Keeping the Fiber Level High

By Neil
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Festival and fun on the streets …
This is a dangerous week if you live in Geneva, Illinois and you try to exercise any sort of restraint with your dietary intake.
You see it’s Swedish Days – our annual “Midsommar Fest” – it runs from Tuesday through Sunday and culminates in the biggest small town parade you… more »

Sock Summit Portland Oregon August 6-9

By Neil

Sock Summit 2009
We will be attending the greatest sock show on earth in August, and we are excited to be making our first trip as a yarn store to somewhere west of the Rockies.
We’ll be loading up the trailer and we’ll be reproducing our “sock… more »

Granddaddy of Illinois Festivals

By Neil

The Granddaddy of Illinois festivals is here again!
Swedish Days celebrates its 60th Anniversary with even more fun, great entertainment and shopping than ever before.  Need help planning your visit?  Check out  shopping and event highlights.  Read the entire schedule of events. You’ll find out all… more »


Swedish Days Coming Up

By Neil
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Those of you who are local know that next week is The Granddaddy of Festivals – Swedish Days in Geneva. It is really a huge festival and celebrates the town’s… more »

Identify the UUFO (Unidentified Un-Finished Object) and Win

By Neil
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Two chances to win a $10 Gift Card to Wool and Company.

Our friend and customer Teresa came by with a challenge – what the heck was the pattern?  You see… more »

Let’s talk about some new fibers …

By Lesley
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June … not usually synonymous with knitting, but overnight the temperature drops to 30-something and it almost feels like winter again.
Come by the store and see some of the new… more »

Drinking and Knitting

By Neil
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Some fun new books have just arrived …  how about Pints and Purls, Portable Projects for the Social Knitter – a book with patterns that are “Drink Rated” from those… more »

Swimming with Sheep

By Neil
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I have two older brothers and a younger sister.  When we were kids our family would take an annual holiday to the seaside – always the last week in July… more »

Chicken Wire – What’s That?

By Neil
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We hear people everyday come into the shop and ask, “what’s the chicken wire”? Well it’s our clearance section in the store. Named “chicken wire” just because the backs of… more »

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