I used to work near this store, and I have always thought it is a little weird. They did, however, have the idea of offering free knitting lessons in Bryant Park in the summer, which is a smart way to get new customers. The staff here is always nice, but it’s one of those cafe/knitting stores, […]

I’ve been dragging my sock around town, annoying everyone, but putting in a row here and a row there.
Here it is visiting the parachute jump at Coney Island. (My knitting has now visited two of the remaining remnants of the 1964 World’s Fair, the other being the awesome Panorama.) By the way, as an occasional reader of weird […]

Two balls of Ornaghi Filati Luna Park Sock Yarn.
Two years ago, (also in March), I went to visit Seaport Yarn, one of the weirdest yarn stores in Manhattan. Recently, I had heard that the store moved, and this weekend, since I was going near City Hall anyway, I took a visit to its new location. (It’s still […]

Brooklyn General
Address: 128 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-237-7753
 This store used to be on the same block (or fairly nearby) but in a smaller underground space. It used to be cozy but kind of twee, and the new space is much better. It does feel somewhat like a general store, and it has a large selection […]

Since I’ve been going to yarn stores, I’ve realized that this country is running out of pun-y names for their yarn stores. (Not to mention pun-y knitting blog names. Adam’s mom came up with mine–he comes from a pun-y family.)
There used to be a flickr group devoted to yarn stores with pun-y names, but it’s […]

Fashion Design Books
Address: 250 West 27th St.
Phone: 212-633-96446
Website: www.fashiondesignboks.com
Adam spotted the re-opening of this store the other day. This is the campus bookstore for F.I.T. (the Fashion Institute of Technology). They have a large wall of yarn, all made by…

LION BRAND YARN!!!
At first, I was a little excited because I thought they might have Cotton-Ease, […]

Downtown Yarns

Address: 45 Avenue A
NY, NY 10009
Phone: (212) […]

 
School Products
Address: 1201 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Phone: 212-679-3516
Website: www.schoolproducts.com
 
I’ve been to School Products twice. Once with my co-worker (without her, I would have never found it, because it is in such a weird office building*) and once with Adam last week, after a  horrible Shake Shack burger. Danny Meyer, please go check on Shake Shack […]

 So here’s a recap part II of the project below, covering the store where I bought the yarn.
Motivation: First, I decided that my sister should be my knitting victim. She agreed to own some knitted stuff, and requested a hat with a scarf attached so she could keep warm and still wear her earphones.
Original idea: […]

Our motel was located next to a Wegman’s, which we went to every day. Also. It was near a strip mall, with a Michael’s. MICHAEL’S!!
Adam has learned that Red Heart yarn is a metonym for “crazy ladies who make afghans that yarn snobs look down on.” Hence the photos.

But honestly, I love all craft stores. […]

Adam and I, we try to be cultured people. We went to the I.M Pei-designed art museum and appreciated the landscape:

The view, it looks like a Brueghel, no? Oh, so much culture. Everybody, pinkies out!
Okay, pinkies down. I enjoy a museum, but there’s nothing better I like during a vacation in a new place than […]

Ithaca: A Hotbed of Excitement
Stay tuned for exciting fiber-filled posts all week! As a self-appointed expert in all things fiber-related in Ithaca (having spent three whole days there), I am going to share with you three possible yarn shopping experiences that you can combine with other fun tourist activites should you choose to go to […]

Here is my yarn store info. I went to Black Mountain Weavers in Point Reyes, and dude, despite this San Francisco mag article, it sucked. It did have yarn from local dyers and weavers, including yarn spun from local Marin sheep, but the selection was so so so small, and it was all so expensive […]

So, I decided to check out Knit-A-Way in Brooklyn, after we passed it on the bus a couple of weeks ago.
Knit-A-Way is on a stretch of Atlantic Avenue that is bordered by rapidly gentrifying and/or gentrified neighborhoods. If you’ve read any Jonathan Lethem novels (I only read Fortress of Solitude, but apparently, they’re all the […]

So it all began on Friday night, when I used a gift card given to me by Sarah to buy the sock book, Knit Socks! aka the book shaped like a sock. Apparently I was so sucked into my new excitement about a future of sock knitting that Adam came right up next to me and […]

Purl Soho, (www.purlsoho.com), a really beautiful yarn store where I got my Manos del Uruguay for My So-Called Scarf, just opened an equally beautiful fabric store down the street called Purl Patchwork. It is literally the cutest store ever! Check out another blogger’s photos on her flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disdressed/sets/72057594083640613/ (Thanks H-Dub for pointing me to these […]

On Saturday, I conned Adam into going to Seaport Yarn with me. I totally loved this store. It’s like the office that Catherine Keener and John Cusak work in in Being John Malkovitch. You go to this totally nondescript office building near South Street Seaport, and then you take the elevator (with an empty spooky […]