Celebrate
Local Yarn Shop Day 2026
with Double the Stitches

LYS Day 2026 is almost here, and once again I'm celebrating all the things that I cherish most about Local Yarn Shops. These intimate spaces serve as a gathering space for all those with a love and passion for the fiber community.

Local Yarn Store Day is a brick-and-mortar yarn shop appreciation day created by TNNA members.

The 8th Annual LYS Day will take place the weekend of Saturday, April 25th, and is designed to show support for small businesses while bringing together a unique community of knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners to drive awareness and celebrate the craft.

Vendors and retailers alike are coming together to showcase the benefits of locally owned yarn stores through an array of special products, classes, and more, and I'm so proud to be one of them!

How does the event work?

To support all the wonderful Local Yarn Stores, the Treasured Skein Scarfette pattern will be FREE with the purchase of the yarn to make it the weekend of LYS Day – Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th – from participating yarn shops.

Your participating LYS will provide you with a Limited Time Coupon Code so you can download your copy of the shawl pattern from Ravelry.

Let's Support Local Yarn Stores Together!

What will you need to knit your own
Treasured Skein Scarfette?

YARN:
DK Weight (Craft Yarn Council 3)

Sample used Bad Sheep Yarn DK (75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon; 245 yards/224 meters per 100 grams), approximately 184 yards/168 meters/75 grams in colorway Sea Glass


NEEDLES
US 7/4.5 mm straight or circular, as preferred (or size needed to obtain gauge)


NOTIONS
Darning Needle
Stitch Markers
Row Counter or Scrap Paper

Join Me for the Treasured Skein
Cast-On Party & KAL!

The fun doesn't stop after LYS Day weekend!

I'm hosting a Zoom Cast-On Party on Friday, May 1st at 7 PM Eastern

Grab your yarn and join me live for a yarnie celebration! 🎉

This free event is for every knitter who picks up the Treasured Skein Scarfette …  whether you snagged a free copy from your local yarn store or purchased the pattern on Ravelry.

Here's what we'll do together:

• Walk through the pattern so you feel completely confident casting on

• Cover key techniques and tutorials – no intimidation allowed!

• Share test knitter and sample knitter photos for yarnie inspiration

• Answer your questions live

I'll send the Zoom link about an hour before we get started – just sign up below, and I'll make sure it lands in your inbox! Zoom capacity is limited, so keep an eye out.

A replay will be shared by email after the event, so make sure you're on the KAL list by signing up below!

After the party, we keep knitting together in my community group!

Once you've cast on, come join the conversation in the Double the Stitches Facebook Community Group – the friendliest corner of the yarnie internet!

Share your yarn picks, ask questions, cheer each other on, and show off your progress as your Treasured Skein Scarfette comes to life. 💕

Sign up for the Treasured Skein KAL Emails:

    There are 312 Participating Local Yarn Stores ... and counting!

    🛍️ Do you own a Local Yarn Store? 🛍️
    Click here to add your shop to the list!

    UNITED STATES

    ALABAMA
    All Strung Out Yarn Shop – Auburn
    Knit Happenz – Birmingham
    Paper Crane Yarns – Calera
    Southern Twist Yarns – Fairhope
    Sparkle Studio – Huntsville
    The Taming of the Ewe – Gadsden
    Yarn Boutique of Decatur – Decatur

    ALASKA
    Untangled Yarn & Fiber – Ketchikan

    ARIZONA
    Birdhouse Yarns – Tucson
    Grandma’s Spinning Wheel – Tucson
    Tempe Yarn & Fiber – Tempe
    Yarn Parlour – Scottsdale

    ARKANSAS
    Knit Unto Others – Arkadelphia
    Sooieet Skeins Yarn Shop – Fayetteville
    Yarn Kandy – Little Rock

    CALIFORNIA
    Apricot Yarn – San Diego
    Avenue Yarns – Albany
    Cast Away Yarn Shop – Santa Rosa
    Fiber Circle Studio – Petaluma
    Hands on Knitting Center – Redlands
    In Between Stitches – Livermore
    Knitique – Elk Grove
    maisieblue – Murphys
    Needful Things – Turlock
    Old Orcutt Yarnery – Orcutt
    Purls of Joy – Healdsburg
    Rumpelstiltskin – Sacramento
    The Dizzy Knitter – Ventura
    Yarnfun – Eureka

    COLORADO
    Colorful Yarns – Centennial
    Fingerplay Studio – Louisville
    Piney Creek Yarn – Centennial
    The Tangled Ball – Edgewater
    The Twisted Shed – Kiowa

    CONNECTICUT
    Driftwood Yarns – Groton
    Ewe & You Fiber Arts – Windsor
    In Sheep's Clothing – Torrington
    Knitty Gritty Yarn Girl – East Lyme
    Knit & Pearls – Avon
    New England Yarn – Southington
    Village Wool – Glastonbury

    DELAWARE
    The Yarn Maven – Smyrna

    FLORIDA
    Dixie Knits – Pensacola
    Four Purls Yarn Shop – Winter Haven
    Innisfree Farm – Fort Myers
    Knit and Stitch Boutique – Cocoa
    Panbanged Knits & Fiber Shoppe – Brooksville
    She Sells Yarn – Ormond Beach

    GEORGIA
    Heart and Spirit – Atlanta
    Needle Nook – Atlanta
    Sheep 2 Stitch – Augusta
    The Square Knot – McDonough

    IDAHO
    The Yarn Underground – Moscow
    Twilight Fiber & Yarn – Sagle

    ILLINOIS
    Fiber & Threads Needlecrafts – Shiloh
    Knit Your Dreams – Quincy
    Le Mouton Rouge Knittery – Bloomington
    Llama Llama Ding Dong Yarn – Palos Heights
    Miss Purl – Chicago
    Mosaic Yarn Studio – Mount Prospect
    The Bird’s Nest – Macomb
    Three Bags Full Knitting Studio – Northbrook
    Yarns Untold – Lisle

    INDIANA
    Holly & Oak Yarn Co. – South
    Mass Ave Knit Shop – Indianapolis
    Shabby Sheep & Ewe – Columbus
    Village Yarn Company – Zionsville

    IOWA
    Blue Heron Knittery – Decorah
    Yarn Junction Co – West Des Moines
    Yarn Soup – Dubuque

    KANSAS
    Coast to Coast Yarn Co – Wichita
    Momo's Knitting Nook and Crochet Emporium – Leavenworth
    The Creation Station – Newton
    The Studio Knitting & Needlepoint – Overland Park

    KENTUCKY
    Creative Twist – Mount Sterling
    Eagle Bend’s Yarn & Fiber Shop – Burlington
    Friends & Fiber – LaGrange
    Knit On! – Newport
    Stitch Yarn Studio – Covington

    LOUISIANA
    Bayou Yarn Shoppe – Lafayette
    YarNOLA – New Orleans

    MAINE
    Done Roving Yarns & Home Décor – Calais
    HappyKnits – Skowhegan
    KnitWit Yarn Shop – Portland
    YardGoods Yarn Shop – Waterville

    MARYLAND
    Black Sheep Yarn Shop – Timonium
    Briar Branch Alpaca Boutique – Clements
    Cloverhill Yarn Shop – Catonsville
    Crazy for Ewe – Leonardtown
    Knit Locally – Gaithersburg

    MASSACHUSETTS
    Craftworks – Northborough
    Marblehead Knits – Marblehead
    South End Yarn Co – Newburyport
    Stitch House Dorcester – Boston
    The Sheep Shack – Holden
    Yarn Basket CC – Mashpee
    Yarns in the Farms – Beverly

    MICHIGAN
    A Piece of Ewe – Bay City
    Beyond the Rainforest – Grand Blanc
    Henny’s Yarn Shop – Caledonia
    JT Stitchery Yarn Shop – Rockford
    Knotty Fun Yarn – Perry
    Rosewood Yarn Shop – Clinton Township
    Stranded Yarn and Coffee – Midland
    The Little Yarn Shoppe – Saginaw
    The Sandpiper – Bridgman
    Threadbender Yarn Shop – Grandville
    Unwind Yarn Shop – Brighton
    Yarn on Front – Dowagiac
    Yarnz To Go – Alpena

    MINNESOTA
    A2Z Yarn, LLC – Brainerd
    Amazing Threads – Maple Grove
    Harriet & Alice – Edina
    iTry Studios – Alexandria
    Knitting Knight – Hibbing
    Northfield Yarn – Northfield
    Yarnology – Winona

    MISSISSIPPI
    The Southern Needle – Ridgeland

    MISSOURI
    Knit Ewe Together – Excelsior Springs
    Knotty Goat Fiber – Columbia
    One City Market – Rogersville
    Yarncom – Creve Coeur

    MONTANA
    Fiber Yarns – Bigfork
    Teal Dragonfly Creations – Glendive
    The Farmer's Daughter Fibers – Great Falls
    Yarn and Honey – Great Falls
    Yarn Bar – Billings

    NEBRASKA
    Wooly Mammoth Yarn Shop – Omaha
    Wood & Knit Be Nice Music Studio – Papillion

    NEVADA
    Yarn Refuge – Reno

    NEW JERSEY
    Beyond Yarn – Union
    Curly Girl Fibers
    Hooked – Haddonfield
    Knit Knot & Natter – Pompton Plains
    Mother Knitter – Red Bank
    Yarnia – Montclair

    NEW MEXICO
    Mariposa Yarn Store – Albuquerque
    Yarning – Albuquerque

    NEW YORK
    CeCe’s Wool – Guilderland
    Chaumont Yarn House – Chaumont
    Common Thread – Saratoga
    Expressions in Needleart – Canandaigua
    Fabulous Yarn – Tivoli
    Have Ewe Any Wool – Amherst
    Infinite Yarns – Farmingdale
    Knit – Roslyn
    Knitty Gritty Yarns – Liverpool
    Lift Bridge Yarns – Fairport
    North Fork Fiber Arts – Mattituck
    Olivers Originals – Manlius
    Sew What’s New and Yarn Too! – Islip
    Strings ‘n Things Yarn Shoppe – Palmyra
    The Endless Skein – Cold Spring
    The Fuzzy Bunny – Honeoye
    The Knitting Place – Port Washington
    The Perfect Blend Yarn and Tea Shop – Saugerties
    The Warm Ewe – Chatham
    Thistle Be Perfect Too – Glenville
    Yarn Cupboard – Jamesville
    Yarns N' More – Endwell

    NORTH CAROLINA
    A Tangled Yarn Shop – Denver
    Bella Filati – Southern Pines
    Blue Pelican Gallery Gifts & Yarn – Hatteras
    Chix with Stix – Lenoir
    Fearless Fibers – Clemmons
    The Fibre Studio at Yarns to Dye For – Charlotte
    The Knotty Sheep – Wake Forest
    The Salty Sheep Yarn Shop – Swansboro
    Unwound Yarn – Blowing Rock
    Wicked Good Wool – Winston-Salem
    Wildskeins Yarn Company – Hickory
    Yarn and More, Inc. – Nags Head
    Yarn Dreams – Mayodan
    Yarn Tales – New Bern
    Yarns Etc … – Chapel Hill
    YummiYarns – Burnsville

    OHIO
    Black Locust Wool – Lodi
    Chickadee Knit Studio – Perrysburg
    Cornbread and Honey Yarn Apothecary – Painesville
    Peg's Knit-n-Spin – Olmsted Falls
    Pearl's Girls Knit & Stitch – Elyria
    Stitch and Skein – Marion
    The Designing Woman – Fairlawn
    The Pink Lamb’s Yarn Nook – Norton
    The Yarnologist – Johnstown
    Yarnies and Swag – Englewood
    Yarn it & Haberdashery – Grandview Heights

    OKLAHOMA
    Get Stitchin' – Tulsa

    OREGON
    A Twisted Picot – Hillsboro
    Entwined – McMinnville
    Fancywork Yarn Shop – Bend
    Homespun Quilts + Yarn – Astoria
    Knot Another Hat – Hood River
    Knotty Lamb – Forest Grove
    Seaside Yarn and Fiber – Seaside

    PENNSYLVANIA
    Conversational Threads – Emmaus
    Delightful Ewe – Hollidaysburg
    Echo Valley Fiber – Newtown
    Gosh YarnIt! – Kingston
    Kathy’s Kreations – Ligonier
    Kid Ewe Knot – Bridgeville
    Lancaster Yarn Shop – Intercourse
    Lisa's Sew Crafty – Curwensville
    Luv2Knit & More – Jenkintown
    Moon & Yarn Craft Room – Pittsburgh
    Purls of Wisdom – Phoenixville
    Stitch Central – Glenside
    Yarn Bits and Bobs – McCandless

    RHODE ISLAND
    Knitting Needles Newport – Newport

    SOUTH CAROLINA
    Low Country Shrimp & Knits – Bluffton
    Magnolia Fiber Works – Spartanburg
    Rows and Roses – Seneca
    Wild and Wooly – Mount Pleasant

    SOUTH DAKOTA
    Ewe Knit It – Yankton
    Prairie Road Yarn – Sioux Falls

    TENNESSEE
    Appalachian Yarn Company – New Market
    Chattanooga Yarn Co – Chattanooga
    Ewe & Company – Kingston Springs
    Hook & Needle – Maryville
    Loopville – Knoxville
    Mink Crafts – Mountain City
    Smoky Mountain Spinnery – Gatlinburg
    Sunshine Weaving & Fiber Arts – Lebanon
    The Bees Knits – Knoxville
    The Yarn Patch – Crossville
    Walther Handmade – Harriman

    TEXAS
    Abilene Yarn Co. – Abilene
    JuJu Knits – Fort Worth
    Lone Star Yarn – Bedford
    Nan's Needleworks – Cottonwood Shores
    On The Lamb Yarn Shoppe – Grapevine
    The Quilted Skein – La Grange
    The Sated Sheep – Dripping Springs
    The Tinsmith’s Wife – Comfort
    West 7th Wool – Ft. Worth
    Yarnivore – San Antonio

    UTAH
    Needlepoint Joint – Ogden

    VERMONT
    Hermit Thrush Fiber Co – Bristol
    What A Yarn – St Albans
    Wonderland Yarns – Brattleboro
    Yarn – Waterbury

    VIRGINIA
    A Likely Yarn – Abingdon
    Center of the Yarniverse – Ashland
    Dances with Wool – Midlothian
    Finnegan's Run – Fredericksburg
    Fleece to Loom Studio (at Sacred Acres Alpaca Farm) – Palmyra
    House Mountain Yarn Co. – Lexington
    Knit Wit – Culpeper
    Knitters Magic – Winchester
    Needles in the Haymarket – Gainesville
    New River Art & Fiber – Blacksburg
    Sew Biz – Fairlawn
    Susan's Yarn Stash – Fishersville
    The Yarn Club – Virginia Beach

    WASHINGTON
    All Wound Up – Edmonds
    Applewood Yarn Barn – Mead
    Cabled Fiber & Yarn – Port Angeles
    Heart2Heart Knitting & Fiber Arts – Poulsbo
    LaFavorites Fine Yarn & Boutique – Kelso
    Paradise Fibers – Spokane
    Stranded by the Sea – Edmonds
    The Hook and Needle Nook – Spokane
    The New Knittery – Renton
    Ties That Bind Yarn – Moses Lake
    Twisted Stitch Yarn – Spokane
    Yarn Folk – Ellensburg

    WEST VIRGINIA
    Kanawha City Yarn Company – Charleston
    The Blue Ewe – Barboursville
    Yarnability – Harpers Ferry

    WISCONSIN
    Casting On – Appleton
    Cream City Yarn – Brookfield
    Fibre – Neenah
    Flaxen Fleece – Sauk City
    Fox River Fibers – Big Bend
    Grafton Yarn Store – Grafton
    Icon Fiber Arts – De Pere
    Kaleidoscope Fibers – Cambridge
    Knit Whit's Yarn & Crafts – Baileys Harbor
    Needles ‘n Pins Yarn Shop – Delavan

    WYOMING
    Swanky Mountain – Gillette
    The Yarn and The Tale – Rock Springs
    Wool and Whimsy – Casper


    CANADA

    ALBERTA
    Numana Yarns – Sherwood Park
    • Prairie Spirit Alpacas – Millarville
    Numana Yarns – Sherwood Park

    BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Berkana Wool Shop – Nelson
    Stitch and Bobbin – Gibsons
    Uptown Yarns – Courtenay
    Urban Yarns – Vancouver

    NEW BRUNSWICK
    Marchandises Mico's Mercantile – Bathurst

    NEWFOUNDLAND
    Skivvers Fibre Studio & Wool Craft – Cow Head

    NOVA SCOTIA
    AntigoKnits – Antigonish
    Natural Ewe Yarns – Pictou
    Sisterhood Fibres – Tatamagouche

    ONTARIO
    A River of Yarn – Keene
    Artisanthropy Fibre Arts – Whitby
    Central Purl – Ridgeway
    Grey Heron Yarn Shop – Belleville
    Little Red Mitten – St. Thomas
    Little Sheep Yarn Boutique – Windsor
    London Yarns – London
    Spin Me a Yarn – Toronto
    Sue2Knits – McGregor
    The Itty Bitty Yarn Co – Mitchell
    The Wool Queen – Oshawa
    • Three Stitches – Sudbury
    Unwind Yarn House – Newmarket
    Yarn It – Cobourg

    QUEBEC
    Mont Tricot – Quebec

    SASKATCHEWAN
    Yarn Over Fibre & Crafting Co. – Regina

    YUKON
    Itsy-Bitsy Yarn Store – Whitehorse

    SOUTH AFRICA
    Little Yarn Croft – Johannesburg

    SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Yarn Trader – Adelaide

    Want to "Adopt a Shop"?

    Don't have a Local Yarn Store near you?
    Here are links to where you can buy a Treasured Skein Scarfette Kit from a participating local yarn store:

    In Sheep's Clothing – Torrington, CT, USA

    Frequently Asked Questions

    When will the Ravelry codes be active?

    The Free LYS Day Pattern Codes will be active starting at 9 AM Eastern on Friday, 4/24.

     

    When will the codes expire?

    All codes will expire on Sunday, 4/26 at 11:59 PM Eastern (just before midnight in New York).


    I don't have a nearby Local Yarn Store … can I still get the pattern for free?

    My goal with this event is to support Local Yarn Stores by providing a free pattern to encourage knitters to shop during this special weekend.

    The free pattern codes are ONLY available from participating Local Yarn Stores on the list above during the weekend of Friday, 4/24 – Sunday, 4/26.

    You can also support select participating Local Yarn Store by shopping on their website (see the Adopt a Shop list above)

    The pattern will be available to purchase on Ravelry or Payhip.


    How do I use my Ravelry code?

    Make sure to enter the code from your LYS on Ravelry! Click “add to cart” and then “use a coupon code” before checking out.

    If you have trouble, please contact your yarn store for assistance.
     

    What if the code isn't working?

    Please contact your Local Yarn Store for assistance, and confirm the code you have is correct.

    The price WILL change to FREE before checking out if it has been entered correctly.

    I am not able to offer refunds for any reason. No exceptions.
     

    I'm buying yarn from a LYS online, and it will be shipped to me. How do I get my code in time?

    If you are purchasing yarn online to be shipped to you, kindly ask that your unique one-time-use code be sent via email so you may download the pattern while you wait for your yarn to arrive.

    This page contains affiliate links, which means I may receive compensation if you click on links to products or services and make a purchase. This comes at no additional cost to you.