The origin of the literary term "spinning a yarn" had nothing to do with Charles Dickens' storytelling skills, but with his penchant for dashing argyle sweaters. Keep your favorite novelist warm with today's Groupon: for $65, you get a "Learner's Permit to Knit" class and supplies at LambShoppe on 12th Avenue. Voted "Denver's #1 Arts and Crafts Store" by Denver Channel 7's A-List in 2009, LambShoppe is a haven of yarn, knitting, and crocheting supplies and classes. The "Learner's Permit to Knit" is stitched together over several sessions, with Groupon pupils receiving a free pair of knitting needles (a $10 value) and six basic knitting patterns (a $24 value). Show up with unraveled socks or purchase a skein at the store and learn how to deftly purl, increase, decrease, cast on, and bind off, granting the ability to conjure up a tapestry of homemade scarves and hats. By the end of the course, students will have the weaving knowledge for larger items such as sweaters, shawls, and knee high giraffe socks. LambShoppe's coffee bar is a cozy den for working or socializing, and their store carries a colorful wall of knitting name brands like Noro, Colinette, and Lantern Moon.

Reviews

Yelpers give LambShoppe an average of four stars and say:

• staff are cheery, knowledgeable, and take a hands-off approach. after seeing this place, you'll never want to go anywhere else for supplies. - modchen m.
• They had lots of nice display items, a great selection of patterns and yarn, and yarn and yarn...more yarn that I've ever seen.... - Emily W.