Sunday, September 26, 2010

LYS Spotlight: Woven Art

Woven Art is a yarn shop and fiber art gallery in East Lansing, Michigan, specializing in artisan yarns as well as fibers from unique boutique companies.

Woven Art hosts many events throughout the year to keep customers enthused about fiber arts. This weekend they were part of the Capital Area Yarn Shop Cooperative (CAYSC) 3rd Annual Shop Hop, where area yarn shops work together to provide a unique shopping experience to the Capital Area.

Shop hoppers purchase a passport for $20 that gains them access to prizes, goodie bags, discounts and specials as they migrate from shop to shop. Each shop also gives away a free pattern to all passport holders.

CAYSC Shop Hop patterns + passport

When shop hoppers gain 4 stamps in their passports, they get an exclusive pattern from French Press Knits, Lansing Cowl and Beret.

FPK with the Lansing Cowl in Glisten
Woven Art's Lansing Cowl is knit out of Glisten colorway Snow.

There is also a random drawing at the end of the shop hop

Grand Prize - Surprise Jacket + Purse Kit

for Woven Art's Grand Prize - Kollage Glisten and 1/2 N 1/2 Surprise Jacket & Purse!

Surprise Jacket + Purse

Woven Art recently had Gwen Bortner help knitters grasp the concept of entrelac with her fabulous workshops. The shop also hosted a book signing reception so people could get their copies of Gwen's XRX book, Entree to Entrelac, signed by the author.

Gwen Bortner at Woven Art

Woven Art is also a Feed Your Creativity shop. Kits 1 and 2 are on display as you walk in the door. Knitted samples of both are available for customers to try on before purchasing the kits.

Woven Art - FYC Kits 1 & 2
Cable Rib Hat & Cowl knit in Glisten colorway Pearl
Cassandra Cowl knit in Scrumptious colorway Milk Chocolate

If you ever find yourself in Michigan's Capital area, stop by Woven Art and get inspired!

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