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The story of yarns etc... January 2, 1995, It all began with the opening of the first store in downtown Greensboro. February of 2001, Then, on to open the second store in a temporary location in Chapel Hill. January 2, 2002, The Chapel hill store moves to Carrboro on the 7th anniversary of the Greensboro store's first day. July 2005, yarns etc... bought Great Yarns in Raleigh. April 2006, The Carrboro store moves to a new location just across the street. July 2008 Closed Greensboro yarns etc... August 2008 The Carrboro store moves back to Chapel Hill in a great new location in Plaza Mall on Elliott Road! Mary Stowe is the owner and creative talent behind yarns etc... and Great Yarns. Mary grew up as one of six children in Greensboro. She has been knitting since age 6, having been taught by her mother and grandmother. She has always been creatively active, knitting, sewing, designing, doing needlepoint, even making costumes for her high school performances. Mary graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She worked at Women's Day magazine in the Crafts Department, taught knitting at FIT, worked at a yarn store in the Upper West Side, and had many other adventures during her time in NYC. After much traveling, Mary returned to Greensboro where she met her husband, Chris, had her son Evan (now 14) and started the first yarns etc... At the same time Mary served for nine years as the yarn rep to 10 companies all over the Southeast! Mary and her family now live in Chapel Hill, when not working they love to travel and spend time on North Carolina's beautiful beaches. Stay tuned for more adventures with yarns etc... |
yarns etc... and Great Yarns Return Policy Store credit will be given for any unopened, unused, undamaged yarn. Yarn must be returned within 90 days of purchase date. Store credit given for any unopened needles within 24 hours. Books, patterns, magazines and yarn that has been wound into a ball cannot be returned. Frequent Buyer’s Card Rules 1. Offer restricted to yarns etc... and Great Yarns merchandise purchased at full retail price 2. No sale items. No wholesale purchases. 3. No Three Waters Farm and No Chapel Hill Needlepoint merchandise. 4. Individual purchases will be rounded down to the nearest $10. 5. Frequent Buyer’s Card must be presented at time of purchase. 6. Offer/Promotion rules may be changed without notice. 7. Offer/Promotion may be withdrawn without notice. 8. We will not combine Frequent Buyer Cards. 9. Frequent Buyer Card must be surrendered at time of redemption. |
yarns etc... and Great Yarns are pleased to offer Gift Certificates in any amount. Give a gift that any knitter will love! Stop by one of our stores to get yours today! |
Wonderful Brands We Carry... Addi/ Skacel Araucania Berroco Brown Sheep Company Cascade Yarns Classic Elite Yarns Colinette Crystal Palace Yarns Dale of Norway Great Adirondack Yarn Co. Habu Textiles Jojoland Jo Sharp KNIT ONE crochet two Koigu Lana Grossa Lang Yarns Lantern Moon Malabrigo Yarn Manos del Uruguay Mission Falls Nashua Handknits Noro Plymouth Yarn Prism Punta Yarns Regia Reynolds Yarns Rowan Schaefer Yarn SR Kertzer Swedish Yarn Tahki Stacy Charles Trendsetter Yarns |