Come into White River Yarns, and the ladies will tell you that you need to learn only two things to start knitting: how to knit and how to purl. But to become one of them, you need to learn how to listen and how to love—knitting is the easy part.

White River Yarns, located on the same block as the Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction, feels like it has been magically crafted from the pages of a 19th century novel.