Downtown Yarns
45 Avenue A between E. 3rd and 4th Sts
(212) 995-5991
Deceptively tiny little shop with a good range of choices in non-acrylic yarn.
Hours:
Mon - Saturday: 12-7 PM
Sunday: 12-6 PM
Down but not out
6 years ago
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Knitty City
Knitty City
208 West 79th Street Between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave
212-724-9596
The mother ship. You can always find help there, though it's hard to tell the staffers from the equally helpful and knowledgeable regulars. Can be a little spacey about calling you when orders arrive, or so I've been told. Too far out of my usual travel zone to be anything other than a destination. Fortunately on a couple of nights during the week they stay open late enough for me to actually get there. Though they will say things like the store is closing, please make your final selections and bring them to the counter they don't really shoo you out, which is nice. And the announcements come verbally (too small a store for a PA system), in advance of the actual closing time, and regularly spaced. Once the owner forgot the like 10 minute warning and just stayed open a few more minutes, basically saying "Well this is the 10 minute warning" even though it was already 8. Cheerful and helpful without the sell-sell-sell that can be anything but. The staff is never dismissive. However the place is usually full of regulars, or has been every time I've been there, and it can get a bit intimidating. On the plus side, I feel perfectly comfortable throwing down my stuff in a corner as I roam around the store, feeling the yarn. The only thing to be leary of is someone trying to make off with (read: purchase) my yarn (read: what I've already hunted and gathered and laid beside my bag with the intention of purchasing... in a minute, after I look at this next bit of yarn of there).
Hours:
Monday: 11-6 PM
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wed - Thursday: 11-8 PM
Fri - Saturday: 11-6 PM
Sunday: 12-5 PM
208 West 79th Street Between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave
212-724-9596
The mother ship. You can always find help there, though it's hard to tell the staffers from the equally helpful and knowledgeable regulars. Can be a little spacey about calling you when orders arrive, or so I've been told. Too far out of my usual travel zone to be anything other than a destination. Fortunately on a couple of nights during the week they stay open late enough for me to actually get there. Though they will say things like the store is closing, please make your final selections and bring them to the counter they don't really shoo you out, which is nice. And the announcements come verbally (too small a store for a PA system), in advance of the actual closing time, and regularly spaced. Once the owner forgot the like 10 minute warning and just stayed open a few more minutes, basically saying "Well this is the 10 minute warning" even though it was already 8. Cheerful and helpful without the sell-sell-sell that can be anything but. The staff is never dismissive. However the place is usually full of regulars, or has been every time I've been there, and it can get a bit intimidating. On the plus side, I feel perfectly comfortable throwing down my stuff in a corner as I roam around the store, feeling the yarn. The only thing to be leary of is someone trying to make off with (read: purchase) my yarn (read: what I've already hunted and gathered and laid beside my bag with the intention of purchasing... in a minute, after I look at this next bit of yarn of there).
Hours:
Monday: 11-6 PM
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wed - Thursday: 11-8 PM
Fri - Saturday: 11-6 PM
Sunday: 12-5 PM
Monday, June 01, 2009
School Products
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
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
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.
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