Save the date: YARN SWAP

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 no longer want to use for something another may no longer need. It's a win-win and the yarn finds a new home! A community yarn swap is a bigger treat!

To make these fibre exchanges fair and equitable to all previously loved and owned yarns, when you bring in your yarn to swap you will be given 'yarn tickets'. The amount of tickets for your yarn is based on its fibre content and whether it was commercial or hand dyed. (Think: cottons & poly blends, 1 ticket; natural fibre or LYS quality workhorse yarns, 2 tickets; hand-dyed, handspun or luxury blends 3 tickets).

Only full skeins in good condition will be accepted. Please no allergens (smells/ per hair) or evidence of moths (sand-like particles, loose/ cut ends).

To exchange yarn on the swap tables, just trade in your tickets! We will also offer tickets for sale for $2 ea with all proceeds directed to our lovely non-profit neighbours, Aunt Leah's Society which offers programming to youth transitioning out of the foster care system. Over the past 8 swaps together we have raised a total of $5,215 in donations with these events!

If you are not in need of any yarn at the moment and would prefer to just thin out your own stash, you can bring by your donation of any full, non-allergen yarn to either Baaad Rabbit in New West or Baaad Anna's in Vancouver between now and Sept 10th and we will add it to our collection.

We donate any of the leftover yarns to the free fibre libraries or other non-profit ventures via Baaad Anna's Community programs, and do not have the capacity to offer any returns/refunds on unused tickets, so maybe take that into consideration before exchanging your yarns for tickets. Also for the sake of equity we will be allowing ONE exchange at a time (per person to hold onto & 'pay' for one yarn at a time) to mitigate our natural instinct to gather too many at once AND because sharing is caring!