Happy Spring, Happy Mother's Day

Well we finally got some Spring weather around here, although I have been told we will get Summer next week. Oh well, gotta love South Dakota.

We have all recovered from the wonderful Hand Crafted in the Hills Fiber Festival. We will do it again next year same place. We'll have even more fun.

NEWS FLASH
Crafted in Rapid the "back room" consignment area of C R Yarn is about to have its Grand Opening! We have 8 booths filled with awesome handcrafted items from the area. Most of them are made in Rapid City although a few booths come from outside the state. The Grand Opening will be on May 18, Saturday, from 10 am to 6 pm same hours as the shop.We will have spinners here, both wheel and drop spindle spinners. We will have some refreshments and lots of cool items to see and enjoy. Please join us!






C R Yarn would like to wish all our customers a
Happy Mother's Day coming up this Sunday.
Please have a wonderful day Moms!

More photos from the Hand Crafted in the Hills Fiber Festival

We are tired, but pleased with the turn out at the Fiber Festival. We have gotten some more great photos from Amy that we'd like to share. If you have any from the Festival that you took, just post them on the c r yarn group page and we'll get them here. Thanks, Sue.

It's all over, the party's over, BUT WE HAD FUN

What a wonderful weekend was had by all! WAW What A Weekend! We had fun. The vendors were awesome, the massages by Natalie and Esmeralda were "to die for" and the classes were great. Rita, Sue and Amanda found themselves running here and there to keep things rolling but it was good exercise and fun. We met so many wonderful Fiberistas and made new friends. We learned a few new techniques or even honed a few skills. We ate at Perkins so much we know all the wait staff by name!

Our vendors were great people, some had to haul stuff from many miles away while others just came from across town. Thanks to all of you: Chinook Winds Bison Yarn and Fiber, Red Barn Wool Station, Cloud 9 Fiberworks, The Dyeing Arts, Fall River Fibers, c r yarn, Yarnsanity, New Hope Massage, Spindlers Cottage, Kasha Knits, Eagles Wings Enterprises, and Black Hills Woolies.

The teachers were great too: Michael, Daria, Sue, Rita, Amanda, Pat, Heather, and Teresa. Thank you all. The students were really the best, they learned quickly and enjoyed their time.

We enjoyed the Ravelry class and Rita, as she showed us how it works, created a Ravelry "person" named "handcraftedhills" so we could all connect with one another on Ravelry! Check it out.

We plan on doing this again next year at the same place, Grand Gateway Hotel, but the date will be changed. The 2014 date is April 4, 5 and 6, another weekend. It was really fun to stay in the hotel, so that we were only slightly late to things since we only had to walk down a hallway. (our apologies to the ladies at Fall River Fibers) The elevator still gets bad reviews though for the door being too darn quick to close!!

I will post photos of our fun here, on the website (www.cryarn.com) and on facebook 'cryarn' and 'CRYarn Shop' for you to see some of what went on. If anyone else has photos to share please post them on the cryarn group page on facebook.

Thanks so much to everyone that came, to the wonderful staff at the Grand Gateway and wait staff at Perkins, we appreciate all of you and look forward to seeing you again next year!
Sue (aka SDSue on Ravelry)

ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!!!! HAND CRAFTED IN THE HILLS FIBER FESTIVAL CLASSES UPDATED

We are SO excited to get to the Festival we can hardly wait! C R Yarn will be closed all day Friday April 26, and all day Saturday April 27 so we can play at the Fiber Festival. If you are looking for the best yarn store in Rapid City (my (Sue) opinion!) come to the Hand Crafted in the Hills Fiber Festival at Grand Gateway Hotel Ballroom, 1721 N. La Crosse St, Rapid City, SD, where we will be set up will most of the shop. There will be 11 other vendors for you to see also. 

CLASSES UPDATED
We have one opening for Beginning Wheel Spinning, and the following openings for the other classes. Opening means there is a space for YOU! 

Saturday
9am Beginning Knitting (2 hr) 3 openings
11am Wacky Warping (2 hr) 1 opening
1pm Toe Up Sock Toes (1 hr) FULL
2pm Beginning Crochet (2 hr) 5 openings
3pm Beginning Wheel Spinning (2 hr) 1 opening
4pm Spindle Spinning (2 hr) 2 openings

Sunday
10am 3D Needle Felting (2 hr) 6 openings
11am Hat Recipe (2 hr) 5 openings

12pm Blending Board (2 hr) 3 openings

12pm Toe Up Sock Heels (1 hr) FULL
1pm Rigid Heddle Weaving (2 hr) FULL
3pm Rug Hooking (2 hr) 6 openings

5 DAYS TILL HANDCRAFTED IN THE HILLS! CLASS UPDATE

The Navajo Plying Class has been cancelled. Sorry.

UPDATED CLASS LIST 4-21-2013

Saturday
9am Beginning Knitting (2 hr) 2 openings
11am Wacky Warping (2 hr) 1 opening
1pm Toe Up Sock Toes (1 hr) FULL
2pm Beginning Crochet (2 hr) 5 openings
3pm Beginning Wheel Spinning (2 hr) 1 opening
4pm Spindle Spinning (2 hr) 2 openings

Sunday
10am 3D Needle Felting (2 hr) 5 openings
11am Hat Recipe (2 hr) 5 openings

12pm Blending Board (2 hr) 3 openings

12pm Toe Up Sock Heels (1 hr) FULL
1pm Rigid Heddle Weaving (2 hr) FULL
3pm Rug Hooking (2 hr) 6 openings

6 DAYS to Hand Crafted in the Hills Fiber Festival!!! ARE YOU READY? CLASS UPDATE!

UPDATED CLASS LIST 4-20-2013

Saturday
9am Beginning Knitting (2 hr) 2 openings
11am Wacky Warping (2 hr) 1 opening
1pm Toe Up Sock Toes (1 hr) FULL
2pm Beginning Crochet (2 hr) 5 openings
3pm Beginning Wheel Spinning (2 hr) FULL
4pm Spindle Spinning (2 hr) 3 openings

Sunday
10am 3D Needle Felting (2 hr) 5 openings
11am Hat Recipe (2 hr) 5 openings

12pm Blending Board (2 hr) 3 openings

12pm Toe Up Sock Heels (1 hr) FULL
1pm Rigid Heddle Weaving (2 hr) FULL
3pm Rug Hooking (2 hr) 6 openings

3pm Navajo Plying (2hr) 6 openings

TOE UP SOCK CLASS FULL --- Hand Crafted in the Hills

Sorry if you missed it! I just filled the last spot. Please check out the other classes that are still available.