Downtown Yarns is a neighborhood yarn shop dedicated to keeping the craft of knitting alive and well among the members
of this community, young and old alike...

Open:
Monday - Saturday 12-7pm;
Sunday 12-6 pm

Directions to our East Village store on
45 Avenue A (between 3rd and 4th Streets):

BY SUBWAY
1. Take F,V to 2nd Avenue, exit 1st Avenue, walk to Ave A
2. Take 6 to Bleecker Street and walk east to Avenue A
OR
3. Take L train to 1st Avenue and walk southeast to Avenue A

BY BUS
1. Take M14A which travels along Avenue A (N/S) and get off near 3rd Street
2. Take the M21 which travels along Houston (E/W) and get off at Avenue A
OR
3. Take the M8 which travels E on St. Marks St & W on 9th St and get off at Avenue A
at Tompkins Square Park

We carry selected yarns from the following companies (partial listing):
Araucania
Berocco
Blue Heron Yarns
Blue Sky Alpacas
Brown Sheep
Cascade
Classic Elite
Crystal Palace
Dale of Norway
Diakeito
Debbie Bliss
Frogtree Alpaca
Galler
Gedifra
Great Adirondack
JCA/Reynolds
Karabella
Koigu
Lang
Mango Moon Tibetan Silk
Manos de Uruguay
Misti Alapaca
Muench
Noro
Ozark Handspun
Plassard
Regia
Rowan
Schaefer
Skacel
Tahki/Stacey Charles
Unique Colours

In addition, we carry a full line of needles and notions from Clover, Addi, and
Susan Bates.

For inspiration and reference, we sell magazines (Vogue Knitting, Rebecca, and Rowan -- just to name a few), sheet patterns, and the latest, as well as the classics in knitting books.

CREDITS
The young artists whose illustrations adorn this website are also knitters. Thank you: Maya and Thalia Vilaplana, Joy Sheehan, and Oona Montalvo.

Website design by woolypear and buddhafly.