The Knitting Nest

Parking was hard, they have huge construction across the street.
Yarn selection was spot on, so many to choose from. Friendly staff, except I specifically told them to hold my yarns and my husband would be right in to pay for it.
He came in quickly, told the ladies he was there to pay for the yarn for me and they walked away. Saw them go to the annex talking. He was not happy.

Visited here during the 2014 Texas Hill Country Yarn Crawl. Honestly, it’s probably the least cozy yarn shop there is and the space is sort of industrial and a tad sterile, but the owners were nice and talkative. They have ideas and make suggestions which is perhaps the most important thing. Their space has some potential with some throw rugs, or something to warm the place up. Will be back.

What a wonderful shop! The owner stayed open past closing time and spent 45 minutes helping me find the perfect project. So kind and knowledgable.

Not the best yarn store I’ve been too, but not the worst either. I find the choice of yarn here to be nothing special and nothing I cannot buy closer to home. Since I’m not an Austinite, I don’t find myself shopping here more than once a year for Yarn Crawl. Just not my favorite store in the area and I’m sure there are others who would disagree with me. My experience was neither good nor bad, just average.

After finishing a chevron baby blanket and being unhappy with the edge after binding off, I called the Knitting Nest to beg for help from the pros. Stacy, who turned out to be the owner, welcomed me to stop by. I stopped by earlier today and just want to say that Stacy was so kind. She reassured me that my blanket was bound of perfectly and complimented my work, which made me feel so happy and much more confident. As we live in Pflugerville it is quite a jaunt to this store, but I will make it a point to make it down occasionally to support this great local business. Thank you again, Stacy, for your help! I truly appreciate it!

I am a total novice knitter. A friend who is a better knitter than I was in town we stopped in to kill some time.
First, we felt totally welcomed. There was no hounding. A very nice woman with striking blue eyes was working. She let me know they have a social knitting night.
Second, even when it was obvious we were not there to purchase something we were not dismissed.
Even living in Kyle I might have to make a trip to social knitting night. If I could knit or crochet worth a damn I would gladly spend money here.

This is way, way, way out of my neighborhood. So I usually only get there when I’m doing yarn crawl so I’m in a hurry. I’d be pretty happy to consider this my local yarn store.
The selection is pretty good. A lot of standard yarns — lots of cascade 220 colors which is good to know. I enjoy the sock yarn selection.
The owner doesn’t pay a lot of attention to me when I’m shopping which makes me pretty happy in a yarn store. Just leave me alone and let me fondle the softness.
Hearing that they had a new location made me kind of sad because they had a wonderful mural by Jared Flood of The Panopticon. But when he visited the new space he drew a brand new one!
Allergics beware: there are usually nice little dogs, Hank & Gracie, on site in a little play area. I’m always ok with shop pets but some folks have a problem with that.

A really great knitting store! Every time I’ve been in here the owner has been there to chat up. They have a wall of Cascade, which I don’t love but it’s good for colorwork projects. They host a lot of fun stuff like designers coming in and movie night.

It’s a neat little yarn store. Sadly it doesn’t have a lot of choices, but the yarns they have a very nice and reasonably priced.
I enjoy shopping there.

Update on location — The Knitting Nest is on Congress now, just around the corner from it’s old location.
First off, I discovered The Knitting Nest about three years ago right after I started knitting. I don’t think that I would have continued knitting if it wasn’t for Stacy and TKN. She was always willing to help me with understanding a pattern, getting the right yarn, and offering a positive word.
The shop is Ravelry friendly and there is a computer for customers to use to check Ravelry for patterns, yarn requirements, etc. Hank and Gracie are the shop Westies and they are best yarn dogs around. Nothing beats a kiss from Hank or Gracie on a bad day!
The new store ROCKS! I love the changes she made, especially the changes in teaching staff. The new teachers are positive, energetic and always willing to help you out. They make you feel like you can knit and that it is OK to make mistakes (There was a former teacher who was such a knitting snob, she almost ran me off from knitting with her holier-​than-​thou knitting attitude.)
Thursday nights are Knit Nights at the Nest. Knitters meet to stitch-​n-​bitch until 9 pm. These nights are great because you get all levels of knitters and everyone is willing to help each other out when one gets stuck on a stitch or pattern.
The classes are great and usually have 2 – 5 people, so you get personal service. I have taken several classes and each time I come away feeling great about my newly acquired skills.
I can’t say enough positive things to say about TKN. Stop in and check it out for yourself. If it happens to be Thursday night, stay away and say Hi!

Not sure I know how to rate The Knitting Nest.
We were excited to find it after figuring out we had the OLD address. After entering in the NEW address into the Garmin and discovering it was only around the corner and down the road a bit made us all happy.
I read the Unilocal review hence us picking it over some of the others.
Happy thought one: A sticker on the door said «Crochet Friend»
Happy thought two: A sticker on the door said «Ravelry Friendly»
The store is bright and open and inviting even if the person there wasn’t. I hate to say it I really, really, do but plz at least acknowledge your costumers. No «Hi» or anything. Only words spoken were «Is that it?» when we made our purchases.
I appreciate being able to look around without a handheld tour but some sort of welcome… just saying.
There were two college aged girls that did get asked if they were finding what they were looking for. Just us and them in the store.
Perhaps the «chill» was because we looked a bit haggard after running around outside in the humidity all day before heading on over. IDK…
The inventory was mostly wool or wool blend but now knowing that I will return when in need of wool and I happen to be in the area.
Happy thought three: The owner brought her dogs to work, I’m a dog person, this made me happy and try to find justification for the unwelcoming feeling.
I would recommend this shop based on the overall look of the shop as well as the selection.
Three happy thoughts, three stars…

i went here today to buy yarn for mittens i am making for my sister. i needed help choosing the right blend of yarn, and the lady w the blue eyes was very helpful (i got a wool/​silk blend). even though ive never knit mittens before, ive been knitting for a very long time and i REALLY enjoyed their yarn selection. lots of nice chunky yarns that i want to use for sweaters, and which i will go back to buy because im an addict (if your reading this review, you probably know what im talking about).
also, i got to use the skein baller! ive never used one before, and the lady at the front showed me how it works. it was great. saved me about an hour of balling 3 skeins of yarn! thank you knitting nest!
o, also, they totally had TONS of froo froo yarn… super wash merino for $ 10, the above mentioned chunky yarns, and some nice cotton yarns, which we can all use in texas!

The selection is nice. Not a lot of froo froo yarn. Nice colors.
The woman that works the desk with the blue eyes is clearly not in the right line of work. She wouldn’t get off her computer to help my son or I find yarn. She just kept pointing in the general direction of where the yarn we were looking for might be. I asked her for help numerous times only to be told to look on
. Maybe she didn’t notice I wasn’t walking around with my laptop handy. Maybe she is just lazy and didn’t want to stop browsing the internet to help the only customer in the store. We left with no purchases or a «thank you come again».
I am all for shopping locally but I will never make the drive to her store. Instead I will shop online for what I need.

Another one of my favorite places in town (right next to HCW)! Stacy is great and her little dogs are so cute. Lots of color selections and she is super helpful and will answer any questions.

I’m a new fan.
It’s fairly small place but very bright and open. There’s a ton of colors but not a huge variety of brands. I didn’t notice any needles for sale so the options must be thin or hidden.
Service was fine. I liked that no one hovered but they were friendly when I entered and checked out.
I really liked the jar of yarn where you can give 10 yards of one color in order to take 10 yards of another color — great idea.
I’ll probably visit again.

I live in San Marcos so I like that this store is close! Much larger selection of yarn than The Yellow Sweater in Buda. I bought two skeins of Trekking XXL, and the person working was very helpful because I was looking for a self striping sort of yarn.
I glanced at the lending library, that was really cool! I can’t wait to finish knitting some stuff so I can go buy more yarn from here!

Comfortable.
The knitting nest is a secret little treat in S. Austin. I appreciate the affordability of Stacy’s (owner) yarn selection and I enjoy the large knitting area on the other side of the store. They are so nice and helpful and enjoy a good conversation or two with their patrons. It’s a small little shop with a big ol’ knitted heart.
Love it!

I really enjoy the Knitting Nest. I’m not an expert knitter, by any means. Or even an intermediate knitter. I’m a super-​novice knitter and Stacy (the owner) was very patient and willing to work with me.
The yarn here is all business. If you want yarn with tassles or glitter-​threads or fancy $ 12 a skein alpaca wool yarn from Tibet, you won’t find it here. This is simple, honest, decent yarn. None of that floozy stuff to be found here. Of course, a bit of sparkle wouldn’t be half bad.
You can also pick up needles for a decent price, or just sit and knit for hours. No pretense, no fluff. I like it.

Maybe that first day I was off … maybe they were off … maybe one of us had our skeins in a wad…
But I’m so glad I went back. I’ve had a few really good visits since my first one, including a sock class (yes! I can knit a sock*!!). Staci (the other one, not the owner) is a wonderful teacher. I was lucky enough to score some one-​on-​one lessons. If you’re a novice, I highly recommend a class with her.
There are all kinds of classes for all levels. People come and sit and talk and knit for hours on end. There’s always someone around to help with knitting questions.
Be sure and get on the email list because you’ll be privy to all sorts of good deals.
I’m a new fan!
* Sorry, I’m not good enough or quick enough to make you socks yet!

For those of us who hate Hill Country Weavers (and since I wrote my negative review, I’ve heard from some people who agree that it’s an unpleasant place, so there must be a community of fellow haters out there), this place is a godsend.
The stock is pretty small, but well curated — these are classic, artisan yarns. You’re not going to find any flash-​in-​the-​pan yarns here — just yarns that will really show off your stitches, that will wear well and work in multiple contexts. I was particularly impressed with the sock yarn selection — not that she had a large variety, but that the ones she had were acknowledged champs of the sock-​yarn world. She carries some innovative wools («O»!) and Malabrigo, which is a great, smooth-​as-​butter to knit wool yarn. Loved that gumball sale on new year’s eve day that netted me 40% off all my yarn. Oh, my. Won’t find *those* kinds of sales at Hill Country Weavers!
The owner was so friendly, and I loved her take on class fees; when I commented that her class fees were «so reasonable», she said, «Well, I figure I’m not teaching them, so why should I take a cut?» Implication being: I offer these classes for the benefit of the community, not to line my own pocket. SCORE, just the attitude I was looking for. I can’t assess the quality of the classes, as I haven’t taken one, but I will say that the class spaces are open and welcoming.
The store has a lending library — and get this, it has pretty current books in it, not just old, outdated stuff. I’ve never been to a yarn shop that had this setup before, and I love it. The trust she places in customers in loaning books out is refreshing. It’s also refreshing to me that she’s not 100% profit-​driven; she really seems interested in building a community. HCW has always felt very corporate to me, not like the sort of grass-​roots, homey place in which a fiber arts community could really form. There’s a much better vibe at the Knitting Nest.