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Hibernation


Our office will be completely closed until October 4th 2010. We will not process any orders or handle inquiries while closed. You can still log on to our website for product information, but all order buttons have been removed.
Bea
Bea on 04.19.10 @ 10:19 AM CST [link]

Tuesday, March 16th

In production


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Falk color card.
Last Friday we were pleasantly surprised with a new Dale shipment. We worked hard over the weekend, and many back orders were shipped yesterday. The not so pleasant news is that many key Falk colors are still in production in Norway. We are still waiting for colors widely used in Dale patterns. Colors include white 0017, charcoal grey 0083, basic black 0090 and navy 5563 just to mention a few. Other colors on the way are 2931 light sheep heather, 9725 citron plus many, many more. We do not have a delivery date, but your order will be sent as soon as it is back in stock. Feel free to cancel your order with a full refund. We still have Vancouver patches and free pattern books left that we will enclose with all back orders. Email us if you have questions, and we will try and answer them for you.
Thank you.
Bea

Bea on 03.16.10 @ 01:02 PM CST [link]


Thursday, March 4th

Olympic GOLD


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Vancouver 2010 Dale of Norway patch.
The Gold medal for knitting goes to Norwegian knitters. The Olympic Games created a spike in knitting activity and Norwegian knitters bought all the yarn. Well, this is what we have been told, and this is why there is such a huge back log. A supply and demand kind of a thing. For those of you who have patience with us, we will enclose a free Dale pattern book and a free Vancouver 2010 Dale of Norway Olympic patch. For those of you who wish to cancel your order, we fully understand. Send us an email and we will issue a full refund. We are working closely with upper management to nail down a delivery date, and will give you new information as it becomes available to us.
Bea

Bea on 03.04.10 @ 11:49 AM CST [link]


Monday, March 1st

Backorders again


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We might as well take a nap. We have not received anything from Norway in close to a month. Orders are piling up, but we do not have anything to send you. Feel free to cancel your order with a full refund, or email us about substitutions. In the meantime I am lifting my spirit by looking at some of my travel photos. I took this photo in Agua Caliente, Peru last year on our way to Machu Picchu. Good times!
Bea

Bea on 03.01.10 @ 02:41 PM CST [link]


Saturday, February 27th

Goodie bag 12


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New beanie design
Right now you will find the SPRUCE beanie cap pattern plus two balls of Dale of Norway Daletta yarn and one ball of cotton for a non-itch lining. Main color #2611 Sand and contrast color #8972 olive. The Daletta yarn is a 100% pure Norwegian superwash wool.
Full price of kit $19.95. Goodie Bag price $14.95. Order button found here. This beanie looks great if you reverse the colors.
Suggested needle sizes 16 inch circular # 2 for lining and 16 inch circular # 3 for rest of hat. Needles found here.
Daletta yarn information and color cards found here. SPRUCE is a new design and has not been posted on our website yet.
Happy Knitting!
Bea

Bea on 02.27.10 @ 03:22 PM CST [link]


Friday, February 26th

Out of print


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Dale 147
We just wanted let you know that this book is out of print and sold out. It will be removed from your website shortly.
Bea

Bea on 02.26.10 @ 10:33 AM CST [link]


Tuesday, February 23rd

Backorders


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Lilly might have a slow day in the office, but the rest of us are not. Right now we are struggling with a back log of Dale products on back order from Norway. Some of you placed orders 2-3 weeks ago, and are still waiting. We are crossing our fingers that we will get a new shipment shortly, and apologize for the delay. You may cancel your order with a full refund by emailing us.
Bea


Bea on 02.23.10 @ 11:37 AM CST [link]


Saturday, February 13th

And the winner is


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Dale of Norway kids book 134
Today the winner is a customer from Havertown, Pennsylvania who recently ordered two ski team books. The price is a copy of Dale of Norway kids book 134, a collection of 15 sweater designs and accessories for kids using Daletta, Falk, Free Style and Svale yarns from Dale of Norway.
We will have another drawing soon, and any one who places an order with us has a chance to win.
Happy Knitting.
Bea

Bea on 02.13.10 @ 03:47 PM CST [link]