The Yarn Shoppe's Long Journey, from Department Stores Right Back Home

A long journey always ends at home, or in this case, the Yarn Shoppe.

Sandra Torman bought the Yarn Shoppe almost two decades ago from the previous owner. Since then, she has endured fire, landlords and leases to keep her passion and business going. "It started out as a department store type thing," she said. Now she runs the shop out of her and her husband's house on Rumford Avenue. Back when previous owner owned the shop in the 1970s, it was downtown on North Main Street, where an apartment complex is now. "In 1978 the building burned to the ground," she said. "When she reopened it, it was just yarn. Before then it was a yarn and gift shop." Torman bought the business back in 1993 when the previous owner was going to shut the whole business down. When she bought the shop, it was located where Liberty Tax …

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