Knit On!

Incredible variety. Good prices. Super helpful staff. Free parking located on Monmouth.

I am an avid knitter and shop everywhere for great yarn and great customer service. Knit On is superior. Yarn selection is the best in Cincinnati (and most of Ohio /​Kentucky) but the customer service is tops. Extremely helpful, knowledgeable, but never pushy. They think of the small things ie. suggesting light colored needles for a black sweater I was starting, showing me patterns on Ravelry when they did not have exactly what I wanted, ordering yarn in a color they do not stock and making the call on availability as we waited. I drive 35 miles and pass 3 other yarn stores to shop at Knit On! Worth it.

The wife stops in here on and off to look for knitting supplies. She likes their selection of yarn and likes the cat that lives in the store. The prices are a little on the high side. Sadly, each time she has been in the store, she has been unhappy with the staff. She said they seem a bit «aloof» and unwilling to help new people. She recalled a situation where a person came in, asking about a «starter kit» for his child. The staff person said «we don’t sell supplies for kid’s» and seemed to lose interest. The wife helped the person explain they were just looking for the materials needed to get a person started knitting but, she noted, they didn’t buy anything either.

I have been to a few knitting supply stores in the Cincinnati area, and this is by far my favorite.
I love the convenience of it being just a block away from my favorite local comic shop. Probably silly of me to want to give it a sixth star for being convenient to me. But I guess I would also want to give it an extra star for the sweet Jabba the Cat that follows you around while shopping. I adore tubby kitties, and this one is so sweet, purring insistently that I buy the fancy yarn that my heart desires. Well played, adorable shop cat.
The person who helped me was very attentive to my questions without even a hint of pretense of some of the other local yarn shops. I was seeking a super specific yarn and trying to avoid ordering it online, where I’d have to pay shipping costs. I didn’t find what I needed, but I did find something I wanted, which was some gorgeous Malabrigo yarn, at a more affordable cost than I have seen at other local shops. I will definitely be making this my first stop the next time I need to acquire yarn for a project.

I love this store. The inventory and the prices are just great. The lady who helped me was so informative and patient. I will travel to KY from Indy to come back to this store. So many yarns there that I do not see here in Indiana. The cat made my visit perfect. Miss Tanner is the sweetest cat – I was glad she followed me around. I will be back. Keep up the great work.

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I don’t knit. I don’t care to knit. I barely like knitted Items.
That all being said, this has to be the greatest knitting store in existence. I can’t imagine any knitting enthusiast being disappointed in what Knit On! has to offer. They seemed to have everything under the sun one would need to create any homemade delight. With prices ranging from cheap to why would anyone pay that much for yarn everyone will be able to get what they are looking for.
My wife had little trouble in finding the supplies she needed and was only to happy to accomplish this all with the stellar service the staff offered.
The best part? its right next to Dixie Chili, sunday afternoon accomplished!
Knit On! if you must.

I attended a Beginners knitting class this morning at Knit On, and it was great! The instructor was very detailed and encouraging. She took time with each person in the class to ensure that they were understanding the steps. We each got to make a pot holder, which was a simple (but still hard!) first project. I didn’t get a chance to look around at all of the different yarns and products that they had to offer, but their knitting class was enjoyable. There were about 15 people in the class, (which was an unusually large class) and I stayed for about 2 hours of instruction. Others in the class were still knitting when I left. The instructor encouraged everyone to come back for another class, which are held on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings.

Stumbling upon this store was one of those happy accidents that left a dent in my wallet and a big smile on my face. The yarn selection is phenomenal — every color and texture you can possibly imagine. I lost track of time wandering up and down the aisles, petting nearly every skein. I think I managed to buy some of the softest things ever invented.
Some of the yarns were so cool and weird that I actually did a little excited dance! I love that the woman running the shop didn’t even laugh at me when I ran up to the register, smiling and giddy, and said «WHAT CAN I MAKE WITH THIS!!!» Instead, she gave me a pattern and made sure I knew how to do all of the stitches, since I told her I was a new knitter.
The cat, Tanner, is the fattest cat I have ever seen, but she is absolutely adorable. She sprawls out in the aisles, and if you rub her belly, she’ll lay on her back with her legs stretched out and look like a big olé pillow.
It’s also a nice bonus that they’ll wind your yarn for you if you buy any hanks. In my case, this ended up being a double-​edged sword though, because I wandered around and found more things that I simply had to buy. Nice trick!
I love shopping in small yarn stores like this because they also give you so many project ideas! Looking up on top of a shelf and seeing a beautiful shawl constructed with the yarn you’re holding in your hand is awesome and gives you a much better idea of how the yarn actually looks in a project.
I can’t wait to come back to this place! If only they could pick it up and move it to Columbus!

Full disclosure: I worked here for about a month in 2009, back when the store was in Bellevue. Maybe you saw me there. Maybe you didn’t.
ANYHOW, this is by far the shop with the most variety in the area. If you need something ordered in a certain color /​quantity, talk with whoever is there and they can order it for you. Their selection is great — everything from soft and sumptuous Malabrigo to that crazy fur yarn. Everyone is knowledgable and will be able to help you out — and remember that if you buy your yarn in a skein, they will wind it for you for free.
If you are allergic to cats, there is a really really big cat named Tanner. Tanner will follow you if you are allergic (she always followed my husband around) or ignore you if you are the girl who chased the poor cat around with keys in order to try and exercise her and make her lose weight (my attempts were failed apparently.)
Overall, go here for yarn. And accessories. And knitting /​crochet needs. You will be happy.

I took my first class a few weeks ago and went back for more lessons today. Sally is great! Plus, I love the cat!

This place is amazing! I frequented this little shop in Newport at least 3x in the week before my knitting final was due. They have yarn in just about a million colors, textures, and fibers. Everyone working was always ready and excited to help, even the huge adorable orange cat that follows you around the store. Which is another thing I LOVED about this place. I am a sucker for businesses that come with a resident animal, but there is something especially perfect about the combination of knitting and cats.

I’m an on/​off again knitter, and took my first knitting class at the old Knit On location in Bellevue. Now, when I’m in the mood to make something wonderful, I head to their location on Monmouth Street, in Newport. Sleek, bright, open – it’s wonderful. Everything you could ever want (and I often leave with yarns that I didn’t even KNOW I wanted!). And yes, the cat still comes to meet you – she’s very dear and I love to pet her. I’ve always found exactly what I’m looking for at Knit on, and plenty of help to boot. I have been to other knitting stores in the area, and frankly, I don’t need knitting to be snotty. There can be a bit of attitude or cliquishness that comes with a «fiber art» store, and well, I just mostly knit things for my kiddo and other people’s kiddo’s, so I really don’t need the arrogance.

Stop here isf you are visiting to the Queen city area-​10 mins from downtown and in a lovely old river town. Great selection of yarns and books and tools with fiber for every type of knitting. And there is a (robust) lady store cat who greets each visitor; able to identify the cat lovers as they arrive.
Good service. I am putting this one on my list.

Great shop! Great inventory! Pleasant and well informed employee! (and stop in next door at Dixie Chili for a bite to eat when you are there!)

Shelves leaning in on you, claustrophobia, wool, cashmere and cable cotton in EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW! I’ll never pretend to understand the knitting craze that seems to have touched even some of the more fringe demographic (see the punk rock knitters and look up the squid neck warmers on Etsy) but it’s here and maybe that’s a good thing. I myself am a big fan of fuzzy things and someone has to make them.
I visited Knit On! With my mother one manic evening several years ago, trying to edge through the narrow aisles without pulling down skeins behind me. The two older women running the store were extremely friendly though at the time I was convinced they were watching me to make sure I didn’t mess up anything. I remember feeling so overwhelmed by the amount of yarn climbing the walls around me that I was grateful to escape.
The most recent visit was for some costuming. I’m a belly dancer, not a knitter and on occasion I find myself in the need of some good yarn to work into a tassel belt or a fringe for the newest skirt in my collection. I arrived with a migraine and $ 40 to spend. The woman behind the counter did her best to help me find what I wanted but since I wasn’t really sure what I wanted she finally pointed me in a couple directions, let me explore myself and answered all my questions (even if she seemed to think a few of them were silly). I’ve become somewhat opposed to synthetics and had her show me the sections that had all natural fibers. The selection was impressive albeit quite pricey. I left with less yarn than I would have liked but what I purchased was lovely, soft and great quality.
This shop boasts the largest selection of yarns, needles and accessories, books and patterns in the Cincinnati area and is a straight shot from the highway. If you park across the street look up and admire the tin flowers on the roof and take a walk down «The Avenue» for some window shopping at all the great shops. Avoid this area during rush hour, Fairfield has become a bit of a bottleneck for the area and traffic can be slow.