Joans said she found Marion through social media, looking for local yarn shops willing to work with her. But what intrigued her was Marion’s stained glass because Joans was looking for a birthday present for her mother. While she shopped, Joans asked if Marion was interested in her yarns.
Marion said it can be hard to figure out what she wants to carry in her shop, because her customers want a wide variety of yarns.
“It’s hard to focus,” Marion said. “Up north they want wool, and down south, they want cotton, but we’re kind of in between.”
Marion’s yarns range in price from $5.95 for a 100 percent cotton baby yarn to $28.95 for a specialty wool called Three Irish Girls. Her stained glass ranges in price from $10.95 for jewelry to $400 for an artwork.
Weekly “yarn-ins,” essentially a knitting club in a classroom near the back of Marion’s shop, are on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Marion said four to eight people may show up.
Marion works to get the word out through social media and word of mouth to attract people to her shop. She says currently, two to three people a day will come. But business is growing.
“She’s constantly bring in new stuff and she’s very good at getting the word out through social media,” Joans said of Marion. “She’s got Australian yarns, and some from indie dye companies. She’s got different yarns.”
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