Showing posts with label yarnery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarnery. Show all posts

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Hop to The Yarnery: A Busy Shop in a Busy Place




The Yarnery—located in the heart of St. Paul's most exciting shopping district, historic Grand Avenue—is a lively, busy place. Like all the great shops on the hop, we have a full array of classes and events, gorgeous yarn, and a friendly, knowledgable staff. The Twin Cities' metro area is so fortunate to have such a dizzying array of great yarn shops, and we're proud to be associated with them for this event. It may be exhausting to travel to all 16(!) of them for the hop, but it's well worth the effort to see the richness and variety the many shops have to offer.

What has kept us busy at The Yarnery this winter? Filling kits for Theresa Gaffey's luxurious stole from Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life (our very own book), and winding LOTS of Malabrigo Merino Worsted for Malabrigo Linen Stitch Scarf kits. And then there are our twice-weekly free clinics (5-8pm on Mondays and Thursdays), weekly knit nights, weaving weekends, and an upcoming retreat on the North Shore. Like we said: busy!

The last couple weeks have seen a flurry of activity as we've readied the shop to become a flagship retail location for Brooklyn Tweed's American wool yarn. We're one of just a dozen flagships in the world, and the only such store in the midwest. We're thrilled with this new partnership, and you'll want to see this yarn for yourself when you come in for the hop: you literally can't see it anywhere else within a thousand miles of Minnesota.

The Yarnery may be a busy place, but we're never too busy to greet our fabulous customers, and we can't wait to see all of you, new and returning friends, at The Yarnery in April.

The Yarnery
840 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
651.222.5793

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Yarnery


We thought it fitting that the first blog post of our Shop Hop Website profile the "oldest" yarn shop on the tour.  We put oldest in quotations because while they have been around for over 40 years, they certainly aren't old in spirit.  Shelves in the Yarnery pair tried and true traditional Rowan yarns with new hand dyed yarns like Madelinetosh with ease. 

If you haven't been to the Yarnery before, you are in for a treat.  Nestled in an old house on beautiful Grand Avenue in St. Paul, this well stocked shop is comforting from the moment you step inside.  The shelves are full of yarn, the bookcases are full of a great selection of books, and completed samples are everywhere!

The Kreisman Maddux family are the original and current owners! They also own Beka, Inc. which manufactures high quality rigid heddle looms, yarn swifts and toys at their St. Paul location on Selby Avenue. Even after 40 years, they remain dedicated to innovation, quality, and above all, a love of excellent yarn.

For more information about the Yarnery; check out their website.