We love our new "home" at 1309 Broadway in the newly- renovated building that faces Broadway. We are open for business 5 days a week, and can be accessed by parking behind the building "Off Broadway" and entering through the rear door which is our front door. (Concrete sheep "flank" either side of the entrance.) We are very excited about our new space where everything is on one floor with plenty of space and light!
You can't miss your turn when you are coming from the South on Broadway!
IN WINTER WEATHER, we suggest you enter using the Lavina Street entrance which is the street directly to the south of our building next to the Spay-Neuter Clinic. Lavina is a wider street and more accessible.
Here are two pictures of what our "new" building looked like:
This was taken in the 1930's when the Interurban was in use.
This was taken in the 1920's (we think).
Our venture started on December 28th, 2007 in the yellow building on Brackenridge, just feet from our current location. Jan Bell and her daughter Natalie Bell have opened a yarn store filled with warmth, color and a great selection of natural, and luxury yarns. Natalie is always looking for the next "must have" product and continues to make Knitting Off Broadway's yarn and accessory selection a combination of her three favorite yarn shops (The former Cass Street Yarn Depot, Northampton Wools, and Cynthia's Yarn and Gifts). 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 was convinced by Natalie and other members of the knitting community that a yarn shop needed to be her next project, so she agreed since she had yet to work retail in her life. (It would also bring Natalie, her only child, back home to Indiana to manage the store!) Then, a few months later, she bought the brick building across the parking lot to restore which, after 15 months of restorative work, is now the home of Knitting Off Broadway.... opening for business at 1309 Broadway November 4, 2009! Jan now knits store samples determined by her headstrong, marketing-minded daughter!
Natalie Bell is a Smith College graduate who worked at a yarn shop all throughout college. Having learned the business and having always worked retail, a yarn shop was a logical choice for her. Someday, she might apply to Graduate school for French studies, but she is having too much fun constantly re-arranging the shop and knitting numerous projects- for her mother, the shop, herself, and her friends.
Donna Veiga is a talented knitter who has taught many classes at Cass Street Depot. Donna is enthusiastic about working, and joins us on days when she and her husband aren't traveling. Donna also loves to rip out sweaters...
Mountain Colors "Mountain Goat" knits up beautifully the second time around!
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 is also an excellent seamstress, full of energy and fresh ideas. Hannah & Emma enjoy making store samples as well as knitting their own items.
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