Knitting a dream: Unique yarn shop/coffee bar to debut

Heard any good yarns lately?

Shannon O’Brien is stitching together plans for The Common Thread, a gathering place for those who knit and/or crochet. When it debuts – fingers crossed, in August – the 800-square foot brick building in the Warehouse Arts District will also sell coffee, tea and assorted other beverages, and will serve as a retail space where yarn of all varieties, and other such necessities, will be available.

O’Brien, who relocated to St. Petersburg from San Francisco four years ago, is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, an educator and the owner of the all-online Apothecary at Home, a subscription-based service which teaches and aids the use of herbal medicines and natural remedies…

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