Local Critters for Local Knitters
Of the ~2,000 yarn stores in the United States, most are small, woman owned businesses. Through teaching classes, stocking locally produced or dyed yarn, and hosting knitting circles, Local Yarn Stores (LYS) are community hubs across the country, and I work with their owners to extend a love of local craft to a love for local ecology. I do this by designing each yarn store a pattern featuring an insect that their customers may be able find in their backyards!
Patterns designed for LYS through LCLK are designed to be simple, accessible, and free. Find these patterns at your LYS (if participating), or download them from Ravelry.
Are you a LYS, interested in participating? Please fill out the application form below!
Ritual Dyes, Portland OR
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Nob Hill, Albuquerque NM
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Birdhouse Yarns, Tucson AZ
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Farmers Daughters Fibers, Great Falls MT
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Oak City Fibers, Raleigh NC
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Connected Stitches, NY
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Dye Mad, Columbus OH
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Ritual Dyes, Portland OR ✳︎ Nob Hill, Albuquerque NM ✳︎ Birdhouse Yarns, Tucson AZ ✳︎ Farmers Daughters Fibers, Great Falls MT ✳︎ Oak City Fibers, Raleigh NC ✳︎ Connected Stitches, NY ✳︎ Dye Mad, Columbus OH ✳︎
Ritual Dyes, Cobalt Milkweed Beetle Beanie, knit in Ritual Dyes Priestess.
Get In Touch
Not a yarn store, but a business interested in supporting local critters? A knitter interested in reaching out to a LYS? Fill out the contact form, and I’ll be in touch.