Downtown Yarns
Downtown Yarns
Address: 45 Avenue A
NY, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 995-5991
Webpage: www.downtownyarns.com
This is a cute little yarn store in the East Village. I’m pretty sure that Stitch and Bitch was shot here. It has homey library-like shelving, which one of the employees said the owner buys at upstate antique stores. I’ve been in here a couple of times while waiting to eat dinner in the neighborhood and the staff here is really nice. I’ve never bought anything here, but I think the owner has a good eye for color and texture, and there’s a good selection of yarns here. In the photo I’m handling some Katia Jamaica cotton–here’s a cute baby kimono that someone made with the yarn.
I think this yarn store is a little bit like Purl, but it carries a larger selection of more inexpensive brands, I think.