Its heartbreaking really! Yesterday morning by chance a friend of mine LB sent me an email telling me how she was sad to see Noe Knit and Uncommon Threads closing. Two yarn shops that she and I used to frequent quite a bit. I could not believe my eyes---one of my all time favorite shops Noe Knit was closing! Apparently they had my old email address and I had fallen out of the communication loop:(
They were opening for a few hours last night for the last time. From the sounds of it, they have been in liquidation mode for about a week now.
I was finally able to catch-up a bit with Susie the owner and meet her Biggest FO of 2008:
Isn't her baby girl precious!
The SF Chicks with Sticks gang was there for one final go of knitting in their beloved neighborhood yarn shop:)
Its a farily sizeable group... I suspect that not everyone made it out...
I managed to walk away with a bit of memorabilia... A shawl Stand pictured above one of the cabinets up there... Its a half bust made out of wire. I figured it would come in handy for displaying my shawls. I also scored a nice mirror for my dining room. I am thinking it would look great above my buffet and few sets of circulars and about 9 balls of Touch me that was about 50% off. I guess in a way it was good that I came in at the end... you know how bad I am with yarn sales!
Here are the lovely ladies of Noe Knit that rung up many, many of my purchases over the past 5 years.
I shall miss you dearly Susie! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for always being such a joy in my --and many peoples' lives. You have touched me in mighty big way---You taught me how to knit. I mean knit right! Oh, and how can I forget, you also taught me how to use DPNs! I still remember you saying --You have to be able to ignore the other needles--just ignore the elephant in the room:) Something like this... Of course, you put it much more eloquently than this. In your own special "Susie" way:) I wish you and yours much happiness and well being. I really hope we can stay in touch.
I shall miss your shop very very much! I need to stop now as I think I am about to cry:(
How sad....I don't have a lys...they are all over an hour away from me :(
Posted by: Dawn | June 09, 2009 at 12:23 PM
That's too bad. I worked at a yarn shop that closed last year and it was amazing what an effect it had on so many of our customers. Luckily, a friend ended up opening another yarn shop in the same location about a month after we closed so all was not lost.
Posted by: Lindsay | June 09, 2009 at 01:06 PM
Sadly, I had read about Noe Knits closing, but I didn't realize Uncommon Threads was closing too! I'm speechless. :(
Posted by: cupcakefaerie | June 09, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Oh that is so sad! It makes me realize how important it is to drop in on our favorite spots and remind them how much they mean to us:) Knitting and otherwise!
Posted by: Deb accuardi | June 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Oh, that is is so sad. I'm glad you have something to remember them by!
Posted by: cpurl17 | June 10, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Awww...we finally got a LYS last year and it was closed after a few months. It sucks!!
Posted by: Melissa | June 11, 2009 at 08:08 AM
Geez I didn't even know, so sad how things are lately.
Posted by: Raquel Moreno | June 29, 2009 at 06:40 PM
It is so sad. My friends and I made at rip down to the South Bay and Communknity was closed, Nine Rubies was bare bones....the economy I guess.
Posted by: Jill Love | July 05, 2009 at 02:09 PM