JOIN US MARCH 13-16, 2025 !!!

The Greater Philly Yarn Crawl is organized by the Local Yarn Shops in Greater Philadelphia and 2025 will be our 2nd Annual Philadelphia yarn crawl. SAVE THE DATE!! Registration is open for this fun, community-filled four-day event taking place March 13-16, 2025 across 16 shops. A yarn crawl is an organized event giving fiber craft enthusiasts the opportunity to visit the local yarn shops in the area. We are so very excited to make this an annual tradition for our Greater Philadelphia yarn community!! By supporting the Greater Philadelphia Yarn Crawl you are supporting 16 small businesses! If you are a local yarn shop (focused on selling supplies, equipment, and classes for crochet, knitting, weaving, or spinning) in Greater Philadelphia (Pennsylvania-only) and are interested in participating in future yarn crawls please feel free to reach out to the organizers at hi@phillyyarncrawl.com to see if your location is within our geographic focus.

HOW IT WORKS

Once you’re registered for the yarn crawl and join our email list, you can expect to hear from the crawl team leading up to the event with shop highlights, important information and updates, and more! Beginning Saturday, March 8th you can pick-up your printed materials (if you opted for printed) at the shop you selected for Local Pick-up (alternatively, you may pick-up during the crawl). Once the crawl begins, you can visit as many shops as you’d like and have your passport stamped at each spot along the way.

GIVEAWAY PRIZES & FREE PATTERNS!!

For folks that visit 4-16 shops, there will be instructions on your printed passport for how to digitally submit your completed passport to be considered for one of three giveaway prizes; thanks to the very generous donations of our yarn community vendors & makers.

  • Grand Prize (visit 16 shops) - prize valued at over $1,000

  • Runner-up Prize (visit 12 shops) - prize valued at over $750

  • Second Runner-up Prize (visit 8 shops) - prize valued at over 500

  • Third Runner-up Prize (visit 4 shops) - prize valued at over $250

If you are entered in the Grand Prize giveaway and do not win you will be entered automatically in the Runner-up giveaway (and if you don’t win that, the Second Runner-up giveaway and so on). Same goes for folks that visit 12 shops or 8 shops; if you don’t win your giveaway level you will automatically be entered in the next runner-up level. You do not need to submit your physical passport booklet at the end of the crawl (it’s yours to keep and remember the fun times you had yarn-crawling) just follow the instructions in the printed passport for digital submission.

All of the participating shops will have their own shop-specific giveaway valued at $150 that every crawl visitor can enter at the shop (no purchase necessary; just a passport)! Shops will also be giving out a FREE shop-specific pattern when you get your passport stamped for visiting; no purchase required. Some shops may have other giveaways, pop-ups, special yarns, and kits for this event. Please check shop-specific websites and social media for details about these special products and events.

Please note that a FREE print-at-home passport option will be available starting in mid-February! We are working on the design right now so stay tuned ~ those will not sell-out and are always available as a FREE way to participate in teh crawl and be eligible for the giveaways.

FUNDRAISING

The 2025 Philly Yarn Crawl will donate 5% of our profits to the Tacony Lab Community Art Center. Created in 2017 by Mural Arts Philadelphia with the support of former Councilman Bobby Henon, the Tacony LAB Community Arts Center brings the neighborhood and the arts together to create a unique hub for learning, creativity, and community engagement in Northeast Philadelphia. The Tacony LAB runs an artist-in-residence program, offers art classes for adults and youth, holds open studio sessions for the public in our well-equipped studio/maker space, and presents arts-focused events free of charge.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Anyone! If you’re interested in learning more about the many wonderful, creative, and diverse local yarn shops and fiber craft community in Greater Philadelphia this is the event for you. We ask that folks participating in the crawl agree to contribute to a positive, safe, and inclusive event - this includes customers, shop owners/staff, and vendors - in the interest of upholding the collective wellbeing of the community. If you are a new local yarn shop in the Greater Philadelphia area please don’t hesitate to reach out about participating in the next crawl!