![]() ![]() Who Gives a SCRAP owner Lorrie Myers shares that the business also works with over 14 other local groups, and in addition some international connections, to coordinate donations and meet specific needs. Sharon Heiss teaches yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 – 11:15 a.m. She is getting stock ready for 4 winter shows, creating her popular dinotoy (dinosaurs) earrings and “creepy” dolls. Kyra Alexander creates “creepy curios,” including “creepy conjoined (stuffed) bears” and also works full-time at the store. While working, she also opens her space for sales during hours which she lets customers know about on social media. She comes in a couple of times a week to work at “wool painting,” for which she uses a special tool to work bits of colored wool into shapes on felt. ![]() 9, was the first one established at the new Who Gives a SCRAP location one year ago. Gretchen Foster of Gretchen’s Creations is a felter and fiber artist whose studio, No. The process includes an interview and survey of their products so that there is a representative sample of wares among the artists. Butch started hosting weekly “WIPS (works-in-progress) & Sips,” inviting others to bring their in-process projects to work on together while socializing.Īlthough there are no open studios at this time, applicants may start the juried process of inquiry with the store. Artists and makers - as well as members of the public - can hold various classes and events in the common-use classroom at the location. The business subsidizes the monthly rents for the studios. She added that she appreciates the, “laid back, supportive, family-oriented vibe” at Who Gives a SCRAP. Before this, when she was at another local store selling her yarn, she didn’t “get to have the interaction,” Butch said. ![]() She dyes the yarn off-site, because it’s so “stinky and messy,” but knits and displays her finished wares and meets customers in her Who Gives a SCRAP studio.īutch said it’s been nice the past few months of her tenure at Who Gives a SCRAP to be able to meet and interact with customers and fans in person. Her 5-year-old business operates mostly online at, where she sells hand-dyed wool yarn. Melissa Butch of Andromeda Sock Yarn was a longtime customer and recently set up shop in Studio 11. Studios include Wi-Fi, utilities and custodial, and have 24/7 access. The business uses the entire building and houses 13 artist studios of varying sizes. Customers have responded well to the new options available with the expanded retail floor and it’s various categories of goods. ![]()
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