One of the best things about our annual trip to market is meeting with the talented, fascinating folks behind the yarns we love. We’re not attending market this year, so we’re especially delighted to bring that experience to our very own shop with an exciting event: Sandy Barnes of Shibui is coming for a visit … [more]
Our newest Trunk Show has arrived, another gorgeous group of knits from Baa Ram Ewe! Here are four pieces from the Yorkshire Shores collection, knit with Dovestone DK. Dovestone DK is a blend of masham, wensleydale, and bluefaced leicester wools, all sourced and spun in the UK, an effort to revitalize the textile industry of Yorkshire. I … [more]
The Triangle Yarn Crawl is a self-guided tour of local yarn shops, where yarn-lovers get together and hop from one shop to the next, shopping, entering raffles, and seeing the full breadth of available fibers. They happen just once a year, and the time has come again: the Spring 2017 crawl is coming up this weekend on April 22nd … [more]
Delighted to report that our Fibre Company Trunk Show arrived a little early – come by the shop to see the Luma Collection! The Luma Collection is comprised of four lightweight garments knit with the Fibre Company’s newest yarn, Luma. Luma is a smooth DK weight blend of 50% merino wool, 25% organic cotton, 15% … [more]
We are delighted to announce that our first-ever Brooklyn Tweed Trunk Show has arrived! From now until March 19th, 2017, we’ll have eight garments from the Brooklyn Tweed archives on display, and we’re offering BT yarns at a 10% discount. As soon as we became a Brooklyn Tweed stockist in January, we began planning a … [more]
Back in December, we rearranged the front room at the shop a bit, moving the ballwinder from the teacart, shifting a few shelves, and adding a new table. That table houses the swift and ballwinder, a dedicated winding station right by the front window, which does double and triple duty as a window display and … [more]
Over the weekend, one trunk show came down, and a new one went right up. Come by the shop soon to see Shibui’s Fall/Winter 2016 Collection. The Fall/Winter 2016 pattern collection, by Shellie Anderson, makes good use of their newest yarn, Drift, though you’ll also see plenty of other familiar Shibui yarns like Staccato, Cima, Dune, … [more]
Yesterday we were pleasantly surprised to receive a highly-anticipated trunk show a full week earlier than expected. Come by the shop to see the Kelbourne Woolens Arranmore Collection in person! This group of cozy garments and accessories is named for the yarn it features: Fibre Company Arranmore, a bulky weight tweed composed of merino, cashmere and … [more]
As you may remember from years past, or may have seen in our most recent email newsletter, this October marks the 10 year anniversary of the Hillsborough Yarn Shop. The shop has grown and changed since Anne first opened in 2006, but always with the goal of bringing the best natural fiber yarns, tools, publications, and classes to stitchers … [more]
A new Trunk Show has arrived to inspire and delight Hillsborough Yarn Shoppers! Come by soon to see the Tundra Collection and Tundra: Elements. The Tundra Collection features hats, cowls, and other winter accessories knit in the soft, luxurious, and brand-new-to-the-shop Fibre Company Tundra. (More on that soon!) None of these garments require more than … [more]