10 Places
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Katie’s 5-star review: Before I moved to SF I would drive over an hour to buy yarn here. They have the best selection of yarn I've ever seen crammed into one store and the sweetest employees. Very, very crowded during the holiday season and weekends, but otherwise just about perfect. -
Katie’s 5-star review: Because they opened after I moved from Santa Cruz and I've only been once, they don't get to be my favorite SC yarn shop. In my opinion they do have the best selection of higher end yarns including rowan & debbie bliss, which can't be found in other local shops. They are a bit more expensive, but no more so than other shops with similar yarn. The staff seemed nice, with a variety of ages and styles. -
Katie’s 5-star review: Currently my favorite yarn shop in Santa Cruz. They don't carry Rowan or Debbie Bliss (two of my favorite yarn companies), but they do have a good selection of high end yarns, mixed in with things like Lamb's Pride. They also carry more cotton yarns than most shops seem to. Since I've been on a cotton kick lately, I really like that. The staff used to be a little more snooty, but lately they've been extremely helpful and fun. I really enjoy shopping here, unlike some yarn shops where the staff makes me feel like I'm bothering them -
Katie’s 5-star review: Expensive, but they make up for it with a fabulous selection and a bright, spacious location. This is one of those yarn stores that I have to go into with a specific project in mind or I will end up buying lots of random balls because they are just so soft, colorful, unique, etc. -
Katie’s 5-star review: Decent prices and an amazing selection of hard to find, luxury, and basic yarns made it oh so very difficult to say no to this charming yarn shop. Alas, I didn't have any of the specifics for future projects with me so any yarn purchased would have just gone to my already overflowing stash. -
Katie’s 5-star review: I'm the sort of knitter who knits occasionally, but purchases knitting books & yarn constantly. Interweave Press is responsible for much of my problem. They publish beautiful books and magazines full of great projects, but really I need one of them to come to my apartment and force me to follow through with the projects I've started from said books & magazines. -
Katie’s 3-star review: I'm admittedly spoiled when it comes to yarn shops, and I'd heard some bad things things about Rumpelstiltskin. The owners are not known for being the most helpful women and they won't ball your yarn for you (I've never heard of a yarn shop not balling yarn free of charge). But I went in recently because I had a desperate need for some yarn, and while they didn't have the right color, they offered to special order it for me ASAP. The woman working also involved me in a very pleasant conversation about another brand of yarn I like and how they don't carry it, but if I kept asking she'd bother the owner about carrying it too. I think the service you get here probably depends on who is working. I'm not entirely convinced that Rumpelstiltskin is a great shop, but for random knitting needs it's a decent place to stop in. -
Katie’s 3-star review: There was a time when I would sing the praises of the Yarn Place to every knitter I knew. They had a good selection of yarn, frequent sales, and nicer than usual staff. Now it seems that the stock has been taken over by a good deal more novelty yarn than I care to dig through, the sales are not so great, and the staff always seems really annoyed when I drag them away from their knitting to ring me up. The only reason I keep going back is that they are down the street from the boy's parent's house and it's a good excuse to get out for a walk. -
Katie’s 3-star review: While they carry many of my favorite yarns, I was not particularly impressed by Purl SoHo. The shop was very tiny and a large table takes up most of the browsing room. It was very cute, but I feel as though they might be surviving off of tourists who come because of Joelle Hoverson's book. It's just too expensive to justify buying enough yarn here to make an entire project. -
Katie’s 3-star review: This shop is relatively close to where I live so I stopped by here recently to pick up yarn for a last minute gift. I think the women here snapped at me about 10 times in the half hour I was in the store. It was so bad that one of the girls actually half apologized when I left and said something about having a bad day. I'd go back because of the proximity to my work/house and the selection of yarn (well selected but pricey), but I really prefer the staff at Imagiknit.
