Our Second Chance Nook includes gently used equipment, yarn, current and OOP books, and more. Come poke around and see what treasures you find. If you already have too many treasures — or fiber-y things that need a new home, bring them here. Are you a member of SABLE (stash accumulation beyond life expectancy)? We can find some of your stash a new home so you can have space for new treasures.

Are you cleaning and sorting so your kids don’t have to do it for you? Are you settling a loved one’s estate? Perhaps your stash has overtaken your crafting room. We are here to help!

Here are some things it is helpful to know about this special area of our store:

• We accept consignment items from the 1st through the 7th of each month.
• We accept donations at any time. Select from donating to Knit Michigan (a cancer charity that I founded), Fisher House (like McDonald House except for military families) or to the shop’s education programs.
• We accept modern equipment (that generally means no more than 40 years old).
• Looms can be no more than 36″ in weaving width and arrangements must be made ahead for bringing them in.
• We no longer accept novelty yarns or partial balls. You are welcome to bag these together and bring them along and we can rehome them for you to an art teacher or charity knitting program. Kindly mark the container for “charity.”
• You will make more on your consignment if you bag like yarns and colors together. In this case, you may include partial skeins.
• Clearly mark each container (not every package of yarn in the container) with your name. Bring items in packaging that does not have to be returned, generally boxes and bags. Plastic bins are fine, but we cannot return them.
• If you see ANY evidence of insect activity, do not bring it in. If we see it, we will take it and any yarn packaged with it directly to the dumpster. We are VERY, VERY careful and know what to look for.
• Carefully read over our agreement that can be found at the link at the top of this page.
• Speed things up and complete the form at home. Give it some thought.
• A complete list of what we do and don’t accept is included in the agreement. This list provides an overview.