Be Katie this Holiday Season

Be Katie this Holiday Season

I had the nicest thing happen to me this week. Katie came in. Here’s the story. A few weeks ago, during a very busy time at the shop, Katie asked me to order some yarn. I told her I would. I forgot to write it down. I forgot to order it. I didn’t remember...
Knit the River Cruise Sept 2018

Knit the River Cruise Sept 2018

River Cruise Info Sept 2018 Sunday, September 16th Cruise time from 12 – 2:30pm Boarding begins at 11:30am The boat leaves at noon promptly. It does not wait for anyone…trust us, come early!! The shop will be open at 9am but will be closing from 11:30...
Democracy up close

Democracy up close

I volunteered last week to be an election inspector at my polling place. You should too! One of our customers is an election judge in my town. Our town has a population of 2700. I asked one day if they ever needed more volunteers..ha…funny question right? Of...
PEEP 2018

PEEP 2018

    This year’s PEEP event runs from Saturday, July 28th through Sunday, August 5th. Yep, you heard right…it’s 9 days long. Here’s the deal… Laura, from 3 Kittens Needle Arts, has designed a shawl using 6 mini skeins and 1 full...
Eulogy for a Good Man

Eulogy for a Good Man

Dick Pelletier was good. He was a good man who made a good life.     He was a good neighbor. There are many stories about parties in the Pelletier basement back on Florence St in White Bear Lake. The neighbors there were tight knit. 20+ years of raising...
Knit the River Cruise June 2018

Knit the River Cruise June 2018

We are becoming Knit the River experts and so are you! What fun! Thanks for joining us! We still have room on our September cruise. Click here and grab your seat! We were so busy chatting up all of you that we didn’t get many pictures! Thanks to our awesome...
Knit the River Cruise Sept 2018

Construction Info

Update: Hwy 95 is reopened!! ————————————– We have been LOVING downtown Stillwater since the new St. Croix River Crossing opened last August. This is our first summer without the Lift Bridge...
May Makers’ League Mitts

May Makers’ League Mitts

We have been having so much fun with our May Makers’ League kits. One skein of Urth Yarns Uneek Worsted makes the set of mitts or the hat, or even 1 set of mitts AND the hat. So fun to knit! We split the skein into 2 balls and alternated every 2 rounds. These...
First Annual LYS Day

First Annual LYS Day

Yeah! It’s LYS Day! What the heck is that? LYS is Local Yarn Store…that’s us!     Stop in for drawings every half hour to some of our awesome indi businesses on Mainstreet Stillwater MN!   Buy something (online or in store) and you’ll get...
Shop Hop 2018

Shop Hop 2018

We were so proud to share our Shop Hop 2018 theme this year. The theme for the hop was Inspired by Heroes. Our heroes…Military Families. We asked for and you sent us, and brought us, photos of your military heroes. We posted them on our bulletin board. We loved...