Knit/Purl

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14 people added this as one of their favorite locations

• YarnTraveler (Stacy)
• Beth
• Sara
• coldbrightday
• Andrea L.
• Amy
• frenchyknits
• maxfun
• fishknit
• Meanbean
• dawneileen
• ptarmigan
• frogknitter
• smatchell

Address

• 1101 SW Alder St
• Portland, OR 97205
• Phone: (503) 227-2999
• URL: http://www.knit-purl.com/

Store Hours

• Monday-Wednesday: 10:00am-7:00pm
• Thursday: 10:00am-9:00pm
• Friday-Saturday: 10:00am-6:00pm
• Sunday: 12-5:00pm

Notes

Open Knit Night: Thursday 7-9 pm, often with snacks and free champagne.

Features

• Seating
• Spinning Supplies
• Classes

Ratings

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Type	#	Rating	My Rating
Overall Average	38
Atmosphere	12
Selection	13
Service	13

Comments and Reviews about Knit/Purl

By maxfun on Monday, September 24, 2007 at 05:59PM PDT

Do you knit socks? Quick! Head to Knit Purl and get some ShiBui sock yarn! You won't regret it. And if that doesn't grab you, check out the infamous "Wall of Koigu" or the myriad other wonderful things in stock. Don't forget to go downstairs and look at the clearance rack. You never know what you'll find there!

By feministmama on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 at 09:15PM PDT

Nice store, great people, great yarn (mmmm.....Blue Moon) but a little too pricey for my budget.

By kerrieann on Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 07:50AM PST

This is a very nice high end store, but I wasn't impressed with the service, a bit snooty for my comfort level.

By ptarmigan on Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 06:24PM PDT

I know them mainly from their web store and newsletter, which have been good resources for me. The physical store is indeed high end and somewhat cramped, but a great source of inspiration. And kudos to them for bringing in superstar instructors (Ruth Sorensen, Annie Modesitt) and the Oleana trunk show. If I lived in Portland, I'd be there once a week just for the rich, stimulating yarn fumes.

By anonymous on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 07:33AM PDT

The staff was very snooty and not very helpful. Good selection, but I'm not going back again.

By AcrophobicPixie on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 03:40PM PDT

Good selection, but the staff was not very helpful, and some were down right rude.

By jahara on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 08:32PM PDT

This place seems cool to me, at least as an online shopper. I placed an order on Friday, it was at my door on Monday, flat rate shipping, which was nice -- encourages you to buy more when they don't keep upping the shipping price. Plus, nice little handwritten note explaining how they picked the two skeins of one yarn (bought by the gram) that were the smallest, but still slightly over my order, and to let them know if that was an issue for me. It isn't, but the note was nice. Will order again, and since they are just 3 hours away, will visit next time I am in Portland.

By lusciousluka on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at 08:49PM PDT

Nice selection of Koigu and other sock yarn. Nice atmosphere. Bought some sale yarn, sock yarn and Malabrigo.