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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We’re so excited! LYS welcomes Xandy Peters to the Lancaster Winter Knitter’s Retreat January 9 - 11, 2026! Local fiber artist Sarah Ulrich *and others* round out a cozy weekend of knitting and community. Join us at the William H Montgomery mansion in Lancaster, PA. Details on our website!

A black and white photograph of downtown Lancaster, PA taken after a blizzard in the late 1800’s. The Watt and Shand building and the Soldier’s Monument are shown with many folks standing around in deep snow.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Happy Anniversary, #showusyourknits! Knitter’s choice -I want to show some knitter’s hands! These are four of my current class of Sock Knitting 101 students!

A close up of a knitter’s hands holding the nascent beginnings of a hand knit sock!

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

So much garter stitch this year! Here’s a WIP I just picked up after a long break. This is Melissa Leapman’s ‘Honky Tonk’ shawl- featuring garter stripes and garter mosaic stitch borders. Nearly finished Chart B! #ShowUsYourKnits #GarterStitch

Close up of my left hand holding a knitting project on a pointy metal needle. The fabric is alternating stripes of grey and red with a geometric mosaic motif along one edge. It is vastly satisfying and simple to knit. There is a brick fireplace in the background with colorful twinkly lights on it and a shelf with pictures and a plant on it, too.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Today it’s all crocheting, all day long! MOOGLY is visiting our shop for a One-Day Crochet Retreat! @mooglyblog.com #crochet

A smiling woman demonstrates a crochet technique in a classroom setting.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Our yarn shop is knitting along with Marie Greene for the eighth time! The 4 Day KAL starts July 4, so we’ve got prep to do! Join is for a Zoom call with Marie on June 5 at 7:00 PM. Details: lancasteryarnshop.com/shop/4-day-k... #AstroPop #4DayKAL 🚀 @oliveknits.bsky.social

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Places you can knit—first free concert of the summer at Long’s Park in Lancaster! The band was ‘In the Pocket,’ and it was chilly but just right for knitting! #LancasterYarnShop #PlacesYouCanKnit #LiveMusic

A hand holding a knitting project in the foreground with a distant triangle shaped pavilion on the horizon and a crowd of chairs and people arriving to an afternoon outdoor concert in between.

Four smiling people holding knitting projects (obscured) and smiling while at an outdoor concert—seated in camp chairs on a green lawn and with dozens of people in the background.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This week’s prompt is WIPs: my most active current project: another ‘Musselburgh Hat’ designed by Ysolda Teague. This one is stripy and made with Lanas Light-it’s a good one! This is my ‘interstitial project;’ I’m fatigued, so I need easy knitting. #ShowUsYourKnits #Knitting #LancasterYarnShop

A close up of several fingers of my left hand holding a knitting needle and with orange yarn wrapped around my index finger. I’m making a striped hat that is comprised of dark gray, light gray, mustard yellow and orange wool. The knitting needles are wooden and there is a yellow bulb stitch marker between two stitches on the previous row. You can see the inside and the outside of the hat because the pattern is clever.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

LYS Day is Saturday, April 26–support your LYS!

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Andrea | Pine & Purl @pineandpurl.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

This Saturday is Local Yarn Shop Day - celebrate those magical hubs of creativity & community. Many shops are having promotions this weekend. Even if you don't buy anything, you can support in other ways, like commenting, liking & sharing their social media content or telling your fibre friends ❤️

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knitty® | editor, Amy Sadler @knitty.com · 23/04/2025

Local Yarn Store Day is this Saturday! Here's a handy list of shops participating, courtesy of @craftindustryalliance.org! docs.google.com/document/d/1... Not near any of these? Any yarn shop near you is a great yarn shop to support! Pop in and say hi! 🧶

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Alabama All Strung Out Yarn Shop 109 S. 8th Street, Opelika, Al 36801 www.facebook.com/allstrungoutyarnsh 7034899083 11-6pm Knit Happenz 2531 Rocky Ridge. rd suite 112 Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35243 W...

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#showmeyourknits is what’s your WIP this week? Luckily I’m traveling and I’m working on one project: the Campside Classic Cardi by Alicia Plummer made in Tillie, a hand dyed cotton yarn from Berroco. #handknitting #sweaterknitters

A left hand holding up a knitting project outside.(the Campside Classic Cardi by Alicia Plummer made in Tillie, a hand dyed cotton yarn from Berroco). The fabric is a greenish tonal color and is held up against an out of focus landscape including a harbor with sailboats and a distant island covered in evergreen trees. There is a bald eagle in the frame but it is really registering just as an indistinct impression of an eagle.
Nice place to knit.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

THIS WEEKEND in Intercourse, PA! Welcome, Beth Brown-Reinsel, Kate Atherley and Carson Demers! @kateatherley.bsky.social and @carsondemers.bsky.social #WeAreSoExcited #LKR2025

A collage showing a Lancaster Pennsylvania farm scene above three portraits of knitting celebrities who are coming to Lancaster Yarn Shop’s ‘Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat’ this weekend! The teachers are Beth Brown-Reinsel, Kate Atherley and Carson Demers and they ARE ROCK STARS!

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Here’s a swell baby hat i made a few years ago—the Garter Baby Flap Hat—it’s adorable. #showmeyourknits

A hand knit, striped baby hat with little ear covers and an absurd tassel. The yarn is red orange and dark purple. The hat is being held by a disembodied hand and rests on a white, handknit baby blanket.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Make new friends, find a knitting/crafting group in your area- or when you’re traveling, and join it! Ours meets in Intercourse, PA at Lancaster Yarn Shop every Thursday between 4-7 AND our virtual group is on Zoom every Thursday between 6-8pm. #WeShallBeKnitTogether #LancasterYarnShop #KnitNight

A group of smiling people pose for the camera in our knitting shop—some people are knitting, some are standing to be included in the picture. We took the picture because we had an out of town visitor (Hi, Diana!) and she wanted to show it to her knitting group in upstate New York.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#ColorWork is the #showmeyourknits prompt! Yay! THIS is why I knit. Shown are current/latest colorwork projects. Deets in alt text. #knit

A closeup of an afterthought thumb in a knitting WIP of Latvian mittens. The yarns are yellow, orange, grey and white and the afterthought thumb stitches are green and the pattern is geometric boxes. There is a dark green knitting needle through the top edge of live stitches.

The inside of a knitting WIP of Latvian mittens. The yarns are yellow, orange, grey and white and the afterthought thumb stitches are green. The mitt is inside out and there are so many ends to weave in.

A colorwork cowl in wintry colors including grey and pale blue and maroon. Shown in a square basket with a skein of bright green yarn.

A pile of hand knit colorwork hats with motifs ranging from simple colorful stripes to sheep.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

look at this absolute unit

A very large Exmoor Horn ram, with a small yet noticeable smile.

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knitty® | editor, Amy Sadler @knitty.com · 17/03/2025

Yes. We are. The fibercrafts (knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, etc) welcome our outraged compatriots to our coping method(s) of choice. It does help. Free patterns at knitty.com - 22 years worth. 🧶

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Knitty.com - Spring + Summer 2025

Knitty is the longest-running free knitting magazine on the web. Enjoy our huge selection of high-quality free knitting patterns and tutorials!

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#showmeyourknits GREEN is the theme—here’s the first green knitting in my photos, and it’s from the Berroco Yarn Tasting we had at the shop last week. The yarn is Tillie—& it’s very nice!

Close up shot of a knitter’s hands and wooden knitting needles with just a few stitches cast on the tips. The yarn is green and there is a pattern on the table next to the small skein of bright green cotton yarn.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

We’re coming right up against the last days when we can wear chunky handknits—so I’m doing it! Pattern is Plowfield by Owen Ellis on Ravelry and the yarn is Ultra Alpaca Chunky—easy peasy and soft and warm! #knitting #ChonkyKnits #LancasterYarnShop

A smiling white woman wearing glasses is modeling a thick, blue handknit garter stitch scarf. It’s time for some fresh lipstick!

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Wrtrmaus @wrtrmaus.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

@lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social TFW you are almost finished but you realize you knit the entire middle section with the wrong size circular. I’m glad I enjoy watching the stripes pile up. #musselburghhat #frogging #dpnlifeline

A nearly finished rainbow striped hat with a circular needle at one end and four wooden double pointed needles at the other, marking where the hat will be ripped back to before being reknit with the proper needle size.

A nearly finished rainbow striped hat with the wrong size circular needle in live stitches.

The beginning of a rainbow striped hat with picked up stitches on four wooden knitting needles indicating the point to which the hat will be ripped back to be reknit on a needle of the correct size.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We had knit night at the shop this evening—& I must say, as a rule I find people who like to make stuff to be some of the finest people in the world. #knitters #crocheters #KnitNight #LancasterYarnShop

A work-in-progress photo showing a handknit cowl still on the needles in colorful wool with a beautiful stranded knitting motif.
Shown in a square basket next to a skein of Woolstok Worsted yarn that is bright green and on a wooden table.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

On my needles—Tillie! Cotton and Cupro in a DK weight chainette spun yarn.

A close up of a skein of yarn with a white label that says Tillie. The yarn is a blue green color.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I’ve just finished a Latvian mitt with lace, braids, colorwork, a picot bind off & an afterthought thumb! Time for blocking and weaving in lots of ends. Pattern by Beth Brown-Reinsel. #ShowMeYoutKnits #knitters #LancasterYarnShop #LancasterKnittersRetreat #LKR2025 #LancasterPA

Close up of a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns. The project is on the needles and the afterthought thumb is visible on a pale green piece of waste yarn.

Close up of the inside of a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns. The project is inside out showing all the loose ends to weave in.

Close up of wooden knitting needles and a hand tensioning four strands of yarn for a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns.

Nearly finished hand knit Latvian fingerless mitt in four colors of wool. Lace, a braid, textured stitches and color work in two, three and four colors per row create the traditional design.

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Carol Feller @stolenstitches.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

#Knitsky, got a ball of scrap yarn and wondering if it’s enough for your next project? Here’s my go-to method for calculating how many metres/yards you have left!

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Knitters and crocheters are invited to join us in the shop for Knit Night this evening and most Thursdays between 4:00- 7:00 & Zoom Knit Night meets online 6:00 -8:00 PM #LancasterYarnShop #CraftingWithFriends #KitchenKettleVillage #IntercoursePA #WeShallBeKnitTogether #Yarn #WearYourHandknits

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Pattern coming very soon—this version of a simple garter stitch scarf has been a shop/knitter’s favorite for years. It’s time to write it up so we don’t have to explain how to knit it over and over. Yarn shown is Madrona from Hikoo. #WIP #GarterStitch #LancasterYarnShop @ericadirks.bsky.social

A nearly finished knitting project—just a few stitches still on the needles. The picture shows a garter stitch triangle folded on itself with two gorgeous balls of fluffy, fingering weight yarn in brick red and mushroom colors. They are arranged on a wooden background. Photo by ericacea 🫐

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

What’s playing in my yarn shop? This morning it’s ‘Fall on Me’ by REM. c.2009 #WPIMYS youtu.be/lf6vCjtaV1k?... tagging in our occasional series: @yarnfolk.bsky.social

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R.E.M. - Fall On Me

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Yarn Folk @yarnfolk.com · 15/02/2025

Keep trying. #WPIMYS (* #WPIMYS = what's playing in my yarn shop, an occasional series with @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social) youtu.be/CUjIY_XxF1g?...

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Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket (Official 4K Music Video)

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We’re OPEN on Monday, February 17 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM #LancasterYarnShop

An OPEN sign in a yarn shop interior window. The small sign is shaped like a sheep. It’s on a yarn wrapped dowel perched on a little painted wooden plinth that says: knit talk shop.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

What’s on my needles? Which pair?! Tonight it’s Latvian Mitts by Beth Brown-Reinsel in Lanas Light, a sport weight Peruvian highland wool. It’s a lovely, complicated pattern and I can’t get enough if it! #ShowUsYourKnits #LancasterYarnShop

A close up of a knitting project on the needles in five colors and with complex patterning. It includes traditional Latvian motifs that suggest flowers and textured herringbone braids.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Knitters and crocheters are invited to join us in the shop for Knit Night this evening and most Thursdays between 4:00-7:00 Zoom Knit Night meets online 6:00-8:00 Details on our website! #LancasterYarnShop #CraftingWithFriends #KitchenKettleVillage #IntercoursePA #WeShallBeKnitTogether #Yarn

A smiling white woman looking at the camera is wearing a snug, textured green hand knit hat, a purple and orange striped hand knit scarf and a dark grey winter coat.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

It’s Thursday! We had a minor winter weather event (some ice) but we’re here and knitters and crocheters are invited to join us in the shop for Knit Night this evening! On Zoom, too! #LancasterYarnShop #CraftingWithFriends #KitchenKettleVillage #IntercoursePA #WeShallBeKnitTogether #Yarn

A light post with a glowing lantern near a sign that says Lancaster Yarn Shop. The building housing the yarn shop near it is brick with a welcoming, deep porch & there has been light snowfall and ice.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

SNOW and ICE in the forecast for central Pennsylvania! You know what that means! 🧶

Yarn! Milk! Bread! Three essentials to pick up BEFORE it snows!
Photo collage of three items every knitter and crocheter needs to get through winter weather.

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Julia @deunynknits.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

#showmeyourknits theme is striped knits! This is my Stranger Strings wrap, inspired by popular artwork in the 80’s that incorporated the vanishing point wireframe. 🧶

A rectangular knit wrap on a white background. The wrap has colorful stripes interrupted by multiple black lines that converge on the center of the wrap. The wrap is mirrored around a center black stripe.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

WIP—a favorite shape and stitch using Lumen from Kettle Dyed Yarns and Aerial from Berroco. Details when it’s done! #LancasterYarnshop @kettledyedyarns.bsky.social #knitting

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Mitten knitters, here’s a fantastic kit for mittens in 21 colors of Woolstok Worsted! #LancasterYarnShop #knitters #LancasterPA #mittens #wool

A colorful handknit mitten and the door of a yarn shop.

A colorful handknit mitten and the door handle of a yarn shop.

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Knitters and crocheters are invited to join us in the shop for Knit Night this evening and most Thursdays between 4:00- 7:00 & Zoom Knit Night meets online 6:00 -8:00 PM Details on our website! #LancasterYarnShop #CraftingWithFriends #KitchenKettleVillage #IntercoursePA #WeShallBeKnitTogether #Yarn

A craft table with skeins and balls of a variety of kinds of yarn in different colors piled amongst various tools for knitting and crochet including wooden knitting needles and stitch markers in a small round tin. #knitting #crocheting

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A new sample just about off the needles! Classic Alpaca is 100% Peruvian baby alpaca yarn in a dk weight and this scarf is ‘Lineated,’ a favorite, elegant and simple scarf. #LancasterYarnShop #knitting #🧶

A photo of a hand holding a knitting WIP — pale grayish blue garter stitch fabric with contrasting stripes in a soft green. The scarf project is on metal, square and textured knitting needles (Addi Rocket Squared) and is nearly finished. There is a background of a patterned fabric.

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Kettle Dyed Yarns @kettledyedyarns.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Kettle Dyed Lumen is 50/50 Merino wool and silk in a fingering weight. Soft, shiny, durable AND plays well with others (looking at you Aerial!) #kettledyedyarns #woolandsilk #knit #crochet

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Kettle Dyed Yarns @kettledyedyarns.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Kettle Dyed BFL Sock Yarn is durable and beautiful and comes in an infinite number of colors. It is hand dyed, in a kettle, by a human. One skein makes one pair!

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Is it cold where you live? Look at this bright, cheery slip stitch blanket! The pattern is ‘Good Vibrations’ by Triona Murphy & we used Simplicity from Hikoo Yarns for ours. #knitting #LancasterYarnShop #KnittersOfTheWorld

A baby blanket in lime green, hot pink and pale grey with three skeins of yarn on top. The pattern is slip stitch mosaic squares that repeat in an all over pattern with a bright green border.

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