Lakeside Yarn

LAKESIDE YARN
If you are trolling the waters of Lake Minnetonka (or cross country skiing your way over from Big Island),  pull up to the docks of Excelsior and take a walk down Water Street. Enjoy the charm of our big small town until you see our brand new sign that says, yes, there is a yarn shop in Excelsior! 

We’ve spent a lot of time these last four years focusing on making Lakeside Yarn the shop where you will be inspired by dozens of beautiful  model garments  and where you can always find the perfect yarn for the perfect project to suit your taste and your budget.   It’s a place you will want to spend some time and a place where you can get the help you need.

It is a place we hope you will return to again and again for quality merchandise, service, ambience and expertise, but also . . . . . ..
  

Lakeside Yarn is back for more! Add Excelsior to your shop hop adventure.

Lakeside Yarn, formerly Coldwater Lakeside Yarn, formerly Coldwater Collaborative – whew!  It is, in fact, the same shop in Excelsior that has participated in all seven hops since 2007, with only a small identity crisis.

 It’s taken us a little time to figure out exactly who we are to you, our customers, and we hope you like our new identity as Lakeside Yarn.  In the coming weeks, watch for a fresh new website design and storefront to go along with our new logo at the top of this page.  It is an exciting time for us, and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us and spending time at the shop. You can read about how Cynthia came to own Lakeside Yarn in the March, 2012  blog posts, if you missed it last year.

This year, the Shop Hop welcomes 3 new shops to its lineup, offering even more breadth and depth to the experience.  What a world class, creative and innovative fiber community we have all created together with the support of our amazing customers!!   We will be sharing with you some of our favorite places we “yarn” – knit or crochet--  and be looking for you to share yours.   For example, we all know that knitters and crocheters are some of the most patient people—well, as long as they have something to work on – when waiting for just about anything.  Any spare moment is the opportunity for a few more rows, whether at the doctor’s office, the baseball game, or a long traffic light.  Yes, I admit I knit at traffic lights, which reminds me of a story.

While waiting at a particularly long light near my kids’ school, I knitted patiently, waiting for the green.  The driver in the car next to me (obviously, a non-believer), rolled down her window and motioned for me to open mine.  When I did, she chastised me in no uncertain terms:  “PUT AWAY YOUR KNITTING!!!”  Dumbfounded, I explained, “Well, it’s not lace, it’s only garter stitch.”

Thanks for your continued support and enthusiasm and we’ll see you in April!