Apple Pie Trail Stop # 3

Grey Heron Yarn Shop, a crafter’s paradise located in historic Downtown Collingwood, opened its doors in 2009 and has been serving the knit and crochet community with skeins and skeins of beautiful and texturally alluring products ever since. This quaint shop offers a wide range of yarn weights in both natural and synthetic fibres, pattern books, knit & crochet magazines, as well as knitting accessories and notions. Among the many knitting kits available is the Apple Pie Sock Kit, which contains enough yarn plus the pattern to create an adult sized pair of socks available in charming colours modeled after the local apples such as Ginger Gold, Red Delicious and McIntosh. Also available, specifically designed for the Apple Pie Trail, are wooden shall pins and buttons made from local apple wood – each is truly unique and one of a kind - a great embellishment to adorn any handmade sweater, cardigan or shall. 

Grey Heron Yarn ShopOwner, Karen Farmilo is a self-taught knitting expert who offers a fantastic calendar of classes available from beginner knitting and crochet to more complicated classes that focus on lace, cables and Fair Isle, a knitting technique that use three or more colours. When you start to learn to knit or crochet, it’s nice to know that expert advice is always available. While many of us love to knit our Christmas presents, Karen’s advice is to start as early as July or August giving yourself more time than needed ‘just in case’. For more information about the Grey Heron Yarn Shop visit their website.
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