Are You Ready?

It's the final countdown...the hop starts Friday. Get your friends together and plan your trip through the South Bay and Monterey Bay areas. The shops are ready with their patterns and yarn. We can't wait!

Get your map and check out the pattern gallery.

More About This Year's Patterns

As previously noted, this year's theme is a "quilt" or throw. Each shop will have a pattern for a 12-inch square so you can combine all of the squares to make a quilt. There will be knit AND crochet patterns for these squares.

Each shop also has selected an animal fiber yarn and a plant fiber yarn to use in the pattern. So many options!

Theme for 2009

In years past, we have had exclusive one skein patterns at each store. This year it's a bit different. Each shop will have a pattern for a "quilt" block; you can create your own throw or blanket by combining the squares from each shop. The blocks will be designed for a specific yarn -- actually two yarns: Since many people are sensitive to certain animal fibers, you can choose to knit the entire project from plant or man-made fibers. Each shop will have one of each types of yarn to choose from.