Very helpful staff... overwhelming amounts of yarn... anything you can imagine, any color, any…read moretexture, any material... they have it. I could lose myself in here and all my savings too if I bought every yarn i like in here.

I went with the intention of finding a baby blanket pattern and buying the yarn, I left with…read moreeverything I was looking for and more. The staff was extremely helpful, and helped me with yarn selection, and even color selection! They offered to wind the yarn for me, and talked me through the pattern finishing to ensure I had everything I needed. Such a great location as well.

Excellent prices! Very good value for the more fine alpaca yarn especially. Top-notch customer…read moreservice with great ideas. A lot of variety. Many different kinds of yarn. Hand dyed. Convenient location in town. Historic building. Cool border collie greets you at the door. Diane Kelly the store owner was very polite and informative.

Firesong Studio offers much more than gifts, fashion, and accessories. There's also a yarn shop…read morethat serves knitters, crocheters, and weavers with luscious all natural fibers in a rainbow of colors and textures. All the unique one-of-a-kind gifts, clothing, and accessories are handcrafted by local artists. There's even more- individualized classes are offered in spinning, felting, weaving, and knitting!

Amazing customer service, great selection of yarn and tools, and a very welcoming environment. Plus…read morea recommend recommendation to a great coffee shop around the corner. Thank you for an amazing experience!

I had such a lovely first visit to the shop! The owner was incredibly sweet, and to top it off,…read morethere were adorable BUNNIES hopping around too. The selection was fantastic--I even picked up the city's special, Roundabout Way, which has gorgeous blues, vibrant yellows, and little specks of asphalt or black! It's such a beautiful shop, and I can't wait to go back for more yarn!

This shop is the CUTEST! Sheila (the owner) was really friendly as well as all the other the women…read morewho were at the shop knitting. The yarn and notions are well organized and the shop has a healthy stock of everything you might need for a project. I also appreciated that when I called about a particular size knitting needle Sheila even offered to have it ready for me when I arrived.

Great shop, owner, and selection. Quite the gem for the area if your looking for knitting supplies.read more

We order take out. Sometimes good, sometimes not. As the saying goes, when it's good it's very very…read moregood, but when it's bad, it's horrid.

The Knit Knack Shop is a mom & pop business with supplies and helpful information for knitting…read more Although they cater to machine knitters, It's where I get my yarn to make all of my crochet & hand knitted baby blankets I give as gifts. These baby blankets are always well loved as they are super soft for babies. I normally use 1 end Cotton Tale 8 (100% Cotton) & 1 end Micro Tamm (100% Microfiber Acrylic). They are perfect together. The cotton shrinks a bit when it's washed, and the microfiber gets very soft. Since the cotton shrinks a little, it makes for a nice solid blanket without holes (unless you make it lace). Sometimes I will use Bebe if I'm looking for a different color than is available in Micro Tamm. But most of my gifts are in white; sometimes other colors. They all machine wash & dry really well, and they are stain resistant in my experience. Sometimes I crochet & sometimes I knit the baby blankets. The best is that I only need to get 1 cone of each to make a baby blanket - that means I don't have to weaving in millions of ends! Just 1 at the beginning & 1 at the end. I just love that. I definitely recommend using this yarn for crochet & hand knitting. Full disclosure... My parents own this business. BUT I have to say of all the yarn I've tried for baby blankets, it's still the yarn I choose to purchase! And everyone who is has gotten one of my baby blankets comments on the quality and hand feel of the yarn over & over.

Klose Knit has a wonderful selection of yarns. So many fibers, colors and textures! Brigitte is so…read morehelpful, kind and encouraging. The Friday afternoon open knitting group is fun and welcoming. This has been my knitting home while my husband has been on sabbatical at the U of I and I have really enjoyed my time. Thanks Brigitte!

This is the best wool shop in the region. It was a wide selection of yarns, gorgeous stuff both…read morelocal and imported, lots of amazing stuff. Great classes and it's in a cozy house environment. I know some people have thought the owner was a bit abrupt, but she really isn't. She's German and though her English is fantastic (she's lived in the US for years and years), she sounds very direct and to the point. Don't confuse cultural expression with rudeness. She's kind, incredibly helpful, and this place is a labor of love for her. I travel a lot, including internationally, and I still think this is one of the best local wool shops I go to. I go back every time I'm in town.

This is the most wonderful Farm I have ever been too. Tons of Alpacas and Angora Rabbits. My…read moredaughter just loves to go to this farm and run around with the Alpacas all day. Beautiful peice of property and just outstanding management. We look forward to returning.

From the owner: Raising Quailty Alpacas & Angora Rabbits. We harvest there…read morefiber and sale it in raw, roving's, handspun yarn, & handmade products. We also show, and sale breeding packages, sales packages, Boarding packages and Educational Tours.

This is the cutest little yarn shop. She is growing her collection of different yarns. She just…read morestarted carrying Crazy yarn from Shepherds Wool in Michigan. The owner was so helpful the entire time we were in the shop. She gave us a tour, answered all of my moms questions about starting felting, and even printed out a helpful sheet for her. I had called and left a message about the hours and she was so sincere when she replied and apologized for taking so long replying. There are classes being offered every month on different topics. They also have a nice area at the front of the store to sit and knit. She welcomes open knitting when she is open. I believe she so just added a late night knitting on Thursday nights. I cannot wait to see how this shop grows!!

From the owner: Community Gathering Place, Fiber Art Classes, Sit and Stitch…read more

Simply a nice place to visit…read more I had not been out on the campus of St. Mary's for 25+ years. I specifically visited last week to pop into the White Violet Center and their Farm Store. Although there were not many fruits nor vegetables for purchase (I imagine it can often simply be about timing), I enjoyed going into the Farm Store in addition wandering the grounds to see where the greenhouses and gardens are located that would grow the fruits and veggies I could not purchase. The store has local honey and natural products from cheese and meet to pickles and granola. Not a wide variety, but the store is charming and I glad I stopped in. The White Violet Center grounds as not only the Farm Store, but the orchard, greenhouses, bee boxes and of course the alpacas. Females and males are kept in separate pastures, but they are so cute you have to go see them. They are bizarre, peculiar and beautiful. Who knew?...alpacas in Indiana. Now I would not wonder out there weekly to get fresh veggies because I am not close by, but the property of St. Mary's and thus White Violet are beautiful grounds and are worthy of a visit. If ever in the area, it would be worth it to stop in.

White Violet Center is my favorite place for local produce and products in Terre Haute! All of…read moretheir produce is picked from their farm and they always have unique items that are hard to find anywhere else. Their intern's mittens, scarves, headbands, etc from the fur of their alpaca. A great environment and always something different each week you have to try!

It looks like the place is not longer open, which is unfortunate because I've been looking for a…read morelocal rc shop. Shame, because it looks like a big location.

RC Hobbies Plus is a fairly traditional mom and pop style hobby shop featuring a bit of everything…read morebut with a strong focus on RC(obviously). New RTR kits from Traxxas, Redcat, hpi, et al are available AND (astonishingly) there are unboxed examples of most models on the counter for you to touch and poke at and dream of owning, including(at time of review) 2 gas(not nitro) 1:5 Redcat trucks! They have aisles upon aisles of replacements and ups from Redcat, Traxxas, losi, team associated and some hpi. They also have RPM, Integy, Castle Creations ProLine and Robinson Racing among others. In the back you'll find a small carpet track area with a high ceiling for flying smaller items. Opposite that, a selection of used cars and trucks. I can't speak to their offerings for those who like their toys aloft suffice to say that there is at least as much space dedicated to planes and 'copters as there is cars and trucks. They're pretty nice guys who don't mind chatting with their customers but are also happy to get down to business quick if that's how you operate. Also, don't forget to grab a couple free back issues of some popular RC magazines from the bin out back when you visit. All in all RC Hobbies Plus is a really good place in Lafayette for your maintenance/upgrade needs or getting started in RC.