I am in school mode and will be spending the day tomorrow in my classroom. Today I was there for a couple hours, got things unpacked and cleaned up…now need to work on my classroom library…I have LOTS of books in it…some of my fellow teachers have very small classroom libraries…I need a couple hours just to organize my library….
So it is with great sadness I tell you of two more brick and mortar yarn stores closing…I have mentioned one’s closing in passing.
The first is The Village Sheep. She is going to remain as an online store. I blogged about her store here…I bought my first knitting kit at this store and made my first knit…
She has moved since I last visited her…I went again last Wednesday.
Also closing is a store that I visited on The Great Rhody Crawl, Sakonnet Purls. I did not take pictures of this store on the crawl. It was a big rambling house and had several rooms to poke around in filled with yarn and other goodies. I bought a bag pattern and yarn here…
I am sad to see that these stores will be closing. I feel for the Mom and Pop…The Hubs owned a Mom and Pop for about 10 years, but had managed it previously for many years….it sucks when something you had such hope for just does not provide you with what you need…or as many Mom and Pops, takes over your entire lives until you realize that something has got to give….good luck to them…
5 comments:
I hate to see yarn stores closing, especially when it is a "mom and pop" (not a phrase I've ever used!). At least one of them will still be trading online, which is something.
Always a shame to see nice stores close; is it because of the economy/recession ?
I, too, hate to see yarn stores closing. It's so sad. I know it's difficult to keep a bricks-and-mortar store open in the face of online competition ... I admire people who give it a go.
Pls check your Rav message box re. your comment yesterday ... and look at my blog later today :-)
I think with both stores, it's more that it has taken over their lives...they have no home life, so have decided to close those stores. I'm not sure if they were making enough to stay open...For my Hubs it was the economy and changing times...
It's so sad to see stores closing... the problem is that it's happening everywhere and often these days. I hope the economy will fix itself soon... it's definitely needed!
lina
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