UP COMING EVENTS

YARN HOLLOW & QUILLING MAVEN TRUNK SHOW

MAY 24th – 25th

Friday 6-9 pm & Saturday 10am-4pm

Yarn Hollow began in 2005, the result of a kitchen sink epiphany. Rita Petteys began dyeing yarn in her garage in Grandville, MI and selling it at the Fulton Street Farmer’s Market. These yarns come in an array of exquisite multi-colored and semi-solid color ways in a full range or weights. She uses a collection of fibers including merino, polworth, cashmere, bamboo, seacell, silk, blue faced leicester, tussah silk, mohair, baby alpaca and cotton. In both yarn and spinning fiber there are superwash options! Yarn Hollow is now throughout the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southern United States and Canada. Amazing colors for any one that knits, crochets or spins!

Quilling Maven comes to us from Williamston Michigan. Barb Zaremski loves making earrings, pendants and art out of paper. The art of quilling is centuries old – rolling and shaping specialty paper together to create ornamental designs. And similar to us fiber fans – it’s creating something beautiful from nothing! Quilling was a hobby of hers and now she’s putting these stunning creations out in the world to us to enjoy! These gorgeous accessories are perfect for you or a truly unique gift for someone special.

Yarn

Kits

Patterns

Needles & Notions

Gifts

Classes

What’s in a name?

My name Melissa means ‘honeybee’ in Greek. I’ve always loved my name and have personally identified with all things related to bees and honey. As many of you know, I’ve kept an online journal for years called The Land of Wool and Honey. After using this moniker for some time, I thought to myself, ‘You know, that actually kind of works!’

To us, Wool & Honey symbolizes the Good Life. The Land of Milk and Honey is a depiction of the most divine place on earth, the land of abundance, your happy place, Paradise Found. We believe that heaven on earth is a yarn shop filled with beautiful things that add a bit of shine to daily life.

Bees are amazing creatures. Every day, these little workers gather pollen–powdery bits of fluff–and with a little time and effort, transform it into a gorgeous, golden nectar. How similar we knitters are to the bee! Taking nothing more than two sticks and a string, we create warmth and comfort, fabric to clothe and decorate our bodies.

The hive is the epicentre of it all–it’s home. The bee may travel to distant fields and orchards, but there’s something hardwired inside her brain that always brings her back. Whether Leelanau County is your home or the home of your heart, there is a fiber community waiting here for you.

But why delights? Leelanau means ‘land of delight’ in Ojibwa–it’s our nod to the people who discovered this particular heaven on earth.

Here’s What Our Customers Are Saying

. . . I’ve traveled a lot and explored many, many knit shops along the way. (Wool & Honey), by far, my favorite. Melissa’s selection of fibers and patterns is exquisite.Cedar, Michigan, is a bit out of the way but well worth the drive.

. . . Melissa is a fabulous teacher and very encouraging to beginners. She has a very nice selection of yarns. I love going to her shop.

. . . I was recently staying near Lake Ann and drove to Cedar specifically to go to (Wool & Honey). What a pleasant surprise! I am surprised that such a small town can support this type of yarn shop . . . What a treat! I love small town shops for just this kind of thing.

. . . the shop itself is small, cozy with a wonderful atmosphere – warm, charming, inviting. The shop speaks oodles about its owner, Melissa who is just as warm, friendly, charming, and delightful as her shop. Melissa has a very nice selection of beautiful yarns, a good selection of classes from which to choose and is always ready and willing to help you with any problem and/or any project.

. . . Fabulous yarn shop! Beautiful and unique yarns from small companies and local spinners and dyers . . . Super friendly shop owner, awesome Saturday morning open knitting group, lots of indie patterns, interesting classes (spinning, plying, finishing techniques) … well worth the drive.

Also . . . read what our friends at Food & Wine, Traverse Magazine (“The Year of the Piecrust“), Leelanau Enterprise, White Pine Press, Glen Arbor Sun (“Knitting Yarns in Cedar”), Be Squirrely, Tales of the Traveling Chairs, Leelanau.com, Traverse City Record Eagle (“Get Hooked at Cedar Knitting Shop”), Northern Express (“‘Tis the Season to Shop Local”) , Northern Express (“Keep It Local”) and Known.com are saying about Wool & Honey–previously Inish Knits!