Rainchain Shawl: LYS Day 2020 Pattern Promotion!

Oh man, what a year this has been! I think it is safe to say we could all use a little more yarn and a LOT less chaos- so how about a Local Yarn Store day pattern promotion? Sound Good?

Last year The National Needlearts Association (TNNA) had a pattern competition for a new shawl pattern to be featured on local yarn store day. I entered thinking that there was NO WAY I would be lucky enough to win it and be able to support so many local shops at once. My entry was a shawl based on a beautiful rainchain that my children bought me for Mother's day, a string of tiny upside down umbrellas that catch the raindrops on the side of the house and create a lovely tinkle sound. Well SURPRISE! I won the contest, so I set about designing a pattern that could be as versatile as possible, with two samples in two different yarn weights and lots of alteration info to accommodate different yardage amounts. 

Then came Covid-19, rolling over the world like a runaway train and sadly TNNA could no longer stay in business, so the pattern rights were returned to me for the Rainchain shawl and I needed to come up with a plan. I still wanted this shawl to be a part of local yarn store day, and I was hoping I could find a way to support local yarn shops too! Enter the fine folks at Plymouth Yarn Company, they had originally supplied the yarn support so I could knit the two shawl samples, and when I asked if they wanted to partner up on a giveaway they responded with a quick and decisive YES! YAY!

So now for the details, if you want to get the Rainchain shawl pattern FOR FREE you need to purchase any skein of Plymouth Yarn Company Yarn from a participating Local Yarn Shop between Sept 11th and 13th and you will get a code for the pattern for free! The codes will be sent to you from the local shop you purchased from- do not email me asking for codes.

Below is a list of participating yarn shops and their websites:

Casting On!  Appleton WI

The Knittin Coop Salem VA

Firwood Farm Alpacas Fife WA

LoftyFiber Easely SC

Knit On!  Newport, KY

Habetrot’s Wheel  Erie, PA

Alpaca Direct Hayden ID

Bayou Yarn Shoppe Lafayette, LA

Hooked On Ewe Yarn Shop Fort Myers, FL

Kid Ewe Knot Bridgeville, PA

Yarned & Dangerous Cañon City, CO

Wildskeins Yarn Company Hickory, NC

NadleKunst Yarn Shop New Ulm, MN

Ewe Count Cheyenne, WY

Paisley Threads New London, MN

Yarnia of Old Town Warrenton, VA

Yarns to Go and Fabrics Alpena, MI

The Yarn Shop at Alma Park Jobstown, NJ 

Expressions in NeedleArt Canandaigua, NY 

A Likely Yarn Abingdon, VA

The Tangled Ball Edgewater, CO

Knit Wit Knits Salem, OH

Phoenix Knits  Phoenix, AZ

The Southern Needle Ridgeland, MS 

Intertwined Yarn Shop Two Rivers, WI

Fabric Place Basement Natick, MA

Get Stitchin' Tulsa, OK

Ewe & You Fiber Arts LLC  Windsor, CT

Plum Tree Yarn Shop Milan, MI

Heindselman's Yarn Shop Provo, UT

Artists Gallery Yarns North Canton, OH

Stitch Point on Friendly Greensboro, NC

New England Yarn and Spindle LLC Southington, CT

Knit One Stitch Too Pennington, NJ

Fiber Basket Minot, ND

Common Thread Saratoga Saratoga Springs, NY 

Coastal Yarns Cannon Beach, OR 

Untangled Purls Fredericksburg, VA

The Continental Stitch Morgan Hill, CA

Entwined LLC McMinnville, OR

Needlepoint Joint Ogden, UT

The Creation Station Newton, KS

A Knit Sheep Yarns Mount Laurel, NJ

A Tangled Yarn Shop Denver, NC 

Allyn Knit Shop Allyn, WA 

Heart2Heart Knitting and Fiber Arts Poulsbo, WA

Native Twist Mt Sterling, KY 

Babetta's Yarn & Gifts Fair Oaks, CA

The Yarn Center Hamilton, MT 

The Sock Peddlers Lakewood, WA

Love & Stitches Whitesboro, New York 

A Stitch in Time Jacksonville, FL

Creative Warehouse Needham, MA

Mass Ave Knit Shop  Indianapolis, IN 

The Knitter's Edge Bethlehem, PA

Slip Stitch Avenue Bordentown, NJ

Craftworks Northboro, MA

From the Heart Quilts West Newbury, MA 

Stifft Station Gifts Little Rock, AR

Northern Spirits Gift Shoppe Manistee, MI

The Knitting Garden Huntington, NY 

Sea Needles Bethany Beach, DE

Knitology Traverse City, MI 

The Yarn Barn Woodbridge, CT

The Twisted Knitter Mebane, NC

The Knitting Cove and Yarn Shop Port Jefferson, NY

Yarn Cupboard Jamesville, NY

Frans Knitting Boutique Augustine, FL 

The Spinning Room Altamont, NY 

Stitches in Time Bellflower, CA

The Knit Studio Jackson, MS

Yarnivore San Antonio, TX

Aunt Margarets North Chelmsford, MA

Grafton Yarn Store Grafton, WI

Seattle Yarn Seattle, WA

Paradise Fibers Spokane, WA

Amazing Threads Maple Grove, MN

Prairie Fiber Arts Center Moorhead, MN

Yarn and More Inc, Nags Head, NC

Knit-N-Purl Myrtle Beach, SC

Michigan Fine Yarns  Livonia, MI 

Clinch River Yarn Company  Clinton, TN

Knot Just Yarn  Aurora, CO 

ReBelle Lexington, KY

If you don't see your local shop on this list then you can check if they carry Plymouth Yarn at this link https://www.plymouthyarn.com/browse-shops

They can sign up for the promotion until Sept 4th 2020.

P.S. Sept 12th is also my BIRTHDAY! And I am so looking forward to celebrating it with you and this great giveaway- I think I might need some birthday yarn!