Our doors opened on December 28th, 2007 for what we hope is a long run. Jan Bell and her daughter Natalie Bell have opened a yarn store filled with warmth, color and yarn. Natalie continues to order like crazy to make Knitting Off Broadway's yarn selection a combination of her three favorite yarn shops. There is, and will continue to be, a wide variety of yarns and accessories available! Click here to see our ever expanding product listing.
Got questions? We have the answers. Did you know that our staff has over one hundred twenty-five (125) years of knitting experience?
FEATURING...
Jan Bell
Jan recently finished knitting the baby's hooded jacket using
Taos, a Crystal Palace yarn which is self-striping and will make a beautiful baby jacket (providing she finishes it before the baby is no longer a baby! She also just finished knitting a sweater (with
Blue Sky Alpaca's worsted weight Organic Cotton) using a Penny Straker pattern that was featured in this spring's classes, as well as a skinny ribbed cardigan using
Blue Sky Alpaca's Skinny Organic Cotton - both of which have a nice hand.
Jan is currently knitting a top-down summer cardigan using
Manos Cotton Stria which not only is nice to work with, but is a gorgeous hand-dyed soft yarn. She still has her eye on a yummy yarn called "Beaded Rhapsody" which is made by
ArtYarns and consists of 85% silk with glass beads and metallic combined with 15% mohair. Until someone buys the last remaining skein, she gets to feast her eyes on it throughout the day. Her favorite yarn of all time is
Rowan Cash Soft 4-Ply. Knitting Off Broadway offers all these yarns and then some!
Natalie Bell
Natalie has been knitting projects using
Silk Purse and
Silk Straw yarn(s) by
Alchemy.
Natalie has numerous projects in the works, including some for her mother, the shop, herself, and her friends. Her all-time favorite yarn is
Koigu kppm.
Donna Veiga is a talented knitter who has taught many classes at Cass Street Depot. Donna is enthusiastic about working, and joins us on Saturdays and other days when she and her husband aren't traveling. Donna's current fascination is with
Blue Sky Alpaca's Skinny Cotton; she is knitting a beautiful sweater using this lucious yarn. Donna loves the yarn; it knits up nicely and doesn't split. Donna recently finished knitting a baby cardigan for a forthcoming summer class using a
Dream-In-Color "Rocketry" pattern. She recently knitted a store sample for a luxury scarf class she plans to teach this summer. Meanwhile, she is busy thinking of just the right pattern to use for her Rowan Bamboo Soft yarn.
Chris (Fribley) Mejer is another talented knitter who taught many classes at Cass Street Depot as well. She has been knitting all her life, and learned from her mother's WWII knitting books. Chris recently finished knitting a pair of lace socks for a spring class that she taught (using
Green Mountain Spinnery's "Cotton Comfort") and a cabled sweater with a picot edge. She is teaching at FWCS so has limited time right now; however, she teaches for us when she can. Chris is currently enjoying the new 100% organic Rowan yarn,
purelife, which she is using for a spa cloth for her class, as well as the new
Opal sock yarns,
Nashua Wooly Stripes (which Chris says make the best mittens; they are so warm!), plus everything else in the shop. Once school is finished for the year, look for more of Chris in the shop.
Marlene Miller is another talented knitter who works at the shop. Donna says Marlene is the "Queen of Knitting". Marlene is currently knitting the
Sideways Cardigan (albeit with modifications) featured on the cover of the Spring/Summer 2008
Vogueknitting magazine. She is always knitting socks, and just finished knitting two socks toe-up using the
Magic Loop method and
Jitterbug yarn. Marlene "loves it all!", and plans to knit a lace shawl as soon as she decides which of our laceweight yarns to use:
Misti Alpaca, Alpaca with a Twist "Fino", Schaeffer, or Rowan's Kidsilk. Marlene works in the shop on Saturdays, and occasionally while her granddaughter is in play school. She also makes beautiful samples for us at the shop. Marlene will be teaching
several classes for the shop this summer.
Tami Easter is a longtime knitter who wandered into our shop not long after we had just opened. Tami thinks of knitting as a lifestyle - not a hobby! She began knitting because it was a lost art to "my generation", and loves to knit with her twin daughters, Hannah & Emma. Tami just finished a knitting a pullover using our new hemp yarn,
hemp for knitting - (this project uses the hemp blended with cotton and cashmere). She is currently knitting a lace hoodie from the Summer 2008
Interweave Knits magazine using
Rowan Cashcotton 4-ply as well as the
Button Jar "Button-Button" sock - unique in that there is a left and right sock.
Carol Listenberger is a fiber artist who often uses knitting and felting in her work. She likes to make fantasy figures, and the making of a mermaid tail of knitted variegated yarn is a particular favorite. Carol also does traditional knitting, and is currently knitting a shrug from a
Blue Sky Alpaca pattern. She recently finished knitting a felted twisted cable basket before teaching this spring class. Her favorite yarn at this time is
Dream in Color's "Smooshy" because of the gorgeous colors. In addition to felting, Carol knitted a market bag, using Green Mountain Spinnery's Sylvan Spirit, a wool-tencel yarn; the "green" market bag was offered as a class this spring.
Kathleen Oaken is a instructor new to our shop. Jan met her through Kathleen's sister-in-law whom Jan & Natalie have known for years through their affiliation with Canterbury School. Kathleen is a member of the Crochet Guild of America and is CYCA-Certified (that's the Craft Yarn Council of America). She says she has been teaching for a long time, and is originally from Fort Wayne. Kathleen has just recently returned to "the Fort" from Atlanta.
Tracy Zahn has been crocheting for as many years as her cousin, Natalie, has been knitting. Tracy is an excellent crocheter, having taught crocheting in Indianapolis. Although Tracy now lives in Frankfort, she looks forward to visiting the shop (and her aunt/cousin) and teaching a crochet Kiogu corkscrew scarf this summer.
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