Spotlights
A Little Knitty
A new shop joined our local yarn crawl in my area. We actually have two crawls, but the PNW Yarn Crawl was lucky enough to have a newcomer in A Little Knitty in Auburn, Washington! My friends and I usually run like crazy people, from shop to shop to get our passports stamped, so we […]
The Knittery
Yarns, domestic and imported, accessories and books; classes, crochet threads, DMC. This establishment has it all! Owner Winn has owned this store for 25 years, and before that, worked their since the 70’s! The Knittery is located in Renton, Washington in a sizeable strip mall with tons of free parking. I also would have to […]
LaFavorites
Fun name for a yarn shop located in Kelso, Washington! Their slogan is ‘A house of fine yarns, espresso, home décor and warm conversations’! Diana Cripe, our moderator over in our Ravelry group, took a short trip south. Her husbands hobby is trains, so they take a couple of trips a year for his hobby. […]
The Yarn Diva Inc.
Last October, my husband Wes and I, took a trip to visit our friends that had moved home to Missouri! They have lived in lots of places in their lives, and have traveled quite a bit for work over the years too. It was finally time for them to retire, and they made the decision […]
Cable Fiber & Yarn LLC
Back in October, Diana Cripe, the moderator of the America's Knitting group over on Ravelry spent the weekend in Port Angeles, Washington with her husband...here is her story! While in Port Angeles, Washington for the weekend of Oct. 12-14 for a model RR show that my husband was involved in, I went to this great yarn shop downtown, it's called...
The Sated Sheep
I love the name of this business!! The names that the shop owners pick for their business are all different, but some are very clever, and this is one of them. sate [sāt] VERB sated (past tense) · sated (past participle) satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full. "sate your appetite at the resort's restaurant" synonyms: satiate · fully...
America’s Knitting….well, so is Canada!!
Whenever I travel anywhere, I always find a yarn shop to visit. Also, while traveling, I always have my camera. Well, in September, I went to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. AND, I found a yarn shop, 88 Stitches! My friend Jana and I were traveling up to Vancouver, BC to attend Knit City. It's an annual event held up...
Fidalgo Artisan Yarn
Back in April, my husband and I went to Orcas Island to visit my Step-Mom for the weekend! As the name suggests, it's an island, so you have to take a ferry boat to get there. The ferry departs from a town called Anacortes! As it happens, Anacortes has a yarn shop. The name of the store is Fidalgo Artisan Yarn. This store is so unique!!!!! ...
Fiber Arts Fine Yarns
When I started America's Knitting, I wanted all the nations yarn shops all in one place online for everyone's convenience. How boring, it wasn't enough. I wanted to know all the yarn shops and talk about all the yarn shops. So I started doing spotlights on yarn shops every chance I got. Of course I started local...ones I could get out to for a...
The Nifty Knitter
In January, I visited The Nifty Knitter. The Nifty Knitter is located in the state of Washington, in a small town called Issaquah. This store is set into the quaint Gilman Village. Although the whole village is quaint, so is The Nifty Knitter. The layout of the store is small, yet full of yarn, notions, bags, and inspiration. There is a table...
Yarn Bar
Kathie Malcher, a regular contributor for America's Knitting, roving report if you will.....covered this store on her travels through Montana! I can never thank Kathie enough for all she does for us. I'm still working full time, and don't travel as much as I would like to, and frankly, not everyone is comfortable asking and taking pictures, and...
Tolt
My friend Jana & I kicked off the new year right, with a visit to Tolt! Yep, I'm just now getting around to covering this store, and getting my spotlight up. I'm a busy gal...knitting, designing kitchens, keeping up my house, hiking and watching my grandson!! ANYWAY -- Jana and I really wanted to go and see Shannon Cook aka Very Shannon! ...
