Needlepoints West

Outstanding store. Great for needlepointers and knitters. Joanne, the owner, and Jessie, needlepoint instructor are great. Store is friendly and fun place to stitch.

I was looking for a very specific type of yarn for an unusual use, and stopped in to Needlepoints West. The owner was super helpful, and took the time to try and decipher what it was that I was looking for. Would recommend!

Best store in town!!! Great canvases, yarns, and classes!!! Love the people, ambiance!!! Great people teaching classes. Joann, the owner, is a great needlepointer and knitter. Highly recommend!!!

I just took a crochet class with Jacqueline. I was so welcomed by the «regulars» in the shop sitting around the table (really comfy chairs too!) working on various projects and felt instantly comfortable. They have a great selection of yarn and nobody tried to sell me stuff I didn’t need (as a beginner).
What a great local business! I can’t wait to go back next week.

Great little craft store. Although yarn selection for knitting is not large, it’s a great store if you do stitching and other needle work. I received a gift certificate to this store and bought a few great skeins of yarn. I’ve been there a couple of times since, and I’ve had the owner and an older lady help me out, both were very nice and welcoming. There’s usually a group of ladies doing cross-​stitching at the craft table, and they were friendly as well.

Yarn Crawl LA 2014 was a good time to visit. I liked the selections of yarn, and the projects displayed… parking was ample in the back. The front of the store had street parking although they were having a food truck night so the street was blocked off. The area around the store is cluttered, lots of crazy parking but I took my time getting around there, and it was during the day. (not someplace I want to be at night). I’ll be back. i saw several yarns I really love (covet)…staff was great too

This store is tucked away on a tiny street which is home to many cute neighborhood shops.
I’m flummoxed at the numerous 5-​star reviews from knitters. To be sure, I want to give this place credit for having super friendly, not pushy customer service. But this is a needlepointer’s paradise – not a knitter’s paradise.
It’s true they carry yarn, knitting needles and notions, and crochet hooks, but the yarn wasn’t well organized, they didn’t have a lot of great samples that made me want to buy patterns and yarn, and the yarn was kind of low-​end.
The yarn and canvases they carry for needepoint are very organized and of good quality. I didn’t look at what kinds of canvases they carry and whether the canvases are landscapes, décor for kid’s rooms, Asian-​themed, etc.
If I was a needlepoint enthusiast and lived in the area, this would be my home store. Knitters – you can do better than this.

I’ve lived near Westchester for over 30 years and never walked through this little 2×2 block of small neighborhood shops hidden behind Staples on Sepulveda to the West and Pep Boys to the East until I signed up for something called a «yarn crawl». This shop was one of a few dozen involved in a progressive shopping experience I guess you would call it.
Anyway this little place was filled with all sorts of crafts joy — knitting, crocheting and needlework supplies, patterns, and lessons! The shop goes all the way through from the front door to the back door and the colors will mesmerize you. There is a table to sit and chat and work at when you come in, and to my mom’s joy a Keruig coffemaker (which we did not touch as I knew we wouldn’t be buying anything).
Personally, I shy away from estrogen-​heavy group activities — I can’t help it, I like to be the Alpha Female in a group of 1 — but the environment here was very welcoming. I suppose the woman who helped us was the owner, she was really nice, but some of the people working on projects there were answering questions too!
Not sure about how things are priced in comparison with other shops. I know I am going back for a set of #10 40-​inch long circular needles that were $ 11 (note to self: if they are circular needles, do they really constitute a pair?). There were beautiful yarns made from bamboo, alpaca, wool, and more. The more expensive yarns ($ 20 a ball and up) were intimidating, but from the looks of some of the samples, worth it!
You gotta remember, I am a beginning knitter who gets bamboo needles and 50g pure wool yarn skeins at Daiso for $ 1.50 and sale yarn at Michael’s. The thought of paying $ 20 for a ball of yarn to make a scarf when I can buy a ready made scarf for half that at Target is still alien to me, but I’m sure that I will learn to appreciate and support small business like this when my skills are worth the expensive yarn!
For this special event, there was a great caterer, Doula Cooks, that provided great vegan nibbles. Remember what I said about high estrogen levels? LOL I kinda went «Geesh I am so NOT girly» when I head the name, but the food was pretty good. She specializes in home delivery of meals for new moms, hence the name. I am definitely going to save up some $$ so I can get a friend a week of meals soon.
Anyway, I liked this place a lot, and the neighborhood around it is retro amazing, stop by and keep the malls from absorbing more small businesses! Don’t wait till the First Friday food truck night to visit!

Great little shop! Joanne the owner was so welcoming and no pressure as my daughter and I looked at absolutely everything in the store. We are inspired to come back and take a class or two. Some of the skeins of yarn are so special, they should be displayed as is!

This place is amazing! I loved the yarn selection. They also offer convenient class times as well. This is certainly my go to spot now on.

This place is kind of tucked in a little shopping center, but they have hidden gem customer service. I am a knitter, and their yarn/​hook selection is okay (not a lot of my favorite kinds of yarns, but that’s just my preference). They cater to all kinds of needle arts — knitting, crocheting, and needlepoint.
What I DID want to make sure was highlighted was their customer service. I bought a set of sock knitting needles there in April, and after two months (this was in June), I tried knitting with them, and they were just too short. They kept stabbing me in the palms. I called Needlepoints West as a last ditch effort before trying to sell them and buy the longer ones, and to my surprise, she said it was no problem at all. I really thought I was going to have to plead and convince her to exchange them, since it had been so long ago and for some reason I’d lost my receipt. It was no fuss no muss. She ordered the 6″ set for me, they arrived three days later, and exchanged them at no extra charge. That is rare, my friends.
The even greater thing, is when I told her my name, she said, «You’re Jessie Love? You won a basket at the Yarn Crawl back in April! I couldn’t get a hold of you, so I had to pass it along to the next person.» I said, «WHAT?! I checked my email every day after that event in hopes that I won something! I’m suing gmail!» She said, «You know what, why don’t I put a little basket together for you. I’ll include some yarn, magazines, and a couple fun things.»
I fell in love with Needlepoints West that day.

First to review! I fell in love with this place when I saw the name, and it just got better from there. It is located on a cute street full of cozy little shops and a sandwich place. Side note, this little group of shops has a First Friday of the month event with food trucks and things to do with my little one. The staff (at least the two that I met) is very friendly and helpful, an they have a very wide variety of products.
The name is Needlepoints West, but I wandered in because I was wanting to learn how to knit. I just went to my first class yesterday (at the store) with the fantastic Marla Pelz, and it was such a great, fun atmosphere! I am the lone knitter among the needlepointers, but it is a great class all the same.
I can’t wait for my next class, and for First Friday!