yarn

Although the actual yarn inventory varies seasonally, you will find animal, plant, and synthetic fiber yarns by:

Araucania

• Azapa - A favorite here at yarn-love, this lovely chunky merino, alpaca, silk blend that is as warm and lovely to wear as it is to work with.
• Chaiten - 100% silk yarn that knits up lovely into the Little Arrowhead Shawl. 

Berroco

• Borealis - Chunky weight yarn boasts shimmering prismatic colorways to entertain your eye. Quick knitting and silky soft, it is a joy to knit and wear.
• Comfort & Comfort DK
• Peruvia - 100% Peruvian wool wonderful for sweaters or felting.
• Ultra Alpaca Light
• Vintage DK, Wool and Vintage Wool Chunky - A washable acrylic, wool, nylon blend in dk, worsted and chunky  weight. A staple for gift giving, afghan making, and all purpose crochet or knitting.

Colinette

• Jitterbug - 400 yards of fingering weight yarn in scrumptious colorways for all your sock, scarf, shawl, and lighter weight projects.  Each hank has a free sock pattern.

Crystal Palace

• Mini Mochi - This lovely fingering weight self striping superwash wool is luxuriously soft and affordable. Project Idea: Put a fun twist on Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket!
• Mochi Plus
• Panda sock yarns - yarn love carries Panda Silk, Panda Soy, Panda Cotton, and Panda Wool. All wonderful for socks or special little scarves.

Debbie Bliss

• Baby Cashmerino - Don't let the name fool you it's not just for wee ones. Add some pizzaz to your own wardrobe with lovely fingerless mittens or an adorable hat.
• Cashmerino Aran
• Como - A bulky wool/cashmere blend resembling roving this soft yarn works up beautifully in the Marian Cowl. Try it with two skeins or three for a more dramatic look.
• Eco Baby - Looking for a summery version of Baby Cashmerino? 100% fair trade cotton in eco-friendly dyes this yarn will have your favorite winter pattern ready for a summer party.
• Prima - Combining bamboo and extrafine merino never looked so good. Add some shine and lovely drape without sacrificing stability.
• Rialto DK

Dream in Color

• Baby
• Classy - At 250 yards per skein, Classy is a favorite for sweaters, blankets, and any worsted weight project that prefers machine wash and dry.
• Dream Club - yarn-love is thrilled to be a Dream Club member, which means we receive an exclusive colorway each month of a different yarn base (Smooshy, Starry, Knitosophy, cashmere-blend sock yarn, Groovy) and a supporting pattern for that yarn.   The first exclusive colorway, Rose Smash, is delicious!
• Everlasting - 8 ply sock yarn
• Groovy
• Knitosophy - A flash dyed yarn based on paintings and paired with inspirational quotes, you'll find yourself itching to knit a pair of socks or shawl. Project Idea: Stephen West's Herbivore.
• Smooshy
• Smooshy with Cashmere - the softest sock yarn ever!
• Starry

Ella Rae

• Classic - Pattern calls for 220 yards of 100% wool? Try this yarn in a solid or heather.
• Lace Merino - Superwash merino in a fingering weight. Project Idea: Make an elegant clapotis out of a varigated or solid or Barb's Koigu Ruffle Scarf (we have the pattern!).

Elsebeth Lavold

• Hempathy - A blend of hemp, cotton, and modal makes this DK weight yarn ideal for summer tops, washcloths, and lightweight scarves. 
• Silky Wool - Using the best of both wool and silk and in tweedy earth tones, Eslebeth Lavold has created a luxurious yarn perfect for your early spring and fall sweater projects.   

Filatura di Crosa

• Nirvana
• Superior - A supersoft blend of 70% cashmere and 30% silk, this fine lace weight yarn makes warm but lightweight cowls and headscarves.

HiKoo

• Simplicity - A washable, striping worsted yarn made of wool, nylon, acrylic.

Imperial Yarn

• Bulky 2 Strand - From a sustainable farm, comes a sustainable, American grown and made wool perfect for quick soft projects. 100% wool this pencil roving will have you falling in love with knitting all over again!

Knit One, Crochet Two 

• Douceur et Soie - Project Idea: Magic Mobius holding two strands of this lace weight merino silk yarn for an airy and sophisticated looking accessory.
• 2nd Time Cotton - For all those looking for a reused fiber, this yarn is made from 75% recycled cotton. Utilizing "leftovers" from the garment industry, this eco friendly yarn retains the softness of cotton while allowing you to have guilt free projects!
• Ty Dy (fingering & worsted)

Kraemer

• Tatamy Tweed (DK & worsted) - Locally spun in Nazareth, PA this yarn has been a favorite for children's bibs, washcloths, hats, blankets, etc. It's machine wash and dry which makes it great for moms or charity knits.

Louisa Harding

• Willow Tweed - DK weight yarn with little pussy willow-like tufts of silk, alpaca, and merino. 

Madelinetosh

• Tosh DK
• Tosh Merino Light
• Tosh Sox
   

Manos del Uruguay

• Classica
• Maxima - 100% Wool, kettle dyed varigated yarn and fair trade! Great for felting as well as accessory and garment projects. 
• Silk Wool Blend - 30% silk and 70% merino this lovely variageted or solid yarn has lovely sheen and a delightful hand. Use it for the Lace Leaf Shawl or Welted Fingerless Mitts or for a project of your own design. We simply cannot stop petting this yarn!

Miss Babs

• Northumbria BFL
• Yowza Whatta Skein!

Misti Alpaca - Chunky

Mountain Colors

• Crazyfoot Sock Yarn - Hand-dyed in Montana this lovely yarn's colors are inspired by the wilderness that surrounds.

Noro

• Furisode - A chunky silk, cotton, wool that makes lovely shawls or quick scarves with lots of color splash!
• Iro
• Kureyon (fingering & worsted)
• Sekku - A cobweb yarn with the famous Noro striping. Project Idea: Citron.
• Silk Garden (fingering & worsted)
• Taiyo - An aran weight similar to Furisode. So soft and so Noro!
• Taiyo Sock

Scarlet Fleece

• Grassy Wool - Light fingering weight in a luxrious superwash merino-bamboo blend. As the label says, "hand-dyed yarn for socks, shawls, and scarves."

Schoppel Wolle

• Ambiente - A springy superwash 100% merino yarn with a lovely twist. Great for socks or other small projects where you want fun stripping!
• Flying Saucer - It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a new way to skein yarn! This sock yarn will definitely have people asking you what you are doing. Plus, dyed by hand so you can make identical socks!
• Zauberball and Crazy Zauberball- Looking for socks that have intriguing colorways and stripe without matching? Zauberball and Crazy Zauberball are perfect selections. Crazy has a twisted marble look to it. 
• Zauberball Starke 6 - 6 ply, sport weight yarn with the same fun striping as the other Zauberball varieties. Project Idea: One ball will make the Offset Wraplan and a baby hat with booties!

Southwest Trading Company

• Bamboo - A soft DK weight yarn made of 100% bamboo.
• Big Dream - One skein of this bulky superwash wool knits up a hat or cowl -- and, we've got the free patterns!
• Yin and Yang - Both Yin and Yang are DK-weight wool-bamboo-silk blends; Yang is jazzed up by metallic sequins.  Use these yarns separately or together for projects.

 Tahki Stacy Charles 

• Coast - New for Fall 2010, this worsted weight wool-cotton blend is awash in lovely colors.  We've got the 'Seaside Tweed' pattern booklet that features very wearable accessory, cardi, tee, and tunic designs.
• Cotton Tweed
• Donegal Tweed - A lovely tweed with a homespun look. This 100% wool softens dramatically when soaked in Eucalan. Great for small items like mittens to full sweaters.
• Luna - This delicate yarn is a perfect substitute for Douceur et Soie. Or consider knitting a lovely pair of sleeves to dress up holiday outfits while providing glitz and warmth.
• Ritratto - This mohair-viscose blend delivers the colors, shine, and texture to your projects.  Have you seen the Dinah striped bolero (sigh) that uses 1 ball each of 3 colors? 

Universal -  an assortment of self patterning wool/acrylic yarn

In addition, yarn•love is thrilled to carry a sampling of organic yarns. Also, whenever possible, pattern support is provided for the specific yarns we carry. Please feel free to call us with questions about the yarn we have in store.