LYS Day Weekend Fun!!
Hey yarn & fiber craft lovers! We’ve got a thing going on April 25th & 26th. It’s a yarn hunt! 5 Austin area LYS’s, 5 fresh skeins to find, 1 grand prize.
Shops
Yarning Fiber Arts, Worldyarns, Knit ATX, The Sated Sheep, Fiber Fate
The Lost Skein of Austin
Visit each of the five shops on LYS Day and the following day, Saturday & Sunday. You will receive a clue or riddle. Search for the shop’s special LYS day skein. Once you have found the lost skein, there are 2 ways to enter to win a grand prize. Either post and hashtag on Instagram or get your printed map stamped.
Please note: If you are posting to IG, do not reveal the actual skein or the clue in your post. No spoilers. Tag each post #lostskeinofaustin.
If you are choosing the paper entry, turn in your map at your last stop of the weekend.
Grand Prize:
$50 gift certificate from each store.
Additional info:
Rachel, Yarning Fiber Arts, will consolidate all the entries and draw the winner. Drawing will take place the week of April 27th. FYI, Rachel is the creator and organizer of the yarn hunt.
No purchase is necessary to play. No purchase is necessary to enter the grand prize drawing. Visit all shops to enter drawing. Play even if you can only visit a few shops. If no one does all 5, the minimum number for the grand prize moves to 4. We are working on a second prize for those that visit 2 or 3 shops as well.
Paper maps: print your own map from the image online or ask for one at your first shop.
Gauge is not able to participate in the hunt this year. They are a core LYS located in north Austin. Don’t forget to visit Gauge on LYS Day, Saturday, April 25th.
It’s been all about the yarn and knitting so far this year. I’ve been adding and swapping out yarn at the shop. Working to bring you yarn options – colors, textures, fiber types.
The little shop has come a long way in the past year. When Fiber Fate opened as a brick & mortar shop in 2024, there was one brand, Fiber Fate – hand dyed and handspun. Since then, the yarn selection has been growing. Fiber Fate offers local yarn from four Austin area hand dyers and yarn producers – Yarn Matter, Dyeon Yarns, Rowdy Ranch Custom Yarns, and Gothfarm Yarns. Most recently added small batch hand dyed from Terrapin Fiberworks. Lovely organic cotton dyed in Maryland.
At the beginning of 2026, more yarn! A quick influx of colors and textures by including yarns from Queensland, Lana Gatto, and Elsbeth Lavold. I’ve also currently got British yarn from World of Wool – Distilled DK tweed and Big Bang super bulky (on sale). Paused there for a moment; taking some time to evaluate next steps. The one thing for sure is there will be more yarn options coming soon.
I am so happy about the way Fiber Fate is shaping up. 2026 is off to a very good start. Starting super small is challenging on multiple levels. In my case, particularly in the physical sense. Those of you who have visited the shop in-person know, space is limited. It’s a juggling balance act to fit all the yarns, notions, bags, fiber, etc. in and have it be comfortable and nice to shop. So far so good! Challenging, but fun. See the organizational feat at 503 S. Loop 4, Buda, TX 78610. It’s not perfect, but I’m kinda proud of it.
–Angela