School Products
1201 Broadway Between 28th & 29th
212-679-3516
Also known as the Karabella store.
Ridiculous hours -
Mon - Friday: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 – 3:30
Sunday: Closed
Down but not out
7 years ago
Monday, June 01, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
Lion Brand Yarn Studio
Lion Brand Yarn Studio
34 W. 15th Street Between 5th and 6th Aves
212-243-9070
Hours:
Mon - Wednesday: 11:30 AM - 7 PM
Thursday: 11:30 AM- 8 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 3 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 12 - 5 PM
Pretty, well organized and well lit store, with helpful people, willing to order anything they don't have on hand. And what they have on hand is all at least partially acrylic, which doesn't work for me. I was okay hanging out at the table in the middle of the store, far from the shelves that line either wall. The far part of the store, closest to the counter, has their higher end, acrylic-free yarns. Pretty stuff but nothing that moved me make a purchase. And I haven't been back.
34 W. 15th Street Between 5th and 6th Aves
212-243-9070
Hours:
Mon - Wednesday: 11:30 AM - 7 PM
Thursday: 11:30 AM- 8 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 3 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 12 - 5 PM
Pretty, well organized and well lit store, with helpful people, willing to order anything they don't have on hand. And what they have on hand is all at least partially acrylic, which doesn't work for me. I was okay hanging out at the table in the middle of the store, far from the shelves that line either wall. The far part of the store, closest to the counter, has their higher end, acrylic-free yarns. Pretty stuff but nothing that moved me make a purchase. And I haven't been back.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The Point of everything
The Point NYC (now closed)
37a Bedford Street
Bedford St at Carmine St
The point at The Point on Bedford is enjoyment. They're a bakery and yarn store, with lots of tables and not much space. I am rather picky when it comes to retail staff. They should be attentive without being intrusive, as well as helpful and knowledgeable without being pedantic or condescending. With a full room of knitters (not shoppers), The Point's staff nailed my requirements.
37a Bedford Street
Bedford St at Carmine St
The point at The Point on Bedford is enjoyment. They're a bakery and yarn store, with lots of tables and not much space. I am rather picky when it comes to retail staff. They should be attentive without being intrusive, as well as helpful and knowledgeable without being pedantic or condescending. With a full room of knitters (not shoppers), The Point's staff nailed my requirements.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Yarns Definitions (or, that comes from what?)
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Mom’s blue hat
This was knit flat using 29” circulars for two reasons: 1) I knit during my commute and on public transportation, where I’m not likely to get a seat, using circulars is just easier and 2) I was figuring out the pattern as I worked and that’s harder when knitting in the round. The first time I did this I had to add about 5 inches (40 stitches) after I completed most of the hat, because it was much too small around.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Yarn Connection
Yarn Connection (now closed)
Madison Avenue off of E. 37th St.
Upstairs
Tight, tiny store, dusty. Old magazines. Needles located behind the door. The staff had their favorite people and was more than willing to chat with them. I asked for help and got it, but not good help – I told the woman I am allergic to acrylic, showed her the yarns I’d picked up, at my request she located other colors for me but she never bothered to tell me that two of the balls I’d picked up contained acrylic. What part of allergic didn’t she understand? And of course the store had gone out of business, so I couldn't return it.
Madison Avenue off of E. 37th St.
Upstairs
Tight, tiny store, dusty. Old magazines. Needles located behind the door. The staff had their favorite people and was more than willing to chat with them. I asked for help and got it, but not good help – I told the woman I am allergic to acrylic, showed her the yarns I’d picked up, at my request she located other colors for me but she never bothered to tell me that two of the balls I’d picked up contained acrylic. What part of allergic didn’t she understand? And of course the store had gone out of business, so I couldn't return it.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Knit New York
Knit New York (now closed)
14th Street between 2nd Ave and 1st Ave, closer to 2nd.
Down short flight of stairs from street level
Large, white, clean shop. Never tried to the café.
First trip: helpful people, gorgeous colors in the yarns, very pricey but great sale bins. Spent $70 mostly on yarn.
Second trip: unnecessarily aggressive staff were beyond unhelpful (ended up with wrong sized needles because she wouldn’t listen), still pricey yarns in an astonishing variety of colors, uninteresting sale bins. Spent $16 only on tools.
14th Street between 2nd Ave and 1st Ave, closer to 2nd.
Down short flight of stairs from street level
Large, white, clean shop. Never tried to the café.
First trip: helpful people, gorgeous colors in the yarns, very pricey but great sale bins. Spent $70 mostly on yarn.
Second trip: unnecessarily aggressive staff were beyond unhelpful (ended up with wrong sized needles because she wouldn’t listen), still pricey yarns in an astonishing variety of colors, uninteresting sale bins. Spent $16 only on tools.
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