LYS Day - Saturday, April 26, 2025 - is one of our favorite days of the year! We hope this page helps share the fun things we have going on this year!

The shop will be open extended hours from 10:00am-7:00pm, and we will have lots of promotions and excitement happening as well as bonus points for our MFY Rewards members! Click below for a free downloadable worksheet to help you plan your outing.

Special Products

We have so many wonderful products on our shelves, but here are a few extra special items that are exclusive to MFY, limited edition for LYS Day, or new and available in time for the celebration!

🧶  MFY EXCLUSIVE - Swaran has dyed new, limited edition colors of Bibi Yarn just for LYS Day! These will be available for shopping in store and online starting Saturday, April 26th. A preview is below, and we cannot get enough of these WICKED awesome colors!

🧶  MFY EXCLUSIVE - As part of our Cosmo in Bloom knit along that features local designer Megan Gonzalez, we will have a limited number of special edition kits available in time for LYS Day! These kits include a project pouch, an exclusive Cosmo flower stitch marker and enough gorgeous Koigu yarn to make the larger size cowl. Yarn will be a mystery within a specified color family.

🧶  MFY EXCLUSIVE - Our AcademicHobbyist collection is growing! Among the many new and fabulous items are the "MFY is My LYS" stitch markers that are stylish and share your love for MFY with the world! 

🧶  Koigu has created a new yarn for the occasion and it is gorgeous! Minna is a luxurious sport/DK weight blend of 75% Extra Fine Merino / 15% Cashmere / 10% Silk and is available in three colors for LYS Day!

🧶  There is never enough Koigu and we love the five new LYS Day Pencil Box sets that each come with a pattern! Check out the LYS Day 2025 colorways: Buckskin, It's A Good Day, Modernist, Tiffany, and Woodstock!

🧶  As in past years, Madelinetosh has done a limited edition colorway to celebrate LYS Day called "Dye Me To The Moon"! We have limited quantities of this color on Tosh DK, Tosh Vintage, Tosh Merino Light, and Pashmina. Don't let this one get away!

🧶  Dream in Color has a limited edition LYS Day 2025 colorway called Mix Tape and it is bright, bold and beautiful! We have Mix Tape on Smooshy Cashmere and you'll want to snag this one-of-a-kind magic before it sells out. 

🧶  The Hollo Bandana kit is a special, one skein, quick project featuring Urth Yarn's new Etesia cotton/linen blend! The LYS Day kit comes with a pattern download and a cute little project bag!

Sales & Promotions

In addition to the fabulous products above, there are some exciting promotions happening as well!

🧶  The first 25 purchases in store and the first 25 orders online will receive a FREE GIFT from MFY! We won't ruin all the surprises, but get excited because you will receive this year's commemorative LYS Day pin as just part of the gift!

🧶  All MFY Rewards Club members will receive TRIPLE POINTS for purchases made on Saturday, April 26th! This is valid in-store and online!

🧶  We will have shop samples available for sale - no stitching required! - and 25% of proceeds from these items will be donated to Loose Ends! Loose Ends aims to ease grief, create community, and inspire generosity by matching volunteer finishers with textile projects people have left undone due to death or disability.

🧶  Spring colors of Michigan-based Mitchell Wool Company's American Fiber yarns will be 20% off! This includes Fingering, Sock, DK and Worsted. Discount is available in store and online so grab your favorites before they're gone!

🧶  LYKKE Crafts and Knitting Fever have teamed up to GIVEAWAY knitting and crochet sets in honor of LYS Day! Here's how to enter:

Spend $50 or more on the brands listed below April 25-27. Then email your dated receipt to socialmedia@knittingfever.com. They will be drawing winners for every 20 entries! Winners to be drawn May 2. (Michigan Fine Yarns does not control this raffle in any way.)

+  Araucania
+  Ella Rae
+  Elsebeth Lavold
+  Jody Long
+  Juniper Moon Farm
+  LYKKE
+  Laines du Nord
+  Mirasol
+  Noro
+  OnLine
+  Queensland

🧶  Many of the wonderful companies we work with are including FREE PATTERNS with the purchase of their yarns! *Please note that these patterns are being provided digitally only. Not as printed patterns.*

+  Berroco - receive a knit/crochet bag pattern with any Berroco yarn purchase!
+  Blue Sky Fibers - receive one free BSF pattern with any BSF yarn purchase!
+  The Fibre Co - receive the One Yoke Tee pattern with any Fibre Co purchase!
+  Madelinetosh - receive the Market Magic Shawl pattern with any Tosh purchase! 

+  Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash or Superwash Wave - receive three hat patterns with purchase!
+  Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere - receive the Terra Hue Shawl pattern with purchase!
+  Malabrigo Dos Tierras - receive the Hyannis Cowl pattern with purchase!
+  Malabrigo Mechita - receive the Bleeker Shawl pattern with purchase!
+  Malabrigo Sock - receive the Felixstowe Cowl pattern with purchase!
+  Malabrigo Rasta - receive the Barclay Hat pattern with purchase!
+  Manos del Uruguay Fino - receive the Friends and Family Cowl with purchase!
+  Universal Yarns Bamboo Pop Sock - receive the Sunday Socks pattern with purchase!

🧶  We will have a Blue Sky Fibers trunk show in the shop from Friday, April 25 - Friday, May 23. Give these stunning samples a squish and be inspired by the lovely BSF yarns in action!

About Local Yarn Store Day

At its core, LYS Day is all about supporting small businesses and bringing the fiber community together to celebrate and bring awareness to our crafts! We've put together a quick reminder of how you can support your LYS all year long - most of which cost you nothing!

1. Bring a friend to the shop or refer them to the website for online shopping! We love our MFY Family - local and virtual!

2. Follow, like and comment on social media content! We are on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and YouTube. Connect with us on the platforms you use!

3. Attend and spread the word about our social events and classes! We take pride in our gatherings and want to share them!

4. Read blog posts and sign up for newsletters to stay in touch! There is so much more to what we offer than simply purchasing yarn!

5. Share feedback on products, events, promotions, make alongs - anything! If we don't know what you like - or don't like! - we can't give the community more of what it wants!