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2014 Participating Sponsors
The following needlework companies, whose quality products are carried in many of your local yarn shops, have generously donated their fine products for the 2014 prize baskets:
* Brown Sheep Yarns
* Bryson Distributing
* Classic Elite Yarns
* Crystal Palace Yarns
* Danforth Pewter
* Dream In Color Yarn
* Fix-A-Stitch
* Imperial Yarn
* Knit One Crochet Too
* Kraemer Yarns
* Made In America Yarns
* Madelinetosh Yarns
* Malabrigo
* Mountain Colors Yarns
* Nancy’s Knit Knacks
* Plymouth Yarn Company
* Prism Yarns
* Red Barn Yarn
* Tahki Stacy Charles
* The Fibre Company
* Westminster Fibers
2014 Participating Yarn Shops Artists’ Gallery 1142 South Main Street North Canton, OH 44720 (330) 494-8838
Black Locust Farm 110 Bank Street Lodi, OH 44254 (330) 948-9276 (cash or check only; no credit cards)
Cornerstone Yarns 4174 Wheatley Road (Richfield Commons) Richfield, OH 44286 (330) 659-2669
Crochet Innovations 7660 Chippewa Road Brecksville, OH 44141 (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
Harps & Thistles Yarn Emporium 129 Portage Trail Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 (234) 208-9482 www.facebook.com/harpsandthistles
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
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 100 North Main Street #230 Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 (440) 321-9754
The Designing Woman 137 Ghent Road (Merchants Square) Fairlawn, OH 44333 (330) 835-9400
The Knit Shop 226 South Chillicothe Road Aurora, OH 44202 (330) 562-7226
The Ohio Natural Fiber Network That’ll Do Farm 34634 State Route 303 Grafton, OH 44044 |
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Pictured above are the four prize baskets that have been awarded to the 5-shop, 10-shop, 13-shop and 17-shop drawing winners. Yarn Discovery Tour 2014 Prize Winners
Carol Yachanin won the grand prize basket filled with a cornucopia of yarns and needlework accessories awarded at the conclusion of this year’s 7th annual Yarn Discovery Tour. Her name was drawn at random from those who had their passports stamped at all 17 shops on the tour.
Marianne Karwowski Hoppel took home the Extraordinary Prize Basket from those who visited 13 shops, Lisa MacNamara won the Awesome Prize Basket for 10-shop tourists and Marla Friedman was awarded the Cool Prize Basket after visiting five shops.
Including prize baskets awarded by each of the 17 shops on the tour, a total of 21 prize winners were drawn at random from the record 567 fiber enthusiasts — nearly 100 more than last year — who participated in this year’s annual Northeast Ohio “shop hop.”
Yarn and needlework accessories for the three big prize baskets were provided by the 21 participating sponsors (listed to the left). Rules for participation in YDT 2014 were similar to previous years with the addition of a fourth major prize basket.
Preliminary plans for the 2015 edition are already being discussed, with the 8th annual event expected to begin immediately after the Labor Day weekend. Winners of all 21 prize baskets include:
17-Shop Grand Prize Winner
* Carol Yachanin
13-Shop Prize Winner
* Marianne Karwowski Hoppel
10-Shop Prize Winner
* Lisa MacNamara
5-Shop Prize Winner
* Marla Friedman
Individual Shop Prize Winners
* Nancy Eger (Artists’ Gallery)
* Phyllis Nabakowski (Black Locust Farm)
* Peggy Krueger (Cornerstone Yarns)
* Jean Tibbs (Crochet Innovations)
* Tasia Seefong (Ewes d’Bleu)
* Rose Holva (Fine Points)
* Judy Vasbinder (Harps & Thistles Yarn Emporium)
* Coletta Pilato (Heidi & Lana)
* Bernice Rhode (Knots—Knitting on the Square)
* Susan O’Malley (My Sister’s Yarn Shop)
* Pamela Christ (River Colors Studio)
* Samantha Lash (Smith’s Knitshop)
* Sherri Price (Studio Knit)
* Cathy Davidson (The Artful Yarn)
* Sue Rohner (The Designing Woman)
* Michelle Cutlip (The Knit Shop)
* Kathy Schreck (The Ohio Fiber Network)
2014 Rules for Participation 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 5-20, 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 * 13 shops — Extraordinary 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 business hours posted on their website.
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