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KNIT-A-BIT originated as a machine knitting shop dealing in Passap knitting machines in the Seattle
area in 1979 and moved to Oregon and the Oak Grove/Oregon City area in 1993. The shop
eventually settled into a second building on property in a rural area just east of Oregon City in 1996.
The goal was to keep machines running and provide continuing education for Passap knitters after
the demise of the Passap factory in Switzerland.
In January 2009 the shop was expanded to 1350 sq. ft. to include a home for hand knitting yarn and
supplies because of a lack of hand knitting shops in the surrounding area. The expansion also
prompted the need for a partner to shepherd the hand knitting endeavor into being and tend its
growth.
For hand knitters, the shop has a wide range of yarns (many that are used by machine knitters as
well). Our experience at Sock Summit 2009 gave us the opportunity to feature sock yarns from
several independent dyers in the shop and to promote sock knitting.
The sock yarns evolved into lace kntting and we've acquired a large range of lace and fingering/sock
weight yarns to supply shawl knitting endeavors.
For both machine and hand knitters, classes and projects that will further the skills of our customers
are always important to us.