Around the Table Yarns

Around the table yarns is a specialty knitting and retail crochet store.

Owner / Founder

Beth Billings and Pam Berkson

Founder Story

Beth and Pam are longtime friends and Shaker residents. Our shop started as a conversation about all the things we wished we could find in our local yarn shop: great yarn, obviously, but also a place to share the love the crafts of knitting or crocheting.

We both worked in other yarn shops and had a pretty clear idea of what else we wanted: a smiling welcome, good light, a place at the table and project help. We wanted it to be here in Shaker Heights where we both live. We watched the development of the Van Aken District from the beginning, and knew it was the right place to open a yarn shop.

We took the leap in February of 2019 and had an amazing first year. Our unexpected pandemic downtime made us create a more robust website and taught us to Zoom.

We expanded our space in 2023, to better showcase all of our yarns, tools and books and still have a social table. In the original space, we have a large classroom and enough space to warehouse and ship the products we sell online.

Why do you love being at VAD?

We ourselves collaborate and patronize the other shops, restaurants and businesses and can make enthusiastic recommendations to our customers. Many of our customers travel to come to our shop and we love to hear that they have explored the Van Aken District as well.

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