Knitty City

By anonymous on Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 11:17AM PST

wonderful service!

By PassionKNITly on Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 10:14AM PST

The people that work there are so pleasant and they always have simply fabulous yarns.

By anonymous on Monday, January 07, 2008 at 02:20PM PST

I just love this store..Great selection, 2-thumbs-up service!!!!! People are so nice, that I feel myself important...Thank You

By spellingwitch on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 09:21AM PST

Nice, helpful staff and so far they've always had what I needed in stock.

By infinityexplorer on Saturday, March 08, 2008 at 06:58PM PST

Knitty City is amazingly well rounded. Knowledgeable staff, excellent selection of yarn, clientèle is fun and friendly.

I have been there for events, classes with staff, classes with artists. They offer the basics in crochet and knitting, but they also change up the additional classes monthly for variety. Some of the classes are (hairpin lace, wire knitting, socks, lace, enterlac, etc.).

The yarn, tools, notions/swag, etc. selection is extensive and if there is not something you need, Pearl the owner will do what she can to order it.

You can also just hang out and knit, there are a few groups, book club, sock support, mens group, kids groups and anything else you can think of. They will also wind yarn or let you wind it if you need to.

Again fabulous all around LYS!

By getta2 on Sunday, June 08, 2008 at 03:35PM PDT

great selection of books

By anonymous on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 01:45AM PDT

I've been to this shop several times and never found the staff particularly friendly yet I keep reading about how pleasant they are. It really is bizarre to me, as I'm pretty much ignored every time I go in.
I don't find their selection of yarns very inspiring and the way that it's set up feels a bit disorganized to me. They do have a great selection of books and magazines, but every time I leave Knitty City I feel vaguely disappointed.

By anonymous on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 10:42AM PDT

I visited Knitty City for the first time yesterday, and after reading such wonderful reviews on the web, I have to admit that I was a tad disappointed. The yarn selection was so-so, especially when he comes to non-wool or other vegan yarns. The selection of older knitting mags was excellent, and the service was quite benign. No real help from the man behind the register. I would not go out of my way to visit again.

By HiddenTohru on Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 08:04PM PDT

I came to visit NYC, and found this store through Knit Map, so I went to check it out. The staff wasn't really overly friendly, but they did greet me when I came in and told me to ask if I needed any help. There was a pretty good selection, nothing to write home about (although still better than my LYS), but overall I was a bit underwhelmed. It wasn't bad, by any means, just a bit mediocre for a tourist. I'm sure it's a lovely LYS, though.