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Maryland Yarn Stores - Yarn Shops in Maryland

This directory of yarn shops in Maryland will help you plan a trip or find a yarn store in your home town.

The Yarn Garden

The Yarn Garden of Annapolis has a website that doesn't look like its been updated in a very long time, so if you're planning a visit, please call ahead to make sure the store hours are the same.

Fiberworks

Fiberworks in Ashton sells yarn from more than 40 manufacturers. Website includes location, contact information and store hours.

A Good Yarn

Baltimore's A Good Yarn offers knitting supplies, instruction and inspiration to knitters of all skill levels. The shop offers a wide array of classes and has a Saturday morning coffee and knitting group.

Cloverhill Yarn Shop

Located in Catonsville, Cloverhill Yarn Shop has all the yarn, needles and equipment that knitters, crocheters and spinners need, including spinning wheels and fiber. Beginners classes are offered, as well as projects for those with more experience.

Forestheart Studio

Forestheart Studio in Woodsboro offers unique supplies for fiber artists. In addition to yarn and weaving and spinning supplies, they offer beads and bead making, silk painting supplies and much more to get your creative juices flowing.

Dancing Leaf Farm

Dancing Leaf Farm is a sheep farm and yarn shop in Barnesville that sells hand-painted yarns (dyed on the premises) as well as knitting accessories and Peace Fleece needles. Shop hours are various, so check the website or call ahead.

Ewenique Yarns

Located in Bel Air, Ewenique Yarns carries more than a dozen brands of yarn, as well as offering classes, knitting help, finishing and a needle exchange. They also have a photo blog and a newsletter to keep customers up to date.

Knit and Stitch = Bliss

Knit and Stitch = Bliss in Bethesda has a good selection of knitting yarn and offers classes for beginners, children and more advanced knitters, as well as knitting refresher courses.

Yarns International

Located in Cabin John, Yarns International sells a variety of yarns, but its signature is Shetland 2000, a yarn made of 100 percent pure Shetland wool. Orders are accepted by mail.

The Celtic Knot Yarn Shop

The Celtic Knot Yarn Shop in Ellicott City prides itself on carrying unique knitting items and yarns you can't find everywhere else. The shop also offers a variety of classes for knitters of all levels.

Keep Me in Stitches

Keep Me in Stitches in Frederick is a small store in a historic building jam-packed with knitting supplies. Site includes store hours and contact information.

Y2Knit

Y2Knit in Funkstown is run by the people who brought you the book YNotKnit, a guide to continental knitting. They have a wide variety of yarn, needles, patterns and more, all available for purchase online.

Woolstock

Woolstock, located in Glyndon, is run by Leslye Solomon, known for her instructional DVDs and knitting seminars. The shop prides itself on providing knitters with technical help when they need it, and also has a good selection of yarn and tools that can be purchased online.

Wool Winders

Wool Winders in Rockville offers a wide variety of yarns of all weights, including novelties. They also have a wide variety of classes, good sales, and a weekly knitting salon.

Ewesful Fiber Arts

Located in Westminster, Ewesfull Fiber Arts desires to promote the traditions of fiber arts by selling handmade yarns, including yarns made from the hair of sheep and rabbits who live on the farm. Orders may be placed online.

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