San Francisco is a wonderful place for knitters. In addition to the sweater-worthy climate, we have some great knitting stores. Although I buy a lot of yarn online (more on that in a future post), I do love any excuse to drop into our various LYSes. My favorite is Imagiknit, located between the Castro and Dolores Park — lucky for me, an area I travel to almost daily. Though other San Francisco yarn stores are great, Imagiknit has, without a doubt, the best selection and the best prices. It’s also near and dear to my heart because it’s where I first learned to knit.
This is just one wall of many. See what I mean about selection?
Look at all that freakin' Koigu!
See Samovar diagonally across the street? Yarn and organic tea make for a perfect afternoon.
May 20, 2009 at 10:17 am
That is the very bike rack where my bike was locked up and my front tire stolen while I was at work!! I spent so many hours teaching inside Samovar. It’s a wonder it only happened that once. Of course, I did lose all my bike lights that way too.
June 1, 2009 at 10:36 am
I remember our fun day back in 2006 going to both of these places
September 25, 2009 at 6:05 am
[...] going on field trips or doing tasks around the house (or, let’s be real, taking a trip to the yarn store!). I like to have 4 – 5 assignments going at any one time — a couple in the [...]
December 1, 2009 at 6:15 am
[...] The other day I was feeling tired, hormonal and cranky. So I decided to take a trip to Imagiknit for a pick-me-up. I’d had a 10 percent off card in my wallet for months and I figured it [...]
December 27, 2009 at 6:14 am
[...] here. She came over for coffee and we talked kids, dogs, knitting, quilting, designing, Imagiknit, etc. I also got to show her my magnum opus: the 63-square [...]
March 30, 2011 at 6:11 am
[...] That was not the look I was going for at all. So I took a quick trip to Imagiknit to get an alternative. I couldn’t find what I was looking for in either Debbie Bliss [...]
December 25, 2011 at 3:52 pm
[...] it and it looked great, if I do say so myself. Speaking of Hanukkah, I got a gift certificate to Imagiknit that I will look forward to using. Meanwhile, I started a pair of Monkey socks in blue Cascade [...]