Local Yarn Store Day is coming up — and We're Going All Out

Maybe you were wondering.  Maybe you weren't, but I'm going to share a secret with you.  

I opened Crazy for Ewe because I wanted a place. Not just a place to sell yarn — though I love the yarn — but a place to be. A third place, as they call it. Somewhere that isn't home, isn't work, is just... yours. A table to sit down at. People who speak your language. A room where you never have to explain why you have four bags with you.

Local Yarn Store Day is the one day a year the whole knitting world decides to celebrate that — and I want us to celebrate it together.

Saturday, April 25th, we open at 11am and we are ready for you.

Here's what we've pulled together for this day.

We brought in special hand-dyed yarns from Tea Time Fibers — thoughtfully chosen, beautiful, and available in limited quantities. If one of them speaks to you, don't wait. These are the ones that don't come back.

Every person who comes through the door will get a limited edition LYS Day pin — a small thing, but a real one. A keepsake for the day.

Spend $100 or more and you'll receive a free stitch marker. Hit $150 and we add a notions tin. Both are limited edition, made for this day only.

Pick up two skeins of sock yarn and we'll send you home with a free Casapinka shawl pattern — an easy, satisfying project that lets your yarn do what it was born to do.

We'll have lemonade. We'll have cookies. Bring your knitting and plan to stay longer than you think.

If you're not able to be here in person, I still want you to feel included. From 11am to 3pm Eastern, we'll have a limited selection online — Tea Time Fibers yarn, LYS Day notions tins and stitch markers, while supplies last. Online orders placed that day will also get a little LYS Day surprise from us.

It's not quite the same as being around the table. But it's our way of keeping the door open for everyone.

One more thing

At 2pm, the first live cohort of the Crazy for Ewe Sweater System begins — online, with dozens of students who are ready to change how they knit sweaters forever. I'll be with them.

Which means if you're planning to join us for LYS Day and you're one of those students — you've got a beautiful window. Come in at 11, browse, sit down, have a cookie. You'll be home and at your computer in plenty of time.

And if the Sweater System has been on your radar but you're not in this cohort yet — it's worth knowing it exists. This is the door enter.

Come early if you have your eye on something. Come later if lemonade and conversation are more your speed. Come for the whole thing if you can.

I look forward to seeing you in the shop and around the table.

You are always welcome here.

~Ellen