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WildWestDye has been busy with their dye pots, and winding station, getting ready for Love My LYS (Local Yarn Store) Yarn Crawl weekend! There's three new yarns for you to choose from, whether these will become shop staples or not, time will tell, but for now there is two colours in each of the bases. The forever loved RainbowCloud, and...

Oh yes, for the second year (and you bet it's gonna be a yearly thing) it's Love My LYS (Local Yarn Store) Yarn Crawl weekend! Happening: Saturday & Sunday September 26th & 27th How to participate: Shop your LYS, *and* try out some new to you LYS's too! Visit any participating store and get 1 entry if you spend $10...

New in store from laceweight to Super Bulky! You asked, we answered! Pure Cashmere is in the house! (or should I say hutch??) Lang Yarns Cashmere Lace is a 4ply double-twisted pure cashmere of the best quality, and of course, we wouldn't expect anything less from Lang! Double-twisted means there are two sets of two ply yarns that have been...

Join the Baaadies at Baaad Rabbit Fibre Arts in New Westminster on Sunday September 13th for 9th semi-annual Yarn Swap event, from 3-5pm. What is a Yarn Swap? A yarn swap is an exchange of our under-loved yarns in exchange for new-to-us yarn that might be more likely to jump onto your needle or hook!! A skein of something you...

Corinne Lapierre Our new order of Corinne Lapierre has arrived! We've got lots of new kits and some customer favourites back too! I love the new 'Little Mouse' collection, and I'll be making 'Little Mouse makes a Quilt' soon I hope! We've got 3 spots left for our Naturally Dye a Rainbow workshop happening next Sunday, 23rd August starting at...

New workshops & on and off the hoop! Leo & Roxy loving! Oh my, our order of Leo & Roxy has arrived, we've restocked with 30 colours, many of them new to us, and I really could take at least 10 of them home without a second thought! We haven't got all the photos up online yet, so the best...

My Ginkgo embroidered earrings are finished! I'm so pleased with how they've turned out, I've been proudly wearing one all week, and the second one is displayed in store! The design is from our new 3D Botanical Embroidery & Stumpwork book. The design uses the wire slip technique, which is then covered with buttonhole stitch, and thread painted inside. I'll...

Student appreciation, embroidery and more! We've been having some fun weekends at Baaad Rabbits, last Sunday was the first Wet Felting workshop of the Summer. This is a fun and friendly craft, pretty straightforward, and I love how different everyone's felt turns out. It's a perfect way to use a beautiful art batt! I am sucker for buying pretty art...

32 beautiful new colours, and not just for embroidery!! Lichen & Lace Embroidery floss Hot out the box, we have a Lichen & Lace Embroidery yarn restock, which includes 32 new colours, because I just couldn't help myself (and I'd have a few colour requests too!!) Arriving yesterday afternoon I gave myself the mission to get them all out and...

Time to get ready for Granny Square Appreciation Day! Off Annie's hook! We love it when you come and show us your finished makes (intentionally or otherwise!) Annie popped by this week to pick up some more yarn for a spectacular blanket she is making, and of course I spotted her Sunflower Granny Square bag she made! Did you know,...

And Dive into Double knitting, workshop + inspo! New Embroidery kits from McreativeJ We have some stunning new embroidery kits from McreativeJ, suitable for beginner's to intermediate! First up for the new-ish to embroidery is Embroidered Earring kit, these look awesome and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be taking a box home with me to stitch! If you're ready...

More Wet Felting & Needle Felting workshops Hand Maiden Hand Maiden is Canadian dyed, and much loved at Baaad Rabbits, we have stocked their yarns since we opened on various bases. Hand Maiden was started on the West Coast in 2005, they quickly outgrew and returned to Nova Scotia to join their sister brand Fleece Artist. 'Born of complete and...

And a new Short row & Colourwork workshop too! Naturally Dye a Rainbow workshop! This year I've developed a fun new Natural Dye workshop, Naturally Dye a Rainbow! I love rainbows, and it's so much fun to dye them. First you will choose where you want your blue to be, and where your rainbow will be. I've dyed up three...

Introducing Polly the Octopus from Marvelous Monsters, one of our new books from Ricorumi! The Marvelous Monster book is fabulous! Nancy is currently making Blob Monster, has her eye on Furry Ball, and we both have our eyes on Romantic Monster!! It's so much fun making the toys, and there's usually a new one popping up in the store every...

Getting ready for a Brioche Bonanza. The front display has been updated with some of our classes added for Summer! First up, some classes for June! We have a new class, Mimic Shawl, this was the crochet version of a shawl I suggested for Local Yarn Store Day! It's a great scarf/ shawl, and a lovely first scarf project for...

New in store and learn a new skill this Summer! WIPs! I've been stacking up some new WIPs (works in progress) this week, I do like to have a few things on the go so I can work on whichever my moods takes me. First up on the hook is Cross Stitch Crochet vest (Ravelry link) by Sara Dudek. It's...

New in store, embroidery, tweed and more! Summer vibes The weather has been up and down, teasing (or tormenting) us with summer vibes, and telling us (well me at least) that we should be getting on with some Summer makes! So off the hook this week was Good Point (Ravelry link) by Julie Madril, this was a super fun top...

Off the embroidery needle! My Backyard Geckos embroidery by Jessica Long is complete, I loved stitching all the flowers and then fluffing up the Turkey work at the end. Hot vibrant colours, and happily displayed in store. Jessica Long kits are beautifully made, lovely prints, and high quality hoops! We are starting to get a little low and sadly this...