Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose name is signed hereto has made, constituted and
appointed, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint, BRIAN P. CARNEY as his
or her true and lawful attorney, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead to affix, as attorney-in-fact, his or her signature as a director or
officer or both, as the case may be, of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation
("Jo-Ann"), to any and all registration statements and amendments or
modifications to such registration statements to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission with respect to the reclassification of Jo-Ann's
outstanding Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares into newly
designated Common Shares, giving and granting unto such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever necessary
to be done in connection with any such filing, as fully as he or she might or
could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         In witness whereof, this Power of Attorney, which may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but
all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument, has been
signed as of May 19, 2003.

                                        
/s/ ALAN ROSSKAMM                           Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and
------------------------------------        Director (Principal Executive Officer)
ALAN ROSSKAMM

/s/ BRIAN P. CARNEY                         Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
------------------------------------        Financial and Accounting Officer)
BRIAN P. CARNEY

/s/ SCOTT COWEN                             Director
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SCOTT COWEN

/s/ IRA GUMBERG                             Director
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IRA GUMBERG

/s/ FRANK NEWMAN                            Director
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FRANK NEWMAN

/s/ BERYL RAFF                              Director
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BERYL RAFF

/s/ BETTY ROSSKAMM                          Director
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BETTY ROSSKAMM

/s/ GREGG SEARLE                            Director
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GREGG SEARLE

/s/ ALMA ZIMMERMAN                          Director
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ALMA ZIMMERMAN