Experience the natural elegance of rare undyed black alpaca yarn with 25% off Simply Alpaca!Experience the natural elegance of rare undyed black alpaca yarn with 25% off Simply Alpaca!
Free Classic Ribbed Hat knitting pattern in our Cashmere Merino Bloom yarn.Free Classic Ribbed Hat knitting pattern in our Cashmere Merino Bloom yarn.

Endless Hats To Cast On

Dive into our collection of free hat knitting patterns, including our customer-favorite Classic Ribbed Hat! With our helpful guide to hat sizing, you’ll be able to knit a hat that fits—in any yarn, for anyone, every time.

Free Classic Ribbed Hat knitting pattern in our Cashmere Merino Bloom yarn.Free Classic Ribbed Hat knitting pattern in our Cashmere Merino Bloom yarn.
Basic Hats For Everyone knitting pattern in our Plenty yarn.Basic Hats For Everyone knitting pattern in our Plenty yarn.

Mohair Yarn: A World of Texture, Color + Light

Soft, glowing, and endlessly versatile, this luminous natural fiber is an extraordinary medium for creative knitting. Learn all about the nuances of knitting with mohair, meet our radiant mohair yarns, and explore the possibilities for yourself with our vast collection of mohair knitting patterns!

Learn all about knitting with mohair yarns like Tussock, our lace-weight mohair and silk yarn.Learn all about knitting with mohair yarns like Tussock, our lace-weight mohair and silk yarn.

Pick Up Gorgeous Yarn For Your Winter Knitting

Treat yourself to incredibly special yarns that will bring beauty and creativity to your knitting! Explore our 60+ natural-fiber yarns—sumptuous cashmere, warm highland wool, radiant mohair, and more—in 1,000s of amazing colors. Every one is pure inspiration, including our feather-light Pouf, a chunky to super bulky highland wool and alpaca yarn that's literally spun around air!

Pouf, our chunky to super bulky yarn made with alpaca and highland wool.Pouf, our chunky to super bulky yarn made with alpaca and highland wool.

Yarn School 101

From natural fibers and yarn weight to spin and dyeing, our Complete Guide To Yarn explores the basic language of yarn and the many varieties you encounter when shopping for it... Learn to choose yarn with both your heart and your head!

Learn all about yarn with our Complete Guide To Yarn article.Learn all about yarn with our Complete Guide To Yarn article.

Tons Of Free Knitting Tutorials!

From how to cast on (we recommend the long tail cast on!) to how to bind off and from the knit stitch to the purl stitch, our legendary knitting tutorials walk you through every step. Never let a simple ssk or kfb hold you back, and take your skills up a notch with tutorials on using dpn's, working Kitchener Stitch, knitting intarsia, and tons more. Come learn with us... We love to share our knowledge!

Follow our free Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole Tutorial to learn how to work an easy knitted buttonhole with this simple knitting technique.Follow our free Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole Tutorial to learn how to work an easy knitted buttonhole with this simple knitting technique.

Featured Tutorial: Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole

Featured Tutorial:

Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole

The handy Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole creates a horizontal slit in your knitting, parallel to your rows of stitches. Worked over just one row, you can easily adjust its width to fit the exact buttons you want to use... Nice! Learn how it's done with our Horizontal One-Row Buttonhole Tutorial.

 

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Learn to knit along with our best-selling Learn To Knit Kit!Learn to knit along with our best-selling Learn To Knit Kit!

Is learning to knit on your 2026 list? Our best-selling Learn To Knit Kits have everything a beginner needs to launch a lifetime of knitting, from Super Soft Merino wool yarn to crystal-clear instructions. The New York Times Wirecutter picked our kit as one of the best fiber craft kits for adults... And it's easy to see why!

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Beautiful yarn in a glorious spectrum of colors with hand-knit pieces, showcasing Purl Soho’s collection of natural fiber yarns and unique knitting patterns.Beautiful yarn in a glorious spectrum of colors with hand-knit pieces, showcasing Purl Soho’s collection of natural fiber yarns and unique knitting patterns.

Discover how beautiful your knitting can be with Purl Soho yarn! Your favorite yarn store for over 20 years, we sell the finest natural-fiber yarn in thousands of extraordinary colors and textures... Only available at Purl Soho! Whether you’re looking for DK yarn, worsted yarn, bulky yarn, or any other yarn weight, our online yarn store has everything you need to bring joy to your knitting. Explore our knitting kits + yarn bundles, exceptional tools + notions, and knitting patterns, too—including tons of free knitting patterns you’ll love!