Wednesday, July 18, 2007

New York City Craft Stores

I found these earrings at Goodwill the other day.  As soon as I swap out the ear hooks, I'm wearing these babies every day.  I only included this photo because I didn't want to post photo-less.

This post is for laptitemarion2000.  She asked for craft store recommendations for when she is in New York & Washington DC on vacation.  I took so long to write my response that I thought I'd post instead of bury it in the comments.  I can't help you with Washington DC, but I can give you some New York pointers.

My very favorite stores in New York are:

Kinokuniya (a Japanese bookstore) at 10 West 49th (between 5th and 6th).  They have a GREAT selection of Japanese craft books.

Daytona Braids & Trimmings at 251 West 39th Street.  They have every kind of trim, ribbon, feathers, boas, buttons ... ANYTHING ... that you could ever dream of.

Another place to find out about New York crafty spots is AmberCake.  Here are links to some of her informative posts:

Map of New York City Yarn Stores

Yarn Crawlin'

Yarn Crawling: The Ladies Who Lunch Tour

Yarn Crawling: The Village People

Yarn Crawling: Guest Tour!

Yarn Crawlin' - Down and Dirty in the Garment District
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Candace said ...
7/19/2007 5:19 AM
I love those earrings!! So great. (and I tried to resist making any jokes about them being "a hoot" - heehee. Oh wait, did that count as one?)


AmberCake said ...
7/19/2007 2:52 PM
Sheesh! Shucks! Thanks! I wrote a lot of freaking yarn tours, eh? I've been to a few more that I hadn't visited but wrote about since then, and I'm going to at least one that's new to me tomorrow.


meg said ...
7/19/2007 6:49 PM
those earrings rock the house, yo


Marietta said ...
7/20/2007 9:55 PM
well as for crafting in DC i can help you out there - at least the Maryland side of the beltway..

 
laptitemarion2000 said ...
10/2/2007 12:46 PM
Hi,
I never took the time before to say thank you properly for all the good addresses you gave. I had quite a busy (and, I felt, overwhelming) time in New York when I went there. I finally bought some lovely yarns from the Knit New York Cafe (14th St) where they were just working on promising embellishment for their shop. Back in my English countryside, I'm finishing my first roll-edged sweater and I enjoy it. Thanks again.


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