Join Us For Our 2025 "Mountains To The Sea" North Carolina Yarn Tour!
Get Your Ticket and Tour Our Entire Beautiful State to Find Your Perfect Yarn!
North Carolina Tour Shops
Asheville NC Homecrafts
Locally made crafts and gifts, handmade hats, fiber arts, local and commercial yarn, commercial hats
Plenty of places to eat and lodging nearby in the Historic Grove Arcade district. Parking available on street, and in Wall Street parking garage.
Location:
1 Page Ave Ste 134
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone (828) 350-7556
email: nchomecrafts@gmail.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-5pm
Avillion Farm
Farm shop open by appointment.
Located in the farm-friendly town of Efland in Northern Orange County, our farm is home to Shetland and Jacob sheep, Angora goats, Suri Alpaca and Angora Rabbits. We offer quality livestock, washed and raw fleeces, roving for spinning, and yarns and felting fabric produced from the fiber of our own livestock.
Efland is nestled in between the towns of Hillsborough (filled with historic charm) and Mebane (cute downtown, plus plenty of shopping, restaurants, and places to stay). There are wonderful hiking trails along the Eno river that are accessible from downtown Hillsborough, as well as the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural area for anyone wanting a more challenging hike with the reward of beautiful views.
Location:
4737 Shanklins Dead End Road
Efland, NC 27243
Phone: (919) 357-8125
Email:
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AvillionFarmFibers
Bella Filati
Discover a vibrant world of creativity at Bella Filati Knitting Corner, your go-to destination for all things knitting. Whether you're a seasoned knitter or just picking up the needles, our store is designed to inspire and equip you for every project..
Location:
277 NE Broad St,
Southern Pines, NC 28387
Phone: (910) 692-3528
Email:
Hours:
Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, Sat 10-5
Wed 10-7
Closed Sunday
Places within walking distance to eat in our village includes:
Betsy's Crepes
Chapman's Food and Spirits
The Bell Tree Tavern
The Ice Cream Parlor Restaurant
Wolcott's
Black Mountain Yarn Shop
Natural yarn, fabric, and accessories for knitters, spinners, crocheters and sewists.
Location:
104 E. State St.
Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone (828) 669-7570
info@blackmountainyarnshop.com
Hours: Tu-Fri 12-6, Sat 10-4
Plenty of places nearby to eat: Cousins Cuban, Foothills Grange, Recess Coffee, Lodging nearby and parking lot across the street. Lodging nearby.
Briar Patch Fibre Co.
A small yarn boutique located within an artisan village. We hand dye our own yarn, and have a curated selection of factory dyed yarns. The village also boasts a coffee shop, blacksmith, leatherworker, jewelers, and an antique store!
Location:
3636 Brevard Rd
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Phone:
Email: briarpatchfibres@gmail.com
Open Thursday-Sunday 9-4
Handicapped accessible
Hoping to host some trunk shows, dye special yarns, sip and stitch every Sunday in tandem with the coffeeshop on site.
Coffee shop on site has pastries, quiche and breakfast burritos.West First Wood Fired Pizza. Thai Spice. Mezzaluna. HenDough. Hot Dog World
Lodging nearby includes:
Elizabeth Lee Inn. The Henderson. The Charleston Inn. Days Inn. Econo Lodge. Best Western. Red Roof Inn
Charlotte Yarn
Charlotte Yarn is nestled in the Dilworth neighborhood close to uptown Charlotte. Charlotte Yarn has been in business for 20 years and is the Charlotte area's longest-tenured yarn store. Whether you’re a beginner, an expert, or somewhere in between, Charlotte Yarn has everything for Knitting and Crochet, such as yarn, supplies, and classes.
Location: Kenilworth Commons Shopping Center
1235 East Blvd., Suite D
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: (704) 373-7442
Email: info@charlotteyarn.com
Hours: Monday - Friday: 11am-6pm Saturday: 11am-5pm Sunday: 1st Sunday of each month from 12pm-4pm
Nearby restaurants: Yafo, Dolce, Bad Daddy's, 300 East, Showmars and much more. Parking includes handicapped spots. Plenty of hotels and Airbnbs.
Chix With Stix
Lenoir's resource for yarns, notions, hooks, and needles for local knitting, crochet and fiber artists since 2007. We invite you to come explore one of the largest selections of yarn in the greater Lenoir, Hickory, and Morganton We carry wool, cotton, linen, silk, and acrylic, as well as a variety of blends, and gifts. From simple to specialty, baby pastels to rich earthy jewel tones, we feature trusted quality brands in a broad range of colors and prices to meet the needs of any project you've imagined. Additionally, we offer patterns, books, needles and hooks, and knitting bags. . There is some parking out front, but the majority of the parking is in the rear of the building.
Location:
1340 Morganton Blvd SW
Lenoir, NC 28645
Phone: (828) 758-0081
Email: chixwithstixnc@gmail.com
Hours: Closed Sun-Mon
Tues-Fri 11-4
Thurs 11-3
Clucking Hen Yarnery
We're a small yarn store with big dreams! We promise that everyone who walks through our door will be treated like family while learning and growing in the fiber community. We cater to knitters, crocheters, and weavers alike.
Location:
1096 Concord Parkway North, Suite 10
Concord, NC 28027
Phone: (704) 796-0526
Email: shauna@cluckinghenyarnery.com
Hours:
Sunday: 12PM - 4PM
Monday: 10AM - 6PM
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday: 12PM - 7PM
Thursday: 10AM - 6PM
Friday: 10AM - 7PM
Saturday: 10AM - 7PM
Coastal Purl
Cribleman Alpacas
Bring your WIP and join us in our cozy sitting area. I’ve got a beautiful selection of yarn and notions in my warm and welcoming shop. Elizabeth City is on the Pasquotank River and the Outer Banks is about an hour’s drive. There are cute restaurants in town and the Museum of the Albemarle is not to be missed. If you are sailors and arrive by boat we’ll come pick you up! My shop is handicapped accessible with lots of parking right out front.
Location:
106 A Capital Trace
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone:
252-548-4801
Email:
Open:
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 9am-12pm
Handicapped accessible
Cribleman Alpacas
Cribleman Alpacas
As a small fiber arts studio, I specialize in producing luxurious alpaca yarns, often blended with silk and merino wool, and hand dyeing the yarn into beautiful colorways for use in knitting, crocheting and weaving. Distinctive hand-woven scarves, shawls and household items are also woven from alpaca, Tercel, bamboo and cotton.
Location:
8009 Austin Peck Trail
Efland, NC. 27243
Phone: 919-632-8077
Email: criblemansurialpaca@gmail.com
Open Thursday-Saturday 10am to 1pm or by appointment. Closed July 4th.
Especially For Ewe
We love FIBER & Fiber ARTS!!! It’s our Passion and our Livelihood. Three generations of our family have come together to create a business to support and inspire fiber artists (old and new), help preserve and promote heritage arts and crafts and promote small farms producing fiber and fiber animals.
Our family has been raising prize winning wool sheep and working with fiber on Discovery Farm since 2006. It’s our mission to help people learn what to look for in a good fleece and how to process it to showcase the beauty of the fiber.
We enjoy taking the raw fiber and transforming it into products like roving, batts and yarn that will then be used to create beautiful heirloom items. We also enjoy hand-crafting wooden looms & weaving accessories and teaching workshops on felting, spinning, weaving and more. If you ever have a question about fiber, we hope you will give us a call.
Location:
Phone: (919) 200-0227
Email: alesiamoore@gmail.com
Hours:
Fleeces To Pieces
We are your local yarn shop located in Wilmington, NC. We are so excited to be here and show you all of the amazing yarns, dyes, and new products we will be featuring in our shop!
Location: (at the Artworks)
200 Willard St
Wilmington, NC. 28401
Phone:
910-833-7005
Email: fleecestopieces@gmail.com
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday 11 - 5
Wednesday through Sunday 11 - 5
North Carolina Tour Shops
Friends & Fiberworks
We are off the beaten path located on our farm in a 4000 square foot building, a fully stocked yarn shop. Enjoy the sheep and llamas in the pasture. Rocking chairs outside and a fabulous seating area inside. Daily sit & stitch as well as classes on selected days. We feature diverse selections of yarn, from laceweight to ultra bulky. And offer expert product advice, creative inspiration, project support, and personalized service.
During the Tour, we are planning
->July 1-7 Trunk show with Miss Bab
->July 7-14 Trunk show with Twice Sheared Sheep
->July 14-21 Trunk show with Nina Bags
->July 25-26 Trunk Show with The Traveling Yarn Yogi
Daily Sit and stitch
July 25-26 Yarn Truck in our parking lot
Mondays Basketmaking w/Sandy
Tuesdays Crochet w/Jean
Wednesdays Rug Hooking Demo w/ Sara Beth
Thursdays Circular Knitter Demo w/Meg
Fridays Felting Demo w/Page
Saturdays Spinning w/Robin & Judith
Sundays Flatbed Machine demo w/Lorri and or Crystal
Location:
278 Brooks Cove Road
Candler, NC 28715
Phone:
828-633-2500
Email: lisa@friendsandfiberworks.com
Hours:
Sundays 12:30-4 Wednesdays 10-7 Mon, Tue, Th, Fr, Sat 10-4
Knitters Corner
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Location:
41 E. Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
Phone: (828) 349-0515
email: silverthreadsyarn@gmail.com
Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am-5pm & Thurs 10am-6pm
Shop is located at 41 E Main Street, in downtown Franklin, North Carolina. Free parking is available both on the street in front of our building, and there is also a public lot behind our building. The street parking includes wheelchair accessible spots just before you reach our store.
Classes, Knit Night, Local restaurants and breweries, Cabins, B&Bs, motels nearby..
Studio 256
Located in historic uptown Wadesboro, NC boutique yarn shop offers all levels of fiber arts from budget options to handspun, hand dyed options / Circulo Flagship store.
Location:
106 S Greene Street
Wadesboro NC 28170
Phone: (704) 507-1160
Email: Hello@studio256.online
Hours: 10am-5pm Tues-Fri Sat 10am-2pm
Planning trunk shows and other events during the Yarn Tour.
Places to eat & stay nearby, just give us a call.
Great Yarns
Location:
1208 Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27519
Phone: 919-271-1699
Email: pam@greatyarns.net
Hours:
M: 11a-8p
T: 11a-6p
W: Closed (may change by summer)
Th: 11a-6p
F: 11a-6p
Sat: 11a-5p
Sun: 1p-4p
Ample parking right in front of the shop and in the rest of the shopping center!
Food just steps away:
Whole Foods
Taco Bamba
Jersey Mikes's
Drift Coffee Shop
Ridgewood Wine and Beer
Lots of nearby lodging: Ramada, LaQuinta, Candlewood Suites, Umstead Hotel (my son works there!). Lots of Raleigh AirBNBs.
Activities during the crawl:
We have Social Stitching four times a week and always welcome new faces!
M: 6-8
T: 11-1
Th: 2-4
F: 4-6
We will try to organize a "Knit While You Walk the NC Art Museum" event or two, plus hold give-aways, special patterns, etc.
Heelside Farms
Location:
508 Sedgewood Road
Four Oaks, NC 27524
Phone: 919-934-2427
Email: heelsidefarms@hotmail.com
Hours:
Hillsborough Yarn Shop
Location:
114 South Churton Street
Hillsborough, NC. 27278
Phone: 919-732-2128
Email: anne@hillsboroughyarn.com
Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5:30pm
Free parking deck by Weaver Street Market about one block from shop.
Everything in the shop will be discounted during the Tour 15% except for previously discounted items and classes.
Great restaurants and take out:
Knitting Addiction
Knitting Addiction is in it's 20th year of business on the Outer Banks. We are proud to be a part of your vacation when you are visiting, and we love all our folks who call Knitting Addiction their LYS.
Location:
3708 N Croatan Hwy #2
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Phone: 252-255-5648
Email: jeanne@knittingaddiction.com
Hours:
Tue-Fri 11-5, Sat 10-4
Great selection of yarns, plus exclusives
Parking, restaurants or lodging nearby: Many great local dining options.
The Knotty Sheep
Maggie Valley Yarn Shop
Location (effective March 1, 2025):
214 East Jones Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Phone (336) 580-2159
Email: heather@theknottysheepnc.com
Hours:
Parking, food & lodging nearby:
Maggie Valley Yarn Shop
Maggie Valley Yarn Shop
Location:
2160 Soco Road
Maggie Valley, NC. 28751
Phone:
704-576-3294
Email: mvyarnshop@gmail.com
Hours: Mon-Sat 10a-5p
Wed 12p-4p
Parking, Restaurants, Lodging Nearby:
Meridian Mill House
Meridian Mill House. Not normally open to the public, but see details below.
Location:
40 Rex Avenue
Gastonia, NC. 28054
Phone: (704) 517-1364
email: customerservice@meridianmillhouse.com
Hours: 8-5
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/meridianmillhouse/
Onsite parking: yes
Events During Crawl: Pop-up shop, tours (must be at least 18 years old and wear closed toed shoes) and a place to create during July 17-19
Hours: 10am-6pm
Nearby Food: Will’s Doggin It, EJ’s Soul Food and Vegan Bar, The Smoke Pit, Mic’s Kitchen, Pita Wheel
Nearby Lodging: Hilton Garden Inn Gastonia, Tru by Hilton Gastonia, The Esquire Hotel Downtown
Oak City Fibers
Local Yarn Shop that welcomes all people from all walks of life. We promote diversity and community along with a very diverse selection of fantastic yarns for any budget point or project! Working with yarn, whether it be crocheting, knitting, spinning, weaving etc., can be hard work and physically demanding. Keeping a little fun in the mix is key to loving what we create, supporting each other in our shop, and ensuring that we continue to enjoy the process of creating with yarn. We want to inspire creativity, earn customers for life, constantly improve, be kind, and make sure to laugh and have a good time while we do. It is my dream to Empower, Educate, Enlighten and Explore new avenues within the fiber arts world by utilizing teaching, offer continuous learning from one another and while doing all this with fabulous yarns and tools!! Come join me in the fun!!
Location:
1141 Falls River Ave, Ste 120
Raleigh, NC 27614
Phone:
919-301-8994
Email: glen@oakcityfibers.com
Hours: Sun-Mon Closed
Tue-Thurs-Fri 10am-5pm
Wed 10am-7pm
Sat 10am-4pm
We are planning trunk shows and sales during the Yarn Tour.
Lots of different restaurants and hotels nearby, all within 2 miles.
Queen City Yarn
We are a dye studio in Charlotte, NC, where we hand-dye all of our yarn. We strive to offer beautiful colors on bases your customers will love. We began Queen City Yarn with a love of offering beautiful handpaints paired with vibrant tonals. We have since expanded to offer specialty bases that have quickly become customer favorites.
Our most popular base is Coleman, a 65% Silk, 35% Linen blend that is a great DK weight base perfect for hot and humid summers, but also great for layering pieces in cooler months. Our other best seller is Latta, our sport weight, 100% Non-Superwash Merino/Rambouillet wool. Latta comes in multiple sizes, from petites to super skeins, making it a perfect choice for a contrast color or as the main color of your project.
You’ll still find us dyeing our original bases ranging from fingering-weight NoDa Sock to our newest fuzzy alpaca/silk blend, Bernice.
Our colors are inspired by our beautiful surroundings and the breathtaking places we have visited. While we dye each color to be beautiful on its own, we also strive to design coordinating colorways as well as colors that contrast beautifully with one another.
Location:
4448 Carteret Street
Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone (980) 355-9769
Email: info@queencityyarn.com
Hours:
Open studio day:
Saturday July 19
11am-4pm
Come join us as we open up the QCY dye studio for the first time ever! Please be respectful of our neighbors and park on the street where marked. And yes we are in a residential neighborhood. Every skein of QCY is produced here in my home!
Parking available on street.
We have tons of food and lodging options nearby.
Raynay Alpaca Farm
We are a suri alpaca farm in Ruffin, NC. We have a wonderful shop filled with yarn, tons of handmade alpaca fiber items, and more. We also have a fiber arts workshop where we host classes, process our fiber including, washing and dying, and give fiber arts demonstrations. We host educational tours of the farm and teach about alpacas, alpaca farming, and their fiber.
Location:
1797 Ashland Road
Ruffin, NC 27326
Phone: (336)-459-5261
Email: laina@raynayalpacas.com
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Shop or Farm Description:
Onsite Parking: We have plenty of parking onsite and backup parking across the street, if necessary.
Events during the crawl: We are planning to offer fiber arts demonstrations, tours, and possibly interactive quick crafts for guests.
Nearby Food & Lodging: We are surrounded by bigger towns & cities that can provide food and lodging, like Burlington, Greensboro, Mebane, or Chapel Hill. We have a picnic area if folks would like to bring lunch or snacks. We have a small selection of drinks and ice cream for sale in the store.
North Carolina Tour Shops
The Fibre Studio at Yarns To Dye For
Location:
540 Griffith Rd,
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (980) 475-4705
Email: debbie@thefibrestudio.com
Hours: Closed Sun, Mon, Tues
Wed,,Thur, Fri 10-5
Sat 10-4
The Salty Sheep
Located in The Friendly City by the Sea, Swansboro, North Carolina,
The Salty Sheep is a friendly haven for local and visiting knitters and crocheters. All are welcome in our happy place!
We are proud to offer a variety of beautiful yarn in natural fibers, needles & hooks, and accessories.
Location:
774 W Corbett Ave
Swansboro, NC 28584
Phone: (910) 325-0018
Email: thesaltysheep@gmail.com
Hours: Closed Sun
Daily 11:00-5, open til 6 on Fridays
Nearby restaurants:
Bamboo Asian House
Jordan's Smokehouse & Seafood
Pizza Forno
Olea Mediterranean
By the Bridge
The Boro
Yanas Restaurant
Preston's Corner
Saltwater Grill
& several more!
Two Dachshund Farm
We are a small fiber and lavender agritourism farm located in Franklinton in Franklin County, NC. We host farm tours for school and community groups as well as offering private and public farm tours. We are convenient to Raleigh, Durham, Louisburg, Henderson, and Wake Forest. We offer 45 minute farm tours by reservation to meet our fiber animals (alpacas, llamas, Angora goats, and sheep) as well as our non-fiber animals (horses, donkeys, chickens, and guineas), and we offer a farm store which carries fiber and lavender products as well as locally handcrafted items such as pottery, soaps, crochet and knitted handcrafts, and alpaca items crafted in Peru.
Because we are a small family-run business, it would be wise to check our Facebook page for updates to our store hours or email or text us before your trip. We have benches around the property and a picnic area with umbrellas for our guests to relax and enjoy the animals and scenery.
Location:
313 Cedar Creek Road
Franklinton, NC 27525
Phone: (919) 632-1168
Email: twodachshundfarm@gmail.com
We are minutes away from downtown Franklinton with excellent eateries such as Curtsy's, Eli's Tavern, and The Owl's Roost Brewery, and in Youngsville: Charron's Deli.
Shopping in Franklinton includes The Stables, Greenstreet, Gray the Boutique, and Archer and Pratt while in Youngsville there is Mary's, The Tin Pig, and several antique stores..
Lodging: Two Dachshund Farm offers a farm stay on Air B&B
Other convenient lodging is available in nearby Wake Forest and Raleigh as well.
Parking is onsite. Since we are a farm,our terrain (gravel and dirt) makes it somewhat difficult for wheel chairs.but if you have special needs, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Wicked Stitches & Sew Much More
We are a local yarn store recently renovated to include fabric. We offer knitting, crocheting and sewing classes. We have a wonderful area to gather together for socializing, knitting, crocheting, and all fiber related activities. Coffee, water, and snacks are available for a small donation (at your convenience). Fabric is sold in 1/4, 1/2, and 1 yard quantities and cut from the bolt.
Location:
3692 N NC Hwy 16
Denver, NC 28037
Phone: 704-966-1300
Email: andrea@wickedstitchesandsewmuchmore.com
Hours:
Tues-Wed-Fri 11:00-4:00 pm
Thurs 11:00-7:00
Sat 10:00-4:00
Closed Mon & Sun
Plenty of parking. Wheelchair accessible.
Lodging: -
Hampton Inn, Lincolnton NC (about 20 minutes away)
Lake Norman Motel (3.4mi)
Lake Norman Inn & Suites (9.1 mi)
Comfort Inn & Suites (9.1 mi)
Residence Inn Charlottte/Lake Norman (9.8 mi)
Lake Norman Motor Coach Resort (2.8) Reservations required
Food: Lots of local eateries nearby along with chain restaurants within 7 mi
Yarn Parlor
Yarn/knitting, crochet, weaving supplies locally hand-dyed yarn
Location:
840 South Wesleyan Boulevard,
Rocky Mount, NC 27803
Phone (252) 443-4021
Email: yarnparlor@suddenlink.net
Hours:
Tues,Wed,Fri 10-6
Thurs 10-8
Sat 10-4
Small independent restaurant, parking and lodging nearby.
Yarn Tales New Bern
A gathering place for yarn enthusiasts who knit and/or crochet. Yarns, tools, classes, sit & stitch times.
Location: 4165 Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd.New Bern, NC 28562
Phone: (252) 877-6117 email: yarntalesNB@gmail.com Hours: Tues-Sat 10:00 am-5:00 pmFacebook page, Instagram
Onsite parking: yesEvents during crawl: weekly prize drawing, sit & stitch, discounts for tourists only
Nearby food: Canton Chinese, Paula’s Italian, Bojangles, Moore’s Olde Time BBQ, Sonic, Buiscuitville, Wingstop, Zaxby’s, Burrito Shack, Waffle House, Starbucks, Panera Bread
Nearby Lodging: Clarion Pointe New Bern, Candlewood Suites, Hampton Inn, Springhill Suites, Bridgepointe Hotel & Marina, Doubletree by Hilton.
Yarns Etc
Yarns Etc
Yarns Etc
Location:
1322 Fordham Blvd #4
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: (919) 928-8810
email: mary@yarnsetc.com
Hours: Wed-Sun 10am-4pm
Facebook page, onsite parking, nearby restaurants and lodging.
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North Carolina Yarn Tour 2025
