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I am extending our open hours to include Saturday from 11-3.  So now we will be open Monday, Thursday, and Saturday 11-3.  The online store keeps expanding and we are adding new items every day!  A HUGE thank you to Dru for all his hard work!  We now have online gift cards, MAKS items, and lots of new yarns!  I am expecting a big box from Hedgehog arriving on Monday and some fun new yarns and Monthly colors arriving at the end of next week! I will post when they arrive. We are also putting...

Make sure everyone knows that Mass Ave Knit Shop Gift cards can now be ordered online! Go to My Mass Ave Knit Shop Cart to purchase one in time for Mother's Day or My Favorite Knitter Day (that's every day!) Order your gift cards here!

Once again we have the Craft the Parks collection from Knitted Wit!  It is a group of 4 US National parks each month for 4 months #socksonvacay.  It is not necessary to purchase all, but if you buy 16 skeins throughout the 2020 project you will receive the commemorative enamel pin and if you purchase between 4-15 skeins you will receive the commemorative patch.             This month's parks are: 1. Great Basin 2. Biscayne 3. Wind Cave 4. Kenai Fjords I have 8 of...

We still have some of our Breathe and Hope Shawl kits! The free pattern is available until Sunday at midnight, so message me for kits and the code. Codes are only available with new yarn purchases. Once you receive your code you can then go to Ravelry and copy-paste it into the coupon code section. I will be at the shop on Saturday, so. Call the shop, and I can text or email codes out to you so you will have it by the time you receive or pick up your yarn! I will also add some new options for...

We're all doing our best with social distancing, but our yarn stash has taken a real hit from being cut off from its supply chain. We've been working hard here at Mass Ave Knit Shop to bring you an online shopping cart and we're proud to announce that the cart is now online and ready for your orders. We are currently picking, packing, and shipping on Mondays and Thursdays. You can have your orders shipped directly to you or arrange for a pickup during our truncated business hours on Monday and...

I am so excited to announce that the inventory is finished and I hope to have the online store available on Monday! Many of you know I have attempted this a few times, and now it is going to happen!! Check this out! I do not sew and therefore I can not do my part as far as making masks, but I have seen many articles about the issues our health workers are suffering with, elastic rubbing on their ears. I came across this a week ago and thought I can do this!! I am asking people to make these....

Don’t forget to call the shop Monday to sign up for the Spring Retreat email list!  Starting this Friday I will email a pattern with yarn suggestions and color options!  Hopefully?you will be able to order from the website with a 20% discount code and we will ship your yarns out to you on Mondays and Thursdays.   I will be at the shop from 11-3.

I am so sad that we are not able to get together for the Spring Retreat next weekend!! I am planning to share some of the fun patterns we had to offer at the Retreat ! I am tentatively rescheduling the Spring Retreat for the weekend on June 12-14th. What I am planning is to fill the time between now and then by emailing a different Retreat pattern each Friday with a yarn suggestion and color options. For those who sign up, you will receive 20% off on that yarn until the following Thursday....

Susan will be at the shop on Thursday from 11-3 if you need anything!   Just give Susan a call and we can ship out to you! If you have your yarn or want to join the Malabrigo Dos Tierras knit along using Joji Locatelli’s pattern Odyssey, don’t forget to go to the Malabrigo website and sign up for prizes offered by the yarn maker for this project.  Under Recent news, click on the Malabrigo KAL and then go down to Sign up.  You can also get the pattern at this site or go to Ravelry to get your...

Most of you know Liza Crane and the work she does with Horizon House and the homeless of Indianapolis! This is a request she sent to me today!! Please help out if you are able! Can you put the word out that I need fabric sewn masks for non-patient care use? I’m running a safe recovery site for the homeless. 260 beds. Lots of staff. Thanks, ❤️Liza Mail the masks to Liza Crane at 615 E Minnesota St. Indianapolis, IN 46203 or drop off at the shop on Monday. Also, there are a couple of fun things...