Like many websites, The Yarny Way uses cookies to improve your experience and ensure everything runs smoothly. Here’s everything you need to know about cookies and how I use them on theyarnyway.com.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the website recognize your device, remember your preferences, and enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are like tiny place markers, helping me stitch together a seamless journey for you through our website. 😀

Cookies are used to:

• Enhance Your Experience: Remember your preferences, like language or region settings, so you feel at home every time you visit.
• Understand Our Community: Analyze site traffic and visitor behavior (anonymously, of course!) to improve our content and services.
• Keep Things Running Smoothly: Ensure that all the features of our website, like shopping carts or forms, work as they should.
• Tailor Our Yarny Offers: Show you relevant products, tutorials, or special offers based on your interactions with our site.

Types of Cookies Used

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. Without these, some features of the site might not work as expected.
• Example: Remembering what’s in your cart.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies help me understand how you use my site, so I can improve its performance and your experience.
• Example: Tracking which tutorials are most popular.
• Functional Cookies: These remember your choices and preferences to make your experience more personalized.
• Example: Saving your preferred yarn category.
• Marketing Cookies: These help me deliver relevant content and ads to you. Don’t worry—I never share your information without permission.

Third-Party Cookies

I partner with trusted third-party services (like Google Analytics and social media platforms) to help me understand how you interact with The Yarny Way. These cookies are managed by third parties, and you can review their cookie policies for more information.

Managing Your Cookies

You’re in control of your cookies. Here’s how to manage them:

• Browser Settings: Most browsers let you manage or block cookies. Check your browser’s help section for instructions.
• Opt-Out Options: Some third-party services we use (like Google Analytics) offer their own cookie opt-out tools.
• Keep in mind that blocking or deleting cookies might affect your experience on our site, but we’ll always do our best to keep things running smoothly.

Updates to This Policy

I may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology or legal requirements. Check back here for the latest updates.

Contact Me

If you have questions about our cookie policy or how we use cookies, feel free to reach out to marni@theyarnyway.com. I’m here to help!

Thanks for being a part of our creative community! Happy stitching through the yarniverse.

~ Marni