Lynette Tucker, left, owner of Sunset Yarn, helps customer Cam Buenzli, of McFarland, purchase yarn for a sweater she is making for her granddaughter. The shop, at Glenway Street and Speedway Road, will close at the end of May as Tucker is retiring. The space will be converted to a shop for Barrett’s Bagels.
Lindsey Steinl, of Madison, shops for knitting supplies at Sunset Yarn on Speedway Road in Madison. The shop opened in 2020 after Lynette Tucker saw a need for a shop on the city’s Near West Side.
Sunset Yarn had been home to a restaurant before it was converted in 2020 into a yarn shop. In May, it will be turned back into a restaurant, one selling freshly made bagels.
Patty Nametz, of Madison, browses the knitting supplies during a visit to Sunset Yarn. The store will be the latest yarn shop to close in recent years, joining others like Knitting Tree, Fiddlesticks and the Wisconsin Craft Market. Others that remain include Sugar River Yarns in Mount Horeb, Sow’s Ear in Verona and Spry Whimsy Fiber Arts in Stoughton.
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Celia Margolis, left, brings her sweater in progress to Sunset Yarn as she talks with Barbie Smith Simons, an employee at the shop who taught a sweater-making class. The shop over the last five years has fostered a community of knitters from around the area.
Lindsey Steinl, of Madison, shops for knitting supplies at Sunset Yarn on Speedway Road in Madison. The shop opened in 2020 after Lynette Tucker saw a need for a shop on the city’s Near West Side.
Lynette Tucker, left, owner of Sunset Yarn, helps customer Cam Buenzli, of McFarland, purchase yarn for a sweater she is making for her granddaughter. The shop, at Glenway Street and Speedway Road, will close at the end of May as Tucker is retiring. The space will be converted to a shop for Barrett’s Bagels.
Celia Margolis, left, brings her sweater in progress to Sunset Yarn as she talks with Barbie Smith Simons, an employee at the shop who taught a sweater-making class. The shop over the last five years has fostered a community of knitters from around the area.
Patty Nametz, of Madison, browses the knitting supplies during a visit to Sunset Yarn. The store will be the latest yarn shop to close in recent years, joining others like Knitting Tree, Fiddlesticks and the Wisconsin Craft Market. Others that remain include Sugar River Yarns in Mount Horeb, Sow’s Ear in Verona and Spry Whimsy Fiber Arts in Stoughton.
Sunset Yarn had been home to a restaurant before it was converted in 2020 into a yarn shop. In May, it will be turned back into a restaurant, one selling freshly made bagels.
