Knitting can be a helpful hobby in the winter when you need a scarf for extra warmth or a sturdy needle to chip your way out of a frozen cabin. Prepare for chilly months with today’s Groupon to The Yarne Source in Pittsford. Choose from the following options:

• For $10, you get $20 worth of yarn.
• For $32, you get either a hat-and-glove knitting kit or pumpkin knitting kit (a $65 value).<p>

The Yarne Source outfits needle crafters with a wide selection of colorful yarns made from natural fibers, project kits, and patterns. An array of cotton, wool, mohair, and angora yarns comes in a variety of thicknesses and colors and gives knitters plenty of needle fodder for churning out sweaters, cardigans, and briefcases. Berroco Ultra alpaca yarn ($11/skein) comes in undulating hues of blue and red, and hand-dyed wool skeins by Araucania ($9.50) give needle-wielders a softer but equally prismatic alternative to working with retired reels of technicolor film. Hat-and-glove knitting kits prepare hands and heads for cooler months with two skeins of yarn and instructions requisite to knit a warm cabled hat and pair of fingerless gloves. Opting instead for the pumpkin kit grants knitters skeins of thick orange and green yarn that, when fed through a pair of deftly worked needles, produce one 7-inch or two 4-inch pumpkins that can be stuffed with fluffy polyester or delicious pie filling.