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A Great Yarn

894 Main Street

Chatham, MA 02633

Phone: (508)348-5605

info@agreatyarn.com

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Sunday: Noon - 4pm

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  • Chatham Yarn – Month-by-Month

    In March, 2015, A Great Yarn introduced our original Chatham Yarn. Designed in collaboration with hand dyer extraordinaire Mishellee Poulin, it embodied Chatham’s one-of-a-kind summer colors. In December, 2015, we created Chatham Yarn – The Finest Hours, which represented our attempt to capture the roiling waters off Chatham’s coast in…

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  • Akerworks Swatch Gauges

    Now available! These amazing gauges recently featured in Vogue Knitting, and they are the hottest selling product we have ever carried in the shop.  They were developed with suggestions and feedback from Leslie and Laura of The KnitGirliis, and offer a slip-resistant 4-inch cross measurement, for nice confident gauge counting….

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“I would be most content if my children grew up
to be the kind of people who think decorating
consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”

- Anna Quindlen

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

- Attributed to Groucho Marx

“You know you’ve read a good book when
you turn the last page and feel a little
as if you have lost a friend. “

- Paul Sweeney

“Books can be dangerous.
The best ones should be labeled
‘This could change your life.’”

- Helen Exley

“Book lovers never go to bed alone. “

- Author Unknown

“Books are a uniquely portable magic. “

- Stephen King

“Never judge a book by its movie.”

- J.W. Eagan

There is practically no activity that cannot be
enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really
want to get obsessive about it.

- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Imagine a scarf as an unlimited canvas.”

- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“I will continue to freak out my children by knitting
in public. It's good for them.”

- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“No matter how well you knit, looking at your work too
closely isn't helpful. It's like kissing with your eyes open:
nobody looks good that close up.”

- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

A Great Yarn
894 Main Street
Chatham, MA 02633
  • (508) 348-5605
  • info@agreatyarn.com
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