We will have the store closed this Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, 2012. This is for a 50 year class reunion event that we are attending.
Also the next Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, 2012, we will be closed so that we can vend at a rug hooking show at Saline (Ann Arbor), Michigan. The show is Saturday but we will travel and set up on Friday.
We are sponsoring the hookin again this month. It is this Saturday, April 7th, 2012. You can arrive here at the store any time after 10:00 a.m. and hook, chat, learn and have an enjoyable time with other rug hookers. You can stay and hook as long as you want.
We are located at 49 East Main Street, Shelby, OH 44875. Wool is specially priced at $19.95 per yard for the Month of April.
Last week we had 100 new rug hook shanks added to our inventory. They are made of steel, not brass, and they are magnetic for those of you who like to put your hook on a magnet to keep it handy. The new magnetic hooks are available in all of our custom turned handle shapes. These magnetic hooks are not on our web site yet but you can call us to order them (419-347-9957). The end of the hook is similar to the Hartman hook. The price is $34.95 plus shipping. The diameter of the shank is 5/16″. We have had these hook shanks coated with black oxide to keep then from rusting. You’ll like their look!!
If you like to get together with other rug hookers to work on projects, then this Saturday at Ault’s is for you. Bring a project to work on. Starts around 10:00 a.m. and ends when you are ready to go home. Restaurants close or bring a sack lunch. We are in Shelby, Ohio at 49 East Main Street.
Hi,
Our webmaster will start an overhaul and transfer of our web site starting this Saturday, February 18 at 4:00 p.m. EST. The site will return to normal on Monday by noon. If you need to reach us during the down time, please call my cell phone at 419-347-9957. Thank you for understanding!! The site will look and operate the same but improvements are being made.
Hope you are ready for the BIG wool sale at Ault’s. The shop is filled with wool and we have about a thousand yards on bolts in the back room. The sale officially starts on Thursday February 2 at 1:00 p.m. Then, on Saturday, February 4th (my birthday–70 years ago) we have a free hookin for everyone who comes in. Bring a project to work on if you can. All wool in the shop will be $19.95 per yard.
Why Have A BIG Sale Now?
We are downsizing the inventory of wool that we have. We are doing this so that we can rent the west half of the two display rooms we currently use. Also, selling wool is getting to be a very competitive business since several wholesalers are now into the vending and retail aspects of wool sales.
What Are We Staying With for Our Niche?
We continue to build our own hooking frames featuring the roller frame mechanism, floor stands for our frames and most other frames on the current market, fabric cutter machine holder stands, hooks with decorative wooden handles and shapes specially turned to fit your hand, proddy frames and tools and of course our Ault’s Wool Fabric Cutting Machine and the Ault’s Universal Cutter heads that fit our machine and another one that is back on the market. We can’t say the name but probably you know the machine we are referring to.
OH, by the way, we also do stained glass window panels, stained glass night lights, decorator stained glass table lamps and swag lights. We also do matting and framing of art work. Need to have a rug framed?
Selling Some of our OLD display cabinets and tables–
As our wool inventory diminishes we will have some very nice ANTIQUE primitive furniture pieces to sell. Seems like everyone always admires the long table in the front display room. Well, it will soon be available. Gloria has priced several items that might fit well into your wool storage area.
Swatch Kits From Ault’s Rug Hooking
We will be glad to send you swatches of our most popular wools. The swatch kit sells for $5.00 on our web site and ships FREE. Or, you can send us a $5.00 check and we will send the current swatch kit directly to your home.
Don’t forget to take advantage of our wool sale during February, 2012. The price is $19.95 per yard and the wool is processed and ready for you to cut.
I have several items to update you on with this post. So, here goes!!
1. Our Blog site (not our web site) was recently hacked. Who would want to do that? There is nothing to get on the blog. Apparently some Moron had nothing better to do. Thanks to our web master Annie for getting us back up and running.
2. We will be open on January 5th and 6th, 2012 from 1-4:00. Then we will be closed the rest of January. We will follow up on emails, orders and phone calls to my cell (419-347-9957) even though the front door will be locked. If you need rug hooking supplies during the month try calling me to see if we can set up an appointment to meet or just order from our web site at www.aults.com .
3. When we re-open the doors on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012, for our huge wool sale begins. All wool in the store will be $19.95 per yard. We are contemplating (considering) getting our wool inventory down a significant amount. Many rug hookers now order their wool directly from the folks we purchase wholesale from. It seems like they sometimes sell it for practically the same price we have in the wool and we sort of understand why some rug hookers might bypass us and buy direct in today’s economy. Seems like frequently we have to hold our store inventory for months at a time before the wholesaler’s inventory is gone and then our stock sells. We are providing a service to rug hookers looking for the most popular wool colors and patterns that are no longer available from the wholesalers. We just cannot continue to tie up our revenue to serve as a backup source of out-of-stock items.
Our normal wool price for several years has been in the $32-36.00 range and since we do not have a market that supports $50.00 or more wool prices, we are looking at all options regarding our wool inventory.
Our special price durning February, 2012, is $19.95 per yard.
4. FREE hookin February 4th, 2012
Several months every year we sponsor a FREE hookin on the first Saturday of the month. Hope you might come for our next event. It starts at 10:00 a.m. and runs until every rug hooker is finished for the day.
5. Dont forget, we take trade ins on our Ault’s Wool Fabric Cutting machine. With recent increases in competitors pricing, our machine and Universal Cutter Heads are well priced in a competitive market. Recently Fraser increased their MSRP to $340.00 for a Model 500-1 machine with one cutter head. Our machine with no adjusting, no wrenches, and easy drop in cutter head changing is still priced at $399.95.
If you are interested in trading up to our machine, please call us at 419-347-9957 to discuss pricing.
That’s All for now!!!!!!!!! Except, Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
It is the season of Christmas. Gloria and I wish you the merriest holiday time. And, for husbands who are still wondering what to get their rug hooking wives, we are making every possible effort to get something ready to ship for Christmas Day. We have the Ault’s Wool Fabric Cutting machines and our Ault’s Universal Cutter Heads ready to ship. Don’t wait much longer if you need it before Christmas.
Ho Ho Ho,
Larry
Well, the month is about shot. We have a hookin this Saturday at the store (49 East Main Street, Shelby, OH). Starts around 10:00 and goes till you’ve made a day of it. Wool that day will be 15% off if you come and hook for a while.
Well, hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day. We went to two dinners and had a great time. One family has a house cat so we did not stay long since I have a big allery to cat dander. On the way home I thought of all the Black Friday sales I had seen in the news papers. Why can’t we have a big sale too? So, here is our Black Friday AND BEYOND Special that runs through December 3rd, 2011.
Black Friday!! Why not Black Wool? Frequently we have customers in the store looking for black 100% wool. This wool is great to work with. It is 100% wool so it won’t damage your cutter. It has a faint 2.5″ window pane pattern that is not highly visible. Hooks nice! All of our wools on display in the store have been fulled and are ready for you to send through your cutter (hope it is an Ault’s Machine-Tell Santa’s helper you want an Ault’s Wool Fabric Cutter Machine for Christmas). www.aults.com
What else can I say about it? OH, yes, the price! We have 15 yards in stock and the SPECIAL Price through next Saturday (12/3/11) is $19.95. Please use your phone to order the wool and call me at 419-347-9957 (my cell phone). Or, come in to the store tomorrow or next Thursday thru Saturday. We are located in Shelby, Ohio at 49 East Main Street.
