# Great Knitting Stores **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597 "2006-08-13T23:07:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/1 "2006-08-13T23:07:40Z")
Mrs. Blather is going to be marketing some knitting products and we are looking for stores to contact to see if they’ll carry them. What are the really good knitting stores in your area? We know the Seattle and Portland area, but have no idea what the hot stores are in places like Chicago, Boston, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/2 "2006-08-13T23:23:24Z")
The only really good knitting store I know of, though it isn’t exactly in my area, is Cass Street Depot. It’s easy to google. They carry a lot of conservative sort of stuff–Rowan, Jamieson & Smith, Mission Falls, etc. and a little bit of glitzy and handpaints, too. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/3 "2006-08-13T23:31:14Z")
What exactly is she planning on selling? ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/4 "2006-08-13T23:36:25Z")
> [@monica](#): > > What exactly is she planning on selling? Patterns (to start). I don’t want to be too specific, to avoid violating SDMB usage rules. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/5 "2006-08-14T01:52:14Z")
rosies yarn cellar-- phila., pa ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/6 "2006-08-14T10:03:15Z")
Go to the coffeeshop at [knitty.com](http://knitty.com) They have all the LYS references from real people and it is an excellent jump off point for all things knitting. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/7 "2006-08-14T16:13:50Z")
Arcadia Knitting - Chicago ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/8 "2006-08-14T18:03:04Z")
One of the all time great knitting stores is Romni Wools in Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/9 "2006-08-14T19:59:45Z")
Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/10 "2006-08-15T00:41:20Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Mrs. Blather is going to be marketing some knitting products and we are looking for stores to contact to see if they’ll carry them. What are the really good knitting stores in your area? We know the Seattle and Portland area, but have no idea what the hot stores are in places like Chicago, Boston, etc. Atlanta area: [Why Knot Knit](http://whyknotknit.com/) or [Knitch](http://www.knitchknitting.com/). They’re both pretty popular now. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-knitting-stores/368597/11 "2006-08-15T01:13:31Z")
The Knitting Garden…Westlake, Ohio Birds of a Feather…Avon, Ohio