Welcome to the Hillsborough Yarn Shop.

We specialize in high-quality natural fiber yarns for people who love to hand knit and crochet. We’re set up a little like a shoe department in a department store; there’s a skein or two of every available color and kind of yarn on the shelf, and more in the back if you need it for a bigger project. Please come visit us in downtown historic Hillsborough, North Carolina, to have a cup of tea, knit, relax, and shop!

 

Hours:

Open Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11:00 am – 5:30 pm.

Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Upcoming closures:

  • Friday, July 4, 2025

Where to park? The parking garage next to Weaver Street Market is open to the public, free of charge!

Payments?  We are no longer accepting cash or checks; all credit cards and Apple Pay accepted.

Virtual Knitting Classes! We are pleased to have partnered with Pam Grushkin, a nationally recognized designer and teacher, to offer Virtual Knitting Classes with Pam Grushkin™ ! Head to her website to check out the current class offerings and enroll, using our special coupon code for 10% off: HillsboroughYarn-NC-10

Latest Posts

  • Limited edition colors from Koigu & Dream in Color.

    February 04, 2025: Koigu & Dream in Color are two of our favorite hand-dyers, and we love to see the special limited edition colorways they come up with each month. Koigu KPPPM: fingering weight hand dyed, variegated 100% superwash merino wool 175 yards/50 grams Mocha Mousse is the latest shade from Koigu Collector’s Club, inspired by Pantone’s color ... [more]

  • Show and tell: blankets.

    January 28, 2025: Time for another round of show and tell! Today we’re celebrating the most ambitious of projects – blankets! This stack was knit by Anne for three of her grandchildren, colorful and cozy in Malabrigo Mecha. Don’t be deceived by their small stature when folded – these are generous bed-sized blankets, a labor of love Anne ... [more]

  • “Nightshift” in Noro Ito.

    January 21, 2025: The shop just got more colorful… we’ve got six new shades of Noro Ito in stock! Noro Ito: aran weight single ply self striping 100% wool 437 yards/200 grams hand wash, lay flat to dry Noro Ito has long been a popular choice for Andrea Mowry’s “Nightshift.” This triangular shawl is decorated with bands of ... [more]

  • Color crush: blue and burgundy.

    January 14, 2025: Knitters sometimes ask me which they should pick first: the pattern, or the yarn? There’s no right or wrong way to find your next project, of course, nor are these the only two ways. Often we are motivated by color, coming into the yarn shop picturing a particular shade, and searching the shelves for a ... [more]

  • Brooklyn Tweed Loft + Isager Soft Fine.

    January 07, 2025: Isager recently released a delightful batch of new colors in their fuzzy alpaca, silk, and yak blend, Soft Fine. We love Soft Fine as a mohair substitute, for those sensitive to that fiber – it has all the halo of mohair and, for some, a softer texture. As we unpacked these new colors, Bailey got ... [more]

  • Show and tell: soothing stockinette.

    December 31, 2024: Sometimes there’s nothing more pleasing than plain old stockinette stitch, its soothing rhythm and smooth surface. Here are some soothing stockinette projects from knitters in our community! First up, here’s Katherine’s “Stockholm Slipover” in Fibre Co. Cumbria. Though PetiteKnit’s pattern calls for DK and lace weight yarns held together, Katherine cleverly picked a single worsted ... [more]

  • Vovó + Silk Mohair.

    December 24, 2024: If you’ve visited the shop in the past month or so, you’ve probably heard us talking about Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Vovó, a new sport weight yarn from Portugal that Anne, Bailey, and I are all coveting. While I was rounding up pattern ideas for Vovó, I came across a few that called for adding a ... [more]