Cog Cycles and Yarns

05/20/2024

Join Liz this Wednesday for Sip & Stitch Dovetail Brewery 7-9pm, the forecast is looking like an evening out on the patio!

No lessons this month, but if you’ve got any crochet or knitting questions bring them and we can work together. Free to attend and y’all receive 15% off your tab. 😎

See you on Wednesday!

04/24/2024

Join us this Sunday at Dovetail Brewery for the Bike Social and Radler Party!

We’ll be hosting a Fix-a-Flat Workshop pre-party and there’s still space to sign up!

https://www.cogcyclesandyarns.com/product/fix-a-flat-workshop-at-dovetail-brewery-s-bike-social/235

Getting a flat on your bike sucks :( But Liz and Brian from Cog Cycles & Yarns can help! They're hosting a Fix-A-Flat workshop this Sunday, as part of our bike social—learn how to take care of your bike if something goes wrong while you're out on a ride, and enjoy a .5L of Dovetail while class is in session.

RSVP here: https://www.cogcyclesandyarns.com/product/fix-a-flat-workshop-at-dovetail-brewery-s-bike-social/235?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=4

01/05/2024

Tater here, Welcome to 2024! Since it’s a new year it’s time to set new goals and here are some of my best suggestions besides play outside more & nap more.

12/30/2023

Upcoming workshops!!! Our friend Liz () is visiting from Kansas to teach two workshops on January 20 & 21.

Saturday’s workshop: Bike Wheel Weaving
Sunday’s workshop: Mix & Hand Spin Yarn

Sign up on our website, space is limited!

https://www.cogcyclesandyarns.com/shop/classes/4

12/24/2023

12/22/2023

Tater here, I’m supposed to remind y’all about gift cards you can purchase for the only bike/yarn shop around (that I know of 🙄) It’s a lot better than your favorite human frantically knitting things for the holidays and forcing you to pose with them. These gift cards are available in the shop & online, in any amount and never expire.

Please tell my human to let me sleep in peace!

PS the tiny T-Rex is a pattern by

12/13/2023

We laid out all the album covers and the yarns they inspired to display the amazing results of our album cover collaboration with . We’re having a party and meet and greet at the shop on Saturday to celebrate this project and also the holidays. Please swing by! 1-5pm. It’ll be the first chance to shop this yarn and also meet Naima and have hot chocolate or hot cider or beer and snacks!

P.s. $160 of yarn still gets you a free tune up voucher through December

11/28/2023

Good news! We’re extending our Black Friday/small business Saturday sale through the end of November. $120 in yarn and yarn accessories will get you a free tune up. Our tune is normally $85, so this is a heckuva deal if you or a loved one expects to need a tune at any point. You can gift it or save it for later.

We’re also extending the deal through December. In December $160 in yarn and yarn accessories will get you a free tune. Hope to see ya soon!

Brian, Liz and Tater

10/28/2023

It’s nominating time! Please write in Cog Cycles and Yarns for best bicycle shop, unfortunately there is no best yarn shop category.

Nominations run noon Oct. 15, 2023 to 11:59 PM Nov. 7. Finalists on this ballot are determined by nominations. Voting on the most nominated finalists will begin noon December 13, 2023, and run through 11:59 pm January 14, 2024. Our Best of Chicago issue is February 22, 2024!

08/30/2023

Reminder: our Schwinn Grave ride is tomorrow! Meet at the shop, 3217 W Bryn Mawr at 11:30, roll out around 11:45.

The ride will end back at the NEIU gym where campus rec has food and free use of their gym for the day! Crazy cool bonus!

See ya tomorrow!

P.s. we will open the shop a bit late after the ride is over

07/04/2023

Shout out from the Mekons?? Yowza!

Today the fantastic Liz and Brian at Cog Cycles and Yarns fixed two bikes for refugees. There's some happy kids out there tonight. Northside cyclists, these are good people and a great business, please show them your support. Fix your bike there and buy some lovely yarn

03/15/2023

Stitch Night is moving to Thursday nights starting tomorrow 3/16. Join us 5:30-8:30!