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2013 Participating Sponsors
The following needlework companies, whose quality products are carried in many of your local yarn shops, graciously donated some of their fine products for the 2013 prize baskets, with more sponsors to be announced in the coming weeks:
* Brown Sheep Company
* Bryson Distributing
* Checker Distributors
* Classic Elite Yarns
* Colinton Australia
* Creative Crafts Group
* Emerald Isle Designs
* Himalaya Yarn
* Imperial Yarn
* JUL Designs
* Karabella Yarns
* Knitting at KNoon Designs
* Leisure Arts
* Little Piggy Patterns
* Madelinetosh
* Malabrigo
* Mountain Colors Yarns
* Namaste
* Nancy’s Knit Knacks
* Plymouth Yarn Company
* Prism Yarns
* Skacel Collection
* Tahki Stacy Charles
* The KnittingZone
* Trendsetter Yarns
* Universal Yarns
* Westing Bridge
2013 Participating Yarn Shops Birds of a Feather 25963 Detroit Road Westlake, OH 44145 (440) 899-7477
Black Locust Farm 110 Bank Street Lodi, OH 44254 (330) 948-9276
Cornerstone Yarns Richfield Commons 4174 Wheatley Road Richfield, OH 44286 (330) 659-2669
Crochet Innovations 7660 Chippewa Road Brecksville, OH 44146 (440) 838-4455
Ewes d’Bleu 30559 Pinetree Road Suite 206 (216) 319-6559
Fine Points 12620 Larchmere Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44120 (216) 229-6644
Heidi & Lana 222 North 15th Street Sebring, OH 44672 (330) 257-9292
KNOTS - Knitting on the Square 153 Main Street Chardon, OH 44024 (440) 285-5648
My Sister’s Yarn Shop 3477 Massillon Road Uniontown (Green), OH 44685 (330) 896-7040
RaeMarie Yarns 686 Main Street Vermilion, OH 44089 (440) 967-9667 www.facebook.com/raemarieyarns
River Colors Studio 1387 Sloane Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107 (216) 228-9276
Smith’s Knitshop 25 West College Street Oberlin, OH 44074 (440) 774-2371
Studio Knit 28 Public Square Medina, OH 44256 (330) 241-5608
The Artful Yarn 17 East Orange Street Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 (440) 321-9754
The Designing Woman 2747 Crawfis Boulevard Suite 105 Fairlawn, OH 44333 (330) 835-9400
The Knit Shop 226 South Chillicothe Road Aurora, OH 44202 (330) 562-7226
The Ohio Fiber Network That’ll Do Farm 34634 State Route 303 Grafton, OH 44044
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We couldn’t find baskets big enough to hold all the merchandise donated by sponsors for this year’s prize winners! From left to right above, the 5-shop, 10-shop, and grand prize 17-shop winning baskets.
Yarn Discovery Tour 2013 Prize Winners
Mary Bentley won the grand prize basket filled with more than $1,000 worth of yarns and needlework accessories awarded at the conclusion of the 6th annual Yarn Discovery Tour. Her name was drawn at random from those who had their passports stamped at all 17 shops on the tour.
Beth Billings took home the Awesome Prize Basket filled with more than $750 in merchandise for having her name drawn from those who visited 10 shops, while Debbi Melaragno was awarded the Cool Prize Basket worth more than $600 from among those who visited five shops.
A total of 20 prize winners were drawn at random from the 470 fiber enthusiasts who participated in Northeast Ohio’s annual “Shop Hop.”
Yarn and needlework accessories for the three big prize baskets were provided by the 27 participating sponsors (listed to the left). In addition, each of the 17 shops on the tour had separate drawings for their own prize baskets.
An added bonus was the unannounced awarding of small prizes to all tourists who had their passports stamped at all 17 shops. This was made possible by the generous contributions of this year’s 27 sponsoring companies.
Winners of all 20 prize baskets include:
17-Shop Grand Prize Winner
* Mary Bentley
10-Shop Awesome Prize Winner
* Beth Billings
5-Shop Cool Prize Winner
* Debbi Melaragno
Individual Shop Prize Winners
* Nancy Borchert (Birds of a Feather)
* Patty Jones (Black Locust Farm)
* Beth Billings (Cornerstone Yarns)
* Sue Lash (Crochet Innovations)
* Susan O’Malley (Ewes d’Bleu)
* Gena Davis (Fine Points)
* Jan Essick (Heidi & Lana)
* Rose Holva (Knitting on the Square)
* Eileen Kilroy (My Sister’s Yarn Shop)
* Shirley Burns (RaeMarie Yarns)
* Mary Lou Crawford (River Colors Studio)
* Karen Lynn Wiebusch (Smith’s Knitshop)
* Aimee Ackerman (Studio Knit)
* Kristen Rankin (The Artful Yarn)
* Nancy Eger (The Designing Woman)
* Peggy Jensen (The Knit Shop)
* Susan Howell (The Ohio Fiber Network)
Five new shops were added this year in Brecksville, Grafton, Richfield, Sebring and Vermilion. Along with 12 of 14 shops returning from last year, a total of 17 shops are took part in the annual event A total of 27 sponsoring companies generously contributed a record amount of yarns and needlework products for the prize baskets. First held in 2008, Yarn Discovery Tour is an annual event for fiber enthusiasts to become more familiar with their local yarn shops throughout Northeast Ohio. Rules for participation in this year’s event were similar to previous years:
1. Purchase a $5 passport from any participating shop listed and receive a YDT tote bag.
2. Spend a minimum of $10 at a participating shop from September 6-21, get your passport stamped, and receive a free pattern and entry in a drawing for that shop’s prize basket ($100 value).
3. Get your passport stamped at multiple shops, and qualify for drawings for prize baskets full of hundreds of dollars of yarns and accessories: * 5 shops — Cool Prize Basket * 10 shops — Awesome Prize Basket * All 17 shops — Grand Prize Basket
4. Passports may be used on any of the 16 days of the tour during each shop’s regular business hours. In addition, all shops have agreed to be open during the following common YDT hours: * Thursdays & Fridays 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. * Saturdays and Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. NOTE: Participating shops may have different hours on Mondays through Wednesdays (some may be closed), and some shops may have longer hours on Thursdays through Sundays. So if you plan to visit a shop outside of the common YDT hours, please check each shop’s regular posted business hours.
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