DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011	Nov. 26, 2011
Entity Registrant Name	HANCOCK FABRICS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000812906
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--01-28
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	hkfi
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		20,183,482
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Oct. 29, 2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012