Join us for a Solar Social Knitting session. There is no charge to come and knit with us as we watch the eclipse unfold. Fingers crossed for good weather and a clear sky.

Bring eclipse viewing glasses if you have them. Some will be available in the shop. If it’s a nice day you may want to bring a lawn chair as well.

We will be opening at 12 Noon today.

Hopefully by then the snow will subside and the roads will be safe for travel. Unfortunately, we have to cancel today's Drop-In Knitting Class. If anything changes before noon, we will post on Instagram & Facebook.

The Woodworkers Showcase is in town this weekend and that means there are lots of wives of woodworkers who want to explore their own craft. Join us for a free workshop. You can knit The Belgian Waffle Spa Cloth or crochet a Face Scrubbie with our talented instructors.

You will need the following materials: 50g cotton yarn; US3 knitting needls; Size H crochet hook, Tapestry needle; download from Ravelry (free): Belgian Waffle Dishcloth pattern by the Kitchen Sink Shop. The crochet pattern will be provided. These items can also be purchased that day.

We are so excited to host Terri from Whole Knit n’ Caboodle!

She will be at the shop to show off hand-dyed yarns in various colors and textures. Terri will also bring in knitted samples to provide beautiful inspiration.

Whole Knit n’ Caboodle has hand-dyed wool yarn of various weights along with Mohair, Bamboo and other fun blends. Whether you are looking for a single skein for a small project or sweater quantity in that perfect color Terri has the yarn for you. Bring in your pattern and let us help you choose the ideal yarn.

Come in to see the beautiful colors, squish the yarn, and plan your next project! Hope to see you there!

Join the ladies of Going Gnome in this fun felting workshop! If you are new to needle felting, or a seasoned felter who simply wants to do something enjoyable and social, this is a great workshop for you. All materials will be provided. No prior experience necessary.

Participants will learn to make a solid wool, 3 dimensional figure, make and attach felted pieces and do face details. You will leave with a completed chickadee, a foam work surface and 2 felting needles. This workshop can only accommodate 16 reservations. Further details will then be sent to you. Our class in October sold out quickly, so don't delay!

Bring your knitting or crocheting. Food and beverages will be served. Prizes will be awarded. You do not have to be present to win as long as you have turned in your Bingo Card - but it will be much more fun with you there!

Please RSVP to this event so we may order enough food. You can use the form below, email us at commonthreadsaratoga@gmail.com or call us at 518-583-2583.

We can all use a night out with the girls. Add some snacks, maybe an adult beverage, prizes and yarn and it promises to be a good time. You'll receive 6 mini balls of yarn - 3 of them brand new for Fall/Winter. This is a fun way to try these new yarns and see new colors of 3 existing yarns. You'll also get a Berroco pattern coupon, a cute sticker and a pattern to use with this yarn collection. One lucky winner will get a fun kit but everyone will go home with a gift. The cost is $12 per person.

Only 14 seats are available so sign up soon!

Join us as we welcome Ashley of 29 Fibers, a local indie yarn dyer. Ashley will be bringing several fingering weight options, lots of DK merino, some superwash and non-superwash worsted and super bulky merino. She might even have some blends that will work well for warm weather items. Ashley is also able to accept custom orders so if you have a project in mind, bring in the pattern and see if custom dyed yarn will be what you’ve been looking for.

Cozy & Craft yarn is inspired by the beauty of hand spun yarn and the endless possibilities it presents. Brittany is from the Capital Region and will be bringing mostly fingering weight and a mohair-silk lace weight blend.

It's On - Weather Permitting. Knit in Public Day is the largest knitter run event in the world. It is a day when we show off our love of the craft. It's also about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity in a very distinct way.

Bring a chair and your project and join us! It's also the same day as the Flag Day Parade. We'll have front row seats. Don't forget, the parking garage is just behind our building. It's free for the first hour, $1/hour thereafter.

Mark your calendar. Saturday, April 29th is

Local Yarn Store Day!

LYS Day is a day to support brick and mortar yarn stores that are the backbone of the fiber community.

11am ~ Blocking Demo and Discussion featuring Jill Ramos

We will offer a day with new yarns, sales, raffle prizes and other treats. Wear a knit or crochet item that you've made to show your support of our fiber community.

We are so excited to welcome Emre Koc, President & Co-Founder of Urth Yarns, back to our shop. He is in the US for Vogue Knitting Live and has offered to travel to Saratoga to spend time with us. Let's make him feel welcomed!

The fine merino wool and self-striping colors of Urth Yarns, especially the Uneek Fingering, has been a favorite among our customers for years. Emre will display garments and patterns, introduce a new yarn that will soon be available and answer your questions about his family, his company and the yarn we love. Refreshments will be served.

Emre is a third generation yarn wholesaler. His grandfather started a company in the 1950s which became one of Turkey’s most well-known yarn brands. Urth Yarns was founded in 2017 to give back to people and the Earth. Urth Yarns plants a tree for every skein of yarn sold. They are proud to announce that they have planted over 200,000 trees in Africa.

In-Person Kick Off

A wonderful winter KAL. This open cardigan is super cozy with its garter shawl collar and suggested transitioning of colors. Bring your pattern and supplies to this session.

If you have not yet signed up for this KAL, there is still time to join. Let us know if you'd like to be added to the list of participants so that we can make sure you receive all KAL details.

We are so excited to host Terri from Whole Knit n’ Caboodle!

Come see the great selection of yarns hand dyed by this good friend of our shop. There will be plenty of yarn and kits displayed. Additionally, sample "fade" color packs will be available for anyone who wants one dyed in the required yardage to make the Comfort Fade Cardi, whether you are joining our KAL or not.

The KAL will begin in February and will include two classes, led by Jill Ramos, for those who want or need technical support and guidance. Sign up for this KAL so we can pass along more specifics to you.

Whole Knit n’ Caboodle has hand-dyed Bulky, Worsted, DK, Sport, Sock, and Fingering in Superwash Merino along with Mohair, Wool, Bamboo and other fun blends.

It's On - Weather Permitting. Knit in Public Day is the largest knitter run event in the world. It is a day when we show off our love of the craft. It's also about showing the general public that knitting can be a community activity in a very distinct way.

Bring a chair and your project and join us! It's also the same day as the Flag Day Parade. We'll have front row seats. Don't forget, the parking garage is just behind our building. It's free for the first hour, $1/hour thereafter.

Mark your calendar. Saturday, April 30th is

Local Yarn Store Day!

LYS Day is a day to support brick and mortar yarn stores that are the backbone of the fiber community.

We will offer a day with new yarns, sales, raffle prizes and other treats. Wear a knit or crochet item that you've made to show your support of our fiber community.

Guest Speaker ~ 10:30 AM ~ Knitting pro and designer Carol Puntel will be offering a talk on Savvy Yarnstore Shopping.

Flexi-Flip Demonstration ~ 12:30 PM ~ Carol “Cookie” Hornung will show you this clever alternative to using double pointed needles and Magic Loop.

Learn to Crochet ~ 2:00 PM ~ Annie Fitzgerald teach you the basics of crochet. Bring a crochet hook and some yarn if you already have it.

We are so excited to host Terri from Whole Knit n’ Caboodle!

She will be at the shop to show off some of her new yarns and colors along with some of her classic favorites. Terri will also bring in some knitted samples of her yarn to provide beautiful inspiration.

Whole Knit n’ Caboodle has hand-dyed Bulky, Worsted, DK, Sport, Sock, and Fingering in Superwash Merino along with Mohair, Wool, Bamboo and other fun blends. Whether you are looking for a single skein for a small project or sweater quantity in that perfect color Terri has the yarn for you.

Come in to see the beautiful colors, squish the yarn, and plan your next project! Hope to see you there!

Mark your calendar. Saturday, April 17th is

Local Yarn Store Day!

LYS Day is a day to support brick and mortar yarn stores that are the backbone of the fiber community.

We will offer a day with new yarns, sales, raffle prizes and other treats. Wear/bring a knit or crochet item that you've made and we will take a picture of it and enter you into our raffle.

Mark your calendar. Saturday, April 25th is

Local Yarn Store Day!

More details to follow

We are so excited to host Terri from Whole Knit n’ Caboodle!

She will be at the shop to show off some of her new yarns and colors along with some of her classic favorites. Terri will also bring in some knitted samples of her yarn to provide beautiful inspiration.

Whole Knit n’ Caboodle has hand-dyed Bulky, Worsted, DK, Sport, Sock, and Fingering in Superwash mMerino along with Mohair, Alpaca, Wool, Bamboo and other fun blends. Whether you are looking for a single skein for a small project or sweater quantity in that perfect color Terri has the yarn for you.

Come in to see the beautiful colors, squish the yarn, and plan your next project! Hope to see you there!

Not going to Rhinebeck? No worries. We'll give you something to do on Saturday, October 19th.

If you have made or are in the process of making the Shift Cowl, join us at the shop for breakfast on Saturday, October 19th at 8:30 am. Bring your finished cowl or the one you are working on. We are all eager to see each other's color combinations and progress. We'll take a group photo as well.

We would also appreciate an RSVP for the breakfast.

We love the excitement that Track Season brings to Saratoga Springs. But there comes a time when we are happy to have it settle down. Let’s celebrate as we “take back our town” with good food, friends and a special Bingo game.

To participate in Bingo, bring a pen and a bag (no larger than our standard shopping bag size) crammed with knitting/crochet related items. Naturally, you will want to be wearing something you have knit or crocheted. Play for fun, play for prizes!

Food and beverages will be available before we start Bingo. An R.S.V.P. would be helpful.

Join us as we kick off a Skacel KAL with their host: Crasy Sylvie Rasch. Sylvie is a prolific designer and online personality and was the creative force behind the addi Flexiflips. While this project is not a mystery, the pattern will be released in parts over 4 consecutive weeks. Sylvie will also be releasing helpful video tutorials along the way.

An introduction to the KAL will be on Saturday, September 7th. There will be three sessions to follow. While this is not a "learn to knit socks" class, you will knit this fun sock design with plenty of help from our sock teacher, Carol "Cookie" Hornung. As always, there will be an opportunity to win Skacel sponsored prizes from our end of the KAL drawing!

Cost: $30

In the book Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the Forest of Dean is a snowy, frost covered forest. This intermediate level wrap has three sections, one representing each character's time in the forest. More of their story is shared in the pattern.

A limited number of Fiber Me This hand-dyed kits will be available. Come in early for best selection and refreshments.

Our customers have the biggest hearts! We can’t tell you how many of you come into the shop looking for projects and/or yarn to knit for charity. For the month of March, we are encouraging our tribe to create Chemo Caps and Knitted Knockers to donate to local hospitals. Cascade Ultra Pima Cotton is a wonderful yarn choice for these projects as it provides the softness that tender skin calls for, while still holding its shape and providing washability. In March, we will offer Ultra Pima for 15% off the normal price, and we will be collecting items until April 1st.

On Sunday, March 31, 2-4 pm, Common Thread will host Social Knitting to work together on charity projects, or to drop off projects already knit. Refreshments will be provided. We hope you will stop in to connect with old friends or meet new ones!

We are excited to welcome back Jen Sager of Fiber Me This for a Spring Fling Pop-Up yarn show. Jen has been busy working her magic in her studio, dying up beautiful skeins of fingering and DK weight yarn. These yarns are favorties here at the shop and her Pop-Ups never disappoint. Jen will be sharing with us bright spring colorways as well as stitch markers and her beloved project bags. This is a show you don’t want to miss!

This pattern is designed by Joji Locatelli and would be as beautiful in fade yarns as it would be in a solid color. This is the perfect sweater for spring or those cool summer nights. Knit this as a group. Trade suggestions and ideas. Enjoy the finished project before Spring!

Dates for the KAL are March 10th, 24th and April 7th.

Join us as we showcase projects from Lang Yarns new line - Wool Addicts. During this event, we will have finished projects on hand for you touch and feel, and we will have lots of LANGYARNS Wool Addicts on hand to support the beautiful projects shown. Refreshments will be served.

Three worlds, five yarns and eleven colors – it seems so easy to create the new sub-brand WOOLADDICTS by LANGYARNS.

The general concept is constructed around three worlds of color

- Sea spray (petrol/blue)

- Cute, but . . . (pink/nude)

- Shine out (yellow)

These are accompanied by neutral tones like black, grey and white, and are reflected in the five traits of fire, air, love, water and earth. In keeping with these are popular design models that integrate perfectly into these worlds and serve as knitting inspirations to follow. And the design is completely new.

The concept sounds easy, and so it is. The idea behind it is equally so. Yarn has become a luxury product, since nowadays knitting isn’t a necessity, but something you do because you want to. An activity that allows free rein to your creativity and gives you that wonderful feeling of having made something yourself. The creative team from LANGYARNS took this thought as their guiding principle and created a forward-looking concept built on emotions. WOOLADDICTS attracts attention through emotive images and prompts people to pause and reflect. The observer can dive into their own world, and only then do they encounter the choice of model and yarn. This approach is completely new in the world of hand-knitting yarns.

Once again, Plymouth Yarn will be partnering with us to bring you a great deal on Small Business Saturday. The first 20 customers in the shop will each receive a coupon worth $10 off a $50 purchase of Plymouth Yarn products valid only on Small Business Saturday.

This will include yarn, needles, books, patterns and bags.