Knitorious

When I am in St Louis, although out of the way, I always have to take a trip to Knitorious. I have done so for years!
Here is what I love about Knitorious and what makes it stand out from other knitting stores… Amazing selection! Knowledgeable Staff! And a great neighborhood to explore around it.
A wee bit on the pricy side, but I can find yarns here that I can’t anywhere else, well, besides on line, but sometimes you just need to feel the yarn first, am I right?

Whoever came up with the name Knitorious deserves an award. Seriously, all day I was singing «KNITORIOUS» in my head as if I was BIGGIE himself… REST IN PEACE.
Knitorious is the #1 Knitting Supplies store on Unilocal in STL and is as quaint and adorable as you might imagine. It’s fabric paradise up in here. The walls are lined with countless yarn sizes, colors and materials. I was looking for some super chunk yarn that wasn’t going to break the bank. Unfortunately I didn’t find what I was looking for. Most of the thick stuff was wispy and really expensive for the amount you get.
They have a back room where they do BYOB knitting classes. It’s set up like your grandma’s living room but still feels thug enough to get (k)runk. I’ll be back again to try out some of their über soft baby alpaca yarns.

Although I agree that the yarn selection is extensive, the employees are ALL unfriendly. They have consistently been uninterested in providing shopping support. I have taken a couple of friends lately who have remarked negatively about the atmosphere. In the past I have just ignored that feeling, but NO MORE. The rude service I received yesterday was beyond my ability to ignore. I will not return.

Knitorious has more yarn than any other store in the St. Louis area. The staff is extra friendly and helpful. They stock lots and lots of knitting notions and have a very large selection of sale yarns. This is my go to knit shop!!!

Wow. Just WOW. They have a mad killer dope selection here! My inner fiber maniac was in heaven! I spent at least an hour in this shop and still did not see all there is to see! Or touch all there is to touch! Or sniff all the, uh, yarn… hehehe. Yeah, I’m weird. I get it. :-P
Really was impressed with the selection, and the fact that they carry SOOO many gorgeous colors of Malabrigo. If this shop was right down the street from me, I’d probably be broke within a week, lmao!
The fiber selection was killer too! I bought two Frabjous Fibers Kitchen Sink Batts which were AMAZING to spin — worsted, woolen, semi-woolen…doesn’t matter! Great stuff all around no matter your drafting technique. :-3 Got a big ol’ braid of Frabjous Fibers BFL wool to spin, and it was delightful to spin!
They also sell looms and weaving accessories, woo!
Spoke with the owner, Sandy, and an employee or two. They were, for the most part, fairly knowledgeable. I wouldn’t expect any one person to know all there is to know anyway!
I really do wish I lived closer so I could take one of the crochet classes. I am hopeless when it comes to crochet and have always been wanting to learn it from a person face-​to-​face. But at least I have knitting, spinning & weaving to pre-​occupy me in the meantime… lol. Fiber art ADD.
I will definitely be back here. When? I don’t know… it was monsooning halfway through my drive here that day, and I nearly wrecked my car twice. I fucking hate driving so that will probably be the only reason why I won’t come here. Unless maybe I see a particularly gorgeous shade of malabrigo online and want to see it in person before I buy, then I might stop in and pick up some fiber while I am at it. But the driiiive uggggh. *whines* I drive for a living more or less, so that’s probably part of the reason why. Oh well! I still love this shop!!!

Tonight I attended the Beginners Knitting Class at 6:30pm. Susan, our instructor, was super friendly, helpful and knowledgable… which was good because I know nothing about knitting!
When you walk in there are a gazillion wildly colorful yarns to look and touch and it makes you want to knit cable sweaters and scarves galor. This could be overwhelming but Susan was very good and explaining the basics and starting us off with light yarn colors to help us see our mistakes.
The shop closes and we head to the back for our class. There were 5 students and 1 instructor. For an hour and a half we learn the basics of knitting (which was super fun but not as easy as it looks!) They allowed us to bring a bottle of wine in so we drank some wine while we attempted knitting, which was fun.
The environment is cozy, colorful and fun… everything you’d want when you think «yarn store» …I will definitely be returning (and hopefully learning how to knit!) and would highly recommend this store to anyone who is interested in the craft.

Amazing selection and very helpful staff. Can’t wait to go back!

I moved in just a block or so away from Knitorious, and was thinking one of two things would happen: 1) this shop would prove as disappointing and unpleasant as the other yarn store I’d visited and had chosen not to return to, or 2) it would be lovely, and its proximity to my house and my obsession with pretty, brightly-​colored things would prove to be a dangerous mix.
It was option two.
Knitorious is cozy, and each time I’ve gone in, I’ve been offered help and have had pleasant chats with the women working. The selection is fantastic, and knitters and crocheters (or whatever-​else-​you-​want-​to-​do-​with-​yarn-​ers) can find any color, any weight, any blend, and any price range.
The first time I went in, I bought a skein of yarn I was planning on knitting into a sweater for my little miniature dachshund, Maggie June. (I’ll pause here so you can judge me for being *that* person, or reflect on how awesome a wiener dog in a sweater is), and the owner was so excited. She asked me to bring Mags in to model when I finished!
I’m hoping my schedule allows me to partake in a knit night or class at some point. Knitorious is a great little shop with a huge array of yarns, books, patterns, and supplies. I highly recommend it for anyone who knits or crochets, or who might be interested in learning!

I usually go to weekly knit nights here until last night. The group seems friendly, but always keep your guard on. After a weird conversation which I felt disrespected, I will never again come to knit nights. In a past encounter, I was asked a particularly weird personal question by an employee. I was absolutely horrified. Why that employee would ask me such a question despite knowing me just a couple of times? Nevertheless, I would only shop here & get some advice. But never will I come to knit nights again.

I absolutely live this place! The ladies who work here are so incredible smart and helpful! Ive Been knitting and chocheting for years, but I still have much to learn! Ivan go in here and say «I need to make a baby shower gift «and ill walk out with the pattern, yarn and needles all suited to my skill level and taste. I could blow some serious money here, because yarn isn’t cheap! They also have events, like their mardi grad event called «show us your knits» (–how adorable is that?) and knit-​togethers. Just getting started? They have lessons.

visited this quaint little house turned yarn store a couple of times. The second time was for a private refresher crochet lesson. Suzanne was very patient with me, and took me thru all of the basic stitches! And yarn — there must be a gazillion skeins of every kind of yarn known to man. Can’t wait til after the holidays when new classes begin!

Great shop. Great selection. Was lucky enough to grab Sandy and her assistance a few weeks ago. She was amazing, so helpful and friendly. I am happy to say Knitorious is only blocks from my house, but I would travel miles if I had to. I am a VERY novice knitter but they don’t make me feel intimidated the way I’ve felt in other shops. If you don’t knit, learn, so you can shop at Knitorious!

My favorite yarn store in St. Louis. The ladies are very friendly and helpful and the selection is out of this world. I spend entirely too much money every time I go here, I can’t help myself.

A little overwhelming when you walk in the door. There is yarn EVERYWHERE.
Not to worry the people that work there help you find exactly what you are looking for and help you get it all set up.
On top of that, they spin your yarn into a ball, and even have a CLEARANCE ROOM!
Even offer classes.

I used to live in StL & Knitorious was my LYS. They are way friendlier & helpful than that place in the loop, not to mention they have 50-​times more yarn. I love their cotton selection! And they always seemed to have that Noro stuff everyone wants, a boatload of baby yarn, and interesting sock yarns, plus an entire room dedicated to patterns. Pretty much it is the perfect place. Don’t bother going to any other yarn shop. I miss you Knitorious!

Full disclosure: I do not knit.
But I do have a boyfriend who fell into it recently, so we went to Knitorious to see what was what.
What a cool place.
The selection here is out of this world and, from what I’ve been told, the best in the city. From yarn to needles to patterns to just a place to sit and work on a project, this place has it all.
The owner found out that my boyfriend was a novice. She not only gave us a full tour of the store and a tutorial on the different kinds of yarn, she took him to her computer to work out some measurements so that he would know exactly how much yarn he would need for his project. Wow.
About that yarn: they have huge yarn, small yarn, yarn with beads, hand-​painted yarn, beginner’s yarn, baby yarn, cashmere yarn, possum hair yarn, striped yarn, hand-​pulled hand-​painted yarn, angora yarn… sound like Forrest Gump yet? Good. You get the point. They have it all here.
They’re also very willing to stock whatever you need to keep you coming there, so if you’re a crocheter, pipe up and let them know. They’ll also store your purchases in their database so you can reference materials bought for past projects, which is a nice touch.
If I were a knitter, I’d be so grateful that I lived in the same town as Knitorious. Wait – I am anyway. If textile arts are your thing, this is your place.

I was in St Louis on business, looking for a knitting circle to attend. The group was very friendly, funny, and interesting.
Nicely varied yarn selection with good color range (found a wonderful orange and green in Hempathy) — great selection of books.
Personal favorite: the Hello Kitty stitch markers. Love it!

I once read a *horrible* novel called The Friday Night Knitting Club. Cut me a little slack, after all, there isn’t a great book selection in the Milwaukee airport at 11 at night. Regardless of that fact, and how horrid that book was, I have to say, this little shop is EXACTLY the way I pictured the yarn shop in that book. That is all I could think when I came to this shop.
The store has a ton of patterns and a plethora of yarns, needles, and crochet hooks to choose from. There is positively a bevy of stuff in this store to choose from, and the women who work here will be more than happy to help you find the perfect pattern and the yarn to go along with it. Speaking of the women who work here they are wonderful! They are friendly, gossipy, and they know their knitting… this is exactly how women that work in a knitting store should be.
So, as I said, this place is such a picturesque little knitting store, it was practically re-​made in a bad beach book novel I picked up in an airport 9 months ago. If it’s likeness makes it into modern fiction, it has to be pretty darn good, or at the very least, what you would expect.

A while back, when my mom visited me (she lives in the small Missouri town where i grew up), I thought it would be fun to take her to Knitorious. True, she’s more of a crocheter, but she used to knit a lot, and you can get crocheting hooks and patterns here as well as knitting supplies. She was pretty overwhelmed. I think it had been a long time since she’d seen that kind of selection of yarns and books. I ended up with a book and some yarn, while she left empty-​handed because I think she really was too overstimulated to purchase anything.
The ladies that work there are friendly and helpful. They sit around and cheerfully gossip when they’re not helping folks figure out what yarn to purchase.
The prices vary with quality, as can be expected.

Knitorious is a super cute yarn shop located in a small house. It’s not the hippest yarn store I’ve been to, but it certainly has a large selection of yarns, needles, books, patterns… all the things you need to get knitting or crocheting. I went here to pick out yarns to make holiday gifts for my boyfriend’s family, and was picking yarns without having a pattern in mind. I needed some help figuring out how much yarn I would need and what size needles to use, and the salesperson was very helpful. My gifts turned out great! If you knit or crochet and live in the St. Louis are or are just there to visit, check this place out!