Needlepoint Shops near Rochester and Canandaigua
One shop we can confirm, Expressions in Needleart on South Main Street in Canandaigua, about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester.
Expressions in Needleart is on South Main Street in Canandaigua, about 0.2 miles south of the middle of the city and about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester City Hall, and it is the needlepoint shop we can confirm near Rochester. Anne Fisher and Kate Dickerson list it as a stockist of their needlepoint canvases. Its own website was a password page when we looked in October 2026, so the address, phone number, and hours on this page come from its Facebook page.
It opens Tuesday to Saturday, from 11am each day.
Canandaigua
Expressions in Needleart
- Address
- 110 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
- Phone
- (585) 394-4870
- Hours
- Tuesday 11am to 4pm, Wednesday to Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 11am to 3pm
- Checked
- October 2026
A shop on South Main Street, about 0.2 miles south of the middle of Canandaigua and about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester City Hall. Anne Fisher and Kate Dickerson list it as a stockist of their needlepoint canvases.
A combined needlework shop rather than a needlepoint-only one: its Facebook page says it offers knitting yarns, needlepoint, and counted cross stitch. Its website showed only a password page when we checked in October 2026, so the address, phone number, and hours here are from its Facebook page. Closed on Sundays and Mondays. It publishes no ZIP code.
The hours are the thing to plan around
Expressions in Needleart opens Tuesday from 11am to 4pm, Wednesday to Friday from 11am to 5pm, and Saturday from 11am to 3pm, and it is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Nothing runs past 5pm, and Saturday closes at 3pm.
Before you go
- Call ahead. The shop's number is (585) 394-4870, from its Facebook page.
- Bring the canvas if you have one. Thread and mesh have to be matched to the specific canvas, and nobody can do that from a photograph. See our thread guide for what that pairing involves.
FAQ
Is there a needlepoint shop in Rochester itself?
Not one we have been able to confirm. Golden Thread Needlearts in East Rochester is on a canvas painter's stockist list, but its own site never names needlepoint, so we have not listed it. Expressions in Needleart is about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester City Hall.
Is there one near Victor, Pittsford, or Fairport?
Expressions in Needleart is the nearest we list: about nine and a half miles southeast of the middle of Victor, about seventeen miles southeast of the middle of Fairport, and about nineteen miles southeast of the middle of Pittsford.
What about Geneva or Penn Yan?
We have not confirmed a shop in either. Expressions in Needleart is about fifteen miles west of the middle of Geneva and about nineteen miles northwest of the middle of Penn Yan.
What is the nearest other shop?
Arden Gray Co. in East Aurora, on our Buffalo and East Aurora page, is about sixty-eight miles west.
New to needlepoint?
If you are heading to the shop for the first time, it helps to know roughly what you are looking at before you walk in.
- How to start needlepoint, for what a first kit needs to contain.
- Mesh count explained, for the number on every canvas label.
- Thread types, for the wool, cotton, and silk question.
- Choosing a first kit, for pre-printed against hand-painted.
Elsewhere nearby? We have also written up Buffalo and East Aurora, Monticello and Sullivan County, Lancaster, and Northern New Jersey, or search the map for anywhere else.
Find a Needlepoint Shop Near YouShop details were checked in October 2026 against the shop's own listings. Hours change, so please call ahead. If something here is out of date, or your shop is missing, tell us and we will fix it.