Web Sites
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Ravelry.com
Ravelry is a free site for knitters and crocheters. This is a great resource for patterns, yarns, and tips.
Local Yarn & Fabric Shops
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Teaselwick Wools
Located in the Willamette Heritage Center (Mission Mill Museum) at 1313 Mill Street SE in Salem, Oregon, this local shop/organization helps educate people how to knit, crochet, and more. They also frequently donate to charities.
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Joann Fabric
This nation-wide fabric store is located at 783 Lancaster Dr NE (by Target) and offers a wide selection of knitting tools and materials. Knitting classes are offered.
Unravel Game
Unravel
Yarny is a tiny new character made from a single thread of yarn that slowly unravels as he embarks on a seemingly larger than life journey. Unlock a heartfelt story re-connecting the memories of a long lost family. The tale is told completely without words, and Yarny is the bond that ties everything together. Using Yarny's thread, interact with the environment to swing across a tree gap or hitch a ride on a flying kite. No feat is too big. The tools may be simple but they have ability to accomplish complex puzzles. Inspired by the breath-taking, lush environments of Northern Scandinavia, traverse nature's beauty as well as the dangers that it has in store. Created by the Swedish organization, Coldwood Interactive 2016.
Run Sackboy! Run!
Sackboy runs through an ever-changing handcrafted world and dashes to escape Goo and the clutches of the grumpy Negativitron! Players can control Sackboy with a simple touch to jump and a swipe to dash to escape the Negativitron. While running, players collect bubbles, which are used to buy costumes, upgrades, and more and hearts, which can be used to let the player respawn where they have died to continue running. Players also can collect stickers which can unlock an exclusive Run Sackboy! Run! T-shirt for use in almost all LittleBigPlanet games, a gnome Toggle costume, a frog OddSock costume, a pigeon Swoop costume, and various in-game prizes such as hearts and bubbles.
YouTube Videos
Events
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Rose City Yarn Crawl
This is a yearly yarn event in Portland, usually in March. There are about a dozen shops which participate, and each shop designs a knit pattern around a yearly theme. The theme for 2018 is waterways. Every year there are a few patterns which use specialty yarns made by local fiber artists. A passport can be downloaded by each participant and stamped at each shop visited. If the passport is completed it can be entered for a grand prize. Each shop also has their own prize basket. There is a mystery pattern that can be made for wearing while going around to all the shops. It is a lot of fun to see each individual's item.
