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Get Lit at Yarn Bar
We love to read, we love to knit, and we like to visit with others who have these interests in common, so why not combine all? Truth is, Linda and Sue don’t have oodles of time to read (or we’ve gotten out of our reading habits) and we think that establishing a book group gathering at Yarn Bar makes sense for us since we are here a lot. Our plan at the moment is to meet every other month in our shop’s space and knit/discuss the group’s book. We’ve selected the first book: Knitlandia by Clara Parkes. The group can...
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Whirlwind
It’s only been one month since we went to Market in Ohio? The passing of time is such an odd thing — and often discussed so no need to dive in here. We’ve crammed a lot into the month and are still managing keep it together, and find time to laugh together. It’s kind of amazing that Linda and I still comment aloud a few times a week that we really work well as a team.So. TNNA was terrific. We couldn’t cover it all, but we managed to find some lovely, lovely, lovely new-to-us yarns, and reconnect with some tried...
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Random thoughts on the Yarn Bar’s Beginnings
So here we are. This project will significantly mark the year 2017 in our lives. Part of the initial process involved emailing a few big names in the knitting world to ask about yarn recommendations for “basics” since we didn’t want to overlap brands with the existing LYS in Billings. We actually got a reply--from the one and only Kay Gardiner, of MasonDixon Knitting fame! One of her comments was, “The world can always use another excellent yarn shop”. A solid vote of confidence and a high standard for which we are working very hard to achieve... Huge thanks to...
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