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Stop by to celebrate 2 years in the neighbourhood!   We start the weekend with our fun Corinne Lapierre workshop from 10am - 12:30pm. We have a door prize on Saturday and Sunday (sign up to enter each day when you visit the store) Donated by the lovely Estelle Yarns and Yarnboler Pompoms! I hear Paula may be bringing cup...

October Two hand Colourwork Knitting: Thursday October 3rd 6:30pm - 8:30pm.  Learning to be able to knit with yarn from both hands is the first step in being able to knit with yarn coming from both hands at the same time. In this workshop you will learn how to knit with yarn from your non dominant hand and then you will try knitting...

Whether you love to knit, crochet, embroider, cross stitch, felt or sew, you can participate in our Summer Stitch-A-Long! Apply decoration to a project with a needle or hook and Stitch-A-Long with us! I've been having a lot of fun making the show pieces, reigniting my love of Embroidery and preparing our Summer Make-A-Long for you. One of the very...

July Beginners crochet class: Starts Saturday July 6th, 9:30am - 11:30am, 2 part class. Learn how to crochet and then make a granny square in this fun two part class. Sign up here.   Rose Garden Jacket 3-D Crochet workshop: Saturday July 6th, 12pm - 3pm. In this workshop you will learn how to make the Rose Garden motif, a beautiful 3-dimensional crochet flower. You...

May Sunflower Crochet Granny Square: Starts Tuesday May 21st, 6:30 - 8:30pm, 2 part class. Together we will make a Sunflower granny square, in the first class you will learn how to make the Sunflower, the second class you will work the border and learn how to join the squares together. Sign up here.    Pressed Flowers Mosaic workshop: Saturday May 25th, 11am...

We love teaching at Baaad Rabbits, if you'd like to learn how to knit, crochet, learn new techniques or knit your first sweater, we've got a class for you!

Our next yarn swap is Sunday February 4th!   We are coming up to 1 1/2 years old, so it's time for another Yarn Swap! Join us on Sunday February 4th any time between 2pm - 4:30pm for another edition of our Yarn Swap event. Please note, we have a class running in store until 1:30pm and the event will not start until 2pm....

Spring may not feel like it's on it's way, but let's count down to Spring with Baaad Rabbits and our Bee My Honey-A-Long! Starting Wednesday 7th February, and running for 6 weeks with the finale on the 20th March (the second day of Spring!) Join in the fun and choose one of the Bee themed projects, (or choose your own) choose your...

We love teaching at Baaad Rabbits, if you'd like to learn how to knit, crochet, learn new techniques or knit your first sweater, we've got a class for you! January Crochet bag: including intro to Tunisian Crochet: Starts Saturday January 20th, 9:30am - 11am. 4 part series.  Together we will make the Tobago Bag by Toni Lipsey. Choose brights, pastels or neutrals...

Match made in heaven Woolerton Estate's The Engineer Tweed and Cousin Burley Suri is a match made in heaven! They work beautifully together held double as shown in the sweater above - Basic Raglan Pullover (Ravelry link) by Joji Locatelli in Arthur and Arthur or worked seperately below shown on Rock it Tee (Ravelry link) by Tanis Lavallee in Rita...

Rasta Love! Are you ready for some Super Bulky loving? There's been such a chill in the air this week I've been pulling out my legwarmers, chunky sweaters and bulky hats! Our collection of Rasta is now up on the website with so many beautiful colours to choose from. Perfect for quick and satisfying makes! The shawl featured above is...

New in store We have so many new beauties in store for you! First up is Mailles à Part BFL Steel Sock (as shown above) 75% Blue Faced Leicester, 25% nylon. 100g/ 424m/ 464y and $32 a skein. Mailles à Part hand dyes in small batches from their home based studio in Montreal, Quebec. They were our neighbours at Knit...

Yarn swap this Sunday! As part of our one yarn anniversary we are hosting another Yarn Swap! Join us on Sunday September 10th any time between 11am - 3pm for another edition of our Yarn Swap event. What is a yarn swap? Amongst friends and fellow knitters, a yarn swap is an exchange of yarns! A skein of something you no longer...

We love teaching at Baaad Rabbits, if you'd like to learn how to knit, crochet, learn new techniques or knit your first sweater, we've got a class for you! September: Learn to Brioche: Saturday September 16th, 9:30 - 11:30am. A brioche workshop for anyone who has never brioche-ed before or would like a refresh. You will first learn how to work one colour...

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%...