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NEW!  BOHEME VELVET   A deliciously soft, top quality yarn.  100% Polyester, 50g. 
​Perfect for hooking, punching and knitting.  Add to sky, water, grass, leaves and bushes when you want to blend in a little soft, velvety texture to your landscapes.  
                            $7.95/each
Lime
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Peridot Green
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Jeans Blue
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Blue
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CURLS! CURLS! CURLS!
Hand-dyed curly mohair for all your hooked hair needs.  We have 10 colours to choose from:  From left to right:  

Silver Grey Light
Grey Medium
Charcoal
Platinum Blond
Golden Mermaid
Dirty Blond
Brunette
Chestnut
Auburn
Carrot Top
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Bagged in 13 gram amounts - $5.95/bag
We also have undyed Natural. $4.95/bag

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NEW!!   6 Values of hand-dyed 2 ply Heritage yarn for all those shading projects.  6 - 1 oz mini skeins beautifully dyed with your favourite colours.     Yarn Swatch Sets -  $45.95
Buttercup - Jacquard Lilac - Grey Ice
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Brilliant Blue - Turquoise - Hummingbird 
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Heart Red - Tangerine - Lime
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Flamingo - Mossy Green - Straw
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Snow & Ice - Peacock - Jacquard Lilac
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Hummingbird - Green With Envy - Walnut 
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Amy Oxford Punch Needles in the most popular sizes.   #14 Fine and #10.  Perfect for the 2 Ply Yarn that we sell.    Comes boxed with instructions.                                                                                          $55.95 ea.
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Quilted Cotton, Wool Strip Holders
The perfect organization for wool strips.  Great for travel, convenient roll is compact and easily carried.  This will be an ongoing shop item but quilted fabrics will change with availability.   The blue and autumn coloured Jacobean print is reversible so we are offering it with either the stripe or floral on the outside of the roll.   There are two bands to wrap your roll to keep it from coming apart and snaps for segmenting various thicknesses of wool strips.   
From left to right -  (1) Turquoise Floral, (2) Colourful Dragon Flies/Fish/Leaves Bright Yellow Background,
(3) Butterflys & Flowers, (4) Abstract Orange/Green/White, (5) Powder Blue & Green Jacobean, (6) Colourful Irises with Lilac Background, (7) Peach & Robin's Egg Jacobean, (8) Wines in Red & Cream, (9) Pink & Blue Floral.
                                                                                          $39.95 ea.


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NEW!​ - Metallico  To add a bit of sparkle and metallic shimmer to your rugs.  Beautifully soft and luxurious. Hooks like a #5 cut.  
70% Polyamide, 21% Acrylic, 9% Wool  1.75 oz - 126 yards -  $11.95 ea.

Rose Gold
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Sky Blue
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Powder
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Rose Pearl
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Golden Sand
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Rosaline
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Copper
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Espresso
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Moss Agate
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Titanium
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Night Blue
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Tahitian Green
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Burgundy
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Pearl White
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Mystic Black
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Jeans Blue  
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Silver Sapphire
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Dark Gold
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Artic sky
A Rug Hooker's Last Will & Testament
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A bit of fun to leave behind when we join the hooking group in the sky.   $5.95 ea.

NEW - Gift Certificate Service
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Call us toll free 1-855-624-0370 or use the Contact form for a PayPal invoice and we will take care of the rest! 
Any denomination and no expiry date.  Coupon is for merchandise only, no cash value. 

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Encompassing Designs is proud to introduce the Wool Widget!

The best little gadget since the wool cutter!   It holds the wool to reduce accidents; we’ve all dropped our wool into the dye bath using pins and tongs!  No more burning fingers in scalding water!!

Made in Mahone Bay!
Sits in the water while you answer the phone or mix the next solution.
The round shape fits nicely in the pot
Beautifully turned oak with sturdy spool handle for gripping
Finished with varnish
No fuss, pointed brass hooks hold the wool secure


Click this link for instructions on how to use it: http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/1/post/2013/05/introducing-the-wool-widget.html
 

$54.95 each


Curly Mohair

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Mohair Boucle or commonly referred to as Curly Locks.  Sold by the skein or by the package.  Great for Santa beards, crests of waves, sheep and so much more.
 

Full Skein $26.95


Sculpting Bent Scissors

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Bent Stainless scissors.  Great for sculpting projects.  Shiny and sharp!  
            
$44.95 pair




Bent Scissors

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High polished Italian Scissors.  Shiny and sharp! Makes the perfect cut!  

$39.95 pair

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Country Roving

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Roving by the bag.  Five ply.  Perfect for sheep, clouds, waves, Santa beards, hair.  Comes in Natural.

$13.95 per roll


Rug Binding Rolls

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Rug binding sold by the roll.  1 1/4" wide, cotton. 72 yards on each roll.  100% cotton.  Various colours available.  Ask what is in stock.

Single roll $79.95 ea.



Cording by yard

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$2.00 per yard


Binding by the Yard

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Very large assortment of rug binding colours always in stock. Sold by the yard. 
1 1/4" Wide, Cotton 


$2.00 per yard

Wool Strip Holder

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A great way to organize your wool strips while hooking.  There are three arms that will separate your six values  and the remaining three arms will separate your larger cuts.   Beautifully turned spool and finished to show the luster of the wood.  Little rubber feet will not scratch your table or slip.  So beautifully made it is a piece of functional art!  Top part comes off for travel.
13" dia. wide for the top arms
11 1/2" High, Base is 6" Dia 

Made in Mahone Bay!
$74.95 ea 


Odds 'N Ends

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​Bags of leftover ends are sorted by colour and bagged.  No seam edges.  Great for hit and miss projects.  All colours not always available as the wool is leftover from making kits.  Usually there are blues, reds, yellows and greens as they are most commonly used.    Approx. 1/2 lb of wool.
     
$18.95 per bag

Feather Down Pillow Inserts

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​High quality pillow inserts.  Have cotton outer casing

that prevents feathers from sticking through.  Made in Canada


Size: 16" x 16" - $15.95 ea.
Size: 14" x 20" - $20.95 ea.
Size: 12" x 18" - $18.95 ea.
Size: 14" x 24" - $24.95 ea.
Size: 18" x 18" - $19.95 ea.
Size: 22" x 22" - $28.95 ea.



Sharpie Marker

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Not much we need to say about the Sharpie. 
Low odor, fine point markers for easy
​transferring your drawing to the backing.   
        $1.25 ea

Grippers by the roll

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Grippers by the roll.  40" - 42" long. 
These are the grippers that work best
​with all the backings.
 


$79.95 ea


T-Pins

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$5.95 Pack of 60

Jacquard Individual Dye Bottles

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Extremely brilliant and colorfast, Jacquard’s Acid Dyes are concentrated, powdered, hot water dyes that yield the most vibrant results possible for protein fibers.  When immersion dyeing,   Jacquard’s Acid Dyes produce a uniform color, which is always a challenge for dyers. The colors are beautiful, transparent and luscious enough to dive into!   1/2 oz/14 g bottles

Choose from 
40 different colours!

All Colours $9.95/bottle


Briggs & Little Yarn
  4 oz., 113 g skeins - 2 Ply

Heritage - $7.95/skein

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Regal - $7.95/skein
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Shop Hours:
Monday - Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Saturdays 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
We are closed during ice and snow storms
​so please call ahead.  If school is cancelled we probably are closed as well.  

Toll Free: 1-855-624-0370
Local:  902-624-0370​
[email protected]

498 Main Street
P.O. Box 437
Mahone Bay, N.S.
Canada B0J 2E0

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