Knitting can be a helpful hobby in the winter when you need a scarf for extra warmth or a sturdy needle to chip your way out of a frozen cabin. Prepare for chilly months with this Groupon.
$15 for $30 Worth of Yarn
Crafters can pick up a skein of Malabrigo Rasta yarn with bulky merino-wool strands that come slightly felted ($22) and browse hand-spun yarns from local fiber artists.
Friends & Fiberworks
Thousands of sheep have Friends & Fiberworks to thank for their cool, breezy summers. The shop's 4,000-square-foot show room is packed with the dyed, spun remnants of their winter coats, inspiring shoppers to fashion art for the home and body. Wooden display panels show off sample projects above shelves stuffed with skeins of all kinds, including yarns spun by local fiber artists such as Rowan and Debbie Bliss. Amid the rainbow of pillowy packages, cushy armchairs await practicing knitters and spiders-in-training.
More than just a supply shop, Friends & Fiberworks cultivates its own flock of knitters and craftspeople through ongoing classes and twice-yearly retreats. The talented instructors delve into everything from weaving on a loom to spinning wool into yarn and straw into gold, eliminating the need to wager firstborn children away to nameless imps.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Boat Naming
Naming a boat or “ship” is probably the most important part of boat owner"ship." Here’s a guide to naming your sea craft no matter what “type” it is (this sentence was typed, which is why the quotes around “type” are funny):
Personal Yacht
• A Seafoam Symphony (boat name by Mikæl)
• Charity Schmarity
• If This Boat’s a-Rockin’, Please Come a-Knockin’ – We Do Not Want to Drown
• Martha’s Windward
• Yachtoberfest
Commercial Boats
• The Chuggler
• The SS Hungry Man
• Big Boat
Cruise Ships
• The (Type of Fruit/Time of Day) Princess
Speed Boats
• Angry Angus
• Daddy’s Little Metaphor
• My Best Friend’s Wake
• This Tears It: I Enjoy Speedboats
• Last of the Boat-Speedcans
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