LYS CLOSING :(

UruzPhoenix · 12-30-2009, 12:05 PM

if anyone's relatively local, i got an e-mail stating that not only is Saratoga Needle Arts (on the main drag in saratoga, NY) is CLOSING

, but the business is also for sale. They're having a 20% off sale on Jan. 2nd

dh is taking me shopping there before they close (i hope he's ready for a chin drop... i LOVE their yarns! this also means that i'm going to have to now shop online for my favorite yarns as the big chain stores dont' carry them

)

KnitandPurl · 12-30-2009, 05:30 PM

If you're in Port Jervis, isn't there a closer yarn store to where you live than Saratoga Springs? I was in Flying Fingers in Tarrytown a few weeks ago and they had a great selection. I know there is a yarn shop in White Plains.

paperwhite · 12-30-2009, 07:14 PM

I live 20 minutes away from Saratoga and didn't even know the store was there! Now they're closing? :( Do you know when they're closing or anything about someone potentially purchasing the business to keep it open? I'd love to get there before they're gone for good.

Jan in CA · 12-30-2009, 07:26 PM

Bummer, but...my LYS was for sale for quite a while and was finally bought by a great new owner! There is hope!

UruzPhoenix · 12-30-2009, 11:20 PM

i'm sure there are closer ones, i just haven't had time to go out and explore. we're still getting things situated from the move and everythigns' crazy. I still go to saratoga when we go to visit dh's kids and parents.... or when we go up for racing season.

WandaT · 12-30-2009, 11:27 PM

We lost two stores this summer. Both owners were retiring. One store was for sale for quite a while but with the economy the way it is and was, there were no takers. We still have three in the area though, so at least I have some choices other than online - not that I don't buy online too.

ArtLady1981 · 12-31-2009, 01:52 AM

It's always sad to see a LYS go under!

XxavoOo · 12-31-2009, 01:55 AM

I'd probably go crazy if my LYS closed. There are only two that I'm aware of (where they actually sell yarn and not only school yarn/string), and even though one's awfully expensive and the other's on a really dangerous part of the city, I love them

KnitandPurl · 12-31-2009, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by UruzPhoenix

i'm sure there are closer ones, i just haven't had time to go out and explore. we're still getting things situated from the move and everythigns' crazy. I still go to saratoga when we go to visit dh's kids and parents.... or when we go up for racing season.

Saratoga is a nice town; I haven't been there in awhile.

But where is my brain? There's a great yarn shop 10 minutes from where you are; I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier. Guess I don't think of Pennsylvania as being that close but to you it is.

http://www.jilldealyarn.net/

UruzPhoenix · 12-31-2009, 06:56 PM

Thanks

I'll be hitting it in a couple of weeks when i do some yarn shopping....

to give you an idea how close PA is... Drive right on main street and we're in NJ (awesome gas prices!), drive left and we're in PA