Busy Hands, in the arcade fronted by Lily Grace and WSG gallery, closed over the summer. Rebecca Konieczny’s store originally was stocked with high-end knitting supplies, but through the years she devoted more and more space to clothing and accessories. Ed Shaffran, who owns the Pratt Block, as the building on Main St. is called, says Konieczny was in the spot “at least ten years,” but she suddenly decided not to renew. He has no idea where she is or what she’s doing.

Knitters take heart: not one but two new yarn stores will soon open. In October or November, Kate Ernsting will reopen her Ophir Crafts–which recently closed in Westgate–as Ophir Yarn, in the Miller-Maple Plaza next to optician Paul Uslan. And by December, Carol and Pete Sickman-Garner hope to open Spun in Kerrytown.