We’re looking forward to Local Yarn Store Day, this Saturday, April 27th. Come to our shop on LYS Day for 25% off featured yarns!
LYS Day is about celebrating brick-and-mortar yarn shops and appreciating all that they offer. Here at the Hillsborough Yarn Shop, we are proud of our selection of high quality yarns, books and tools, and our customer service. Our mission is to provide knitters and other fiber artists with quality materials and help connect them with the knowledge they need to make things they’re proud of.
All the yarn in our shop is sorted by gauge, with sections marked Lace weight, Worsted weight, Bulky weight, and so on. We hope this makes it easier to sort through our robust selection to find the yarn that’s right for your project! For LYS Day, we’re offering 25% off one featured yarn in each gauge section:
You can read about all our featured yarns on the links above, and look for the yellow signs to find them here at the shop on LYS Day!
Come by the Hillsborough Yarn Shop this Saturday to celebrate LYS Day and get some great deals! We’re open from 11 am – 5:30 pm; see you at the shop!
A reminder: all discounted yarns are final sale, no returns or exchanges. Discount applies only to in-stock items, no special orders. Thanks for understanding!
We try to have a handmade sample in every yarn we carry, to give folks an idea of how the yarn knits up, and inspiration for how to use it. When the time came to make a sample in Brooklyn Tweed’s newest yarn, Imbue Sport, Bailey got the coveted assignment. Here’s her “SAWA” shawl, a … [more]
We’re pleased to welcome another yarn from Sandnes Garn in Norway: meet Tynn Line! Sandnes Garn Tynn Line: light fingering weight 3-ply 53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen 240 yards/50g $7.50 each Like Sandnes Garn Line, Tynn Line is composed of a unique blend of plant fibers, making it perfect for a variety of knit and crochet … [more]
Dream in Color’s Pop Up Club is back! Every month, we’re getting a special new colorway from Dream in Color, a Tucson-based producer of small batch hand-dyed yarns. Their latest limited edition colorway is here while supplies last! Dream in Color Smooshy Cashmere: fingering weight 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon 400 yards/100g $36 … [more]
We’re pleased to present the latest from Brooklyn Tweed: meet Imbue Sport! Brooklyn Tweed Imbue Sport: sport weight worsted spun, 3ply heathered colors 100% merino wool 190 yards/50g $18.50 each Just like Imbue Worsted before it, Imbue Sport’s heathered shades are made by blending brilliantly dyed hues of unspun wool, like an artist mixing paints. … [more]
Another new yarn from Isager! Meet Eco Baby. Isager Eco Baby: DK weight undyed chainette 68% baby alpaca, 32% organic cotton 164 yards/50g $10 each Eco Baby is a cousin to Eco Soft, both composed of baby alpaca and organic cotton, chain-plied into lofty, elastic yarns. Eco Baby is a smaller gauge, less fuzzy, and … [more]
We’re pleased to have Isager Merilin back in stock, with more colors than ever! Isager Merilin: fingering weight 80% wool, 20% linen 228 yards/50 g $11 each We’re always on the lookout for plant and animal fiber blends, since they offer the best of both worlds: elasticity and drape, structure and coolness. Merilin blends merino … [more]
Time for another round of show and tell! We love seeing what folks are making with yarn from the Hillsborough Yarn Shop – here are a bunch of projects we’ve had the pleasure of seeing in person, featuring stripes of all kinds. Above is Cindy’s “Bat Shawl,” a pattern from Lotta H Löthgren’s Observations. She … [more]
Spring is here – time to reach for plant fiber yarns! Meet our newest arrival, Cascade Botanika. Cascade Botanika: sport weight speckled with natural dyes 100% organic cotton 328 yards/100g $12.50 each Botanika is a soft and smooth organic cotton yarn, dyed with natural pigments sourced from plant leaves, roots and flowers. We have six … [more]
Sandnes Garn Line has become a staple since we introduced it last March – we’re delighted to have a fresh supply and loads of new colors, just in time for spring! Sandnes Garn Line: light worsted weight 53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen 120 yards/50g $7.50 each Line is a light worsted weight plant fiber blend that … [more]