Cool Place Alert: Unraveled Fine Yarns, Vancouver, WA

Let's continue our exploration of Crafty in the 'Couv with a great yarn store: Unraveled Fine Yarns. You can plan an afternoon for Unraveled, Main Street Bead Connection, and maybe take in the Vancouver Farmer's Market.

Anyway, I knew Unraveled was a quality LYS (that's Local Yarn Store, for the uninitiated) when I walked in and saw a great big table in the center of the shop, with people sitting all around it knitting and chatting. This is a sure sign that a store has a fan-base.

The yarns here run toward the special and beautiful, with lots of hand-spun and hand-dyed options. So many of them are simply breathtaking - this is a great destination yarn shop for those rarified projects.

In fact, you can take a look at the Unraveled website for a complete list of the brands they carry. The store also has lots of needles and books and magazines to browse.

That website also has a list of classes, and if you act fast, info on Unraveled's upcoming 5th Anniversary Sale. Lisa, who owns the store, told me that her stockroom, basement, and every nook and cranny are bulging with yarn, so she's got to have a blow-out sale and make some room. That's on Saturday, March 15th, by the way.

But if you miss the sale, you can still stop by for some shopping, knitting, and chatting. That big table awaits you.