I am not one for leaving reviews. Living in Hudson, I have limited options for buying top quality…read moreyarn. I have been here several times and have always found the service less than impressive but with limited options, I accept it. My daughter and her mother in law went there and had a similar experience so I feel the need to share the experiences I have had MULTIPLE times. This store is much more focused on its students who attend the classes than your average customer. The general impression is that customers are a nuisance to them. If you ask a question, their answers are abrupt with no follow up. I've asked for assistance with selecting the proper yarn weight and learned to look it up rather than ask. It just isn't a pleasant place to be. If you need yarn, go but if you're traveling don't bother. Order from an online store. It's what I've started to do.

Let's just start with service. I am a part of a large knitting circle and was looking to buy a…read morelarge quantity of yarn for a big project we have with the local quilting guild. Not many yarn shops where I live so I made the 15 mile trek to this store. Scheduled to open at 12. I arrived at 11:45. It seemed there were people in the store and the door was open. So, I entered quietly as it seemed there were women at a table-turned out to be a class. The woman at the counter asked us to LEAVE!! She looks at me and says, "we open at 12". I said well what time is it? She says just around 11:50 she says. I was floored. If I'm not welcome I am not staying but I'm not sure how anyone can think sending a customer away for entering 10 minutes before opening when people are inside and the door is open is even reasonable. I was looking to buy enough yarn to make 1 dozen matching hat scarf and mitten sets in adult sizes and another dozen in kids sizes. I generally prefer to buy good yarn from local shops. I will drive much further this time. These people are rude!

Great selection of local art, chocolates, cards & more but the staff is not friendly or welcoming…read moreat all. I wish I could say otherwise because I'd really like to support this place & the local artists represented. While shopping, another guest asked the cashier about if any weaving classes were available in the near future but the only response was a grunted "no." Seems like a friendlier response was warranted so I stopped the shopper on her way out to tell her & her daughter about "A Place to Weave" in Fitchburg, MA. My point is, isn't the Worcester Center for Crafts mission to support the craft community? It isn't hard to do and a friendly word goes a long way.

I discovered this place last year and am so glad I did. This isn't crappity ass crafts. It is a…read moreplace to learn artistic crafts. I took glassblowing and flame work. Glassblowing was very interesting but too hard for me. I'm really glad I took it for the experience and I would probably do it over again just to try it out. It requires a lot of coordination, so if you are as klutzy as me, you might find it too difficult too. As described in their catalog, flamework is: Tthe process of shaping glass rods and tubes into small objects over the flame of a torch. Begin by making beads, pendants and marbles to establish a foundation of technique. As the class progresses, projects will advance to include the creation of solid sculpture and hollow forms such as flowers, holiday ornaments, and perfume bottles. Small class sizes and one-on-one instruction allow students to work at their own pace. I love this class and the instructor, Jake Vincent, is patient and a great teacher. You don't have to be quite as coordinated to do flamework. In addition to glass classes, they have classes in clay, metal, fiber, photography, wood, and design and multimedia. They have a gallery too. I haven't been yet, because the glass studio is in a separate area of Worcester. I've heard its great and intend to go soon. I'll update this post when I get there. Oh, and it isn't as far from Boston as you think. Check out their catalog on their Website.

I had a work of art framed at C.C. Lowell recently. The gentleman who helped me was extremely…read moreknowledgeable and helpful--and the result looks fantastic.

Great store,knowledgable staff. It is expensive so unfortuately I have to shop mostly online. I…read morewishe they would have sales....

Called because it was over a week and I hadn't received a call that my item was ready for pick up,…read morebut my friend who painted with me got a text days before that hers was ready. I reached out to the studio and they told me my item was there... not sure what or how they were planning to get in contact with me. At the visit I left my name, my number, a description of my item and noted I painted my initials on the bottom of the item - wrote all of this down on the little scrap paper they gave me to write my info. I'm guessing they lost it.... I go to try and pick up my item today, sign says closed 7/18... it's 7/17, no mention on the phone when I called yesterday or on their social media page(s) that they would be closed due. Frustrating to say the least. Items available to paint upon arriving for the visit were sparse so overall, all of these things combined, it was not worth the hassle.

I highly recommend this studio, Kristen was awesome! I had several people interested in getting…read moretogether for nostalgic ceramic Christmas trees. She accommodated, she personalized hour pieces and was great to work with! We are thinking about making a tradition with several of us. Thank you Kristen, you rock!

Having done business with Cre8 on three occasions I can solidly recommend against using their…read moreservices or even walking in the door. This is a local business and although it's easy enough to use a remote or online vendor, I figured we'd keep our company's purchases close to home. Unfortunately, the business is run poorly and the output is marginal at best. When the owner is not in the shop the employees cannot answer questions about pricing or capabilities of the machines. Even with the owner in the shop the employees are ill informed. On the most recent visit someone told me that a device I brought in could not be etched right in front of the owner, who then said it could be done. I was told that my piece would be ready the next day but I never received a call or email, as promised. A email arrived late , the etching was weak and when I said I wasn't crazy about how it looked the owner said, "well I think it looks good." Our prior experience was with a much larger order and the quality was poor and the process was painful. Our business partner (a large bank) also commented to us how unprofessional the business was and recommended never using them again...even before viewing the work, which they (and we) considered sub-par. Lastly, I know two other people in our community that have had negative experiences with either work done by Cre8 or with some aspect of the people or process.

This place is absolutely awesome! You can make practically any kind of design you want for a very…read morereasonable price! The gals who work here are awesome and helped me make exactly what I wanted! They have excellent artistic vision here even if you're coming in and kinda stumped on what you want to make! Great variety of items to choose to have your design on! Definitely worth it to come here!

I've really been debating leaving this review because I did enjoy the painting (for the most part)…read more We (my husband and I) went for the very first time a couple weeks ago to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We made reservations ahead of time and when we got there they were assigning tables to sit at. We got shown out table and then we got moved. We were shown the other places to sit so we started looking for the pieces we were going to paint. We returned to the table and another lady started telling us to move again, we would be better off sitting somewhere else. So now we've been moved twice and we end up at a table with little kids who have zero interest in painting. They are on their phones and pushing/knocking the table and my husband and I are having to stop continuously so our painting doesn't get messed up (it did when the kid hit the table and we needed assistance fixing the piece-and we complained at that time). I should note-when we first arrived we told them we were celebrating our anniversary (they asked) and we were told "oh, you need to do a tile!." We didn't think anything of it at that time. When we were almost finished painting the plate we had picked out, a tile was brought over to us. We never asked for it and honestly forgot all about it. It was given to us and we were told to enjoy it. We finally finished the plate and tile so we brought them up to the front. There, we were charged for the tile we never asked for and to be perfectly honest had zero interest in doing - we didn't even put much effort into painting it because at that point we wanted to get out of there. The girl checking us out had no desire to follow up on it so we left, mad. I was told "give us 2 weeks" for the pieces to be ready. No other instructions. So I go yesterday to pick up the pieces -2 weeks and 3 days later. I walk in and tell the desk I'm here to pick them up. "Did you call first?" Ummmm, no, I wasn't told to do that and it's been longer than the 2 weeks. Then she can't find my stuff in the computer, both by phone # and name. I tell her the date we were there and she has to go find the actual paper slip. Then she can't find the pieces and there are now 2 people looking for the items. They finally find them after about 10 minutes of me standing stupidly at the front. Did I enjoy the actual painting? Yes Did I enjoy the overall experience? No Was the customer service good? Not great Will we go back? Probably not, I might give them a 2nd try by my husband will definitely not.

This place is so cute and cozy! They have tons of options or choose from to paint! Little pricy but…read moreworth the money! Staff is super helpful! You paint your piece and pick it up 8-10 days later. It will come back glossy and beautiful. Don't forget to check upstairs for more paintable pieces! Will definitely be back for more! Thanks ClayTime! :)

This business is AMAZING!! They are family run with the mom and two of her daughters and can make…read morejust about anything you can think of and they also take custom orders! They are also unbeatable in prices and way more reasonable than any other crochet business I have seen!! They even handmake all there stuff without the use of machines or other equipment just a hook and yarn! The owner (daughter) Denise is very nice and she gave out free complimentary lolipops to anyone who wanted one And the sign is so cool it has scannable QR codes on it that take you right to their Facebook and Instagram Definately going to make them my #1 go to for buying cool stuff and gifts

Two stars because the women that runs this place is very nice…read more However, it is just a single small room in a house (I'd guess 11x11). And even that space wasn't crammed with inventory. The place was way to bright and well lit and poorly decorated for an occult shop and even though they had a couple of adorable kitties, the smell of the kitty litter from wherever it was kept (it's wasn't the room that was the shop). Was overpowering, even with all the incense and candles about. But again, the owner/manager is very nice. Also, their website seems to be better stocked and reasonably priced (I only glanced at it.)

I have shopped there many times over the years. The owner is Very polite, professional, and…read moreknowledgeable. Granted the outside isn't the greatest but that's the suprise lol instead is like another world beautifully arranged to easily find what you are looking for. Can't find it? Just ask, the owner most likely will!! XD

I love this place! I bought a few items for Christmas gifts this year. Will definitely be back…read moreafter the holidays to pick out a few things for myself. Everything is so well curated. Lovely local business

I took the Rigid Heddle weaving class in March 2014. The class was small so you got the attention…read moreyou needed to complete the projects. The instructer was wonderful; very paticent in the mist of all this begining weavers. We all had lots of questions and she took them all and answered them. I loved the class and have signed up for the design class as well. The Weaving-Shed offers many craft classes. I even ordered my spinning wheel from them. They put it together including the lazy kate and made sure it all worked. I highly recommend taking a class with them.