work on becoming a better tutorial host on YouTube. But more importantly, it is a chance to meet fans both old and new. We have come to build fond friendships over the years with many of the returnees and are continually creating new friendships with each show. The laughs are fantastic and always cherished!
Show Floor Crashers We gave brought a lot of yarn with us. Our yarns are priced to sell, I mean seriously priced to sell. There is a reason why people leave our booth with lots of bags of yarn. We also have our Buy 5 Get 1 Thing Free Deal which reduces the prices even more.
Buy Any 5 Things, Get 1 Thing Free. For every combination of 5 things you buy, the 6th item that matches the lowest price of the 5 is absolutely free!
The first 500 shoppers to spend a minimum of $10 will receive a Yarnspirations Shopping Tote Bag. We will be accepting Cash, Debit, Visa and Mastercard. As I usually say to guests at Creativ Festival, “Happy Creativ Festival!” It’s a celebration of 7 major genres of crafting. Enjoy ideas with strangers, try before you buy and see demonstrations all over the show floor. It is Canada’s Largest Consumer Show of its kind! It is the place to be! The rest of this brochure is our Knotty List of yarns you can expect to see at the show. Please note, this is an in-person show deal only. We have limited inventory on hand at the show. For more information or advance tickets, please visit http://creativfestival.ca
One of the most popular Yarn Brands. And it should be! Super soft with that bulky chenille style yarn, it makes afghans quick and easy. These balls are BIG! But don’t just think afghans, Bernat Blanket and Bernat Baby Blanket is perfect for many other uses. There will be at least 49 colours to choose from! That is a lot of yarn. Remember Buy 5 and get the 6th Free!
Bernat Satin is still the top yarn for it’s beautiful sheen, softness and easy to work with. With 42 colours on our shelves and a ton of patterns for this brand, you will get lots of ideas.
Li’l Tots having it’s tiny boucle twist to the yarn makes it super soft but most importantly easy to crochet with. Mikey’s video of the colour Block Panels Baby Blanket shows how amazing this yarn is.
Trending Yarn
This yarn is THICK! Great for Arm Knitting and using the biggest Crochet hook you have. Diva Dan is teaching his class doing a Macramé technique with this yarn. It turns out amazing! Come see what you can do with this yarn. Mega Bulky now comes with Sparkle and a softer colour palette.
Dela Wilkins will be teaching a Tunisian Technique with Viva mixed in with Blissful to make a stunning mobius cowl. Rich jewel tone shades. Fashion says it all!
Thick with a blend of wool. This is a great yarn for warmth and cost. 16 colours to choose from. Roving has to be on your Naughty list this winter!
Bernat Fashionable Yarn
If you want to do Wristers for presents and the up coming cold, Bargello is perfect. It has a bit of stretch that is great for hats, mitts and wristers. Leg warmers anyone?
Multi-ply is one of the newest yarn. We haven’t played with this yarn yet but if you are the adventurous type, give this new one a try!
Dimensions came out in the Spring. We love the textures and colour combinations. It has the thick and thin texture for that real unique look without doing anything special.
Ultra LUSH and soft. The texture gives you warm fuzzy feelings! At the Festival check out our Blissful examples and you will be all over it!
Cotton Yarns
Our Spring Show we were sold out in cotton almost within the first day! These balls are big and the price is amazing! With 57 colours and combinations, start your Christmas shopping early. You will not find such a huge selection. Most store shelves can only carry the most popular colours and what is trending.
With shine and ultra soft, we will be carrying Patons Grace mercerized cotton. What is ‘mercerized’ cotton you say? Known as Pearl (Pearle) cotton. Mercerizing gains a luster shine and is less absorbent. Excellent choice for strength need for bags and totes and a great choice for curtains that will be expose to the sunlight, rugs, pillows and even garments! Plus the colours are far more brilliant!
Caron Yarns For the best preimium acylic yarn, Caron Simply Soft is on that list. We will have over 57 shades! Caron Simply Soft is one of the BEST to come up with your perfect shades for afghans & clothing and it’s soft!
Along the line of Simply Soft, we will be carry the complete colour selections of Camo, Ombre and Paints. If you love Camouflage colours, this yarn is for you. Do you have a friend or family member that is an outdoorsy person, these colours combos would be great! The Ombre shades are a tone on tone shade range. Example, the next Yarnspirations.com challenge featuring Mikey will be using this colour range. Check it out! The Paints are a mix of colours to give your projects a slash of colour creating a beautiful Tapestry!
Patons Fashionable Yarn
Glam Stripes we actually enjoyed working with. We love the shine and it was perfect for making shawls. Glam Stripes has the glamorous look for those parties coming up!
Diva Dan really likes this 100% wool yarn. The latest patterns coming from Yarnspirations.com is proving to be awesome. Colorwul has a country like style.
You may be surpirse that this yarn is really quite soft even with the extra sparkle. Iced is bulky roving yarn with a twist. Mikey used this yarn for his Icy Scarf.
Just released, Uplands will be the hot item for the simple accessories. A wool blend and a nice colour selection, we are excited to have this on our list!
Shine, shine and shine, Metallic is still very popular! Yarnspirations.com has come up with some Christmas ideas with this yarn. Brilliant! Imagine a stocking with this yarn. New on the list, the variegated shades will certainly impress!
100% wool, Classic wool worsted yarn is perfect for the cold season coming up. If you love wool and the warmth it gives, we will have an amazing selection for you! This is our first time carry such a huge colour range. 59 colours!!!!!!! Start planning all your ideas for this. The buy 5 and get the 6th free is so worth the additional deal at the show!
Sock Yarn Extravaganza We will have the complete line of sock yarn! Kroy FX’s self patterning line of sock yarn and then we will have the amazing selections of Kroy Socks. That in total are 40 colour combos! If you are wanting to do the Globetrotter shawl, we should have the ideas and combinations for you at the festival with this selection. Bernat Sox is one of the newest line of cheery and fun colous for the whole family.
This is our feature yarn for the holiday season coming up. We love how well it crocheted up and the little bit of sparkle that makes it so festive. Ever wondered what yarn we used for the Nutcrackers. 90% of the Nutcrackers where made out of Caron Simply Soft Party. We are telling you, when you see them for real. You will be amazed with the sparkle and the colour!
Exhibit Fun Facts: Crochet Igloo The Crochet Igloo is 16 feet diameter and stands 12 feet tall. Over 3,000 snowflakes cover our igloo and were donated from crocheters around the world. There are 8,000 attaching points and we are estimating a 200 different crochet patterns for snowflakes all over the igloo.
Frozen Chandelier An upcycled project sponsored by Swarovski. Making old‌ new again. Designed by Cathy Lund, from Paisley Ontario. Gobs of Swarovksi Crystals give off illuminating prisms of light signifying being trapped in ice. Snowflakes were crocheted by a crocheter from the Netherlands.
Nutcrackers Our feature of two Christmas Nutcrackers stand up to 12 feet tall. The biggest and most elaborate project. Designed and crocheted by Michael Sellick, Daniel Zondervan, Kevin Price and Karen Price. Taking 3 months to make from scratch using a free pattern online to build the structure, most of the exhibit is free formed directly to fit the structure. The green Nutcracker is Act 1 of the story and the purple Nutcracker is Act 2. Look to the top hats and added whimsical details and the story of the Nutcracker plays itself out on these incredible structures.
Lots of Playful Elves Decorating the Trees Crocheted by Kevin and Karen Price, from Stoney Creek Ontario. These fun loving elves were inspired by a pattern and given a life all to their own. They are watching you to see if you are knotty or nice. They will be on sale only on Saturday.
Decorated Christmas Trees In the land of crochet wonderland, our big trees will be glistening with snowflakes too. These are part of the donations of snowflakes that were for the Crochet Igloo. In overwhelming response, we added snowflakes to our Christmas Trees to highlight the creativity of crocheters around the globe.