Upcoming Events and Classes
JOIN OUR 🚌 TRIP TO THE ENDLESS MOUNTAINS FIBER FESTIVAL - SEPT 12
🚌 All aboard the fiber bus! 🐑✨
We are changing things up a bit this year for our annual autumn excursion🍂🍁, and we couldn’t be more excited! Pack your project bags, because Rabbit Row Yarns is heading to the Endless Mountains Fiber Festival in New Milford, PA on Saturday, September 12th! 🎉🧶
Skip the drive, forget about parking, and spend the morning chatting with your favorite fiber friends while we chauffeur you to a woolly paradise. Located just a comfortable 2-hour day-trip away, this festival has everything a fiber lover could dream of.
What’s waiting for you there? 🧶 60+ Incredible Vendors – Stock up on gorgeous indie-dyed yarns, raw fleeces, roving, hand-crafted pottery, and specialized notions. 📝Classes & Demos – Learn a new technique, watch master artisans at work, and get inspired for your next big creative project. 🐑 The Animals! – Yes, there will be live sheep, alpaca, rabbits and more waiting to show off the gorgeous coats that make our favorite crafts possible.
Whether you're a knitter, crocheter, spinner, weaver, or just love a cozy community vibe, this is the perfect way to kick off the fall crafting season. 🍂❤️
Seats are limited and always fill up fast, so grab your spot today! 🎟️👇
Secure your seat on the bus here
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with them to make either a CROCHETED or KNITTED drawstring cami.
BONUS: Purchase your project yarn from Rabbit Row and receive the pattern and pattern support for FREE. Stop by to pick your color from our recent restocks of these yarns - dozens of colors to choose from, or use the links to purchase from our online shop.|
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New York Fiber Trail
Rabbit Row is again a stop on the New York Fiber Trail, now managed by the Hudson Valley Textile Project. From May 1 to October 31, 2026 follow this self-guided tour centered around yarn and fiber. Explore new shops, visit working fiber farms and find your new favorite fiber spaces across New York State!
Pick up a passport at your first stop and have it stamped at every member shop you visit! At the end of the season, send a photo of your stamped passport in for a chance to win some great prizes!
Hooked on Amigurumi - Crochet a Dolphin Class (2 sessions)
🐬 Dive Into the World of 3D Crochet! 🧶✨
Ready to take your skills to the next level? This two-part workshop is designed for the confident beginner—someone who has mastered the basics like chaining and single crochet and is ready for a new adventure! 🌊
We will be crafting a friendly, stuffed dolphin while learning the essential techniques that form the foundation of all amigurumi projects. 🐚💙
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WHEN: 🗓️ Saturday, June 20th & Saturday, June 27th
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TIME: 🕒 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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NOTE: Make sure to clear your calendar for both sessions so you can bring your dolphin to life! 🐬✨
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
Make Felted Soap with Us
at the Corning Farmers' Market
Thursday, June 25th 10am - Noon
The Latvian Braid: A Knitted Bracelet Workshop with Deb Burger
🗓️ Thursday, June 25th, 6pm - 8pm
🧐 Skill Level: Intermediate (Must already be comfortable knitting in the round).
Add a touch of Baltic tradition to your knitting repertoire! Join renowned instructor Deb Burger for a focused, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to create the stunning Latvian Braid.
While this technique is often seen adorning the cuffs of intricate mittens and sweaters, we’re scaling it down into a stylish, wearable bracelet. This project is the perfect "low-stakes, high-reward" way to master a sophisticated skill that will elevate all your future knitting projects.
What You’ll Learn:
- The Anatomy of the Braid: Understand the mechanics of left-leaning and right-leaning braids to create that iconic "v" shape.
- Two-Color Tension: Tips for managing two strands of yarn without tangling or puckering.
- Seamless Finishes: How to cast on and bind off for a professional-looking accessory.
- Cultural Context: Deb will share insights into the history and traditional uses of this beautiful folk-art technique.
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
SEWING CLASS: Swishy Summer Skirt
LEVEL: Confident Beginner
☀️ Give Your Summer Wardrobe Some Serious Swish 💃
🗓️ Saturday, July 11th 9am-Noon
The feeling of wearing a garment you made yourself is like nothing else—especially one that fits you perfectly. Join us in the Sewing Loft to create your new favorite summer staple: a beautiful, custom-fitted skirt that showcases a fabric you truly love.
This is a great "next step" workshop. To ensure you have the best experience, you should have:
- Completed our Beginner Sewing Series (or have equivalent experience).
- Confidence using your machine for straight seams, finishing edges, and making buttonholes.
- A basic understanding of grainlines and seam allowances.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Save the Date for future events 🗓️ ⬇:
Rhinebeck Sweaters for Good - Make your sweater from NY yarns
2026 - our new Sewing Loft!
Felted Acorns at the Corning Farmers' Market - Sept 10th
Master Class: Learn to Read Knit Charts with Deb Burger - Sept 19th
Math for Knitters - Author and Designer, Kate Atherley - VIRTUAL - Sept 23rd
Winter of Care and Repair - Begins on the Winter Solstice
Other events in the works:
Wet Felting
#StitchCorning EVERY Sunday 1-4pm
Mending Circle -
Thursday evenings 6:30-8 pm
Lessons & Private Classes
- Base Rate: Private lessons are billed at $30 per hour/session. This fee covers your dedicated, one-on-one instructional time with our talented staff.
- Materials & Supplies: The base rate does not include materials. We ask that students use supplies and tools purchased from Rabbit Row for their lessons to ensure project success and support our shop’s mission. If you need a project kit or specific notions, please arrive 10–15 minutes early to select your materials.
- Specialty Fees: Additional fees may apply for complex patterns or specialized materials used during the session
- Cancellation Policy: We value our instructors’ time. Please provide at least 24 hours notice for any cancellations or rescheduling. Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours notice may be subject to a cancellation fee.
"Smile! You’re at Rabbit Row." 📸✨ We love sharing the joy of making with our community! Please be aware that we may take photos or videos during shop visits, classes, and events to use for social media and marketing. By entering the shop or participating in our programs, you consent to your image being shared.
Prefer to stay behind the scenes? No problem! Just let us know when you arrive, and we will happily respect your privacy and keep you out of the shot.
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About the Shop
ShopWhat does it mean for a fiber craft product to be sustainably made? Not all are locally made, but there are elements of the supply chain that can be traced to fair treatment of the planet and its people. Simply making your own clothing or gifts = sustainability. For my shop, I also seek out NY, PA and US fiber products to support our domestic economy and reduce the carbon footprint for shipping.
Much like the slow food movement, Fibershed asks ‘do you know where your textiles come from?’ If you ask, I bet you will be surprised, and probably horrified, at the answers.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery is a modern needle and fiber craft supply shop in Corning , NY's historic Gaffer District. Hand crafters will find a curated collection of sustainable materials and tools that are US-sourced and represent diversity and fair trade. Whether patrons knit, crochet, weave or dabble in haberdashery sister crafts like embroidery, spinning or weaving, they will find Rabbit Row is a welcoming community that especially fosters makers to try their hand at something new.
As the shop concept for Rabbit Row was developing, I began researching sustainable fiber materials, and quickly learned that most US wool is shipped across the world for processing and dyeing to places not so concerned with the environment or fair labor treatment – only to be shipped back to local yarn shops. This doesn’t even account for the synthetic yarns that make up inventory at most big box craft stores. Further reading led me to find the NY Textile Lab, Clara Parkes, and Local Fiber – there is so much going on in the sustainable fiber world nearby, and I wanted to be a bigger part of it.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ― Maya Angelou.
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Who are some of the rabbits in my row?
ContactI was taught to crochet by my namesake maternal grandmother. She lived 6 hours away in Connecticut, and I LOVED visiting her because she would teach me wonderful things (plus she had cable TV and a dog – we had neither.) She showed me how to crochet a top-down cardigan for a doll once. I didn’t quite pick up the technique, but I still have that small-scaled sweater tucked into my notions bag. I referred to it this past spring when I was crocheting the robe for an RBG doll.
My paternal grandmother taught me cross stitch and embroidery. She lived outside of Philadelphia, and I LOVED visiting because she would teach me other wonderful things. Her Golden Rule, that the backside of needlework should look as neat as the front, was difficult for me to master. She was patient and had the most defined touch with whatever she was creating. I realize that my fine motor skills hadn’t developed back then, and I’m happy now to take my time to ensure a perfect stitch.
With handcrafting, there is always a nostalgic whisper when exploring something new. I hope you find the same at Rabbit Row.
My maiden name, Haas, means rabbit in German; my mom Rosemarie's nickname was 'Ro'. Rabbit Row is a bit of mom and dad.
Rabbit Row encourages handicraft makers to learn where and how their supplies are made and add sustainably-sourced materials to their project bag as often as they can.
Photos courtesy of The Gaffer District
