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I am not annoyed Nessa, just incredibly sad.

Personally I love to feel yarns and see their true colours that you can only do in a shop.

But this is a small place and no one seems to have much money, so none of the shops here is doing that well. We have a brief few weeks in the summer when visitors are here, but the rest of the year is a struggle just to pay the bills.
Sad but that’s life.

hi everyone, this is my first post!!

I struggle to find a wool shop in my area ( Newark/Nottingham).  We have a nice little shop in the village but the wool there is very expensive and like several of you I am on a tight budget.  Any ideas where I can shop?

If you have an ALDI near you they have some DK quite often which is fine and Poundstretcher also sellDK.

OOOPs forgot to say WELCOME..

Thanks Gill1946.  Nice to meet you too!

I haven’t been into Aldi, although I know there is one in Newark. I love wool shops, seeing all the colours and textures, and you can get alot of inspiration from a visit. It is this aspect that I miss.  The shop in the village sells Debbie Bliss and 100% wool hence the reason for the price. I would love to browse, so ideally would like to find an old fashioned wool shop the type I used to visit with my Mum many moons ago!!  Hope to chat again.  Alisonb

Unfortunately as PAULAC says those sorts of woolshops are a dying breed thanks to the internet. But, as I have said before on here ..it is not the same being able to have a good feel of the different wools before you buy them, especially if your budget is a bit tight!!!  I was looking at the NORO wool in the mags but when I found it in a wool shop and had a feel I really did not like it, and as it costs an arm and a leg to buy enough for a garment it could have been a costly mistake.

Hello everyone!

this is my first post, so quite fun. i’m quite a young knitter (21!) on a medical student budget (ie very little!).

i found my local yarn shop, knit2together near Stoke-On-Trent which had lovely ladies working and a massive selection. i picked up some 100% merino rowan biggy print on sale for £1.50 a ball, retails at £7.95 so was very pleased with my hat.

i later found out they have a fab website

http://www.cucumberpatch.co.uk

with some great bargain yarns plus more expensive luxery ones (check out the Rowan anf Jaeger), so i feel like im getting the best of both worlds, browsing online plus popping in for advice and supporting my little nearby shop.

You have to visit Gills’ link of http://www.abakhan co uk

They sell 10x100g in certain Sirdar for £11, that’s a third of the RRP.

Hello alisonb and cprentice ,welcome to the forum! keep posting details of your bargains, and good local yarn shops, it helps everyone!

paula I love the piccies of the bunnies and guineas on your blog! how cute!

on a different note, can you extend your shop to have online sales or mailorder?

HI cprentice how about introducing yourself on the other thread? We love to meet new peeps so tell everyone you are here. and remember to show off your eforts. 

Do you guys have Au Naturale (I live in NI)? THey have large balls of Aran for £2.99 at the minute and InStore have large Aran balls for £3.99

Noodles posted a thread about this some weeks ago, she said the wool from here was lovely and she had made a bag with it.

B&M;have some lovely baby yarns in for 80p a ball at the moment, and some gorgeous aran. All 100% acrylic but it’s really soft and nice to knit with. Will have a look in Aldi now someone has mentioned it.

I’m lucky enough to live near Aberkhan in Manchester but I don’t find it that good, I think they’re quite expensive compared to some of the smaller shops you find on markets and such.