Fiber Community

At Lancaster Yarn Shop, our goal is to serve as a natural hub for a fiber community. We host knitting and handwork gatherings and offer instruction, advice and encouragement alongside beautiful yarns and high-quality tools.

Knitters and crocheters know that practicing our craft can quiet and calm the mind. We find our own rhythms within the structure of established techniques, and the inherent order and patterns serve as a helpful counterpoint to the ‘real world.’ To that end we are ever grateful for the community and inspiration we find in each other and our projects.

In a technique oriented FREE Workshop, learn mosaic knitting in the round. The Pressed Flowers Hat by Amy Christoffers features a simple staggered mosaic knitting motif, and is worked from the bottom up.

In another technique based workshop, learn Intarsia Knitting in a FREE Workshop on Saturday, February 27! Knit some sweet flowers to wrap yourself in!

The Bliss-Bloss Shawl is worked tip to tip, forming a triangular shape and comes in 3 size options with a single, three or five flower version. Want more flowers? Bliss-Bloss is readily adjusted for a longer, wider version and you can add pops of color to the center of your flowers or keep them uniform in color. Details HERE.

The Lancaster WINTER Knitter’s Retreat 2027 sold out in no time at all! We’re excited to welcome attendees and teachers Laura Nelkin and Sarah Ulrich to our wintry weekend! The WINTER retreat will feature cozy fireplaces, elegant sitting rooms and lots and lots of knitting.

The Lancaster Knitter's Retreat 2027 takes place April 9 - 11, 2027. Lancaster County is a beautiful setting for a weekend dedicated to celebrating knitting, and our popular April retreat features world class teachers, delicious meals and the excellent company of other knitters.

Save the date! Registration opens
January 1, 2027, at 12 NOON.

Thursday Knit Night is held weekly in the shop between 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Our Thursday Night Zoom Knitting group also meets weekly between 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM and YOU are invited! Note: no Knit Night on Thanksgiving!
Grab your WIP and knit with us!

Our Classes & Events schedule has been updated: we have Retreats, Classes and FREE Workshops coming up.

Shop Hours:

Monday - Friday         9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday                     9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday                      9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Closed Sunday
Closed Thanksgiving
Friday, Nov. 27           9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Our online shop is always open!

"Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit,
and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either."
--Elizabeth Zimmermann