This page provides an easy way to link to whatever interests you without having to search out the specific post where they were mentioned. LYS stands for local yarn store.
I hope this page helps you find fun shops and people to visit if you go to these locations. I will update this page as posts are added with new additions.
Asheville, North Carolina
- Purl’s Yarn Emporium – LYS
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
- Knit-n-Crochet – Local shop in Coeur d’Alene
Dallas/Fort Worth area destinations
- DFW Fibre Fest – Yarn a palooza every April
- DFW Yarn Crawl – Home site for the crawls that happens in August.
- Dallas – Fleece – LYS . Not in the post. this is the closest shop to me when I need a fix!
- Dallas – Holley’s Yarns – LYS . Really nice folks, very helpful
- Dallas – Randy Brodnax. His Christmas arts/crafts show is a Dallas tradition. The link takes you to his home page and information can be found there closer to the show date…usually the first weekend in December.
- Fort Worth – West 7th Wool – LYS
- McKinney – McKinney Knittery – LYS
- Richardson – Yarn and Stitches – LYS . Not in the post. This is where I first found Yarn Carnival yarns!
- Tupps Brewery – Craft beers and host for part of the event, McKinney, Texas
Iceland
- Storkurinn – Local yarn shop in Reykjavik
- Hespa – Yarn company of Gudrún Bjarnadóttir
- Hélene Mágnussun – Yarn
- Uppspuni – Spinners and dyers
- Forystuf̩ РResearch center for leader sheep
- Icelandic Lamb – Everything you’ve always wanted to know about lambs
Texas Hill Country area destinations
- Austin – Gauge – LYS
- Austin – Hill Country Weavers – LYS
- Comfort – The Loom Room – Yarn and weaving supplies
- Comfort – The Tinsmith’s Wife – LYS
- Comfort РHill Country Distillers РThey make spirits out of jalape̱os and prickly pears.
- Dripping Springs – The Sated Sheep – LYS
- Fredericksburg – Lauren Bade – LYS
- Fredericksburg – Altstadt Brewery, newly opened.
- Georgetown – A Sheep at the Wheel – LYS
- Georgetown – The Knitting Cup – LYS
- Georgetown – Blue Corn Harvest – Yummy restaurant.
- Marble Falls – Nan’s Needleworks – LYS
- San Marcos – Vineyard Marketplace – Yarns from Rwanda, Fair Trade goods and sponsor of the Crawl
- San Antonio – Yarnivore – LYS
- San Antonio – Un-raveled – LYS
- San Antonio – The Yarn Barn– LYS
- San Antonio – Inskein – LYS
- Wimberly – Ply! Yarn – LYS
- Kimberly Clark – Photographer based in Texas. Curly’s image
Yarn, dyers, painters and spinners in Texas and beyond
- Apothefaery Fabrications – dyer in the Ozarks
- Audrey Legatowicz – weaver, spinner, dyer. Based in the Dallas area
- Bijou Basin Ranch – Yak yarn and yak ranchers. Based in Colorado
- Blue Heron – Based in Maryland
- Blue Mule – Based in TX. They have a winery too!
- Blue Sky – Based in Minnesota
- Destination Yarn – Yarn dyer. Based in Cleveland, Ohio. Featured in my  first Idaho post.
- Dizzylettuce/Theodora’s Pearls – Based in Colorado
- Frabjous Fibers – Inspired by Alice and her adventures  in Wonderland. Based in Vermont.
- Garden Party Fibers – Yarn spinner and dyer. Based in Washington State.
- Goth Farm – Based in Texas
- Ill̨mani РYarn from Peru. Bought some in Fbg
- The Knitting Artist – Painter, sculptor and yarn dyer. Based in Bryan, TX
- Knitting Buddha – Based in TX
- Lazy Cat – Based in TX
- Nooch Fiber – Based in New Jersey
- Noti Yarns – Hand Painted yarns. First saw during DFW Crawl. Based in Copperas Cove, TX
- Potion Yarns – Based in Missouri
- Round Table Yarns – Based in TX
- Savvy Skeins – Yarn dyer based in Texas
- Teenybutton Studio – Based in New Orleans
- The Farmer’s Daughter – Based in Montana
- Trinity Ridge Alpacas – Alpaca ranchers and yarn producers. Website not up now but you can find them on Facebook. Based in Kemp, Texas
- The Twisted Owl Fiber Studio – Yarn dyer based in Longview, TX
- Yarn Carnival – yarn dyers and painters
Pattern designers and bloggers mentioned in posts
- Moogly – Tamara Kelly – Blogger and designer. Organizer of the afghan crochet along (CAL)
- Semi Sweet Crafter – Pattern designer of the zombie hat
- Tales of the Hook, Rebecca Averill – Pattern I used as the basis for Karla’s fingerless gloves
- Yarn & Chai – Pattern designer of the cowl I used for the Tardis cowl
Local Yarn Shops across the Country mentioned in my posts
- Las Vegas – Sin City Knit Shop
- New York City – Downtown Yarns
- New York City – Knitty City
- New York City – Lion Brand Yarn Studio
- New York City – Purl Soho
- New York City – String Yarns
People, Places and Events mentioned in posts
- New York City – Jonathan Biss: piano musician and teacher
- New York City – Boyd Meets Girl: guitar and cello performing duo
- New York City – Fig and Olive: Restaurant with several locations in the city
- New York City – Vogue Knitting Live
- New York City – Yarn Crawl