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Mirasol Umina This week to celebrate the launch of our Fall sweater classes (see more details below) we are offering 25% off Mirasol Umina when you buy 4 or more skeins! Made in Puru from 50% Luxurious Royal Alpaca/ 50% Merino wool, Umina is a soft squishy DK weight yarn, 100g/ 225m/ 247y and perfect to kick off your Fall...

Queensland Dungarees Tweed This week in store and online we are offering Queensland Dungarees Tweed at 35% off, made in Italy and spun from recycled jeans. 95% Cotton/ 5% other, 100g/ 400m/ 437y of fingering weight yQueensland Dungarees Tweedarn, perfect for one more Summer knit! 35% off in store and online from now until midnight Thursday August 10th. If you...

Lang Super Soxx This week in store and online we are offering Lang Super Soxx at 40% off. 75% Virgin wool/ 25% Nylon, 100g/ 420m/ 459y of fun, self patterning sock yarn! Lang Super Soxx is not surprisingly great for socks, but keep on reading for some more ideas! 40% off in store and online from now until midnight Thursday...

Harvest Worsted     This week in store and online we are offering Harvest worsted naturally dyed yarn by Urth at 50% off. 100% Superwash merino, 100g/ 200m/ 220y of soft gorgeous yarn, and machine washable!   The colour names are all based upon the source of the colour from which the dye was derived or inspired by.   50%...

Whether you love to knit, crochet, embroider, needle felt or sew, you can participate in our Rabbit-A-Long! As you may guess from our name, we love rabbits here at Baaad Rabbits! We are asked how we came up with the name, Baaad is for our connection to Baaad Anna's and Rabbit because I love rabbits! I grew up with rabbits,...

And to celebrate we are hosting another Yarn Swap on Saturday February 25th from 11:15am - 3pm

Have you seen Paula's FO (finished object) yet? Hush sweater by Tin Can Knits, made with Umina 50% Alpaca/ 50% merino DK yarn and Pro Lana Kid Seta.   Paula loves to marl her mohair combos, it creates a really interesting colour. A marl is when you use combine two different colours together. Paula used Purple Sage Umina and Slate mohair in her Hush sweater....

Baaad Rabbits Lending Library is now open!   How to borrow:   One book per two week loan Bring to cashier to check-out (free) Enjoy and return in two weeks   If you have any books you would like to donate, we are more than happy to accept them.     New Yarn - Fleece Artist Organic Cottage Socks The...

This week's holiday hours...

If you've got any last minute gifts to make, we suggest you get some Super Bulky yarn on your needles and hooks!

We've got our Christmas display up and if you need to make any last minute gifts for yourself, or someone you love, we have two free patterns for you.

Hot off Paula's needles this week is Toward North Hat (Ravelry link) by Asita Krebs Made with Hedghog Merino Aran in Zephyr, one ball of Kid Seta in Blush and topped with a pom pom from Yarnboler.   With over ten years in the Indie Yarn scene, HHF (Hedgehog Fibres) is well loved and knit with all across the world...

Semilla - Sport weight,  100% organic wool. Regular price $12.95, until Thursday $9.10.   This week we are featuring another amazing soft organic wool… this sport-weight BC Garn Semilla is on sale for 30% off!   A versatile weight for baby knit and also perfect for west-coast sweater weights (who needs bulky heavier sweaters in this climate?!), this is a low-pill option in bold...

Alpaca Merino Fine - Fingering weight,  55% merino wool, 25% nylon/ 20% alpaca - This week 40% off. Regular price $16.95, this week $10.15.   An incredibly versatile yarn, looking through project pages on Ravelry there are so many project inspirations. Lots of people have made socks, other popular projects are shawls, sweaters and hats. Pattern Suggestions: Flax Light, a free...

Louisa Harding Pittura - Singles fingering 75% wool, 25% bamboo. Singles yarn has unique properties; soft, smooth, absorbs and reflects colour beautifully. Louisa Harding Pittura with 25% bamboo reflects a stunning sheen. It's perfect for shawls, cowls and even tops! Wool & Pine designed Scotch Broom for singles yarn and this would make a lovely evening top for the winter...

Happy Halloween! This week we are offering a freaky good deal for our Sale of the Week! Come pick up some Painted Clouds for 40% off. This Aran weight thick-thin single ply makes a super quick hat or cowl and is available in 8 gorgeous colours. Reg price $20.95, this week only $12.50. In store or local pick up until...

Sale of the Week: Hamelton 30% off This week we offer one of our staff favs for worsted weight knits. Hamelton comes in your choice of solids or a gorgeous tweed in a soft bouncey ply.  With this week’s trunk show of Tin Can Knit’s Lazy Sunday collection, this gorgeous yarn from Denmark would be a perfect match for many...

Announcing our first Trunk Show this Wednesday evening, October 19th from 6:30pm.   Local designers Tin Can Knits just released their Fall collection called Lazy Sunday focused on cable knitting and Alexa of Tin Can Knits will be joining this weeks stitch night!   Our weekly Yarn Adventurers Club on Wednesday evenings will have a more informal format; come drop...