End of year clearance sales of wool at vastly reduced prices

Artesano is a family run business based in the UK and specializing in distributing quality yarns.

Artesano Yarn is made from the best quality superfine and baby alpaca. All of our yarns are made using only one thing.....100% pure alpaca fibre.

Fiddlesticks is now stocking the Superfine Alpaca DK

Araucania Yarns is inspired by ancient Chilean crafts made from hand painted natural yarns.

The company was born when Nora Bierschwale, textile designer and her daughter Michelle Bosier, architect, decided to combine their talents and experience with the mission to create and produce beautiful and one-off yarns for the global market, employing ancient and traditional techniques which reflect Chile's ethnic origins. Each hank is different, its individual beauty emerges as the artisans blend colours to create several unique, interwoven shades.

Founded in 1946 by Robert Petit, now run by Jean-Louis Petit, Bergere de France is a family firm which has been able to grow its business by developing one of Europe’s largest and most competitive spinning mills.



Bergere de France develops yarns and colours to constantly renew its collections to keep up with current trends

Founded in 1946 by Robert Petit, now run by Jean-Louis Petit, Bergere de France is the family firm which has been able to grow its business by developing one of Europe’s largest and most competitive spinning mills.

We have extracted details of wools and accessories from the Bergere de France pattern books, to make it easier for you to decide if you would like the books.

All these patterns and patterns books are printed in English

Origin is a range of luxuriant yarns and opulent patterns from Bergere de France. There are seven yarn types, six of which are completely natural fibres, which include Silk, Merino, Bamboo, Cashmere, Alpaca, and Mohair in a beautiful range of colours.

Each ball of yarn is individually wrapped in recycled packaging.

A wonderful range of patterns has been produced especially for the Origin yarns and the accessories shown in the patterns are also available as part of the range.

Founded in 1946 by Robert Petit, now run by Jean-Louis Petit, Bergere de France is the family firm which has been able to grow its business by developing one of Europe’s largest and most competitive spinning mills.

All these patterns and patterns books are printed in English

Founded in 1946 by Robert Petit, now run by Jean-Louis Petit, Bergere de France is the family firm which has been able to grow its business by developing one of Europe’s largest and most competitive spinning mills.

Single patterns available free of charge with the wool to knit the germent as part of a kit.

All these patterns are printed in English and are supplied free with the yarn just select the size you require

Welcome to Cariad yarns, the hand dyed yarn company with a difference. Each colourway is unique, exclusive, and very special.

Cariad Sandyhaven yarn
This is such a beautiful yarn to knit with, a lace weight yarn of 70% ultrafine merino 30% silk, with 1200 metres on each 100g skein.

Cariad Barafundle Yarn
This is another beautiful yarn to knit with, a sock weight yarn of 80% merino, and 20% bamboo, with 400 metres on each 100g skein, SOLD OUT.

Cariad yarns are individually produced so we cannot guarantee to get the same colourways once we run out of stock. This yarn is extremely popular so get your orders in quickly as no back ordering is possible.

Debbie Bliss yarns are wonderfully soft with a luxury feel and stunning range of colours using beautiful fibres such as cashmere, alpaca, silk and fine merino.


Fiddlesticks stocks Pure Silk, Cotton DK, Debbie Bliss Eco, Luxury Tweed, and the beautiful cashmere blended yarns, Baby Cashmerino, and Cashmerino Aran.

Debbie Bliss creates fabulous knitting projects in unusual textures using her own yarn range which leans toward the classic smooth yarns that enhance texture and stitch and also to use beautiful fibres such as cashmere, alpaca, silk and fine merinos.

The Debbie Bliss yarn collection is complemented by Debbie Bliss' ever-popular children's and adult knitwear designs featured in her numerous pattern books.

Ethical twist is a new premium brand of beautiful hand knitting yarns using organic wool and alpaca, which has been created from the finest ethical fibres and produced without the use of harmful synthetic chemicals or pesticides to produce the perfect eco yarn.

The finest quality fleeces from naturally reared sheep have been selected for their unique softness and unsurpassed handle. No chemicals or synthetic dyestuffs are used in manufacture, the shades being derived from the natural colour of the fleeces. Spinning is by the traditional ‘worsted spun’ method to enhance the softness of the yarn.

Ethical twist is available in 100g (3½ oz) skeins. Packaging has been kept to a minimum and makes full use of re-cycled and biodegradable materials.

Welcome to Five Moons yarns, the hand dyed yarn company with a difference. Each colourway is unique, exclusive, and very special.

Five Moons hand dyed Seléne yarn
The first yarn to be offered, Seléne is is such a beautiful yarn to knit with, a 4 ply yarn of 80% merino 20% bamboo, with 400 metres on each 100g skein.

Seléne is the Titan goddess of the moon. In Greek mythology, Seléne ( Greek: "moon") was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia.

Five Moons yarns are individually produced here in the Blackdown hills of Devon but due to the process used all the colourways are repeatable.

Welcome to Fyberspates Scrumptious DK yarn, this beautifully soft yarn is 45% silk and 55% and is exclusive to Fyberspates. It is a DK weight yarn with 220m per 100gm skein. A luxury to knit with.

Manos del Uruguay, (The Hands of Uruguay), is a non profit organisation which assembles over 400 artisans in co-operatives scattered throughout the countryside of Uruguay. The aim of the organisation is to bring economic and social opportunities to rural women.

Manos del Uruguay has been admitted as a full member of WFTO (Word Fair Trade Organization), the global representative body of over 350 organisations committed to 100% Fair Trade.

WFTO members are organisations differentiated by their 100% Fair Trade commitment to eradicate poverty through sustainable economic development; pioneering social and environmental policy and practice and continual reinvestment in marginalised artisans, farmers and producer communities in some of the most fragile places on earth, practices that Manos del Uruguay has been applying for 40 years.

Each ball or hank of the hand spun, multi coloured japanese yarn is individually dyed to produce a unique palette of subtle shadings and vivid hues.

For 30 years, with sophisticated technologies and qualified human resources, Eisaku Noro has remained loyal to natural materials and the pursuit of colours that depict the vital energy of nature, spinning as much as possible by hand to create one-of-a-kind, fascinating and beautiful handcrafted wool yarn.



Unlike machine spun yarns, Noro yarns are not consistent in the size of the strands and can sometimes be difficult to use, but the beautiful colours reward the time taken to knit with these yarns.

Pattern books from Noro, containing no complicated abbreviations or techniques, just straightforward simple patterns.



Difficulty ranges from the beginner to the experienced with the resulting garment a classic hand knit that should last for years to come.

These are self patterning sock yarns made from 75% Wool and 25% polyamides which have become a firm favourite with sock knitters around the world.

Requiring only one ball of 100g wool, which gives approximately 425 metres of yarn, you will be able to knit up one pair of of beautifully coloured socks using 2.5mm needles. As you knit the yarn you will be able to watch as a fair isle or stripey pattern emerges. The picture shows a sock knitted from Circus Arlequin 232.66

We also have some single colour yarns in the same material.

We stock Snuggly DK, Crofter DK, Crofter Chunky, Escape DK, Chunky and Click Chunky. These may be ordered through the shop which is open Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 to 17:00 or via mail order on 01404 47676.

Welcome to the new Sublime Yarns from Italy.

The most exquisite, natural yarns.
The most beautiful, soft colours.
The most inspirational designs.

We call it..... Sublime, a new Luxury Knitting Yarn made in Italy/

In addition to the Sublime Baby cashmere merino silk 4ply and DK yarns we are stocking three of the Sublime Pattern books with patterns especially for these yarns.

Stylecraft have undergone a major style makeover, transformation. With the new 100% Pure Luxury Merino double knitting yarn, Stylecraft brings you the luxury and softness of the finest merino wools in a sophisticated palette, inspired by contemporary continental design collections.

From 'eco-friendly' yarns which incorporate pure natural fibres, to stylish blends and versatile acrylics, there are yarns to delight every hand knitter.


Each product is supported by its own new-look design collection, which has been exclusively created to stimulate the knitters imagination.

Whether you want to knit for babies, children or the latest fashions for yourself, you'll be spoilt for choice.

Each product in the Stylecraft range is now supported by its own new-look design collection, which has been exclusively created to stimulate the knitters imagination.

Whether you want to knit for babies, children or the latest fashions for yourself, you'll be spoilt for choice with these stylish patterns..

Twilleys yarns are renowned for their quality and are sold throughout the world from classics to high fashion yarns there is something for everybody!

We currently stock the Freedom Spirit range, a striped 100% wool in a broad range of colours

and the Freedom sincere 100% organic cotton supplied in a range of muted natural colours.

Patterns for the Sincere 100% Organic wool from Twilleys of Stamford, part of the Thomas B Ramsden group of companies.


Twilleys yarns are renowned for their quality and are sold throughout the world, from classics to high fashion yarns there is something for everybody!

Pattern books produced for Wendy yarns one of the T B Ramsden group of companies, Wendy yarns are renowned for their quality and are sold throughout the world from classics to high fashion yarns there is something for everybody!

Celebrate your crafts endeavors with the finest tools available

The warmth and smoothness of birchwood nurtures sensitive fingers and provides natural strength and consistency for a lasting product.

Enjoy the patina of finish and elegance of design found only in Brittany's finely crafted birchwood knitting needles and crochet hooks.

The story of these innovative knitting needles began few years ago when Indeutsch International began its association with one of the largest direct marketing companies in the world in this field for development of these needles. Indeutsch International, with its technological expertise, worked very closely with a group of knitters from Europe and U.S.A. to design and develop the needles that proved to be an instant hit with the knitters – both experienced and beginners.

A limited number of accessories are for sale online, we stock a much larger range in our shop, including a wide range of specialist buttons

Please contact the shop for details.

Knitting booklets from Jean Greenhowe, the complete collection of books is available on-line from fiddlesticks or from our shop in Honiton


To visit Jean Greenhowe's web site, click here, this will open a new page in your browser, just close the page to return here.

A selection of pattern books at ridiculous prices, all end of stock, many out of print.

This book has been written for complete beginners of all ages and will also hep those who can already crochet but whose knowledge of stitch names and pattern reading is a little sketchy.

There are 11 projects that have been designed to make home made gifts, most are very quick to make and some can be completed by the youngest of crocheters.

Here you will find a small sample of products that have arrived recently in the online wool shop. We regularly add new yarns and patterns to the web site and this is just a sample of products that have arrived here recently.