And the Prizes go to...

Grand prize winner is Theresa Plut! Second prize winner is Cindy Yee! Congratulations, ladies, and thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate yarn and yarn shops.

Japanese Earthquake Relief

This year, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the special yarn and pattern will go to Earthquake Relief for Japan. Ask at each shop for more details.

One Week to Go!

The Peninsula to Pier Yarn Shop Hop is next week! So enjoy Mother's Day this weekend, and get ready to hop next weekend.

We encourage you to gather some friends to carpool, plan out your route, and don't forget to ask at the shops for recommendations for food and other shopping local shopping attractions.

We can't wait!

Parking alert for Los Altos/ Uncommon Threads

Please note that the Rotary Fine Arts Show is also taking place on May 14 & 15 (Saturday & Sunday) in downtown Los Altos, and therefore finding parking will take longer than usual. To make your visit easier, please come on Friday if you can, or come early, carpool or take public transportation. Uncommon Threads has two great free one-skein patterns that you won’t want to miss!

Just Two More Weeks!

We're continuing our preparations for the Hop. All the stores are getting their one-skein projects together -- but this year, you'll have to visit each shop to see the projects! Don't worry, though. That just means you'll have a chance to enter and win one of the daily raffles at each shop you visit. So far we have 24 sponsors (see the Sponsor page) that have generously donated products to make prize packages that you'll have to see to believe.

2011 Shop Hop Hours

This year's hour for the shop hop are: Friday, May 13th 10am to 7pm, Saturday, May 14th 10am to 6pm and Sunday, May 15th 10am to 4pm.

More Sponsors

This year we're going to have some really great raffle prizes. Each store will have daily raffles, so there are a total of 36 chances to win fabulous prizes from our favorite companies. Check the Sponsors page or take a look at the list of sponsors on the right side of this blog. Prizes include patterns and yarn.

April Updates

We excited to announce our first corporate sponsors: Blue Sky Alpacas and Spud & Chloe! They are helping to make our raffle prizes that much better, and more enticing. Keep checking back here and the P2P website for more about prizes and patterns for this year's hop.

Patterns from Previous Years

We're getting some photos of projects from previous years up on our Ravelry page. If you haven't participated before, take a look and see what we've done in the past.

We're getting this year's patterns together and will post photos as soon as they're ready.

Dates for 2011 Shop Hop

This year, the Peninsula to Pier Shop Hop will be Friday through Sunday, May 13-15. The shops and map are up on the website, so check out what's new this year.

We will have more information about the theme and other new stuff soon, so keep checking back!

And don't forget to join our Ravelry group, if you are on Ravelry.