rec and request for help

[sofiaviolet]

sl1 k2tog psso by carleton97 (MCR, Bob/Frank/Jamia, ~9k)

You guys. Bob owns a yarn shop. Eeeee! (Basically, this fic and Buy Handmade by jjtaylor are the fics of my crafty fangirl soul. Buy Handmade sustained me through "I'm going to learn to make SOMETHING, dammit" - which turned out to be jewelry - and sl1 k2tog psso is going to sustain me through "I'm going to learn to knit, dammit.")

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Anyone got recs for a yarn shop in or near Boston? T-accessible is preferred, although Ellie has a car and can sometimes be bribed or badgered into driving me around.

Comments

[rivenwanderer]

I'm a fan of Windsor Button for its selection (everything from Red Heart to oh-my-god-don't-look-at-the-price-tag silk). It's close to Park Street/Downtown Crossing. The people at Mind's Eye Yarns in Porter Square are awesome, but their selection is much smaller (though a good place to go if you're interested in spinning).

[zarhooie]

WEBS is the best yarn store ever, full-stop. It's in Northampton, which is about 2 hours from Boston. The best way to handle that is to drive out early-ish in the morning, go yarn shopping but don't buy anything, go to lunch at one of the really good brew pubs in town, check out the rest of Northampton's sparkling downtown, go back to WEBS, try not to spend your entire life savings and then head home.

It's worth the trek, I promise.

[contrarywise]

Windsor Button is handy and well-stocked, but you pay a bit of a premium for the convenience to offset the high downtown Boston rent. Still, I don't mind helping to support a Boston knitters' landmark from time to time.

My favorite Boston area shop is Wild and Wooly in Lexington Center. They have 2 floors of yarn, and the Wall o' Manos del Uruguay. It's a bit far, but worth a trip, especially during their annual clearance sale.

[pinesandmaples]

I'm top-over-tea kettle for A Good Yarn in Brookline. Their prices are fair, and their staff is lovely. Normally, I get treated poorly in yarn stores (face full of piercings, fat, mini-skirt, unshaven legs, funny haircut); but the folks at A Good Yarn didn't even flinch. It was nice, because I get shitty treatment in most city yarn stores.

I like them a lot.

If you ever hit up Philly, DC, or NYC, you should request info there, too. I have favorites in many cities!

[zarhooie]

Oh! There's a yarn shop near Wagamama in Harvard square. I think it's on the same side of the street.