Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

What? You don't know how to knit yet? Or crochet? Or felt? Never fear, the helpful folks at Fresh Purls offer weekly knitting classes, workshops and "knitting therapy" to teach or advance your skills or just to give you a place to commune with other yarn fans. And now in addition to beautiful wools, cottons and other traditional fibers, you can stock up on eco-friendly skeins of bamboo and sugar cane viscose.