Lambspun of Colorado

This is the best place ever. We travel, however, when we are here I look forward to getting together with all the girls at the shop. Great yarn, Great service, and everyone is so helpful!

Lambspun is the finest shop ever. Creativity and ingenious works of art permeate every square inch. The owner and staff are professional, kind, generous and extremely talented! Please ignore the few unhappy reviews. I know these Lambspun folks well and have observed them helping multitudes of people to learn amazing feats.

I love this shop and I am surprised by some of the earlier comments. The vast assortment of yarns is a feast to browse through and touch but can be a bit overwhelming. I find the staff to be both attentive and helpful in steering me in the right direction. Shirley has helped me a number of times. She helped me choose a project on my level, then we picked out yarns that would be appropriate. Don’t be shy when you go there. I tell them I am new to knitting and several people have walked me through and helped me put together a project. They also have amazing classes. I took a weaving class and someone helped me set up the loom and basically walked me through each step. Their teas are a great time to come in and work on projects. When I drop a stitch or miscount a row, I just hand it over to someone on staff and they get me back on track. It is so refreshing to be in an independent shop where the personnel actually care about your experience there.

This is by far the greatest yarn shop I have ever been to.
Lambspun is where I first learned to knit at the age of 6, and I have been a regular customer for the past 19 years since. The store shares it’s space with Backporch Grill, in an old yellow farmhouse built in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. I love grabbing a latte from the grill before spending my morning looking through all the yarn and fiber. The store works with the original farmhouse layout, meaning each room is dedicated to a different kind of yarn or fiber art. There is the spinning room, the sale room, the weaving room, and the class room, among a few others. Their selection is incomparable. If you cant find something, they probably have it in the back, and if not, they are always happy to order it for you. The classroom has a massive farmhouse table surrounded by shelves upon shelves of books and patterns to inspire and instruct you. Among those books includes a collection of murder mysteries written with the Lambspun farmhouse as the setting. The table is always stocked with fresh artisan tea and pastries, especially on Tuesdays when knitters and crocheters come from all over to socialize over their various fiber projects. They have a huge selection of classes in all varieties of fibercraft. If there is a technique you’d like to learn that isn’t offered as a class, Lambspun has excellent instructors for private lessons (and their class/​private lesson prices are the best I’ve ever seen!).
One of the things that makes Lambspun completely unique from all other yarn shops I’ve been to (and also what makes them my favorite!) is that much of their yarn is from local fiber sources. They specialize in dyeing their own colors, and spin a lot of their own yarn. Their is a monthly fiber club you can subscribe to, where you’ll receive a packet of little 2″ samples of this month’s featured yarn and roving, along with a brochure that describes the yarn and the prices. Members of the fiber club receive a discount on every purchase of Lambspun created yarns.
Fibercrafting is an ancient technique, passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Big box stores selling plastic yarn cheapen the craft, and remove much of the artistry. Lambspun is one of those special places that reminds you of where fiber comes from and why the craft is still important even today. Walking through each room you can feel the history and the magic and the evolution of the craft over time.
The shop also supports other local artists, carrying their pottery, soaps, and jewelry, and host an art fair every October (perfect for getting a head start on your holiday shopping).
I am disappointed by the poor reviews this shop has received so far, and think they deserve much better. I highly recommend attending the Northern Colorado Hot August Yarn Crawl and the September Colorado Yarn Crawl to see for yourself why I love this yarn shop the most.

Over several years I’ve been here several times, always leaving having a disappointing experience. The other day was my last straw. I will never return to this store again. Extremely rude personnel.

It bums me out to see such poor reviews of a great little shop.
The staff isn’t always the most friendly – however I would say a majority of them are– and the selection is pretty great.
They have a lot of yarn and books/​patterns.
This is the only knitting store I have found that will block my pieces for me, for free, after I have knit them (I only ask of course when I got the yarn from them…).
The location is a bit of a pain to get to but its worth it– its very reasonably priced compared to other stores in the area.
I have taken a class there before from a great young man that was awesome.
There are often a group of regulars that come to knit around the table that are always friendly and chatty about the newest projects.
My only complaint is that sometimes it is hard to get help, the workers arent always mindful of costumers waiting to be helped and it can take awhile– but keep in mind its a small shop which high demand.

I really would like to like this store, but just can’t. While there seems to be a lot of wonderful knitting yarns, the weaving yarn supply is mediocre, overpriced and filthy. I have spoken with the staff several times, and left a note for the owner in the past about poor lighting in one area, and the condition of the yarn. Home Depot is right across the street, surely it wouldn’t have been to difficult, or expensive, to replace and improve the lighting in the hallway where the majority of the weaving yarn is displayed. Did I mention most of the weaving yarn is filthy? Perhaps that is why the lighting continues to be substandard. That same hallway is shared by the staff from the adjoining restaurant, and one often has to dodge wait staff and dishwashers. I am a big fan of supporting my local yarn stores but this store is just not worth it. Sad.

I like coming here for inspiration, although it is not over-​staffed, so you might have to hunt someone up for help. On the other hand, you won’t be swarmed by salespeople. Good variety of yarns I don’t see in eb dry other store, and a large assortment of tools and supplies. Lots of classes offered throughout the year. Fun place to visit!

OK, so I knuckled down and returned to Lambspun with my posse of knitters. We had a knit along planned, but had little luck finding the right yarn for the job. I think my perspective changed also due to the fact my cranky kid was not along for the ride. He can be so persnickety about yarn shopping… boys just want Legos…
Calling ahead helped us immensely. Liz helped us find all the yarn we needed and then some. It was a nice change from my first visit where I felt I was interrupting other sales and being fussy.
I got a huge discount on my green yarn, since it was St. Patrick’s day. We are even thinking about attending a tea on some Tuesday evening this summer if all goes well with our KAL.
The class that morning was on loom knitting, which we did not attend but saw many women still excitedly learning well past the class time. It was almost contagious! Lambspun has a wide variety of classes available for all levels of learners. I can see now why so many people are infatuated with the place.
Yes, it’s still a warren of little rooms with yarn shoved into every nook and cranny. It clearly requires you to ask staff to help you find what you need. Someone helpful has made signs since my last review to assist browsers in some areas, but not consistently.
On this day, the ladies on staff are generally helpful and happy to be there. Four different staff were helping people all over the place and never stopped smiling. It was a good day. I’ve read some of the other reviews, as well as my own, and I can only figure that there are just some staff that may not be as pleasant. I recommend Liz, among two other ladies she works with (one is Ukrainian, I think). They were the people with the knowledge and the attitude that will keep this place running.
My best advice for going to Lambspun is to plan your project first, call and ask about stock, and then make your visit. It’s less stressful and everyone is nicer and helpful. Also, I think visiting on a weekend was more pleasant. There is a stronger social vibe and people are relaxing around the tables knitting or crocheting.

Knitting and weaving supplies. Not a friendly store. I won’t be going back.

Big shop with lots of yarn and fiber for spinning, including their house-​brand.
Tons of books and magazines.
The help is a little hit or miss — sometimes very friendly and knowledgeable, sometimes not so much.
They have later hours one or two nights a week which is nice for those of us that work until 5.
They have classes and a knitting group, but I have not been to either.
Of course, with the restaurant in the same building sometimes the food smells are a little overwhelming.