Wildskeins Yarn Company - 2023 Business. Well Crafted. Award Winner

Wildskeins Yarn Company received the Business. Well Crafted. Award in 2023. Presented by the City of Hickory’s Business Development Committee, the Business. Well Crafted. Awards annually honor businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs that support and affirm the City of Hickory's vision for economic vitality.
Founded by Camantha Corsi in 2007 in a 900-square-foot space in a strip mall, Wildskeins is Hickory's premier and most established retail yarn shop selling yarn and accessories for knitters and crocheters in the Hickory area. In 2018, the store moved two blocks north to a 1,500-square-foot house on the corner of N.C. 127. Wildskeins is a female veteran owned business catering to the fiber needs of both the local and worldwide community. Wildskeins improves the Hickory economy by encouraging residents to shop locally for their creative fiber arts needs by offering a welcoming atmosphere for fiber artists to mingle with others. The shop offers a weekly newsletter consisting of 700+ subscribers to keep customers abreast of upcoming events along with social media posts.
Wildskeins was awarded the City of Hickory’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Microenterprise Grant in June 2022. With this grant, the business was able to purchase the Shopify point-of-sale system to improve customer sales. This also allowed Wildskeins to modify its website to begin online sales of its house dyed yarn. The new system allows Wildskeins to monitor individual customer sales, making easier purchases for additional yarns as needed by customer requests. Since the implementation of the Shopify system, Wildskeins has seen a growth of 7% over the past year. As online sales increase, the business plans to hire a part-time employee to maintain the shop, allowing more time to fulfill online orders.
Wildskeins promotes crafting in Hickory and supports the community through various programs and efforts. Each winter, Wildskeins customers donate handmade hats and accessories for the store’s Need A Hat, Take A Hat program to provide warmth for anyone wishing to take a hat from the clothesline hanging outside the store along N.C. 127. In the past three years, this program has donated over 900 handknit and/or crocheted hats to people in need. Wildskeins has provided knitting lessons for Hickory Public Library and participated in the CVQA Quilt Show. The shop promotes Knit In Public Day each June to showcase the craft of knitting to the community. Wildskeins has donated yarn and supplies to Hickory High School’s art classes and local retirement centers. Wildskeins supports TwinKnits in its Hat Not Hate program with yarn donations. Wildskeins offers a 10% discount to anyone involved in a Prayer Shawl ministry and has donated finished blankets to the Pregnancy Care Center for distribution to young mothers. Wildskeins is a member of the National Needle Arts Association (TNNA).
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