This store has knit and crochet classes! It is very affordable. This is an excellent high quality…read moreyarn supply shop. I have bought a lot of beautiful yarns and accessories. In particular Donna has been a wonderful resource for helping me with projects and teaching me how to make a knit sweater and Docker Beanie. Joanne is very kind and has made me feel so welcomed to the Chico fiber arts community! Thank you so much Heartstrings!! I cannot take your shop and valued teachers for granted. I am so grateful!!!!!! I no longer have to figure everything out alone with YouTube videos. I can receive help and learning from real beautiful expert people!!!!!

Always very helpful, n have lovely yarns to pick from ... very fun shop!…read more tks Joann. just another knitter Caroline

Bruce was a font of information - and INSPIRATION - from the first time I came into the store. His…read morestore has everything a fiber artist could ever need: every kind of yarn, knitting, spinning and weaving supplies! I think there is also a rug-hooking section, but I didn't ask. Bruce also is a supplier of spinning wheels and weaving looms!! I can't wait til I go back to the Yarn Basket...to show Bruce a selection my hand spun yarns... and get warp yarns for my next weaving project!

My sweetheart doesn't knit, crochet, tat, weave, or sew, but even he knew when I'd hit the…read moremotherlode of yarn stores. "I'll just go grab a book from the car," he said, after I'd been in the store for 5 seconds. He saw me greedily eyeing racks and racks of yarn and pattern books. Bruce Edwards, a co-owner, was very helpful. Bruce shared the news on which Noro yarns are increasing in price (Kureyon and Silk Garden). I had been wanting to buy a lot of Kureyon to make Amy Swenson's Rosedale United crewneck sweater that you can find for free on Knitty.com and the popular Cornelia Tuttle's v-neck sweater in Silk Garden blues-n-greens found in her 2nd book for Noro. This was the first time I'd seen enough of Noro Silk Garden colorway #8 (the blues-n-greens one) in one dye lot and in one store to merit purchasing the lot. I guesstimated the yarn. Bruce murmured approval, cooed over my bamboo yarn wrap jacket project for a friend and offered advice on blocking a cashmere silk tank top that I was edging in crochet based on an Interweave Knits pattern I'd reworked in a smaller size than in the instructions. I do so love it when experienced knitters pet my knitter's ego! This is a well-stocked yarn store. He explained that while most yarn stores have all their stock out, they just keep a bare modicum to indicate what they have and he stores the rest in the basement below the store. There are about 4 rooms of yarn on display. I picked up an old issue of Schoeller/Stahl that had 2 patterns for wrap sweaters in bulky weight yarns (yes me and my friends have this thing about wrapping ourselves instead of buttoning ourselves into sweaters).

I have a yarn, fabric and clothing fetish. I love really nice yarn, fabric, and…read morebeautifully-designed clothing. I love making things with them -- particularly clothing. Wearing what I wear is less of an issue for me. Bow Bec's is an unexpected paradise for me of yarn and unusual, flowing, imaginative clothing. There's a tendency in slightly hippy towns for the kind of layered, drapey middle-aged New Age woo-woo woman look that is missing here. Instead, there are chic, asymmetrical skirts, biased cut tops and bottoms, feminine, draping, flowing clothing that are not necessarily the oversized, loose garb of the above mentioned kind of woman -- bless her heart -- that leans toward unusually cut clothing. I have some real clotheshorse friends that wear tiny sizes and workout about 2-3 hours a day. They love draping, flowing, comfortable, form fitting clothes and I saw plenty of skirts and tops here that they would love. The price tag comes with it, though. This is no cheap store. A nice skirt with several bias-cut gores with ruching embellishment cost about $115. You'd expect this price and it is worth it. It's not poorly constructed and it'll probably be the favorite skirt of that certain chic, unusual girl for the rest of its lifespan (I'd give it about 15-17 years with the proper cleaning care and as long as she stays relatively the same size that long). In the back, there are the best yarns. No cheap quality yarns here. Noro, Gedifra, GGH, and other great brand yarns of high quality with BEAUTIFUL colorways. And a good amount of stock. I go to my LYS (Local Yarn Shop) and it's not well-stocked, only 3 of the most attractive colorways and 9 of the less attractive colorways. The prices were moderate -- not the highest I've seen and not the cheapest either. Okay, let's be blunt: I tend to shop online because I've been knitting since I was 8 and I can tell by most of the information I see online and sometimes by dropping in on my LYS what a yarn's going to be like. Many knitters prefer the sensuality of touching the yarn and seeing how the yarn looks next to their skin in the mirror. This is the perfect shop for that. It's well-stocked and the prices are not outrageous. Soft sell: the serene woman at the helm was not the owner and she was helpful and avoided any kind of annoying and aggressive sales. In fact, no one I've encountered in Chico has yet to be an aggressive salesperson. Yay!

This store and the personnel are one of the reasons I am glad I moved back to Chico after being…read moreaway for most of my adult life. You can find almost anything you are looking for in regard to quilting, sewing or even vacuuming. The staff makes you know you are welcome and are very helpful and knowledgeable when asked for information about a product. I only intended to do quilting here and ended up buying a vacuum as well that I really love as it does the job (no cord needed (except when charging.) I had a Dyson that I could never dismantle to empty without help and the vacuum I bought makes emptying it a breeze. I also bought a Solaris and the staff gave me a great trade-in and let me complete the sale in November rather than the few days earlier. Why? The company was running a special of 60 months with no interest by waiting. That's what I call user friendly!

I'm really surprised to read about bad customer service. I've been coming here for years and Dan /…read moreCathy have always gone above and beyond to help me with whatever I need , dan always goes through his warehouse to find whatever I need if the showroom doesn't have a said product. Great people great service and their local Chico icons! Lighten up people they are worth another shot if you experienced bad service in the past.

Phil was amazing!! He's really the best, went above and beyond to assist my daughter who had a…read moretroublesome gift card lol. He was really great- a true asset to this store. Store is clean and love the ample parking. My favorite Michael's location.

The perfect place for arts & crafts lovers!…read more When I was younger, I absolutely adored doing arts & crafts. Now, as an adult, I don't do arts & crafts much. In recent years, however, I have become interested in this hobby again. This why I occasionally visit this store. The inside is large and spacious. They have a wide selection of fabrics, paints, glitter, stickers, paper, etc. It's really exciting passing through the aisles, not knowing what you'll find. I go in knowing what I want, which is why I can't speak about service in this review. But I'm sure employees would be helpful if you had some questions. Some of the materials can be expensive. Now I remember why I stopped doing arts & crafts. Still, this is an excellent store any creative person.

I'm new to needlepoint and I visited this store last week and the ladies that worked there were so…read morewelcoming and helpful. They helped me pick out everything I needed and even set it up for me.

Auburn Needleworks has everything! Yummy yarn, hardware…read more(hooks, knitting needles, stitch markers, etc.), and embroidery floss. They might've even had cross stitch kits, but not sure about that. You could spend hours just looking and it takes willpower not to blow a year's worth of pay! The proprietor is a very nice woman and gives great service.

Heidi, the owner is super helpful and always friendly. If she doesn't have your yarn she will order…read moreit for you and mail it or keep it until you come in. I'm a yarn snob & from Santa Barbara to Mendocino-This is my favorite yarn shop. It's small, but it's packed with only high-quality yarn. don't miss this shopping experience if you're traveling anywhere within 100 mile radius you should get yourself there!

This is a treasure to be discovered. Come in and look…read morethrough hundreds of skeins of beautiful yarn. Patterns for all of it! Buttons, notions, a wonderful full selection of exotic knitting needles, my favorites: square rosewood! Now comes the real reason to visit this store, the owner Heidi and her staff, Clara and Joy. Three beautiful ladies who know how to knit, and who share their knowledge.

In our small town it is sometimes difficult to find everyday notions. Try Purls of joy for buttons…read moreand needles. Helpful staff.

Lovely shop! But I would be failing all my fellow yelpers if I didn't praise the staff at this yarn…read moreshop... they are fantastic! If you need help with picking yarn (or notions) or a project have no fear they will get you sorted! I've taken a learn to knit class here and also dropped in for help and everyone I've come into contact with has been an absolute joy to meet and interact with.

I am visiting from SoCal and went to Lofty Lou's yarn shop. I was looking for the ChiaGoo cube…read moreshape needles. They did not have them but the worker there did call another store down towards Sacramento to see if they had them. She went out of her way to help me get what I wanted even though they did not have the item. Great service and I will be back the next time I am up that way.

great selection and super helpful staff! I have taken classes there and really enjoyed themread more

Stopped in for a crafty fix after a day of caretaking my 80+ parents. Shop new to me. Immediately…read morenoticed well behaved dogs welcome. Nice because I usually have my dog with me when I come to town. Lovely store. Lots of yarn, kits, accessories and interesting knick knacks. I found a hat I'd like to make and the gal told me what pattern and she used yarn she personally dyed. My thought "OH I want to support that." I spent some time choosing 2 colors I needed for the hat. While paying for my yarn I looked forward to some crafty talk. Mid transaction someone else came into the shop. They were welcomed. Fine, but she never returned to talking to me. Kept talking to person who walked as she knew him. Without a word off handedly gave me my receipt. Done with me a guess. That put me off a little. One never knows when someone is in need of some connection.

This shop is soooooo cuute!!! The owner is absolutely lovely also…read more They have so many other kewl stuff and I could of spent sooo much time looking at everything. Will TOTALLY be back next time I'm in the area