The Iliana Yarn Crawl 2018

August 18, 2018

The Iliana Yarn Crawl 2018

I participated in the annual Iliana Yarn Crawl. What is a yarn crawl? You might be asking. It’s a fun way to find out about other shops, different yarns and patterns, plus meet new knitters. One day, I followed the same group of knitters from store to store. We would laugh and share our finds with each other. But here’s a more precise definition: Participating shops have the same shop hours, give discounts and prizes, and sell special yarn at each store along with a special Yarn Crawl pattern. This year the yarn crawl lasted from July 23-22, 2018. I hope you enjoy the following information and will visit one or all of these shops.

Six southern Indiana independent yarn shops were involved this year:

· RiverWools in Terre Haute, IN

· TheYarn Studio in Casey, IL

· Atkinson Farm Yarns in Vincennes, IN

· SerendipityFibers in Huntingburg, IN

· SheepskeinsYarn Store in Newburgh, IN

· CityStitch in Boonville, IN

Here are the awards I would give each shop if I was in charge of awards:

· Cheers: River Wools (It’s my local shop and where everybody knows my name)

· Best Cupcakes: The Yarn Studio (Sweet Norma Jeans Bake Shoppe is attached to the shop. Oh my, such deliciousness!!)

· Most Friendly: Atkinson Yarn Farm (Want a place to feel at home in? This is the shop. They have a lot of extras too. Local hand-dyed yarn and soaps just to name a few.)

· Most Beautiful: Serendipity Fibers (I would love to live near this shop, just so I could go inside whenever I wanted. It’s in an old shop on the main downtown street, with lots of restaurants nearby.)

· Best Selection: Sheepskeins Yarn Shop (This shop has such a large selection of yarn, you could lose hours dreaming and planning.)

· Most Knowledgable : City Stitch: (The owner is a yarn dyer & spinner who hold classes regularly.)

In case you want to know what I bought:

· Katia Infinity Shawl yarn (It’s for a Christmas gif. Shh!)

· Mondial Cotton Soft (Jess fell in love with this baby knit sample, the Knubbelchen pattern. We have no one to make it for, but had to buy the yarn anyway.)

· Cascade Heritage Silk (I’ve wanted to make the Three Color Cowl for a long time now, and this is the perfect yarn for it. Plus it was on clearance! Score!)

· Berroco Summer Silk (The Easy Folded Poncho has been in my Ravely queue for forever, and the store had it knit up in this yarn… so soft and beautiful@!)

· Berroco Vintage & Jojoland Splatter Dash (I think this will make a beautiful Western Auto Cowl.)

· Berroco Comfort Sock (Jessica pick this black yarn for her next pair of socks.)