Hand knitting Patterns                                    Designer garments knitted to order

Hand knitted Jumpers,              Jackets,   Scarves,   Felted hats,
Beanies,   felted balls,   tea cosies   and lots more…

David Flynn mobile: 0409 438 029 – Marketing & Administration 
Sue Flynn mobile: 0418 551 081 – Design and Operations
ABN: 48 074 796 213 – ACN 074 796 213

(Cnr. Schreenans & Bell's Roads) SOUTH WEST OF BALLARAT, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Sturt Street is Ballarat's main street with many beautiful statues in the grassed & treed divider.
It runs East - West from Melbourne to Adelaide via Ararat,Stawell (2 famous historic gold cities) & Horsham.
From Sturt Street just before the Arch of Victory war memorial travel South (a left turn) 
for about 5-6 kilometres on Learmonth Street which becomes Wiltshire Lane.
(Care: There is a misleading right turn sign "Learmonth Road" at Gillies Street traffic lights 0ne block before your turn).
Look for the third traffic roundabout & cross the Glenelg Highway (Runs South - connects Ballarat to Hamilton via Linton).
Turn left at the 2nd road, Schreenans Road.
Turn right(downhill) at the T intersection (Webb Rd. left and right Schreenan's Road continued).
Hawthorne Cottage is the last on the right before the end of Schreenan's Road (a T intersection with Bell's Road).
The fence uphill of the house & shop entrance has a sign "Hawthorne Cottage" .
Come in & chat.
If needed phone 03 5335 6057 or Sue mobile 0418 551 081

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WHOLESALE SUPPLY - We define retailers as customers who purchase with a GST approved Tax Purchase Order 
and have an ABN. Retailers receive our wholesale prices if they usually buy over $100 minimum order at wholesale prices.

We intend to write a trade newsletter to  update the retailer information kit.

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In this information kit we have:
· OUR 23 HAND DYE COLOUR WAYS:
These are the colours you can readily order in our hand dyed wool. Please do not hesitate to ask Sue to dye some other colours, she likes to create COLOURS, if that is your wish. All you have to do is trust her great sense of colour and wait impatiently for a week.                                                      Page 2  colourways

· JUMPER AND OTHER GARMENT KNITTING PATTERNS. These are the knitting patterns we supply as yarn and patterns. We are also pleased to take orders for hand knitted garments in these designs. 
                                                        Page 3  patterns   Display handknits  Page 4

· PRODUCTS LIST – in the units we usually supply. 
                                                  Pages 5 to 7  list1 list2list3

· SOLID COLOUR ENGLISH LEICESTER 8 PLY COLOUR CARD – about 8 of these are hand dyed also.             Page 8  colourcard
We hand dye solid colours to match and complement any of the hand dyed colour ways. 
Hand dyed solid colours will always show variations within and between batches. 
Please be sure to advise your knitters to knit using 2 hanks or balls – working 2 rows from each. 
We provide short explanatory leaflets with this information kit for no charge.

These are the colours we make in Corriedale, English Leicester or Merino wool for very different effects. 
We supply in 100gm hanks of Chunky & 8 ply.
We concentrate on 8 ply knitting yarns from our commercial spinners.
We will hand dye solid colours to match.

The yarn is hand dyed as in a painting.  This list is a guide. Every dyelot will be different.  If you require more of a colour way than we have in stock, please order the amount as one dyelot.
Thanks, 
Sue Flynn

Ph 0353 356057 Fax 0353 362820        Email: hawthorn@netconnect.com.au

YARNS 

CRAFT YARN– 50gm - Orange label
    (Magic colours – not as soft as our best – great for weaving or outer garments)

Hand Bags - (felted hand dyed coloured - string tie) (In progress) - TBA
Fine felt silk & wool scarf   picture
Rasta beaniepicture
"Wearable Art" Fashion Jacket     picture
Embroidered floral jumper     picture

We also regularly make designer one off tea cosies.
DESIGNER TEA COSIES  – 

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Thank you for your enquiry. We are really appreciative. We know we do a good job but we enjoy hearing from you even more. We value your contact and look forward to it any time.  We hope you find something really inspirational in what we offer - like our market customers do.

David & Sue Flynn

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AUGUST 2002
3rd Knitting & Colours. A day to try techniques.
Hawthorne Cottage, Ballarat.  0353356057

9th Cushions - All Shapes and Sizes.
Noah's Ark. Daylesford. 03 53483484 

REMAINDER OF YEAR
Sue will arrange workshops in Melbourne - join the list by email or at the Arts Centre Market on Sundays

Schools - we have an interactive wool processing workshop using hand carders and dyed fleece plus a hand out on factory wool processing  Scouring - Spinning - Dyeing - Finishing

We enjoyed the Australian Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo Showground, Friday July 19, 20 & 21st.
The new knitting book by June Alexander, Yarn Art in Australia has many great paterns, biographies of the designer - contributors and contact details for yarn supplies. 
Sue has 5 colourful clever patterns in this book. 
We can help you purchase it (rrp $ 29.95).

AUGUST 2002

David will be at Fox Studios markets in NSW during August (Saturday 17 th August and Sunday 18 th). 
See the calendar section of this site. 
We have seen some wonderful knitting recently. 
One person from Arts Centre Market used 1 hank of daffodil chunky as the centre of a scarf of 7 15 mm stitches wide and knitted a 50 gram hank of 12 ply Viscose and Merino dyed pink and orange to each end.
This scarf is truly stunning with the chunky standing up like a collar and the 12 ply hanging flat or crossed - for a magnificent effect.
A young son of a family friend stayed with us Friday night and Saturday last weekend. During this time he dyed and knitted a scarf in chunky corriedale yarn on 10 and 15 mm needles.
It looks beautiful.
We have made many new customers from the newspaper articles in the Sunday Living magazines in the 
Age and Sydney Sunday Herald on 19th May.

We have new stock of English Leicester 8 ply single colours and for hand dyeing.
This is one of the great hand knitting yarns of the world. 
For a wonderful review (December 2000) see www.knittersreview.com in which the reviewer says 
" I unhesitatingly recommend this yarn for any purpose. It is rare and expensive but buy it when you can. "
We agree with this but think there are situations where some of our other choices are just as good. 

MAY - JUNE  2002
David will be at markets & retailers in ACT & NSW during May (Sunday 19th is wool week at Old Bus Depot). See the calendar section of this site. 
The idea is an instore demonstration at Stitchn'Time, Mawson on Saturday 18th then Celebration of Wool at Old Bus Depot, Kingston ACT Sunday 19th followed by Fox Studios Farmer's Market, Moore Park Sydney Saturday 25th then back to Old Bus Depot for Sunday 26th.
Our first high fashion retailer supply commenced with the opening of Manvious (the retail outlet of Karming Ng - international fashion designer) Little Lonsdale Street, CBD, Melbourne on Saturday 23rd March.
This is a big achievement for us. Hawthorne Cottage is the only farmer or wool company to have its own garments shown in this year's fashion week. 
We thank Karming for his confidence in our artistry and concepts.
We welcome new retailers in Leura, Berrima, Mittagong and Yass in NSW and Maldon, Victoria.
We are  included in an article on "Professional Women becoming Knitters" by Sharon Aris in the Sydney Sun Herald, Country Living Section likely to publish in the next few weeks. We thank Marilyn from the Fox Studios Farmer's Market for referring Sharon to us.
David is planning to visit Tasmania this year - He would visit retailers for a week and sell at craft markets consecutive weekends Salamanca Place Hobart (Sat.)and Yorktown Square, Launceston (Sun.).
June Alexander from Weekly Times is editing a new knitting book where we have some great new patterns. The book is printing and proofreading now and due to publish by May.
Our wool sales in Stitches West, San Francisco, USA rose again this year. We are still a very small business but our potential is rising all the time.
Thank you to our wonderful customers and retailers.

· The Farmyard Studio,   picture
Schreenan’s Road (Cnr. Bell’s Road), 
Sebastopol Rural (Bonshaw district), Victoria. 
Ph: 03 5335 6057 Wednesday 10 am - 6 pm 
 

and our products are offered through retailers and agents in:

- Ballarat, Victoria - Willabaa  Wools. Magpie and Main Road (adjacent Sovereign Hill)
- Bacchus Marsh, Victoria - Christobelle's Handcrafts, Gell St.
- Berrima, NSW - Natural Australia, The Alpaca Centre, Old Hume Highway.
- Colac, Victoria - Prince Of Wales Tea Rooms, Murray St.
- Daylesford, Victoria - Noah's Ark, Vincent Street, 03 53483484
- East Berlin, Pennyslvania, USA  - The Mannings Wool and Weaving Studio. 
- Horsham, Victoria - The Wool Factory - 03 53820333
-  Katoomba, NSW  - Katoomba Knitting and Needlecraft, 11 Town Centre Arcade (Spring 2002) 
- Leura, NSW - Ophelia's Emporium, 199 The Mall, 02 47841844
- Lorne, Victoria - Flying Fishes, 80 Mountjoy Parade, 03 5289 2633
- Maldon, Victoria - Figtree Hollow Crafts & Home Ware, 4A Main Street, 
-  Manuka, ACT - The Shearing Shed, Manuka Centre, 02 6295 0061
-  Mawson, ACT - Stitchn'time, Southlands Shopping Centre, 02 6286 4378
- Melbourne CBD, Victoria - Manvious, Little Lonsdale Street, City (from March 23rd 2002)
- Mittagong, NSW - Timeless Threads, Main Street
- Mount Barker, SA - All Seasons Whole Foods, 28 Gawler Street. 
-  Moonee Ponds, Victoria - Sharon McNabb - craft fashion - 03 9372 0081
-  Croydon Hills, Victoria - Winterwood (craftmaker) - 03 9870 1222 
- Yass, NSW - The Sheep's Back Gallery, Old State Bank Chambers
147 Comur Street, 02 6226 3072
- U.S.A. online -
http://www.the-mannings.com for Carol, our agent in USA or
Stitches online market - http://www.knittinguniverse.com for Stitches magazine online market

and direct at community markets & festivals:
· Arts Centre Victoria Sunday Market, Southbank, Melbourne (each Sunday)
- Ballarat Bridge Mall Trader's Market (occasionally)
- Ceres Craft Market - Saturday - through Sharon McNabb - 03 9372 0081
- Fox Studio, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW  (Saturday - Sunday - monthly from July 27))
- Lucindale, SE SA Field Days (March some years)
- Maryland Sheep and Wool Show, Maryland, Virginia, USA (May yearly)
- Old Bus Depot Market, Kingston, ACT (Sunday approx. 2 month intervals ) 02 6292 8391
- Point Lonsdale Primary School Community Market, (2nd Sunday each month)
- Port Fairy Folk Festival Craft Market - (Labour day long weekend March each year)
- Rural Christmas Market, Information Victoria, 356 Collins St; Melbourne - December yearly
- Steiner School Fetes  - Ballarat & Geelong.
- Stitches East Knitting Convention, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA (October yearly)
- Stitches West Knitting Convention, San Francisco, California, USA (February yearly)
- Sydney Royal Easter Show (Willabaa wools stand) 
- The Australian Sheep & Wool Show, Bendigo, (July yearly) 
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Hand Knit stock
We usually have ready-made handknits  for direct purchase.  We will knit garments to order for you . 
These will be priced at our market price .
We would prefer the ordered jumpers come from our pattern list but we can also contract knit. 
Please ask for our prices to you.

Ashford Craft Supplies, New Zealand
http://www.ashford.co.nz

The Mannings Wool and Weaving Studio, East Berlin, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.the-mannings.com

Stitches Knitting and Weaving Magazines, Online Market
http://www.knittinguniverse.com

Gail's Patchwork Emporium, Sebastopol, Ballarat, Australia
http://www.ballarat.com/gails.htm

Fox Studios Australia, Moore Park, Sydney
http://www.foxstudios.com.au/

Yarn Review  Website USA.
http://www.knittersreview.com

Victorian Arts Centre, St.Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria
http://www.vicartscentre.com.au/

SMALL BUSINESS & INTERNATIONAL

Fashion website of our high fashion customer - designer Kaming Ng
http://www.manvious.com.au

University of Ballarat homepage, Victoria, Australia
http://www.ballarat.edu.au/

USA CIA world factsbook (country summaries)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

USA Library of Congress World Portals site (50+ countries culture and issues)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

USA - The Internet Tourbus - A great newsletter about special internet sites
http://www.TOURBUS.com
 
 
 

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