news & events

Adorable alpacas from Misti International

The softest yarn in the shop – Misti Alpaca Chunky

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Join us for a special event and sale on Wednesday, Oct 7th.

Stop by from 5:00 – 7:30 pm to meet the owners of Misti Alpaca yarn company.

Have a glass of wine, enter our prize drawing, and enjoy 20% off all Misti yarns.

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Want to win an alpaca??!!

Wear something you’ve made with Misti yarn,

or bring a project you’re working on,

and we’ll enter you in our prize drawing.

Below are a few of the samples you’ll see hanging in the shop.

Plus we’ll have lots more displayed… socks, hats, lace scarves, shawls, a throw…

Irish Hiking Scarf in Misti Chunky

Rosemary Ribbed Shawl in Misti Chunky

Cosmo Jacket in Misti Hand Paint Chunky

Come see our new fall yarns from Misti – and the whole collection

of Lace, Sock, DK, Worsted and Chunky yarns.

It’s all 20% off during the event on October 7th.

We look forward to seeing you!

Help us welcome Tobias and Antonio, the owners of Malabrigo,

a very special yarn company from Uruguay.

They'll be visiting our shop on Wednesday, September 9th from 5 – 8 pm.

Come meet them, learn about their new products,

and enjoy 20% off all Malabrigo yarns.

Above:  Breathe Deep Mittens  knit with Malabrigo Worsted

Below:  Daybreak Shawl  knit with Malabrigo Sock 

Wear something you've made with Malabrigo yarn

or bring a project you're working on and we'll enter you in a prize drawing.

Above:  Entomology Mittens  knit with Malabrigo Worsted

Below:  Little Girl's Shrug  knit with Malabrigo Silky Merino

Stock up on Malabrigo yarn for all your fall projects. 

You'll find many choices of Lace, Sock, DK, Worsted, Chunky and Bulky

all 20% off for the evening.

Hope to see you on the 9th!

Thursday  July 2 

5-9 pm 

Photographer Katherine Pacchiana 

has assembled a collection of original photographs taken along Route 66.

Join us for wine and cheese as you meet Katherine 

and learn about the images taken on her drive from Chicago to LA. 

We'll be selling her photographs during the event

and we'll keep them on display for a while afterward.

If you want to shop for yarn

we'll be offering a special discount during the evening.

We look forward to seeing you on July 2nd.

We're so excited!

Scottish designer, Ysolda Teague, is spending an evening at our shop while on a whirlwind tour of US yarn shops.

Stop by anytime from 4-7 pm on Wednesday, June 10th to meet her,  chat with her,  knit with her, and admire her lovely designs.

Her patterns have appeared in Knitty, Twist Collective, and on her own great website Ysolda.com.

She'll have a suitcase full of samples – including projects from her new book, Whimsical Little Knits.  

You can purchase the book here and have it signed by Ysolda. 

We'll offer a special discount for her book and any yarn you purchase for her projects. 

Hope to see you Wednesday, June 10th! 

                     Special Sale

Saturday April 18 & Sunday April 19

20% off all sustainable plant-based fibers

Earth friendly yarns on sale this weekend include:

Blue Sky Cotton

Rowan Pure Life

Be Sweet Bamboo

O~Wool Balance

Hemp for Knitting

Louet Linen

Bring your own reusable bag to be entered in our prize drawings.

We look forward to celebrating Earth Month with you!

Thanks to Sarah for the suggestion to organize a charity knitting/crochet event, and for creating a website to help coordinate the effort (www.createdonate.org).  

Join us at the shop Sunday, March 29th from 2-4 pm as we knit & crochet for children in foster care and animals in shelters.  We're donating the yarn and patterns (such as this cute bonnet & bone).  So just bring your needles and other supplies.  

Please come for a fun afternoon of stitching, snacking, meeting new friends, and contributing to some important causes.

Hope to see you Sunday, March 29th form 2-4 pm.

We're so excited to welcome Nadine Curtis, the owner of BE SWEET, to our shop.

She'll be visiting Saturday, March 14th from 2-4 pm

Stop by to meet her and to see her lovely yarns, totes, and knitted samples. besweetproducts.com.

Enjoy 20% off Be Sweet products – all day Saturday, March 14th from 11-6

Proceeds from Be Sweet products fund a variety of projects and empower South African women with a means to support their families in an economically depressed region.

Please join us for this special Be Sweet Sale and help support a great cause.

We're having an Anniversary Sale this weekend.

Enjoy 20% off Saturday and Sunday, November 22 & 23.  

Hope to see you! 

We'll be offering a 20% discount on yarn and needles

during the Wicker Park & Bucktown Sidewalk Sale

Saturday July 26th from 11-6

and

Sunday July 27th from 12-5

Hope to see you this weekend.

And if you know anyone who has always wanted to learn how to knit,

bring them by for a quick FREE lesson under our sidewalk tent

Saturday July 26th from 11-5