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about A La Tricoteuse on Sun Jun 07 07:11:25 +0000 2009

I agree with the previous reviews. I've gone in about three different times when I happened to be in the area and each time, I found the "service" to be cold and unwelcoming.

For me, most of the experience of knitting is tactile - I need to see and especially feel the yarn before purchasing. The old lady followed me around the store, harrumphing at the way I dared touch any of her over-priced yarn. The final straw was when I asked if she had a ball winder to wind up some yarn for immediate knitting. I was told to do this at home. I decided not to purchase the 4 skeins of Colinette sock yarn - she lost almost $100 in sales that day. Instead, I went to another yarn store in the Atwater area and spent about $200.

about A Needlepoint Store by Maryjo Cole on Mon May 03 00:36:40 +0000 2010

Very small with limited yarn and knitting book selection. Yarns were overpriced ($48 for a skein of indie-dyed sock yarn!)

about Newbury Yarns on Mon May 03 00:38:13 +0000 2010

Small and overpriced. None of the prices were marked either on the yarn itself or the shelves holding the yarn. Limited selection of yarn books, which were all well-thumbed and in some cases, damaged.