The Tokyo Yarn Crawl is a 2-week opportunity to explore the best of what the city has to offer for people who love the fibre arts!

 

A “Yarn Crawl” is an event that originally takes its meaning from the “pub crawl”, in which a city’s pubs would all join forces and hold a one-night “rally” in which customers could hop from pub to pub, enjoying a pint, or snack at each house.   By the end of the night, most patrons would have to crawl home, due to the amount of fun they had!

 

Similarly, we want our crawlers to have so much fun connecting with friends, doing some shopping, and enjoying Tokyo’s best neighbourhoods that they will return home with full hearts and lots of happy memories. 

 

While like-minded events started originally in New York, Vancouver, and other cities all over the world,  this event was first started 8 years ago by a small shop owner called Cassandra Harada.   She worked closely with the great people at Nihon Vogue, and Studio F to make it an event that would last years and hold lots of great memories.  This is our 8th annual crawl and we hope you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed planning it for you.  

 

The main excitement of the crawl is of course the stamp card scavenger hunt, and shopping all the lovely sales and special products the shops have prepared especially for our event.   We also want you to explore local restaurants and cafes with your fibre loving friends, and also enjoy the unique atmosphere of autumn in Tokyo.  

 

Please have a look at our shop list, as each shop is incredibly unique.   Pop in and chat to the staff, meet a designer,  and check out the special kits and patterns that have been put together just for our event.  Lots of fun and mountains of inspiration are waiting to be discovered this November, and we can hardly wait!

 

Let’s Crawl!

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​Cassandra Harada