Raven's Beak Design

Raven's Beak Design Raven's Beak Design is a fiber arts studio. Original knit designs are available as patterns, kits and finished product. I am choosing the latter.

Raven's Beak Design started out as a design company (mostly knitwear). In 2004 I opened a full service yarn shop with the idea that selling yarn would support my primary desire to create things. Since then, I have moved the shop to various locations hoping to be able to support my design "habit" with a lucrative business. In essence I had to make a choice: have a successful yarn shop or have a suc

cessful design company. And with all of the opportunities available online I am really looking forward to the next phase.

More sale pictures
02/01/2024

More sale pictures

I am liquidating the yarn I had in my yarn shop - selling it all in a 2 week sale starting Friday, Feb. 2 at noon until ...
02/01/2024

I am liquidating the yarn I had in my yarn shop - selling it all in a 2 week sale starting Friday, Feb. 2 at noon until 4 PM after which sale hours will be Tuesday - Saturday until Feb. 17th. Whatever is left after that will be available by appointment (message me to set up a time) and on eBay (those sales have already started and will be ongoing). Prices decrease as amounts increase, so if you're looking for a specific yarn type and want lots of it come soon to be sure you will get it.
Almost every weight of yarn is available - beautiful soft lace weight yarns, fingering/sock, sport weight, worsted, bulky. Fibers include wool (inc. merino), blends (silk +), superwash wool, and some beautiful mohair in various weights.
Companies include the standard Cascade Yarns & Brown Sheep as well as Mountain Colors, Cherry Tree Hill (some great vintage yarns), Skaecel and 2 specialized Norwegian companies (Rauma, Istra, Peer Gynt), Natural Wools. There's lots for the both the traditional & contemporary knitter.
I know we have some "production" creators in the area - you who create for sale or charity - this is a good time to pick up what you want at wholesale or below prices. Yarns will be sold as individual skeins/hanks, in lots of 10 or more, several as entire bins of one yarn type.
I am able to accept credit cards, checks and, of course cash is always preferred.

Closeout Sale
12/17/2016

Closeout Sale

12/17/2016
10/28/2016

Mostly Yarn Sale going on now. Today, Friday 10/28 from 10 am to 6 pm and tomorrow, Saturday 10/29 from 9 am to 4 pm AND by appointment until November 4th, when everything goes online for auction. This sale will occur in stages. Stage 1 (now) Bulky & chunky yarns and roving 6 packs (great for needle felting!). Most item 1/2 priced. Where: 1823 W. Highway 61 - a lovely house just west of the Rock Shop near the Putt 'n Pets mini golf course.

What have I been up to? In between what has become monthly visits to my grandson & his family I am cleaning houses (McFa...
08/10/2015

What have I been up to? In between what has become monthly visits to my grandson & his family I am cleaning houses (McFarland House and Charlie's Haven - check these out if you are looking for short - or even long term- furnished and lovingly cared for rentals - www.vrbo.com listings #355006 and 445941) and re-organizing my business. I am getting very close to a 'coming out' event. I made some really fun items for the home and have been making kits for several of my designs. KahNeeTah gallery is carrying some of my stuff. Pics to follow soon. Thanks to all who visit here for your patience with me as I transition not only my business, but my life. (No wonder I have such affinity with geckos and other such lizards).

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04/30/2015

I moved out of The Garage last November (2014) - thank you so much, Jill, it was grand and I look forward to seeing all the creative ideas for the 2015 season! I'm working hard creating my online presence; will post more when I have more to tell. Thanks everyone - meanwhile contact me at [email protected]

06/14/2014

Summer is now upon as and with it comes some changes to the shop. I now have a sale bin with some excellent prices on quality yarns that are discontinued colors, acrylic blends I will no longer carry and other little gems. Every Saturday I will be offering a SATURDAY SALE. For one day only you'll be able to purchase one item from the shop at CRAZY prices. This Saturday (June 14) I am offering Cascade Magnum: a super bulky, soft and minimally spin 100% Peruvian Highland wool. Normally priced at $20 per skein, today you can get it at $15 per skein. Next week's offering will be Bartlett Worsted and Bulky. This is an excellent traditional yarn that retains a bit of the natural sheep's lanolin - great for making fair isle sweaters, jackets, outerwear that will shed the light rain and mist we often get up here so close to the big lake. Normally priced at $6.50 per skein, I'll be letting this go at $4 per 4 oz. skein - next Saturday, Solstice Weekend, June 21st.

05/15/2014

Raven's Beak Design will be participating as a vendor at the Shepherd's Harvest Festival, this weekend (May 17 & 18) in Lake Elmo MN. The Grand Marais shop will be closed until Tuesday May 20th with a slightly new look and LOTS of new yarns at CRAZY prices. (Look here for details when I return).
Spring hours will be: Tues, Wed, Fri. Sat - 10 am to 5 pm. Thursdays I open 12 - 8 pm with knitter's / project night gathering from 5 - 8 PM. Summer Residents - are you back? Come say hi!

02/12/2014

OK Folks - I am in the final throes of preparation for my first ever Yarn Tasting Party and both sad to say (for folks who may be interested but did not sign up) and happy to say (because this first effort has gained so much positive support) - WE'RE ALL FULL UP!! That is, all 20 reservations have been claimed. The good news for all you fiber lovers out there is, in preparation for the event, I have stuck my neck WAY out and ordered some lovely new yarns and some very fun new fiber kits, looms, etc.
I will post later with pics, but for now here are my special Fiber Weekend (Feb. 14-17) Hours:
Friday & Saturday 9-5; Sunday 10 - 3; Monday 10 - 1
I will keep up the displays and play stations that I set up for the Yarn Tasting for folks to see and try on Sunday and Monday - many of these are child friendly, so be sure to bring the family.

12/21/2013

Holiday Hours & Special Events:
Shop will be OPEN:
Monday December 23: 12- 4 Open Project Knitting 1-4
Tuesday Dec. 24: 10 - 3
Thursday Dec. 26: 12 - 8
Friday Dec. 28: 11 - 4
Monday Dec. 30: 12 - 4
Tuesday Dec. 31: 12 - 4
AND DON'T FORGET: OPEN KNITTING / PROJECT NIGHT happens every Thursday evening from 5:30 - 8 PM and ALL ARE WELCOME!
AND for those of you who are thinking ahead:
January Hours will be:
Wednesdays: By Appointment (email me at: [email protected]
Thursdays: 12 - 8 (Open Knitting 5:30 - 8)
Fridays: 12 - 4
Saturdays: 10 - 3
In town for just a day or 2? PLEASE do not hesitate to make time for me to open the shop, just for you. ([email protected])

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Some of you may have known Raven’s Beak Design as a yarn shop; others may have visited my booth at various arts festivals; many of you have been my students learning to knit or felt or for help with a knitted project. . .and then I went silent . . . seemingly underground. Today - May 2020 I am busy processing fiber. I am working my way through various heritage sheep breeds. Beginning with the most available, Icelandic, I am now researching, obtaining, washing, carding or combing, sometimes blending and otherwise experimenting and playing with Teeswater, Jacobs, Gotland/Finnsheep, and various ‘mystery’, fleeces that come my way. All have a story. Many have names. All are lovingly handled. My drum carder and blending board yield endless possibilities for rolags that I love to spin. Viking combs handle the long staple fibers, connecting me to ancient traditions and encourage meditations on the horrific fate of dear Saint Blaise. Late summer sends me in to the fields and ditches to harvest ingredients for autumn natural dye pots (tansy, goldenrod, mountain ash berries - don’t worry I leave plenty for the birds who rely on them). Winter continues to be that time for hours of uninterrupted creation: myriads of felting projects from Nuno felting cobweb scarves, to felted roving braided rugs. Winter is a time to relieve the endless grey with the bling of sparkling bead projects and colorful variations on the penny rug. Winter is a time to explore the possibilities of my rigid heddle loom. There are very few fibers that I have met and did not like. In the months to come, thanks largely to Covid - 19, I hope to share my story with you in pictures. Be patient with me as I sometimes struggle with this rectangle and its sometimes baffling buttons. (I’d much rather navigate a lake in a canoe than navigate this cyber world and its ever changing protocols.) No wonder, if given the chance I escape to my world of fiber and the natural beauty that surrounds us in this North Country where everyday the vastness of Lake Superior reminds us how very small we really are. She likes to keep our priorities in line; keeping us ‘right size’.

Thank you for listening.