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This is an ongoing directory of yarn shops in Connecticut. If you find an error, or know of additional
local yarn shops in Connecticut, please send us an email at admin@shopforyarn.com.
Find Local Connecticut Yarn Shops:
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Avon
Village Needlecrafts
19 East Main Street
Avon, CT 06001
860-678-1882
Bethel
A Stitch in Time
276 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT 06801
203-748-1002
www.astitchintimept.com
Fairfield
Knotty Girl Knit & Yarn Club
215 Horseshoe Lane
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-895-4929
Poster's Arts & Crafts
2353 Black Rock Tpke.
Fairfield Ct 06825
203-372-0717
www.postersartsandcrafts.com
Meriden
The Yarn Garden LLC.
194 Elm ST.
Meriden, Conn. 06450
203-237-6446
www.yarngardenllc.com
Mystic
You've Got To Be Beading
28 East Main Street
Mystic, CT 06355
860-536-2552
www.ygtbb.com
New Haven
Yarn, LLC
910 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT 06515
203-389-3369
Newington
Needleworks
10 East Cedar Street
Newington, CT 06111
860-665-0277
Wallingford
Country Yarns
327 North Colony Road
Wallinford, CT 06492
203-269-6662
West Hartford
Sit 'n Knit
10 LaSalle Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
860-232-9276
Westport
Knitting Central
582 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
203-454-4300
www.knittingcentral.com
A December 2006 report
from the Connecticut
Commission on Culture
& Tourism showed that
$14 billion in economic
activity and 170,000 jobs
annually were delivered
from the arts, film,
history and tourism
industries.
In the US, balls of yarn
for handcrafts are
usually sold in 2, 4, 6,
and 8 ounce skeins. In
Europe, yarn is sold in
increments of 25 grams,
with 25, 50 and 100
grams being the most
common.