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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_3183" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 330px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=3183" rel="attachment wp-att-3183"><img class="size-full wp-image-3183" title="yarncrawlla_2013 (1)" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yarncrawlla_2013-1.png" alt="" width="320" height="167" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Image courtesy of Yarn Crawl LA</dd></dl></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">The second county wide crawl is happening right now! It starts today, Thursday, April 11th and runs through Sunday April 14th.  This is going to e the largest crawl this city has ever seen, with 31 participating shops and covering a span over 2000 square miles.  Last year this was a very exciting event for knitters all over southern California.  This year it will be just as exciting.  There will be trunk shows, giveaways, raffles, and more! It's absolute madness!  Here is a list of the <a href="http://yarncrawlla.com/hours-at-a-glance/">events</a> that will be going on during the crawl.</p>
Last year I was bogged down and wasn't able to check out any of the participating shops.  But this year, you better believe that I will out there finally getting a chance to visit all the great shops this city has to offer.  I plan on finally getting around to checking out <a href="http://www.thelittleknittery.com/">The Little Knittery</a> in Atwater Village, <a href="http://unwindyarn.com/">Unwind</a> in Burbank (it's been a while since I've been there), <a href="http://www.sitnstitch.com/">Sit N' Stitch</a> in Toluca Lake, <a href="http://www.needlepointswest.com/">Needlepoints West</a> in Westchester, the <a href="http://yarnovertruck.com/">Yarn Over Trunk</a> in Santa Monica, and of course <a href="http://www.twistyarns.com/">Twist</a> in Manhattan Beach (a fantastical yarn shop).

Since last year was the first crawling experience for the shops, there were a few kinks to smooth out.  This year every shop participating in the crawl will be open Thursday through Sunday and at the very minimum from 10am - 6pm each crawl day.  This is a huge deal! As we now most yarn shops are closed on Sundays.  So this is a special treat that we can shop pretty much anywhere in the city all day on a Sunday!  Wooohooo!  A whole day of knitting fun and adventure.  I'm already trying to decide where I'm going to have lunch on Sunday.  Will it be Downtown? Burbank? Manhattan Beach? I dunno!!! So many places to choose from!!!

Make sure you get yourself a <a href="http://yarncrawlla.com/passport-faq/">Passport</a>!!! Even if you only visit one shop!  You can still win a prize.  Each shop you visit will give you a stamp.  You can turn in your passport to the last shop you visit or mail it in to enter to win some really great prizes from the crawl <a href="http://yarncrawlla.com/more-sponsors/">sponsors</a>!

Oh! And one of the coolest things this year, The Yarn Crawl LA is hosting a photo contest! Find out more about the photo contest details <a href="http://yarncrawlla.com/1st-annual-yarn-crawl-tastic-la-photo-contest/">here</a>.  The photo contest will consist of the following five categories:
<div>Best Shop Photo</div>
<div>Best Group Photo</div>
<div>Best Individual Photo</div>
<div>Best Yarn Photo</div>
<div>Best Misc Photo</div>
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<div>Good luck to all!!!</div>
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<div>This will be fun!  I'll be around on Sunday.... will you see me??? Scavenger hunt! Find the Grace!!!!</div>