March is an amazing month!

March is an amazing month when spring officially starts and there are many holidays and events for which we have planned some exciting activities:

• National Crochet Month
• Daylight Savings Time - Spring Forward
• PI day
• NCAA Basketball March Madness
• St Patrick’s day

Phew!

Have you heard?
Please Welcome:
Vicky Lee has joined our team!

Vicky has been knitting for over 12 years and accomplished her Professional Knitter Certification recently. She loves knitting and fiber and many of the garments on display in Noro yarn over the past year have been her creations.

Coming Soon...
Amatami - Plush Crochet toy kits!! Watch social media for their arrival.

New Yarns on the horizon!
We are bringing in new summer cotton blends! Watch social media for details and the arrivals.

Another retiring Yarn

In case you haven't heard, Red Stag Fiber will be retiring from selling yarn. We do not have plans to add any more of their yarn to our inventory due to this announcement, but if you have any special requests, please let us know and we will see what we can do.

Shamrock Make & Take on PI Day!

Bring your crochet hook, or borrow one, and use yarn provided by the shop, to join Merry and Amy to make (or learn to make) a crocheted shamrock in time for St. Patrick's day!

When: Saturday March 14, 10:00-12:00

Oh - and since it's also Pi Day - have a piece of pie while you visit (while supplies last).

Daylight Savings Time - Spring Forward

Spring Forward

Stop in Monday March 9 for a free cup of coffee to help Susan get through the spring forward dragging!

Second Sunday Knit/Crochet-Ins!

PLEASE RSVP to be sure the event will be held. If no one RSVPs, the event may be cancelled.

March 8, 2026; 1:00-5:00
April 12, 2026; 1:00-5:00
May 10 2026; 1:00-5:00

We plan to continue these KAL/CALs and they correspond to the Historic Springboro Second Sunday events held 12:00-5:00 in Historic Springboro. Watch social media for details!

Sailor Slipper KAL with Robin

Come in on Sunday, March 8 1:00-5:00 and join Robin and Susan to make these fun felted slippers! Several of us have started, but there is alway room for more!

Please RSVP!

When: Sunday, March 8, 1:00-5:00PM.

Pattern: can be purchased on Ravelry: ravelry.com/patterns/library/sailor-slippers

Needles: US 11

Yarn: Non-superwashed wool; bulky or worsted held double. Our Cascade 220 or BlueSky Woostok is perfect for this project. (Please use yarn from our shop)

NCAA March Madness Basketball KAL/CAL

Mark your calendars to join us for an exciting afternoon of basketball and fiber art!

When: Sunday March 22.

Details to be determined depending on game schedules and event location arrangements - exciting!!!

St. Patrick's Day

Will the luck of the Irish be with you? Wear your green and see what shenanigans might be in store at the shop!

Learn Cables with Lisa

Date/Time: March 25, 5:30

Pattern: will be provided

Yarn: Worsted weight. Feel free to use yarn from your stash, or stop in the shop to pick up some of ours.

Needle: US 7

Cost: $25 paid to Lisa

Midwest Crochet Retreat

Susan, Merry, and Amy will be helping at the Midwest Crochet Retreat - March 28 & 29! Amy will be staffing the SOS table, while Susan and Merry will be hosting a "Wooly Bully" booth to offer some of our awesome Wooly Bully products.

Stop in or call the shop if you're interested in attending this event. It sounds like it will be awesome!!

Christmas Is A-Coming Series: Project One

Get a jump on the holidays this year. Join Robin (and others) monthly, March through November, to knit small thoughtful projects suitable for gifting. Discover new patterns while sharing your favorites.

Future projects include: a spa set/cloths, a wine bottle topper, small felted bowls, a headband, little pumpkins, etc.

Our first project will be a pair of Comfy Gusset Mittens by Karen Hoyle. We will be knitting the fingerless version.

Date/Time: Sunday, March 29 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Please register for this class.

Please print the pattern (free on Ravelry) ravelry.com/patterns/library/comfy-gusset-mittens and bring it to class.

Materials: 1 skein of worsted weight yarn, a 32” size 6 needle. May also use DPNs or Flexiflips. (Please use yarn from our shop)

Must be comfortable working in the round.

Cost: $25.00 (paid to Robin)

Little Gemstones Shawl

Come join Merry as she teaches the Little Gemstones Shawl! You can preorder the kit that Merry used from McMullin Fibers. Orders must be placed by March 13th.

The class will take place in April.

This shawl is knit in one piece from the bottom up; the gems are knit as you go using W&T or German short rows without needing to pick up stitches or any seaming.

Have you ever knit Short Rows? No need to fear...you can learn German Short Rows or Wrap & Turn! There are no purl stitches in this shawl.

Pattern: can be purchased on Ravelry ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-gemstones

Materials: fingering weight yarn and a US size 3 with a 32 or 40 inch cable. (Please use yarn from our shop.)

Cost: $40 paid to Merry

"Flora Adora Hat" Learn-Along with Lisa

This LAL hat features a number of techniques that make this a great project for adventurous, advanced beginners who want to tackle an intermediate project: corrugated rib, Latvian braid, stranded color work, and embroidery.

Blue sky Fibers has prepared a series of videos which we will use to learn these techniques together!

When: Tuesdays February 17 and running through March 24, 2:00-3:30PM.

Pattern - will be provided.

Needles - US 6 & 7

Yarn - Blue Sky Fiber mini Woolstok bundle and a coordinating skein of Woolstok (Please use yarn from our shop.)

Skills required: Cast on, Knit, Bind off.

Knit or Crochet Private Instruction

Private lessons are always available to learn something new or get help with a project!

Call the shop to arrange a time that works for you.

Sit & Knit or Stay & Crochet

Did you know you are welcome any time to join us to Sit & Knit or Stay & Crochet with your projects?

This is also a time when you can likely get help on small snags you encounter, to keep your progress going.

We kindly ask that you work on projects with yarn from our shop when you Sit & Knit or Stay & Crochet.