Downtown Yarns

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45 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009

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Downtown Yarns is a community yarn shop dedicated to keeping the fiber arts alive and well in the East Village in NYC.

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4.0135 reviews
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Jennie C.
12/15/2025

Sigh I have a problem with this place, but I don't think my issues are unique. They are very very strict with returns and no nonsense about the Patrons shopping inside. It makes sense given the...

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Pippa J.
9/20/2025

Downtown Yarns has nice hand-dyed yarns, but shopping here can be miserable. You're forced to use alcohol-based sanitizer as you enter, so some skeins ends up handled by alcohol coated hands! They...

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Rebecca S.
9/5/2025

Well, that was a weird experience. Tried to go in to buy yarn, and after waiting for them to allow me to enter (weird enough for a yarn store), they said I had to use hand sanitizer. Then when I...

Shopper X.
12/28/2025

It's my local yarn store and while it has a good, if expensive, selection the human experience leaves a lot to be desired. The owner (who obviously trains the other attendants because they gang...

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Susan D.
10/22/2024

Visiting family in NYC, and always looking for great shopping spots to bring home the best goods. Had found this little gem on instagram through and influencer and was excited to check it out....

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