Local Yarn Store is this Saturday April 27th. Local Yarn Store Day has become a yearly event to demonstrate ones support for their Local Yarn Stores. Many Shops have organized special events in their shops, including trunk shows, custom yarns and in shop classes. This year Koigu has created custom dye lots as well as custom Pencil Boxes, created based on regions. Taiu @ Koigu hand dyed the colours based on inspiration boards representing these regions. The following blog posts will share the colours and the wonderful shops which will be carrying them! Don’t forget to shop local, and support your LYS.
Cabin
Cabin Pencil Box is inspired by the cosiness of being by the fire with one’s friends and family at the cottage. Cabin brings a mix of rust’s and neutrals with some lighter colours to give a beautiful range. Cabin would be beautiful for the Romantique Scarf from the Koigu Pencil Box Collection Book, as well as many of the other projects!
The Cabin Pencil Box can be found at the following yarn shops:
Ewe and Company: Located in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
Handknit Yarn Studio: Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mosaic Yarn Studio: Located in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soper Creek: Located in Bowmanville, Ontario
Tinsmiths Wife: Located in Comfort, Texas.
Knitted Purl: Located in Oyster Bay, New York.
One City Market: Located in Rogersville, Missouri.
Wool Trends: Located in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
The Knitting Loft: Located in Toronto, Ontario.
Sticks and Strings: Located in Lansing, Michigan.
Crafty Fibre: Located in Delta, British Columbia.
Yarnorama: Located in Paige, Texas.
Northfield Yarn: Located in Northfield, Minnesota.
Cityscapes
The Cityscape Pencil Box, features many of our new slate and firework colours. Demonstrating the beauty of a city skyline both during the day and at night. This box would look stunning knit as the Dreamboat shawl from the Koigu Pencil Box Collection Book.
Find this pencil box at the following Local Yarn Store’s on LYS Day:
Ewe and Company: Located in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
Handknit Yarn Studio: Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mosaic Yarn Studio: Located in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soper Creek: Located in Bowmanville, Ontario
Wildfiber: Located in Santa Monica, California.
Tinsmiths Wife: Located in Comfort, Texas.
Knitted Purl: Located in Oyster Bay, New York.
One City Market: Located in Rogersville, Missouri.
The Knitting Loft: Located in Toronto, Ontario.
Village Yarn: East Rochester, New York.
Sticks and Strings: Located in Lansing, Michigan.
Crafty Fibre: Located in Delta, British Columbia.
Yarnorama: Located in Paige, Texas.
Coastal
Coastal Pencil Box is a stunning multicolour box. This box gives you a great array of colours, inspired by the beauty of colours found in coastal regions. This box would look beautiful in either Tango Glow or Tropical Tickle in the Koigu Pencil Box Collection Book.
Find this Pencil Box at the following LYS’s on LYS Day:
Ewe and Company: Located in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
Mosaic Yarn Studio: Located in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soper Creek: Located in Bowmanville, Ontario
Wildfiber: Located in Santa Monica, California.
Tinsmiths Wife: Located in Comfort, Texas.
Knitted Purl: Located in Oyster Bay, New York.
One City Market: Located in Rogersville, Missouri.
Wool Trends: Located in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
The Knitting Loft: Located in Toronto, Ontario.
Sticks and Strings: Located in Lansing, Michigan.
Crafty Fibre: Located in Delta, British Columbia.
Yarnorama: Located in Paige, Texas.
Country
The Country Pencil Box, brings rustic colours in a range of hues, perfect for colour work. This Koigu Pencil box would make a beautiful Secret Garden or Salsa Cowl, from the Pencil Box Collection Book.
Find this Pencil Box at the following LYS’s.
Ewe and Company: Located in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
Handknit Yarn Studio: Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mosaic Yarn Studio: Located in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soper Creek: Located in Bowmanville, Ontario
Tinsmiths Wife: Located in Comfort, Texas.
One City Market: Located in Rogersville, Missouri.
The Knitting Loft: Located in Toronto, Ontario.
Sticks and Strings: Located in Lansing, Michigan.
Crafty Fibre: Located in Delta, British Columbia.
Yarnorama: Located in Paige, Texas.
Old Town
The final pencil box is Old Town, which blends a variety colours to form a beautiful medley of colours. Old Town would look beautiful knit in either the Little Angel or Ariel scarves from the Pencil Box Collection Book.
Find Old Town at the following shops on LYS Day:
Ewe and Company: Located in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
Mosaic Yarn Studio: Located in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soper Creek: Located in Bowmanville, Ontario
Wildfiber: Located in Santa Monica, California.
Tinsmiths Wife: Located in Comfort, Texas.
Knitted Purl: Located in Oyster Bay, New York.
One City Market: Located in Rogersville, Missouri.
Wool Trends: Located in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
The Knitting Loft: Located in Toronto, Ontario.
Fabs & More and the Whole 9 Yarns: Located in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Sticks and Strings: Located in Lansing, Michigan.
Crafty Fibre: Located in Delta, British Columbia.
Yarnorama: Located in Paige, Texas.
