Colorful Stitches is open seven days a week with opportunities for knitters seeking help to come in and learn from Burton and her staff, who all have a background in knitting or crochet. Burton’s goal ...

Bonnie J. Burton has been knitting since she was 4 years old and now she is working to promote the craft as owner of the new Colorful Stitches Fine Yarn shop in Merchants Square.

So when Champion opened Miss Purl in 2021 to “build and sustain community through personal expression,” she brought the Bears there too, she said. For the past three years, knitters have convened ...