I was in Manhattan today and stopped by the Lion Brand Yarn Studio on 15th St. Between Fifth and Sixth Aves. What a cool place! The current window display shows a NYC scene in yarn, complete with little seagulls floating in the river, Mayor Bloomberg knitting, and skyscrapers. Yarn is used in creative ways everywhere you look. Yarn is wrapped around the door handles. It’s crocheted into baskets that hold hooks and needles. It’s on an amazing wall art piece. The overall decor is fresh and clean. There’s a lot of light-toned wood. Yarn is beautifully presented in all its fabulous colors, as are accessories like buttons and shawl pins. A large table offer crafters a place to sit and work or to take a class.
The staff could not have been nicer. They are excited about the technique of Tunisian crochet and about my Tunisian Crochet book, which is extremely gratifying. My class/talk/signing event is scheduled for Thursday, October 1. Announcements and invitations will be distributed by the Studio via their mailing list. (Go to www.LionBrandYarnStudio.com to get on the mailing list.) The store manager will tell me what the featured yarn for October will be, and I’ll design a Tunisian piece for the occasion. This is going to be fun!
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