Blazing Needles

This is a gem of a knitting shop. I am here frequently as it is my wife’s favorite place on earth to shop for knitting supplies. Cynthia and her staff are very kind and helpful to all of their patrons. In fact, they are just as friendly to me (and our daughters) offering coffee or tea or just plain good conversation while waiting. It’s a cozy, classy, fun and welcoming place.

I walked in on a snowy day to see ladies knitting by the fireplace. How cozy is that! Such a quaint little knit shop. Well not so little with 3 rooms of yarn. The two girls working there were great they treated me like we were like old friends.
I love the yarns here, I only wished I lived closer so I could hang out at this cozy shop everyday.

I was so excited to visit this place and take a beginning knitting class on Sat morning after reading all the great reviews. I called earlier in the week and was told to get there about half an hour early to pick my yarn and needle. I arrived on Sat and was promptly helped by a really nice woman to pick my yarn an needle and then she instructed me to go to the next room where it sounded like one of the teachers had already started teaching. I went into the room and stood by the group he was teaching so that I could observe. I stood there for about 15 minutes watching while 4 other people came in for the new class. These people, unlike myself, were acknowledged by the teacher and helped right away. When another teacher came in and asked who was here for the new class I said I was, as did someone who came in after me. She escorted him to the table and began to teach him.
I have never felt so ignored in my life. Guess I will be using you tube to learn to knit!

I don’t often write reviews, but then again, I don’t often receive the kind of service that I did recently at Blazing Needles. My only regret is that the service came from their online store and not in person. If the online presence is indicative of the «in-​person» experience, then you won’t be disappointed.
A little background: I was wanting to order a special type of yarn to tie a specific fly for fishing. The fact that Blazing Needles realized that this was an ongoing need for a niche section of their clientele is impressive. Their website has this yarn specifically tagged for fly fishermen (fisher-​people?) and makes it very easy to find.
The yarn itself was delivered very quickly, and with a little handwritten thank you note on the company’s stationery no less. Being a graphic designer, I appreciate touches like this (and their logo is great too).
So, to make a short story long, would highly recommend this local company and I for sure will stop by in person next time when I’m out of yarn needed for the infamous Utah Killer Bug.
Thanks, Blazing Needles!
–Eric Butterfield

Love love love local yarn shops!!! The owner was really nice, even though there was huge hustle and bustle (she was having a trunk show that day) and took the time to make me feel welcome and gave me a personalized tour of the store. Not sure when I’ll be back to shop in person, but looking forward to checking out her website.

I’m from Los Angeles visiting Salt Lake City and I went into the shop to get a gift for my boyfriend who is a religious knitter. Not knowing anything about the yarn world Cynthia, store owner, took the time to show me around and made suggestions for a gift to bring back to him. She was very warm and kind and her shop is lovely and cozy and full of sections of high quality yarn! I would definitely visit again when I come back into town! Highly recommend this shop!

My wife spends way too much money and time here (not your fault) They are always professional and nice!

Wonderful customer service. Fabulous atmosphere. Great hours and availability. My only complaint is they don’t carry the cotton yarn I exclusively use when I make dish cloths (and I make them a lot), but thankfully a shop near me does carry them, so not a big deal. They are so helpful with my newbie-​ness and how green I am with finding appropriate yarn. Highly recommended.

This place is definitely the place to go if you are a yarn lover. I love to knit and crochet so this place drew me right in. The business is established within a cute and cozy house. I love that they have knitted and crocheted articles displayed all around the house and garden. The inside of the store has a huge selection of beautiful yarn. The yarn is on the pricier range only because it is of high quality and from companies that you don’t find from your regular craft store. Definitely High Quality yarn that you can find here though.

This is a beautiful store with great yarns. They carry gorgeous yarn in every color of the rainbow. This is high quality yarn, so don’t expect to find cheap acrylic junk. But there are affordable and more expensive options.
The employees are willing and eager to help you with your projects. Or if you aren’t sure what to make, they’ll help you find the right thing. They’ll even go online for you and print a pattern right then and there for no charge. Excellent service and friendly employees. The owner is lovely.

This is a beautiful yarn shop. In the spring and summer you can sit out in their back garden that is surrounded by an old stone wall remind me of an old English Garden.
In the Fall and Winter you can sit around the table near the cozy fireplace. Either way, there is always someone to chat with or help with a project. The inventory in this shop is fantastic. There are lovely yarns in every price range. They offer many classes. I have taken some of them and always am impressed with the knowledge and patience of the teacher in helping me to finish my project. The staff are kind and caring and often have bbq’s or other get togethers at this shop. I love to come here on a Friday afternoon and knit with the friends I have made through this shop!

If I live in Salt Lake, this would be my yarn shop. Lovely staff, great atmosphere, and reminds me of my most favourite yarn shop in Colorado, My Sister Knits. They carry staple yarn, Cascade, and a good deal of higher class yarns. I purchased the store line of cashmere. It’s yummy and lovely. They also have a great bag for shopping. Pick several up for yourself.

It’s so easy to spend your whole budget in a place like this. I loved the selection but would have liked to see more variety of cotton and silky yarns. I knit by feel so I like soft yarns to play with. I think the wool I bought will make gorgeous cables and I can’t wait to cast on.
The staff was polite but not so friendly. I like a more personal experience when I’m spending $ 90 on a few hanks of yarn.
I also would not want to hang out in here, the space isn’t really set up for comfort.
Over all though I think the quality yarn makes it a good place to shop.

Great yarn store. Visited while I was in town and wish I could go back regularly. The selection is excellent, and the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. They were happy to help me find patterns for yarn I already had and yarn to combine with yarn I already had. I can’t wait to go back.

Great yarn shop very helpful nice owner and staff. Very busy shop good lay out nice selection.

I want to give this shop a better review — they had a nice atmosphere, helpful staff and a good selection of yarn. But — on the day I was there the staff had brought their dogs to work. They were medium sized, met us at the door barking, and barked when I tried to approach the counter. I’m not afraid of dogs, but if I was I wouldn’t go back and give the shop a second chance.

This is a wonderful place. The folks who work there are all very knowledgeable – anytime I have a question, no matter how stupid, they help me figure things out. I love the big table and the coffee set-​up. This is my favorite place to go on Saturday mornings in the winter, to sit by the fire and knit. Cynthia is a great business-​woman and has a great selection of good-​quality yarn, needles and supplies in stock.

Love this place. Nice staff, great yarn selection. Everything is expensive, but that’s to be expected from a yarn shop specializing in boutique yarns. They offer lots of classes which I plan to take advantage of this year.
Definitely a knitters place, not much in the way of crochet supplies.

A nice addition to the knitting store scene. It definitely has captured a ‘vibe’, with people sitting knitting on the patio or by the fireplace much of the time.
There is a nice selection of luxury yarns as well as sock yarns. Mainstream yarn (worsted weight wool), while present, is less represented here. The Namaste bag stock ebbs and flows. Nice supply of buttons, but most are rather ordinary. The store receives a lot of traffic, so the stock is always fresh. There are new things all of the time.
Watch their web site for a nice array of classes. The classes fill up quickly.
It is possible to get help here and it’s frequently from one of the experienced knitters sitting around the table on Thursday night or Sunday afternoon. The shop staff can help, but are sometimes too busy to do so. Shop owner Cynthia is delightful, but more of a business person and less of a knitter. Do not expect deep knitting help from her.

This shop has a great look and feel to it. There are various rooms and a large seating area. Awesome selection of wool and super high quality needles that are accessible to costumers. I enjoyed the bright rooms and well organized yarn (by brand rather than by weight I believe). I can tell that there are regulars who really get a long. However, I do have one complaint.
When I went and asked about a particular brand of yarn they didn’t really seem to either believe me that it existed. I got the response of «I have never even heard of that yarn». Or they didn’t feel like going that extra step to find what I was asking about (
does not do phonetic searches. So if you spell something wrong it’s not gonna find it but Google does) either way I didn’t feel all too welcomed by the woman at the register. However, I do understand that it can be a little hard to warm up to shop owners so I am not saying that this is how they are all the time to everyone. So, if I ever return to SLC I will give it another try. The overall atmosphere was enjoyable enough that I feel that one visit doesn’t give a complete view of the shop as a whole.