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Lancaster Yarn Shop
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Local Yarn Shop since 2008 at Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, PA. lancasteryarnshop.com
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We’re so excited!
LYS welcomes Xandy Peters to the Lancaster Winter Knitter’s Retreat January 9 - 11, 2026! Local fiber artist Sarah Ulrich *and others* round out a cozy weekend of knitting and community. Join us at the William H Montgomery mansion in Lancaster, PA. Details on our website!
A black and white photograph of downtown Lancaster, PA taken after a blizzard in the late 1800’s. The Watt and Shand building and the Soldier’s Monument are shown with many folks standing around in deep snow.
August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Happy Anniversary, #showusyourknits! Knitter’s choice -I want to show some knitter’s hands! These are four of my current class of Sock Knitting 101 students!
A close up of a knitter’s hands holding the nascent beginnings of a hand knit sock! A close up of a knitter’s hands holding the nascent beginnings of a hand knit sock! A close up of a knitter’s hands holding the nascent beginnings of a hand knit sock! A close up of a knitter’s hands holding the nascent beginnings of a hand knit sock!
July 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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So much garter stitch this year!
Here’s a WIP I just picked up after a long break. This is Melissa Leapman’s ‘Honky Tonk’ shawl- featuring garter stripes and garter mosaic stitch borders. Nearly finished Chart B! #ShowUsYourKnits #GarterStitch
Close up of my left hand holding a knitting project on a pointy metal needle. The fabric is alternating stripes of grey and red with a geometric mosaic motif along one edge. It is vastly satisfying and simple to knit. There is a brick fireplace in the background with colorful twinkly lights on it and a shelf with pictures and a plant on it, too.
July 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Today it’s all crocheting, all day long! MOOGLY is visiting our shop for a One-Day Crochet Retreat! @mooglyblog.com #crochet
A smiling woman demonstrates a crochet technique in a classroom setting.
June 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I learned this *essential* knitting trick from @xandypeters.bsky.social
A close up of a pair of chopsticks holding a single piece of popcorn – there is a white bowl with popcorn in it in the foreground, and the background is a striped knitting project on the needles. you can just see the corner of a television set – we were watching ‘Chopped.’
June 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Our yarn shop is knitting along with Marie Greene for the eighth time! The 4 Day KAL starts July 4, so we’ve got prep to do! Join is for a Zoom call with Marie on June 5 at 7:00 PM. Details:

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#AstroPop #4DayKAL 🚀

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June 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Places you can knit—first free concert of the summer at Long’s Park in Lancaster! The band was ‘In the Pocket,’ and it was chilly but just right for knitting! #LancasterYarnShop #PlacesYouCanKnit #LiveMusic
A hand holding a knitting project in the foreground with a distant triangle shaped pavilion on the horizon and a crowd of chairs and people arriving to an afternoon outdoor concert in between. Four smiling people holding knitting projects (obscured) and smiling while at an outdoor concert—seated in camp chairs on a green lawn and with dozens of people in the background.
June 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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This week’s prompt is WIPs: my most active current project: another ‘Musselburgh Hat’ designed by Ysolda Teague. This one is stripy and made with Lanas Light-it’s a good one! This is my ‘interstitial project;’ I’m fatigued, so I need easy knitting. #ShowUsYourKnits #Knitting #LancasterYarnShop
A close up of several fingers of my left hand holding a knitting needle and with orange yarn wrapped around my index finger. I’m making a striped hat that is comprised of dark gray, light gray, mustard yellow and orange wool. The knitting needles are wooden and there is a yellow bulb stitch marker between two stitches on the previous row. You can see the inside and the outside of the hat because the pattern is clever.
May 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Apr 26
This reminds me of my favourite ever Irish insult (normally directed at humans but definitely applies here too) that goes "he looks like his mammy knitted him"
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Apr 26
I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dad’s garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.
April 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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LYS Day is Saturday, April 26–support your LYS!
A collage poster for LYS Day which is on Saturday, April 26. There is a logo for the event which is a drawing of a ball of yarn with a banner across it and the words LOCAL YARN STORE DAY and a photo of a rainbow ordered display of hand dyed yarn from our shop. Happy LYS Day! Support your LYS! 🧶
April 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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This Saturday is Local Yarn Shop Day - celebrate those magical hubs of creativity & community.

Many shops are having promotions this weekend. Even if you don't buy anything, you can support in other ways, like commenting, liking & sharing their social media content or telling your fibre friends ❤️
April 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Local Yarn Store Day is this Saturday! Here's a handy list of shops participating, courtesy of @craftindustryalliance.org!

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Not near any of these? Any yarn shop near you is a great yarn shop to support! Pop in and say hi!
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LYS 2025
Alabama All Strung Out Yarn Shop 109 S. 8th Street, Opelika, Al 36801 www.facebook.com/allstrungoutyarnsh 7034899083 11-6pm Knit Happenz 2531 Rocky Ridge. rd suite 112 Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35243 W...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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#showmeyourknits is what’s your WIP this week? Luckily I’m traveling and I’m working on one project: the Campside Classic Cardi by Alicia Plummer made in Tillie, a hand dyed cotton yarn from Berroco. #handknitting #sweaterknitters
A left hand holding up a knitting project outside.(the Campside Classic Cardi by Alicia Plummer made in Tillie, a hand dyed cotton yarn from Berroco). The fabric is a greenish tonal color and is held up against an out of focus landscape including a harbor with sailboats and a distant island covered in evergreen trees. There is a bald eagle in the frame but it is really registering just as an indistinct impression of an eagle. Nice place to knit.
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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THIS WEEKEND in Intercourse, PA! Welcome, Beth Brown-Reinsel, Kate Atherley and Carson Demers! @kateatherley.bsky.social and @carsondemers.bsky.social #WeAreSoExcited #LKR2025
A collage showing a Lancaster Pennsylvania farm scene above three portraits of knitting celebrities who are coming to Lancaster Yarn Shop’s ‘Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat’ this weekend! The teachers are Beth Brown-Reinsel, Kate Atherley and Carson Demers and they ARE ROCK STARS!
April 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Here’s a swell baby hat i made a few years ago—the Garter Baby Flap Hat—it’s adorable. #showmeyourknits
A hand knit, striped baby hat with little ear covers and an absurd tassel. The yarn is red orange and dark purple. The hat is being held by a disembodied hand and rests on a white, handknit baby blanket.
April 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Make new friends, find a knitting/crafting group in your area- or when you’re traveling, and join it! Ours meets in Intercourse, PA at Lancaster Yarn Shop every Thursday between 4-7 AND our virtual group is on Zoom every Thursday between 6-8pm.
#WeShallBeKnitTogether #LancasterYarnShop #KnitNight
A group of smiling people pose for the camera in our knitting shop—some people are knitting, some are standing to be included in the picture. We took the picture because we had an out of town visitor (Hi, Diana!) and she wanted to show it to her knitting group in upstate New York.
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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#ColorWork is the #showmeyourknits prompt! Yay! THIS is why I knit. Shown are current/latest colorwork projects. Deets in alt text. #knit
A closeup of an afterthought thumb in a knitting WIP of Latvian mittens. The yarns are yellow, orange, grey and white and the afterthought thumb stitches are green and the pattern is geometric boxes. There is a dark green knitting needle through the top edge of live stitches. The inside of a knitting WIP of Latvian mittens. The yarns are yellow, orange, grey and white and the afterthought thumb stitches are green. The mitt is inside out and there are so many ends to weave in. A colorwork cowl in wintry colors including grey and pale blue and maroon. Shown in a square basket with a skein of bright green yarn. A pile of hand knit colorwork hats with motifs ranging from simple colorful stripes to sheep.
March 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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look at this absolute unit
A very large Exmoor Horn ram, with a small yet noticeable smile.
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Yes. We are.

The fibercrafts (knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, etc) welcome our outraged compatriots to our coping method(s) of choice. It does help.

Free patterns at knitty.com - 22 years worth.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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#showmeyourknits GREEN is the theme—here’s the first green knitting in my photos, and it’s from the Berroco Yarn Tasting we had at the shop last week. The yarn is Tillie—& it’s very nice!
Close up shot of a knitter’s hands and wooden knitting needles with just a few stitches cast on the tips. The yarn is green and there is a pattern on the table next to the small skein of bright green cotton yarn.
March 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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We’re coming right up against the last days when we can wear chunky handknits—so I’m doing it! Pattern is Plowfield by Owen Ellis on Ravelry and the yarn is Ultra Alpaca Chunky—easy peasy and soft and warm! #knitting #ChonkyKnits #LancasterYarnShop
A smiling white woman wearing glasses is modeling a thick, blue handknit garter stitch scarf. It’s time for some fresh lipstick!
March 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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@lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social TFW you are almost finished but you realize you knit the entire middle section with the wrong size circular. I’m glad I enjoy watching the stripes pile up. #musselburghhat #frogging #dpnlifeline
A nearly finished rainbow striped hat with a circular needle at one end and four wooden double pointed needles at the other, marking where the hat will be ripped back to before being reknit with the proper needle size. A nearly finished rainbow striped hat with the wrong size circular needle in live stitches. The beginning of a rainbow striped hat with picked up stitches on four wooden knitting needles indicating the point to which the hat will be ripped back to be reknit on a needle of the correct size.
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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We had knit night at the shop this evening—& I must say, as a rule I find people who like to make stuff to be some of the finest people in the world. #knitters #crocheters #KnitNight #LancasterYarnShop
A work-in-progress photo showing a handknit cowl still on the needles in colorful wool with a beautiful stranded knitting motif. Shown in a square basket next to a skein of Woolstok Worsted yarn that is bright green and on a wooden table.
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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On my needles—Tillie! Cotton and Cupro in a DK weight chainette spun yarn.
A close up of a skein of yarn with a white label that says Tillie. The yarn is a blue green color.
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I’ve just finished a Latvian mitt with lace, braids, colorwork, a picot bind off & an afterthought thumb! Time for blocking and weaving in lots of ends. Pattern by Beth Brown-Reinsel.
#ShowMeYoutKnits #knitters #LancasterYarnShop #LancasterKnittersRetreat #LKR2025 #LancasterPA
Close up of a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns. The project is on the needles and the afterthought thumb is visible on a pale green piece of waste yarn. Close up of the inside of a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns. The project is inside out showing all the loose ends to weave in. Close up of wooden knitting needles and a hand tensioning four strands of yarn for a wool handknit Latvian colorwork fingerless mitten. Multiple colors including dark and light grey, white, gold and cayenne orange are worked in geometric patterns. Nearly finished hand knit Latvian fingerless mitt in four colors of wool. Lace, a braid, textured stitches and color work in two, three and four colors per row create the traditional design.
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM