Welcome to Fall everyone! There is snow on the ground outside the shop and it is chilly. PERFECT weather for knitting, crocheting and spinning! And do we have the equipment and goods for you to fulfill the craving for a "stay-at-home-in-front-of-the-fire" project.

The shop enjoyed great visitors and customers from other cities, states and countries this Summer. We were open during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and we met some awesome knitting bikers! One lady said it was "karma" that her husband parked the bike right in front of our shop! The new Main Street Square was open for busyness this Summer and Fall which brought people into the shop to "c r yarn". We are very grateful to all the new customers we had this year and especially grateful to those that are return customers. You guys are awesome!

Rita has done some expanding in the shop. She has me, Sue, working several days a week and blogging, and Amanda working afternoons. We now carry a complete line of Ashland Bay and  Louet spinning fiber, which is also useful for felting.  We have lots of yarn with sparkles, angora, mohair, wool, acrylic and cotton blends. We carry Brown Sheep, Cascade, Ice, Jaggerspun and Rita's hand-dyed Castle Fiber Yarns.

Rita has Louet spinning wheels for sale and for order. She can also order table and floor looms from Louet. Sue is weaving on her personal loom in the shop until Christmas making scarves for sale. Amanda is knitting hats as fast as Sue weaves and they are for sale also.

We also carry magazines! Knitting Traditions, KnitWear, Spin Off, Interweave Knits, Jane Austin Knits, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts and are expecting some Crochet magazines shortly.

We have soooo many books and DVDs that you will be amazed. We also carry drop spindles by two different handcrafters, knitting needles by HiyaHiya and knitting notions.



If you haven't been into the shop for a while, now is the time to come and look around.  Our store hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday Night 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. We have Knit Night on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. and we have a Spin-Weave-In on the first Saturday of the month. The next one will be December 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2012 Yarn Club

if you shop at c r yarn regularly, or even just a few big purchases, this is the club for you!

Cost: $35.00/year
Benefits: Free Tote bag
               10% off purchases (excluding spinnning wheels, wheel accessories & consigned items)
               During your birthday month come in for a one time 25% savings on everything you can cram into your tote bag
               Sneak Peek shopping--all new items that come in (some exclusions apply) will got into a "sneak peek" area for a week and members of the club can shop there.
               Specials unavailable to others--certain items will never leave the sneak peek area, and there will be some special items ordered just for yarn club members.

Call us at 605.791.5648 OR come in to join!

join the yarn club!

so, starting January 3 (because the 1st is a sunday and we're closed sunday and monday) there is a special yarn club available. it costs $35.00. you get a tote bag (which will have the year on it). when you bring this tote bag to the shop, you get 10% off your total purchase (excluding wheels and wheel accessories and items on consignment). additionally, all yarn that comes in will go in a member's only area for a week. members will be able to shop there, getting first crack at any yarn that arrives.

then, the coolest bit is this: during your birthday week, bring the tote bag and you will get 25% off everything you can cram into it (only on items that are discountable). also, on your birthday you will get a small free gift!

it's going to be pretty neat! you should think about it. (also it makes a perfect gift for a knitter/crocheter).

Scarves, hats, and fun times...OH MY!

Amanda here ^.^

So our lovely tree is covered in even lovelier scarves...or, more likely, the scarves are making the tree lovely...yea I'll go with that. We've got some fun colors and textures going on there. IT'S SO PURTY! :D

We have 34 so far, but we need at least 50

Let's get all 50, I know we can do it ^_^

december windows!

we've been decorating for christmas at the shop. the deer got some holly and lights, and there is a little snowy village, and a sleigh full of yarn, plus the tree covered with scarves! i love christmas decorating, and owning the shop has made it double good!

yarn calenders are on their way!

so--i've designed a 2012 Yarn Calender!  they're on their way to printing and should be here within the week. they're going to cost $10.00 (plus $2.00 shipping) if you're interested!  i am super excited about them....

let me know you're interested as supplies are going to be limited. i'll reserve you one!

making plans for Handcrafted in the Hills: a Fiber retreat!

so, we're starting to make plans for HHF! yay!

we will be having a different set of hands on activities for Saturday, and we're seriously considering extending it to the Thursday before, so that we can have friday and saturday both to do stuff.

we'll be hand dyeing sock yarn, dyeing fibers and doing some fiber prep as well as needle felting.

the likely cost will be around $150.00 per person. this will include meals and a bed to share with someone! we'll have a "shop" at the event so that people will be able to buy things that are needed. we'll be spinning and knitting and crocheting and such all weekend. it's like an adult sleep over!

make plans to attend.