Tin Can Knits at your LYS
CANADA ::: listed from BC eastward
Urban Yarns (Vancouver, BC)
3 Bags Full (Vancouver, BC)
Bird on a Wire Creations (Vancouver, BC)
Baaad Annas (Vancouver, BC)
Wet Coast Wools (Vancouver, BC)
Valley Yarn (Surrey, BC)
Black Sheep Yarns (Port Moody, BC)
Shan's Needleworks (New Westminster, BC)
88 Stitches (Langley, BC)
Aunt Debbie's Knit & Stitch Shop (Chilliwack, BC)
Button and Needlework Boutique (Victoria, BC)
The Beehive Woolshop (Victoria, BC)
Needle & Arts Centre (Campbell River, BC)
Knits by the Sea (Tofino, BC)
A Twist of Yarn (Vernon, BC)
Art Of Yarn (Kelowna, BC)
The Knotty Knitter (Penticton, BC)
The Purple Purl (Toronto, ON)
DocKnits (Port Elgin, ON)
The Stash Fibre Boutique (Campbellville, ON)
Grey Heron Natural Designs Inc (Collingwood, ON)
Georgetown Yarn (Georgetown, ON)
Handknit Yarn Studio (Hamilton, ON)
Shall We Knit? (Waterloo, ON)
Mont Tricot (Sutton, QC)
USA ::: listed alphebetically by state name
The Net Loft (Cordova, AK)
Purl in the Pines (Flagstaff, AZ)
Purls of Joy (Healdsburg, CA)
Strands and Stitches (Laguna Beach, CA)
Needle Nook (La Jolla, CA)
Yarndogs (Los Gatos, CA)
Uncommon Threads (Los Altos, CA)
Yarns On First (Napa, CA)
A Verb for Keeping Warm (Oakland, CA)
Monarch Knitting & Quilts (Pacific Grove, CA)
Knitterly (Petaluma, CA)
Princess Animal (San Francisco, CA)
Wild Fiber (Santa Monica, CA)
Serendipity Yarn & Gifts (Buena Vista, CO)
Find Your Stash (Castle Rock, CO)
The Yarn Outlet LLC (Colorado Springs, CO)
Fancy Tiger (Denver, CO)
Marji's Yarncrafts (Granby, CT)
Madison Wool (Madison, CT)
Knit New Haven (New Haven, CT)
Kitschy Stitch (Rehoboth Beach, DE)
A Good Yarn (Sarasota, FL)
Lovin' Knit Yarn Shop and Studio (Marietta, GA)
Eat Sleep Knit (Smyrna, GA)
R Rabbit's Fiber Studio (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Three Bags Full (Northbrook, IL)
Stitch(es) (Winnetka, IL)
String Theory Yarn Co. (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Knitters Nook Columbus (Columbus, IN)
Knitting Off Broadway (Fort Wayne, IN)
Unwind Yarn Shop (Richmond, IN)
Ply Fiber Arts (Richmond, IN)
Annie's Crafts (Berne, IN)
Yarns Unlimited (Bloomington, IN)
Knit Stop (Indianapolis, IN)
Knitwits (Crescent Sprints, KY)
Yummee Yarn (KY)
The Woolpack (Acton, MA)
Franklin Mill Store (Franklin, MA)
The Creative Stitch (Hingham, MA)
Fancie Purls (Plymouth, MA)
Metaphor Yarns (Shelburne, MA)
Dirty Water Dyeworks (MA)
Michigan Custom Boutique & Fine Yarns (Plymouth, MI)
Country Needleworks (Jenison, MI)
Knitting on the Fringe (Commerce Twp., MI)
All About Yarn (Coon Rapids, MN)
The Twisted Loop Yarn Shop (Prior Lake, MN)
Yarn Garage (Rosemount, MN)
Linden Yarn & Textiles (St. Louis Park, MN)
Stitch Space (Jasper, MO)
Knitorious (Saint Louis, MO)
Knit Studio (Jackson, MS)
Stix (Bozeman, MT)
Bella Filati (Southern Pines, NC)
Twill Fabric & Yarn (Nashua, NH)
2 Stix & A String (Jersey City, NJ)
Knit One Stitch Too (Pennington, NJ)
Jimmy Beans Wool (Reno, NV)
Elmwood Yarns (Buffalo, NY)
Wooly Minded (Corning, NY)
Infinite Yarns (Farmingdale, NY)
White Barn Farm Sheep and Wool (New Paltz, NY)
The Yarn Company (New York, NY)
Downtown Yarns (New York, NY)
The Knitting Garage (Rhinebeck, NY)
The Perfect Blend Yarn and Tea (Saugerties, NY)
Have Ewe Any Wool USA (Snyder, NY)
The Flaming Ice Cube (Boardman, OH)
The Web-sters (Ashland, OR)
Stash (Corvallis, OR)
Knitting Bee (Portland, OR)
Twisted (Portland, OR)
Tangled Purls (Salem, OR)
Noble Knits (Exton, PA)
Kid Ewe Knot (Bridgeville, PA)
Gosh Yarn It! (Kingston, PA)
Hidden River Yarns (Philadelphia, PA)
Bent Limb Farm (Shoemakersville, PA)
Love 2 Knit (Greenwich, RI)
Genuine Purl (Chattanooga, TN)
Ewe and Company (Kingston Springs, TN)
Loopville (Knoxville, TN)
Hill Country Weavers (Austin, TX)
Park Avenue Yarns (League City, TX)
Salado Yarn (Salado, TX)
Twisted Yarns (Spring, TX)
Kamille's (West Jordan, UT)
The Crooked Stitch (Rocky Mount, VA)
Apple Yarns (Bellingham, WA)
Huckleberry Knits (Bellingham, WA)
Rainy Day Yarns (Gig Harbor, WA)
Makers' Mercantile (Kent, WA)
Sun Valley Fibers (Mount Horeb, WI)
Black Purl, LLC (Wausau, WI)
UK ::: listed from south to north
YAK Yarn and Knitting (Brighton)
Loop (London)
Wild and Woolly (London)
Knit with Attitude (London)
The Sheep Shop (Cambridge)
Great British Yarns (Bath)
Purlescence Yarns (Oxfordshire)
Hank's Yarn Shop (Anglesey)
Baa Ram Ewe (Leeds and Harrogate)
Harbour Yarns (Seaham)
The Yarn Cake (Glasgow)
The Queen of Purls (Glasgow)
Be Inspired Fibres (Edinburgh)
Ginger Twist Studio (Edinburgh)
Kathy's Knits (Edinburgh)
McHattie Yarn Boutique (West Kilbride)
The Woolly Brew (Pittenweem)
The Skye Shilasdair Shop (Skye)
Brownberry Yarns (Online)
Tangled Yarns (Online)
The Yarn Cafe (Online)
EUROPE :::
Penelope Craft (Amsteram, The Netherlands)
Woool (Den Haag, The Netherlands)
L'OisiveThe et Tricot (Paris, France)
AUSTRALIA :::
The Stash Cupboard (Hobart, TAS)
The Wool Shack (Perth, WA)
Yarn Glorious Yarn (Taringa, Australia)
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The Simple Collection - designed for teachers
The Simple Collection is Tin Can Knits gift back to the knitting community and our excellent retailers - thanks for supporting us!
These 8 free patterns are perfect for use in knitting classes, and are accompanied by extensive tutorials and PDF handouts to make your life easy!
All the patterns are sized from baby to big, and the designs have been extensively tested and professionally tech edited for clarity and usability.
The modern styling makes the projects unisex and perfect for gifts, and all the designs use 5mm (US#8) needles and worsted / aran weight yarn for ease of substitution.
Check it out, and schedule some classes now! There's a scarf, blanket, hat, cowl, mitts, socks, pullover and a cardigan, all knit in beautiful hand-dyes from Madelinetosh, Plucky Knitter, SweetGeorgia, Tanis Fibre Arts, and Sweet Fiber!
Free Use - We encourage shops to use these patterns for classes - there is no need to contact us for permission! You are also welcome to scrape pattern images from our website and blog to use when advertising the classes and your products! If you run classes using the patterns, we would love to hear feedback about how it went, so drop us a line!
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