This is where I learned to knit 7 years ago-- and while I'm no longer living in NYC -- I still have a fond place in my heart for Jordana, Julie and Petra. If you're not from NY, it may seem odd to get buzzed in and climb up a flight of steep, poorly-pitched stairs to get to your destination. But that never bothered me. I credit Jordana, who is the one who taught me how to knit, for empowering me to make whatever I wanted as my first project. She taught me to knit, an hour later, how to purl. I asked if I had to make a scarf, and she asked me what I wanted to make. I ended up making a striped baby cardigan, carrying two strands of different yarns throughout, with a crocheted border. You'd never know looking at it that it was a first project. The staff helped me through each step as I got to it. I always stop in when I'm visiting NY now, and get my Yarn Co fix with Julie and Jordana's books--the Yarn Girl guides. It's worth climbing the stairs.
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By spellingwitch on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 09:20AM PST
Snobbiest shop ever. Extremely unhelpful staff. Charges you to wind yarn. Went 3 times and had the same experience every time. Will never go back.
By jono on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 07:50PM PDT
This is where I learned to knit 7 years ago-- and while I'm no longer living in NYC -- I still have a fond place in my heart for Jordana, Julie and Petra. If you're not from NY, it may seem odd to get buzzed in and climb up a flight of steep, poorly-pitched stairs to get to your destination. But that never bothered me. I credit Jordana, who is the one who taught me how to knit, for empowering me to make whatever I wanted as my first project. She taught me to knit, an hour later, how to purl. I asked if I had to make a scarf, and she asked me what I wanted to make. I ended up making a striped baby cardigan, carrying two strands of different yarns throughout, with a crocheted border. You'd never know looking at it that it was a first project. The staff helped me through each step as I got to it. I always stop in when I'm visiting NY now, and get my Yarn Co fix with Julie and Jordana's books--the Yarn Girl guides. It's worth climbing the stairs.
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