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10/98 ***There's a yarn store on Blanchard Street that could probably fix it. The shop is in the same block of stores as the Pepperedge Farm resale shop. Blanchard Street is at the light where the temple (our secondary parking area) is. Turn right at that light and it's about 1/4 mile down the road.
| 10/99 ***SewLow in Cambridge is great for sewing supplies and materials. It is on Cambridge street. I always bought my yarn at Ames but I didn't create items to wear, only blankets. They have sewing supplies too. Ames is a department store that is located in several places but the closest one is in Medford at Wellington Circle. Follow rte 16 all the way to rte 93, stay to the right...don't go up on the highway, continue on this road past the Meadow Glen Mall continue until large set of lights. Bear to the left. Kappy's Liquors will be on your right but not your immediate right. On the left there is a Strip Mall. There is a dunkin donuts, toy's r us and at the end is Ames. Also a good bread store if you like discounted bread items. Sew Low's is on Cambridge street near Prospect Street. If you are coming from Cambridge it is on the left hand side. If you are coming from Lechmere station it is on the right. Good luck ***Winmil Fabrics, Chauncy St., Boston (the street behind Macy's/Lafayette Place and toward Chinatown) a holeinthewall but has good prices this is in what's left of Boston's old garment district. ***Fabric Showroom, Washington St., Brighton Center I haven't been there for a while, but they had good upholstery/curtain fabric and supplies, great remnants. ***Fabric Place, Woburn Mall a large store with an incredible selection of really beautiful, good quality fabrics and supplies worth the trip. ***I neither knit nor sew, but I have seen a knitting store in Porter Square. Of course I cannot remember the name, but I do know it's on that little street that runs along the parking lot. ***JoAnn Fabrics...I am not sure about one in Cambridge/somerville, Arlington but there is one in Dedham/West Roxbury and in Framingham. I am sure that they have other stores. ***I go to the Pearl Craft center for embroidery supplies and they have knitting supplies, too. They are in Central Square. There is also a craft store near Arlington Center called Playtime that I was at recently for sewing supplies. I don't remember if they specifically had knitting supplies, but you could call. ***For knitting supplies, you can head right around the corner to the Knittin' Kitten (don't know any street names around here, but go right out of Wheeler, and right at that main light up by the temple. Knittin' Kitten will be in plaza on right). Next door to the Knittin' Kitten is a quilt shop (they may even be connected) and they would probably carry basic sewing equipment. Also, I recently heard from another knitting friend (although I haven't been there yet) that there is a fabulous store in Woburn called the Fabric place (I think that is the name). Huge store with good prices and carries an impressive selection of yarns both acrylic and wool. Lastly, just to note: The Women's Educational and Industrial Union on Boylston used to have a beautiful fiber arts shop upstairs, carrying all sorts of nice wools, needles, needle kits, and pattern books, but they closed the shop (that section, not the entire WEIU) only a month or so ago. It is a shame, but they didn't have the staff and weren't making enough money to keep it running. ***There's a place in Cushing Square in Belmont called Ben Franklin. Closest thing to Woolworth's. Great stuff. All kinds of craft stuff, household stuff, fabric, etc. Great just to wander around. Good luck. ***There is a place called Knittin' Kitten on the right side of Brighton St., less than a mile up Concord Ave. It is in a small strip mall. Take Concord Ave. towards Belmont Center, turn right onto Brighton Street at the traffic light where the Beth El Temple is on the far left corner. It is about 12 blocks in on the right. ***The Fabric Place Framingham, and Needham St/Newton. ***Basic Sewing: Osco in Twin City Mall More extensive sewing: Sewphistocated Fabrics in Twin City Mall. (Twin City Mall is on the east cambridge/somerville line, right off of Rt. 28 or off of Gore St. in East Cambridge (1 block from Cambridge St.) Knitting: Knittin' Kitten near the Pepperidge Farm Outlet on Blanchard/Brighton St. on the Cambridge/Belmont line (near Sancta Maria hospital). ***Department stores like bradlees or ames have cheap (yucky) yarn, thread, etc. If you want patterns and advice, knitting needles, even instruction, try the Knittin' Kitten around the corner from Abt on Blanchard. | |||||||||||||||