5: Gift Yarn Dilemmas A well-meaning friend gifts you a skein. What happens next? Snob: Internal panic sets in! The hand-dyed yarn is…well, let’s just say the color isn’t their favorite.

In 2001, Rita Bobry decided to close her flower shop and open a store centered around her knitting hobby. Downtown Yarns is located on the street level of her East Village apartment building and ...