Probably many of the knitters who participate in the Great Northern Yarn Haul, both shop owners and customers, don’t know that it began at Love Yarn Shop and not be me, the owner, but by a customer, Jane Dickerman.  She had the idea that we should have a yarn hop along route 302, the east/west corridor across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.  I visited shops to promote the idea and it was born—10 years ago.  The second year, Jennifer Arbuckle from Must Love Yarn volunteered to spearhead it and she has done a stellar job ever since.  Supporting other yarn shops, small sheep farmers, local dyers, fiber artists, is important because we are a community that thrives when we gather together.  There is nothing I love more than a fiber festival, granted I am in the grandstands watching the sheepherding skills and savoring the lamb stew more than looking at fabulous yarns, but I do that also. 

This Friday, we will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Great Northern Yarn Haul.  We will check out yarns to replace yarns from two American companies who have recently closed:  Kraemer Yarns of Pennsylvania and Jaggerspun of Springvale, Maine.  We will have custom designed LYS stitch markers from Paula Bishop and I will make GNYH 10th anniversary pins.

We will gather together from 5-7 with good company, good food, good fiber.  Please join us.