Bergère de France

Founded in 1946 by Robert Petit, now run by Jean-Louis Petit, Bergère 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.

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

Cornish organic

Cornish Organic wools are 100% organic, both produced and spun organically with the Soil Association certification at every stage.

The wool is sourced from local farmers and the spun wool is supplied, with minimal impact on the environment. All the farmers are Soil Association accredited or are certified with Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd (OF&G) and are dedicated to the welfare of their animals. The wool is spun at the only Soil Association accredited spinning mill in the country which is based in Launceston, near Bodmin, in Cornwall. This means that the wool is organically farmed, scoured and spun and has "Made In Cornwall" status. The company, 'Cornish Organic Wool' has also been licenced by the Soil Association. Licence No: DK 17262

The wool is spun to standard UK DK, 4 ply, Aran, and Chunky weights which means you can use it for all your favourite patterns.

Debbie bliss

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

Fiddlesticks stocks Soho, Pure Silk, Pure Cotton, Rialto, Stella, and the beautiful cashmere blended yarns, Cashmerino DK, Baby Cashmerino, Cashmerino Aran, and Cotton Cashmere. This yarn handles beautifully and is a joy to knit with.

Knitwitches

We will soon be stocking the hand dyed beautiful luxury silks, and cashmeres from KnitWitches Yarns which are produced in a very small village on top of the mountain above Pontypridd, in the South Wales Valleys.

Noro

Each ball or hank of Noro 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.

Opal

These are German self patterning sock yarns which have become a firm favourite with sock knitters around the world.

Requiring only one ball of 100g wool you will be able to knit up one pair of of beautifully coloured socks. As you knit the yarn you will be able to watch as a fair isle or stripey pattern emerges.

The Opal Starter Kits are an ideal introduction - all you need to get you started in one pack - wool, Double-pointed needles and lovely stitch markers.

Sirdar

From modest origins to international pacesetters in hand knitting, the Sirdar story has been over a century in the making. Founded in the Yorkshire West Riding town of Ossett in 1880 as Harrap Brothers, the fledgling company moved to its present site in 1890.

The Sirdar name was adopted in the early years, being chosen to reflect the aura of Lord Kitchener’s appointment as Sirdar or leader of the Egyptian army. It was in the 1930’s that the name was used to brand the company’s range of hand knit yarns which were sold exclusively through retailers.

Stylecraft

Stylecraft Yarns, are 100% British spun yarns, providing good all round value for money, in a vast array of colours, textures and designs.

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

UK Alpaca

Alpaca wool / fibre is highly prized and selective breeding by the ancient Incas succeeded in achieving extremely fine fibre products. The aim of modern breeding strategies is to reproduce the fineness and density of fleeces which are in demand worldwide.

Alpaca fibre is exceptionally fine, warm and lustrous, with a very soft feel although the fibre is extremely durable, second only in strength to silk and comes in 22 natural shades and colours. The number of scales on individual fibres is considerably reduced compared to sheep's wool and this helps to explain why wool allergic people do not have the same reaction to Alpaca.

The fibre produced from the fleece of the baby Alpaca is the finest of all and is highly sought after.

Groves

We stock a good range of Groves accessories including pony knitting needles, ribbons, buttons and other knitting notions.

Brittany Knitting Needles

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.

UK Hand Knitting Association

The UK Hand Knitting Association site is dedicated to the promotion of hand knitting, providing news, patterns, details of shops, courses and knitting groups as well as plenty of other information on knitting.

Unique Felt pictures by Wendy Edwards

A new addition to our store are these unique felt picturess.

The plain backing felt is prepared using hand carded natural fleece. Wendy hand dyes fleeces from Falkland, Dorset, Merino, Wensley Dale and Polwarth, using dyes in various colours, and then needle felts and embroiders the wool to produce stunning pictures, drawing on the local Devon countryside and coastline for her inspiration.

The pictures are supplied unframed, ranging in price from £35.00 to £55.00

Wendy will also undertake commissions, just supply your favourite photo