As I mentioned in my Warm Regards post, knitting or all things handmade -cross-stitching, patchwork, rag dolls... are a real passion in NYC and the last years have seen many stores dedicated to this crafts growning all over the city.These stores use to be very cute and the decoration very warm and home-loving. The finished products exposed use to be made by the owners themselves in order to promote the classes and workshops they teach to show what to do with all the merchandise around.
So it is very dificult to choose a favourite one as almost all of them are very well equiped and cute. But, still, there is this little shop located in Red Hook called Brooklyn General Store that it's probably my favourite one so far.
As it always happens with the best findings, i knew this place just by chance as its entrance is nothing but just a faded sign which reads Brooklyn General Store and it looks like a grocerie rather than a knitting store. But thankfully i like old groceries and just entered to take a lot and eventually some pictures.
It really hooked me with its selection of vintage fabrics, buttons, plastics, ribbons, quilts... i'm a real vintage fabric passionate so i just couldn't believe the good quality of the ones they had. Unfortunately the store is not very close to the city as it's located in Red Hook, but i hope that's not a problem for them to grow.
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