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Beginning end of April, you can see blogs from each shop on the tour!

Apple Yarns

April 19, 2010

Apple Yarns welcomes you to the LYS Tour 2010.…..we are excited and honored to once again be part of this terrific group of stores! What makes Apple Yarns worth visiting is our warm smile, great natural lighting and our display of local crafts. ...
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Knot Just Yarn

April 20, 2010

Happy Fifth Anniversary to the LYS Tour from Knot Just Yarn! We’re excited once again to be part of Destination: Yarn, and look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new fiberholics on this special 2010 Anniversary Tour...
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WildFibers

April 21, 2010

This year's LYS Tour marks milestones not only for the tour, but for WildFibers as well. Both the tour and WildFibers are celebrating 5 years of bringing fine fiber and fiber artists together...
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Oak Harbor Knits

April 22, 2010

Oak Harbor Knits is a charming shop that caters to the fiber enthusiast. Whatever your passion: knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting, tatting, and bobbin lace are offered in the shop. Along with yarns, local spinning fiber and lace-making threads you will find lots of accessories and books....
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Knitty Purls

April 23, 2010

Knitty Purls is one of the “newbies” on the LYS 2010 Destination Yarn Tour. We are thrilled to participate in this wonderful event which focuses on all of us who suffer from fiber and yarn mania. There is nothing more fulfilling for us, the Three Purlie Girls, than to spend four days discussing yarn, knitting, and patterns with other yarn-a-holics...
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Cultured Purls

April 27, 2010

Tucked away in the beautiful historic Gilman Village lays Cultured Purls, a unique yarn boutique serving Issaquah and the Seattle area since 2005. Gilman Village began in 1972, an inspired vision of Marvin and Ruth Mohl. They began saving unwanted buildings around the old farming and mining town of Issaquah, just east of Seattle...
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Fiber Gallery

April 28, 2010

The Fiber Gallery is very happy to take part in the fifth annual LYS Tour. We pride ourselves on our exceptional selection of yarns and friendly service. If you've been on the LYS Tour in the past you will still see lots of new yarns...
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So Much Yarn

April 29, 2010

Greetings from Belltown! Can you believe that this is actually the 5th Anniversary of our wonderful LYS Tour? It just gets better every year and we can’t wait to see all of you dedicated knitters during this 4-day fiber extravaganza! If you are new to So Much Yarn, we are constantly striving to provide a huge selection of yarns in all fibers, gauges and price ranges. Some of our favorite companies...
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Churchmouse Yarns & Teas

April 30, 2010

2010 promises to be the best Tour ever. It’ll be fun to see our regular returning visitors and meet all you first-timers. We’re pretty thrilled about our one-skein pattern this year. Almost every staff member has knit at least one. We think you’ll like the yarn we selected too. We are sworn to secrecy so not even a tiny hint will escape our keyboard! Kit is working on a cool idea for the window. Not sure if it will work...
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Seattle Yarn

May 3, 2010

Mission Statement: We're striving to be the go to store for fiber artists. We love knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlework and all the soft arts. Our staff is available to help you create something new, repair something precious or consult on problem projects. We strive to be a welcoming community for all creative people....
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The Yarn Stash

May 4, 2010

As the LYS Tour approaches the excitement level at our shop increases – we almost feel like kids at Christmas! While you are busy planning your route and travel companions – we are making the final touches on our preparations for the tour. As exciting as it is for you to visit all the shops, it is just as exciting for us to see all of you – greeting familiar faces and meeting new ones is the best part!!...
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Renaissance Yarns

May 5, 2010

Nestled in the fun and excitement of Kent Station you’ll find Renaissance Yarns, a beautiful and cozy yarn haven. Our warm ambience invites you to take in the beautiful yarn offerings, and to stay and knit. We pride ourselves in having a versatile range of fiber. In our shop you’ll find a great selection of workhorse yarns, as well as some beautiful luxury fibers for your heritage projects...
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The Knittery

May 6, 2010

To borrow from the words of my knitting hero - Elizabeth Zimmerman, “Most people have an obsession; mine is knitting.”   Someone recently asked me if there was any other profession that I would like to try and I couldn’t think of a single one. I love the Knittery and what I do everyday – helping knitters and other needlework artists ...
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Hilltop Yarn East

May 7, 2010

Dear Fellow Knitters and Crocheters... This year, we have had such an early spring that some days it seems like summer already. Whatever the weather, our need to create beautiful things with yarns of all sorts, prevails, and it is time to get out there to visit all the shops that bring this world to your fingertips.   Here at Hilltop Yarn East we look forward to welcoming you into our shop. We know you are on a mission...
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The Weaving Works

May 10, 2010

With Spring in Seattle comes the promise of sunshine, flowers, cotton fiber and the shop hop. Its time to embrace the nice weather and take a road trip around the Puget Sound! At the Weaving Works, we're excited to be a part of the vibrant U-district culture as the oldest yarn store in Seattle...
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Village Yarn & Tea Shop

May 11, 2010

We at Village Yarn and Tea Shop are looking forward to celebrating year five of our fabulous LYS Tour with you all! We’ve seen many changes over the past year: some happy and some sad, but we continue to love the fiber arts and are constantly on the hunt for fabulous new yarns, notions, classes and guest instructors.
In October, we moved to our long-desired new location in the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre. This busy venue has proven to be the perfect spot for our little piece of heaven. ...
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Main Street Yarns

May 12, 2010

This will be our first LYS tour as shop owners, but not the first for Main Street Yarn. We are so excited to see and meet all of you. Our one skein project this year is so cool. I just made one and I love it – I’m sure you will too. If you’d like to know a little more about Elaine and Claudia or find out what Main Street is all about, please check us out on our
Web Site: www.mainstreetyarn.com...
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Acorn

May 13, 2010

The 2010 LYS Tour is right around the corner and we are very excited to see some new faces among the familiar. The energy that your participation brings to this event is simply wonderful. We pride ourselves in offering a wide selection of yarns, from lace weights and novelties to machine washables and staples such as Cascade 220. There is something for everyone at Acorn Street Shop! All our staff thank you for your visit. ...
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Bad Woman Yarn

May 13, 2010

... Here at Bad Woman Yarn, we pride ourselves in offering personal service whether it is with impromptu help on a project or in our classes which are limited to no more than four people. We have a diverse selection of yarns -- something for every taste -- and our sale loft is crammed with great bargains.
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Tricoter Knitting Specialists

May 14, 2010

T’was the week before the Yarn Crawl and all through Seattle, Knitters readied their transport and plotted their travel. One skein patterns were printed, yarn stocked and displayed, For knitters to buy and then knit or crochet.
The blogs were all written, the passports prepared, In hopes of enticing all knitters who dared To start the adventure and make the long drive To be the first traveler to make all twenty-five! ...
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Full Circle Yarn

May 14, 2010

...It's a beautiful day today (and don't we deserve it after a winter that seemed to go on and on). Some people put their knitting on hold when the sun comes out and the temperature heats up. But I say, knit on. If wool is too woolly, there are so many other fun fibers. Cotton of course is great... In all its combinations. Cotton with acrylic may be easier to work with than cotton alone, as is cotton with Lycra. Cotton with rayon gives a dressier look...
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