The Yarn Tree: A Fiber Arts Studio + Store

We have blocked rooms at the Greenpoint YMCA. $60.00 per night for a single, shared bath. Rate includes breakfast and use of all facilities (pool, weight room, etc.) Check-in is 2:00pm and check-out is noon. The rooms are blocked from May 11th thru May 17. The Yarn Tree must be mentioned when making reservations.

Greenpoint YMCA
99 Meserole Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Phone: (718) 389-3700
Fax: (718) 349-2146
E-mail: grpbnb@ymcanyc.org

Serving guests from around the world since 1906, the Greenpoint YMCA Residence and Guest Rooms offer 100 extraordinary, inexpensive rooms. Located on the riverfront of Brooklyn, the Greenpoint Y has a spectacular view of New York City, with close proximity to many tourist attractions. Whether your visit brings you for a weekend or a few weeks, you'll enjoy our friendly and courteous service, deluxe rooms with 19" TV, radio with alarm clock and personalized voice mail access. Families love our indoor swimming pool with male and female saunas, daily housekeeping service, and state-of-the-art Fitness Center. The Greenpoint Y is accessible by local buses, and the G and L subway lines.

 

 

Here is a short list of some of the classes we will be offering from time to time:

Kool-Aid Dyeing - How you can dye yarn at home with no special tools! You will end up with enough dyed yarn to make a colorful scarf!!

Variegated Dyeing with Natural Dyes - Using Earthues Natural Dyes you will create your own variegated yarns!!

Finishing - Have that sweater in your closet that needs to be put together-we'll show you how!

Intro to Circular & Double Pointed Needles
In this workshop we'll take the mystery out of circular knitting and you'll end up with a great hat!!

Intro to Spinning
Learn to make a CD Spindle and begin to make your own yarn!

What to do with all that scrap yarn!
Why not turn it into a novelty yarn? We'll show you how!

How do I fix my mistakes?
In this workshop we will cover the most common mistakes and how to correct or repair them!

Color work
How to stripe in the round, how to do Fairisle, & how to do Intarsia will be covered!

Stay Sharp!
In addition to workshops The Yarn Tree offers year-round classes. Find out what's being offered right now. Click here.


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