Our First Birthday!!!

The Lamb’s Loom is a non-profit

  Prayer Shawl ministry with a Yarn & Gift Shop

August marks our FIRST birthday,

come celebrate with us!

Special upcoming events:

Sat. 8/1 ~ Makers’ Faire McAllen 10-4pm

Tues 8/4 ~ First Tuesday, open 5-8pm

Sat. 8/8 ~ Birthday Brunch 10-2 pm

Wed. 8/12 ~ Morning meet our missionaries

Thurs 8/13 ~ KnitWit Party honoring our missionaries working in China 4-6pm

•   Knitting room, with comfy chairs just for you!
• KnitWits every Thursday 4-6pm ~ everyone is welcome!
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•   Featuring yarn by Cascade Yarns, Lion Brand, Nazli Gelen, StimpyLabs & Universal Yarns
•   Local Hand-Dyed Yarn by DG Crazy Yarn
•   Notion corner
•   Hand-crafted gift items
•   Classes & Knit Alongs
•   Consignment items
•   AND MORE!

NEW HOURS

Wednesday & Saturday 10-4

10-5:30  Thursday & Friday

Located inside Jac-Lin’s Florist

& Art Gallery

1209 Pecan Blvd. McAllen

Your participation helps with ongoing ministries in Mexico and China. 

Your support is greatly appreciated!!!

 

Baby Box!

What a FUN summer we're having around here!
 
More new people continue to "find" us everyday and we get to share with them some of the fun things going on around here like.....

Thanks to all of you, the donation chest is overflowing again! We sent 4 big space bags FULL of hats and scarves, home with Jacque for storage till Christmas. There are sooo many pretty things for show-n-tell, too! Blankets for friends, bridal shrugs for weddings, shawls and on it goes.
One of our friends, Sandy has what she calls a Baby Box. It is where she puts all the baby items she makes and then when there's a need, like a new grandbaby, Poof, she's ready! Well, we just love that idea! So, here are a few things that have made their way to a few baby boxes...

Ann's baby rattles! 
They are almost as adorable as these "satisfied customers".

 

 We've had soooo much fun in the sit-n-knit room! Angela brought her grandmother by the shop for a visit and we taught her to loom knit. She said she could already knit and crochet, so at 90+ it would be good to learn something new! What a precious, sweet time we had with her. Looking forward to her next visit to town. 

Cascade Avalon

Cascade PinWheel

 Our friend Judith came by to share what she had made from a couple of Cascade yarns, too. Just gorgeous!

Mark you calendar, too! The shop's first birthday is this August. Hard to believe, but it is true!!! There are all kinds of things planned to celebrate and to thank all of you for joining us in this journey. We are soooo very thankful to you all who join in this ministry in so many ways!

What FUN!

World Wide Knit in Public Day was a blast!!! 

Thanks to everyone who participated in everything from yarn bombing the front of the shop to sitn' and knitn' all over the place! We are sooooo blessed by all of you!

Ann and her group got to teach
a group of peeps from Kohl's and had a wondermous time. Kohl's also gave the Lamb's Loom a donation toward the work that is done in making hats for the kids in Mexico and China. PLUS, all these wonderful employees of theirs donated the hats they made! Thank y'all!!!

Here are some pics from some of our other locations, too....

Renee's of Sharyland ~ where Tomas introduced them to the restaurant and they were welcomed with applause from the whole place! Barbara, Mathy and Caroline were able to share with everyone about the prayer shawl ministry and the fun we have in serving together.

Langford Market had a special spot picked out and Sandra and her daughter got to sock making!

MoonBeans, altho' under construction, made a nice corner for our group and they got to work on hats and scarves. As it worked out, everyone that came in for coffee had to pass right by them, so they had a "captive audience" to share with.

City Cafe was just wondermous! Dottie, Jo, Elizabeth and Maria  had a great time sitting inside, out of the heat, and talking to all the customers there, also. The City Cafe staff really spoiled them and  invited them all back next year!

And of course, the Border Stitchers were well represented at Barnes and Noble. B & N also had a special section set apart just for them!  This wonderful group has really helped get the word out and we are truly blessed to know them all!

AND there will be a next year! According to the WWKiP site, 10 more countries were represented this year! That brought the total to 882 events in 56 countries. 

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this such a fun event!!!

We thank God for each of you!

Summer is HERE!

Rosco has BIG NEWS for the summer!!!!
New Summer Shop hours are
Wednesday & Saturday 10-4
Thursday & Friday 10-5:30
AND...
the 1st Tuesday of the month we will be open 5 -8 pm

Hope you'll join us for a little time in the Sit 'n Knit room...there's a comfy chair waiting just for you!

 

Oh, what a fun spring we've had! Lots of classes and so many new friends!!! Audrey's group made teddy bears and laughed a lot

The Tunisian Crochet class produced a whole bunch of bunnies, too!

Plans are well under way for Worldwide Knit in Public Day, too! Saturday, June 13th is going to be all kinds of FUN!!!
Here's our plan so far....

9am ~ meet at shop to YARN BOMB the front of the store and one other surprise item.
10am-2ish ~ disperse to locations all over town to represent WWKiP
12-4 ~ back at shop for snacks/and yummy stuff and to share stories....and a few pics!

The KiP Buttons are here!!!! AND the sign up sheet is ready! You can drop by to sign up, message us here or call. THANKS again to all these great businesses for allowing all of us a spot for the this fun day! MoonBeans Coffee ~ Shipley's ~ Renee's of Sharyland ~ City Cafe and Catering ~ Langford Market ~ Kohl's ~ Barnes & Noble Booksellers

WOW ~ What a month!!!

We have been soooo very blessed by everyone! We must start with a BIG thank you to all of you! 
Many have donated yarn for use in the mission projects, others have delivered their own beautiful hats, scarves and shawls and others have come to share and shop and in general, just have FUN!!!

With all your help, another shipment has gone off to our friend Peggy and will all be in China soon. She has asked us to pray for all the teaching times and trainings on this trip. They will also be teaching for the first time for the Women's Federation of Tianjin! 
And, please pray for travel arrangements. United is the best flight out of Denver, but they have now changed the rules and charge $100 for an extra bag each way! And yes, that extra bag is how they get the shawls and hats over there. 

You can always keep up with the China trips here:

http://www.womenconnectinchina.blogspot.com/ 

 There are so many others stories to share over this last month, but we'll just go with a few highlights for now.




The Tunisian Crochet class was a blast! 

  There were bunnies hopping around everywhere!  



Everyone seemed to enjoy the Tunisian method, so we're sure to add another project soon!
 

 All kinds of wonderful people are enjoying the Sit-N-Knit room!

We're making hats, scarves, blankets and the best of all....

a whole room full of new friends!!! 


Our heartfelt thanks to everyone for all your love, support and friendship in this ministry!!!!