NYC’s best: Craft stores

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Chelsea

City Quilter
Not too far from Chelsea’s gallery district, this 2,500-square-foot joint elevates the grannyish hobby with an artful spectrum of flannels (from $65), hand-dyed cottons ($20 and up) and batiks (beginning at $10). Beyond stunning fabrics, you can also snag patterns, batting, embroidery thread, kids’ quilting kits ($22) and a custom quilting machine ($7,400) that’s compact enough for studio apartments. 133 W 25th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-807-0390)

School Products Co., Inc.
Touted as Manhattan’s oldest yarn shop, this spacious joint specializes in the fiber arts instead of pencils, Trapper Keepers and notebooks, but its goods aren’t limited to the needle trade. Spinners can score table looms (from $550), bobbins ($12–$19) and shuttles ($5–$29). 1201 Broadway between 28th and 29th Sts, third floor (212-679-3516)