I was recently in my hometown of Sudbury, Ontario (and those of you who follow
my Twitter already saw a photo of G and I at the big Nickel!), and was
please to find out that they have a brand spanking new yarn shops,
called Sweet Yarns. They don’t have a website, but their facebook page is great, and often lists discounts and class info.

I’m
going to make a bit of a generalization and say that it’s hard for
small yarn shops in suburban areas heavily populated by big box chains
such as Walmart, Michaels, etc. People get in the habit of just picking
up yarns where they are also buying paper towels and forget about
supporting the local and independent businesses. But Sweet yarns has
done a g rat job of distinguishing itself- Paulina, the owner, only
stocks yarns that are not carried by the big box stores, and has lots of
knitter faves, like Berroco, Malabrigo, Debbie Bliss, and Rowan
yarns. She also has lots of great classes, and the atmosphere is totally
the kind where you can bring your knitting, pull up a chair, and hang
out for a bit. I’m so happy to see Sudbury get a great LYS! I’ll be popping in every time I’m back home, for sure.

My mom is a huge supporter of my knitting- she would
love it if I could just stay at home and knit her a whole new wardrobe,
all the time. But we did pick up some yarn for a new cardigan for her, and what will be these legwarmers for me.