Asheville Shops with Blissful Supplies of Yarn for Knitters, Crocheters and Weavers

Asheville Homecrafts
"...choose from the handiwork of over 70 local artisans or buy supplies to create fiber arts yourself ... wonderful novelty yarns to whet your creative appetite, along with knitting needles. If you desire yarns for making felted hats and bags or if you need just the right pattern to get a special project going...." Tanya Brooks blogging as Indigo Muse

".... An entire wall dangled with locally spun yarns of all fibers. Its such a rare treat to find a store so committed to prominently promoting regional talent. S was so smitten with the handspun that we revisited the store on Sunday. There were also some staples such as Brown Sheep, Debbie Bliss and Noro and hard to find yarns such as Tilli Tomas...."

Cloth Fiber Workshop's retail store
"... you can purchase organic and sustainable fabric, yarn, notions and natural dyes..." Located at 51 Thompson Street in Biltmore Station (off of Biltmore Avenue in Biltmore Village)

Earth Guild
Has a tremendous selection of knitting and weaving yarns in a wide range of textures, weights and colors: Manos del Uruguay, Ironstone, Brown Sheep, Christopher Sheep, Classic Elite, Wilde, Tahki, Lamb's Pride, Nature Spun, Handpaint Originals, Louet, Harrisville, Lily, Poppana, Euroflax, Dragon Tale, plus various other natural cottons, linens, flax, wool and silk... plus everything you need from knitting needles to floor looms.." Year-round classes and workshops. Mailorder. For amateurs, professionals, guilds, teachers. This is Asheville's oldest and most complete craft supply store. Located on Haywood Street in Downtown Asheville.

Yarn Paradise
"... one of the largest selections of yarn in the Southeastern United States.New inventory arrives just about every day ... We carry a complete line of the top brands of yarn, knitting patterns, knitting needles and supplies. Yarn Paradise also has a selection of sweater, hat and scarf kits; buttons, knitting bags, pins and more. We offer a variety of classes by local and guest instructors every month..."

Once inside the doors, we knew that we'd reached yarn mecca. The store not only has a great selection of yarn, books, colors and customer service all under one roof. We marvelled at the fact that not only did they have great floor stock but they had plenty of backstock too. No problem finding enough yarn in a color you want for a large project here. Koigu and Claudia's Handpaint overflowed from several Lantern Book tiered baskets near the front of the store. Colinette and Noro dripped from the walls in the "fireplace room". CLICK HERE for the "rest of the story" from Tanya Brooks who blogs as Indigo Muse

Discover the Bliss of Creating Art

1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations "...Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life. This would be the first book to offer examples of over 1000 journal pages in one eye-catching, visual format, and would attract a wide swathe of artists who fully embrace or experiment with this medium..."