Round of applause

With Edmonton Expo and the Pure Spec knit-a-thon right around the corner, it’s time to take a few moments and thank our knitting army. They work their fingers to the bone to help raise funds for EQ, KNTR, and YESS.org!

When you buy a hat from us, please keep in mind that our knitters devote countless hours making these hats. OK, some of them counted and have determined they’ve spent over 750 hours knitting Jayne Hats over the past 12 months (Bev, Sheelagh)!

The team is made up of many people and varying skill levels. Some are locally made (Edm & area), some are made by friends and family of AB Browncoats located in other provinces (BC, NB) and we even have a volunteer knitter located in OH, USA!

Sometimes hats are big. Sometimes they’re tiny. Sometimes there’s a dropped stitch or slightly silly ribbing. As we all know, Ma Cobb had some challenges knitting the perfect hat as well… All are perfect as they raise funds for great charities.

So from all of us, to our knitting team, thanks so much for everything you do!

Edmonton Expo – Update

It’s a bit of a bad news, good news situation. This morning the Edmonton Expo team announced that Sean Mahar will be unable to attend the convention due to a filming commitment. While we’re sad we won’t be able to see Simon in Cap’t Mal’s home town, in Sean’s absence we will be blessed with the smiling presence of Kaylee herself, Jewel Staite.

We hope to see you at our Alberta Browncoats booth at the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo (October  20-21, 2012). Purchases at our booth raise funds for Equality NowKids Need to Read, and Edmonton’s Youth Empowerment and Support Services.

Can’t make the Edmonton Expo? We’ll be at the Pure Speculation Festival (November 17-18).

Upcoming Conventions

New banners. New stock. Same old charity fundraising.

Please stop by our Alberta Browncoats booth at the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo (October  20-21, 2012) and Pure Speculation Festival (November 16-18). Purchases at our booth raise funds for Equality NowKids Need to Read, and Edmonton’s Youth Empowerment and Support Services.

Along with our usual Jayne hats, we’ll have some amazing new items at our booth sure to please.

  • James Hance‘s “Mal in Carbonite” and “Firefrog” prints
  • James Hance‘s adorable book, “The House on Chew Corner” (Star Wars/Winnie the Pooh mashup).
  • Firefly Drinking Songs CD
  • Done the Impossible DVDs
  • Browncoat Messenger Bags
  • Browncoat Tshirts
  • Browncoat Cinch Sacs
  • and so much more!

*Pssst*  Have you heard?  Sean Maher will be attending the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo!

Jayne Hat Pledges for CCEE

Just a reminder that hats pledged by our Browncoat knitters are due on March 31st. Don’t forget to email info@cstsedmonton.org and indicate your name, preferred contact (email is fine), and make arrangements for hat pick-up/delivery.

If you’ve already delivered hats, please send a quick email to info@cstsedmonton.org with your name a contact email address for the contest.

Contest prizes include:
– James Hance “Firefrog” print
– Alberta Browncoats Tshirts
– Browncoats: Redemption DVD

James Hance Prints available at Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (CCEE)

Browncoats are found all over the world and we’ve been extremely fortunate to make the (online) acquaintance of a Florida located British transplant with amazing talent and a heart of gold. 


James Hance‘s “Mal in Carbonite” and “Firefrog” prints will be available at the Alberta Browncoats booth (1514-1515) at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (April 27-29, 2012).

Thanks to James’ generosity, we’ll be one step closer to meeting our 2012 charity goals. We’ll have a limited number of the prints available. Please stop by and grab one before their gone!  We’ll also have copies of James’ adorable book, “The House on Chew Corner” (Star Wars/Winnie the Pooh mashup). Excellent bedtime reading for all the little CCEE visitors.