Uncommon Threads — Local services in Los Altos

I love going to Uncommon Threads. Everyone there is so knowledgeable, friendly, and encouraging! I started attending Tuesday Knit Night regularly a few months ago and now it's a part of my must-do weekly routine. As an intermediate knitter and crocheter I felt so welcomed by everyone and inspired to take on new challenges because not only is everyone fabulous at their craft, Stephanie has built an environment where it's truly a support network of wonderful humans and fiber crafters.

Stephanie keeps a quality stock of a variety of plant, synthetic, and animal fibers, and she and her staff are more than happy to order additional stock of anything you need.

As a transplant to the bay area, I cannot sing this store's praises enough for helping me find community and inspire me to challenge and...

You do not want to bring children to this store. I brought 4 year olds in who were admittedly over excited to pick out yarn for the hat I was to make them. Store is small and very quiet. Patrons were working on projects at tables which minimizes room to browse. I had a woman snap at me that I needed to move away from the yarn we were looking at because she was focusing on her project and we were bothering her. I thought perhaps at that point a store employee who could clearly hear the conversation might just ask to help me in narrowing the yarn a bit more quickly. She didn't even look up. had to leave without the purchase. Hopefully they are polite to people...

A outstanding local yarn store with wonderful, helpful staff who always go the extra mile, whether it's to help you find the perfect yarn for a project, decipher a pattern, or fix a problem with a project. In a world where it's so easy to buy online, I find myself going out of my way to visit Uncommon Threads to make sure this wonderful resource of in-person color and fiber experiences continues to exist. Also awesome: in-person Knit Night every Tuesday, many classes/workshops every month, and excellent customer service when it comes to requesting special orders or notifications of new yarns coming in. ...