Local Knitting Favorites
One thing that I quickly learned with Laurel is that her level of content is completely different depending on whether I'm doing something not-so-present such as, say, checking my e-mail vs. crafting alongside her. Of course, her favorite kind of time is when we're working on the same project (e.g., we're finishing a really crazy quilt right now -- Laurel has become impressively facile with my sewing machine!), but when she's working on something like latch hook or pot holders, I'm kind of left hanging. So I've been thinking of -- and getting excited about -- revisiting knitting.
Sadly, some of my favorite knitting shops have gone under in the years since I last knit. So I turned to Twitter/Facebook for favorite recommendations from the community. And look at all of these great leads (which include a couple of non-local online resources too)! I plan on taking Laurel shopping as soon as we finish our quilt since I want to make her a sweater and she has rather firm ideas regarding style and material. The hard part? Deciding where to go!
Recommendations via Twitter:
From @kckphotography: black sheep in Needham. :)
From @LilyLonelyRoad: Windsor Button isn't very glamorous but they always have what I need and are very convenient to the T. : )
From @SaltwtrHillKnit: I'm a fan of @Islandyarn (Waltham; website), Elyssa's Creative Warehse (Newton) & @SheepStreet (Canton; website). Love, love knitting.
From @bluelimephoto: loom with a view in Newburyport!
From @splityarn: Windsor Button downtown or A Good Yarn in Brookline. The trek out to WEBS in Northampton is always worth it too.
From @adjunctmom: I only shop for yarn online given location (FL). Fave by a mile: purlsoho.com
From @CantonMass: Snow Goose in Milton and Sheep Street in Canton
From @leapfroglane: I buy online now... Loop yarn is excellent.
Recommendations via Facebook:
From Danielle: Stitch House Dorchester!
From Kate: Windsor Button!
From Carla: A Good Yarn in Brookline or Black Sheep Knitting in Needham are great!
From Hillary: Used to be Woolcott's in Harvard Sq now it is Wild and Woolly in Lexington.
Thanks for the recommendations everyone! Happy knitting!
Image credit: Sheep Street Yarn Shop
Comments
oh shucks, i meant to comment on facebook - Dee's Nimble Needles in Walpole is wonderful and Dee herself is SO nice, patient, and helpful!
Posted by: robin | January 9, 2011 2:32 PM | Reply to this comment
Same here, my two year old loves reading along side me, making cookies, and other such activities - but should I sit at the lap top, that's it, she hates it. Hence I am never online when she is awake :) I need to take up knitting again! My skills are pretty primitive, but I have a book which I can learn by. Thanks for sharing the resources!
Posted by: Anastasia B | January 9, 2011 3:12 PM | Reply to this comment
There's also a small but nice shop in Melrose, Sit N Knit
http://www.eweknitwits.com/sitnknit.htm
I took a sock class there and it was great!
Posted by: Serena | January 9, 2011 10:35 PM | Reply to this comment
Www.theknittinggarden.com
She is based on the Cape.
Posted by: Rexrico | January 10, 2011 9:29 AM | Reply to this comment
Wow thanks for all the shop recs! Never knew there were so many yarn shops around. :) I've been going to Minds Eye Yarns, right off the T in Porter Square, Cambridge. Happy knitting!
Posted by: Jill | January 10, 2011 9:43 AM | Reply to this comment