80 Skeins is a small online shop, but the selection of yarn here will please every person who admires real wool. First of all, the shop stocks Latvian wool Dundaga. It is quite rustic yarn, dyed in small batches, which makes it very unique. One can easily fall in love with this magical, colourful wool, where colours change like in kaleidoscope! There is soft mohair to be found there too. It can be beautifully knitted on its own or can compliment Dundaga with an airy softness. 80 Skeins is a shop to go to buy Icelandic Lopi, not only the most popular Lettlopi, but lace weight Einband as well.

Last but not least, the shop has all colours of Lykke needles – to match your project!

Britain’s Most Easterly Independent Yarn Shop, a small independent yarn and haberdashery shop catering for all budgets, run and owned by Anna and Michael, Their main stockists are Stylecraft, King Cole, James Brett, Sirdar, West Yorkshire Spinners, Groves and Rico.

Passionate about slowing down and embracing the mindfulness of yarncraft, Laura produces beautifully curated collections of her hand dyed yarns, making them easy to mix and match for your next project. She also sells books, project bags and knitting accessories.

Naturally dyed yarn, embroidery threads and fibres including solids, semi-solids and fades in different weights and bases. Dyes include items sourced from the Allium Threads dye garden. Project bags, patterns and kits influenced by historic textiles, landscapes and nature.

If you like it you oughta knit a cat on it! An Caitín Beag has all the catty patterns, accessories and extras you need to bring your knitting to cat-tastic levels.

Artistically by Amber is run from Amber's home in Surrey, where she dyes small batches of yarn themed around things she loves and places she's been.

She also creates mini skein jewellery which is perfect for any yarn lover, and stitch markers for keeping those projects organised.

We have a large selection of yarns, tonals, variegated and speckles, with names and inspiration taken from Norfolk, where we are based, and also nature, plants, beaches and woodlands.

We offer a small selection of handmade project bags, Hiya Hiya needles and crochet hooks and also other yarn crafting notions.

Jen is the colour loving creator behind Castle View Yarns. She dreams up and creates all of her yarn, project bags and stitch markers at her home studio in Suffolk. There’s everything from bright, speckled rainbows to deep, moody tonals on a range of delectable bases to tempt you!

Rachael of Cat and Sparrow UK is a passionate spinner, knitter, crocheter, weaver and dyer. She hand-dyes beautiful fibre blends and creates stunning yarns that crafters love to use. All her fibres and yarns are hand-dyed in her tiny studio in Bristol. She uses natural fibres in her fibres and yarns, mainly wool, silk and linen, and I'm committed to using rare and unusual breeds such as Manx Loaghtan, Icelandic, Whitefaced Woodland and Exmoor Blueface. She is a sucker for silk, and loves to dye silk hankies, as well as selling specialist silk fibres, such as Muga and Eri silk. She also sells fabulous 3D-printed Turkish spindles, made by Turtlemade in the US. They are a dream to use! Rachael is always happy to chat about yarn and fibre, and especially enjoys helping people find the perfect thing for that special project.

Classic Carder is a family run UK business established in 2010 and produce a full range of British handmade, solid wood, quality Drum Carders featuring their unique interchangeable drum system and dual controlled motorised drum carder.

Hand dyers of luxury yarns and fibres. Main stockists of Lykke needles and hooks

A new hand dyed yarn studio that believes in the power of creativity. Our aim is to create colourways that inspire, ignite passion and fuel imagination.

Hannah is the dyer behind Creative Anarchy yarn, and dyes from her small kitchen in Surrey. The inspiration behind her yarn can come from a variety of things – whetherit’s a cool sci fi show, sometimes it’s something she’s seen on a walk, or music that really hits the chord. Whatever it is, you’ll often see her with camera in tow taking photos of inspiring colour combination.

Curated Yarn Co. specialise in inspiration from the past, with beautiful colourways designed to evoke nostalgia and joy! Offering Yarn, Clubs, Minisets and a range of gorgeous bases in exquisite colourways to inspire your creativity.

Debonnaire offers a broad range of luxury yarns which are hand dyed in Rutland. Erica Downs creates her yarn colours for Debonnaire based on a classic palette using the most up to date techniques. There is a particularly large selection of lace yams, as well as all other yarn weights. Erica has developed many patterns for all her yarns which are all easy and designed to inspire you to knit or crochet.

As well, Debonnaire has a great selection of highest quality mulberry silk yarns- some of which are embellished with beads and sequins. Debonnaire also carries a full selection of Addi needles and Clover accessories.

Behing the neatly stocked yarn shop shelves stands Dina, rather shy girl from Latvia. Her life has always been filled with unraveling balls of yarn and needles. She is not afraid of colours and comes up with exciting colour combinations. Her work is greatly inspired by her roots in Eastern Europe. She takes pride in working with fibre mulesling free sources and is currently working to expand to expand her non-superwash DK corriedale yarn, especially great for colourwork projects. In Dina’s stand you will find everything a crafter might need to endeavor into the next dream project.

Duckies is now a two person team with Mr DD joining last year. We produce all our hand dyed yarns from our home in Derbyshire, everything from 20g mini skeins to sweater quantities on our various luxury bases.

Would you love to learn how to hand dye yarn, fabric, or embroidery threads . . . but have always felt a bit overwhelmed? Whether you are a knitter, embroiderer, crochet fanatic, or quilter, having your own dyed materials is the next step in creativity.

Eliza sells balls of pure wool from Yorkshire which are suitable for a wide range of projects and enable you to try something new. She also collects and sells vintage wool winders, ball winders, rug making tools, buttons and other vintage treasures.

Making rugs using different traditional techniques gives her great pleasure. She uses vintage wool blankets and yarns to great effect. Cones of Shetland and Herdwick yarns will be available plus vintage baskets to store your precious yarn work.

In 2020, Elizabeth Pawle combined her years of work as a fibre artist with her love for knitting to become a hand dyer and her collections of small batch limited edition yarns are sought after by knitters and makers worldwide. She works from her garden studio in rural Suffolk.

Handmade, wheelthrown ceramic yarnbowls and other tools for fibre artists made by me in my Somerset studio.

Bridget is a local feltmaker based in Norwich, specialising in unique, handmade wet felted hats, as well as a range of original design felted wearables and accessories.

But she is not just a hatmaker!! She makes a range of accessories, from brooches and necklaces, to purses and card wallets, lavender bags and vessels. Anywhere the felt muse takes her!

Felt Fusion brings you lots of fun, variegated, hand dyed yarn, in standard bases, as well as luxurious blends, such as camel and silk. Alongside will be Fae Folk Fibres hand dyed yarn inspired by myths, legends and history of the British Isles and beyond

Our small batch yarns are woollen spun in Yorkshire from carefully selected wool sourced direct from small producers in Norfolk. Our producers have high welfare standards & share our passion for high ethical and environmental standards.

Our yarns are hand dyed by Jenn using natural plant dyes on a slow and small scale using traditional craftsmanship to create a rich and vibrant collection of colours. Jenn uses plants that she grows or from locally foraged materials. When we can’t supply our own materials, we source sustainably.

Producing a beautiful 100% British yarn with outstanding provenance that is traceable and sustainable. With minimal environmental impacts that supports small local producers & British manufacturing.

Handmade glass knitting, crochet and spinning accessories.

Established in 2015, Folkestone Harbour Yarn is a dye studio located in the heart of Folkestone’s Creative Quarter specialising in Natural Dyes, alongside a range of yarns using acid dye techniques, original design knitting notions plus patterns, kits and folk embroidered knitters accessories. We offer a wide range of yarn weights and original colourways.

FHY is strongly committed to a sustainable and eco-friendly practice which influences all parts of the business, from sourcing British Breed yarn bases such as Kent Romney, Blue Faced Leicester and Cheviot fibre, produced by U.K. farmers and spun in Yorkshire, to rejecting non-recyclable packaging, recycling water and even growing dye plants in our garden.

Based in Dundee, Helen of Giddy Yarns creates hand-dyed solid, speckled and stripey yarn, with inspiration coming heavily from literature. You’ll find collections of colourful semi-solids, speckles, and sock sets, as well as fun gobstopper balls of self-striping yarn and plenty of mini skeins for those scrappy projects.

HennyPennyMakes is run by Erin, a colour therapist, independent yarn dyer and rainbow lover who brings lots of colour and love to everything she creates. Always looking for interesting projects, Erin is guaranteed to have lots of fun suggestions for your next project at the festival as well as yarn packs, tools and notions you’ll need. If you love scrappy makes, then look no further as her scrappy packs are sure to inspire you and be the perfect addition to your stash!

I dye my own yarn, trying to create an extensive range of colours, which I use like a painting palette in order to interpret an idea of certain feelings: heat, pleasure, relaxation, colour, history, landscape and texture. A few of my most recent designs are: Siena, Giotto and Angelico; inspired by 2020 lockdown, Wednesday, October and Judith; inspired by nature and colour, The Fury; inspired by COP26!

Injabulo has a beautiful selection of baskets of different sizes and designs, all hand made under fair trade conditions in countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Their vibrant colours make your heart sing, but the baskets are also very useful as storage or for keeping a a craft project tidy. Everything is made from natural or recycled materials.

Jeanette Sloan is a knitwear designer renowned for her accessory patterns. Her work expresses a long-held passion for making and a belief that our creative time is precious, so, why not use it to make something gorgeous?

We are a family run business on Etsy making a large variety of project bags,tote bags and notion bags. We also make lots of stitch markers and accessories for all your crafting needs.

From a simple notions pouch to a customised back pack, as the designer and maker behind Josie rose, it is my passion to create bags that other makers and designers are proud to use for their own beautiful creations.

Alisons' retail wool journey started in January 2011 with Knit One in Leicester. The kits evolved through pattern writing for popular yarns. Since closing the shop in 2019 she sells at Yarn Shows and from www.knitonekits.co.uk.

Selecting yarns from trusted names like Rico, Sirdar, Lang, Katia, Urth she develops blankets, cushion covers, scarves, cowls, gloves, hats and jumpers writing exclusive patterns for them.

She draws inspiration from specific stitches that compliment the yarns creating eye-catching and individual crochet cushion covers and heaps of other gorgeous knitting and crocheting kits. The patterns come FREE with the kits and can also be bought separately from the website for stash busting projects.

Layfamilyyarn are a husband and wife team based in Ironbridge where they have a dye studio and retail space. Nick and Kelly are known for their muted style taking inspiration from their surroundings, the industrial heritage as well as the Shropshire countryside.

Layfamilyyarn will be bringing their pick and mix to the show, all 150 mini skeins in every possible colour.

LilliputWight is inspired by the coast around my Isle of Wight home. Beachcombed treasures, glass and wood worn smooth by the power of the sea, are made into buttons and stitch markers. Continuous coils of cotton rope are formed into simple project bowls in a range of colours and styles.

If you love colour and nature come and have a look at Little Gem Felts. Silvia uses fibres to create wonderful wet and dry felted pictures, bags bookcovers and purses. Why not try a Needlefelted kit, which are easy to do and look great.

Madrigal Yarns is an independent yarn workshop that lives in a world of beautiful colours, inspired by nature, the seasons and the whims of high fashion. Colours should always be polite to one another and get along. The ethos for wearing Madrigal yarns is simple; be bold, be brave and be beautiful.

Mahliqa specialises in hand knitted and hand crocheted textile & wire jewellery.

Suraya Hossain is the designer behind the brand, a London-born British Asian, who draws on her cultural heritage of arts and handicrafts from the Indian Sub-continent.

Suraya loves working with mixed media in her pieces, specialising in textile jewellery that uses all the traditional processes of knit, crochet and stitch. She likes to mix precious metals with enamelled copper wires, crystals, gemstones, hand dyed yarns and silk – creating unusual and striking pieces that are usually limited editions or one-of-a-kind.

Amy uses stunning colour combinations and quality fibres to produce hand dyed yarns for knitting and crochet. She wants to inspire you to create amazing projects, maybe learn new skills and ultimately unwind and find joy in what you create.

Amy loves to dye a range of yarns, from sock to boucle, suri alpaca, mohair, yak to double knitting Bluefaced Leicester.

The Multipom makes lots of identical pompoms in all sizes.

NoMothsAllowed is a Reading based small buisness run by Kera. They make and sell traditional handspun yarn ranging from lace to Art yarn and carded fibres such as Rolags and Batts; along with other fibre goodies such as knitting and spinning accessories. You will often catch her spinning at the stall, so come say hi and learn a new craft!

Pigment & Ply hand dyes yarn inspired by classical paintings, art history and illustrations. Each colourway begins in the pages of their sketchbooks before being mixed as dyes and translated onto yarn. Jess started Pigment & Ply in lockdown of 2020 and has since quit both her jobs to go full time.

Pippin Yarns is a small hand dyer run by Emma in Kent. Emma creates yarns, kits and mini bundles inspired by books, films, TV and the environment. Pippin Yarns will bring lots of yarn, kits and bundles to the show and a wide range of large and small sock sets.

Based in her garden studio in Somerset Sophie of Pixie Yarn hand dyes stunning, painterly yarn, dyed in small batches. Created using a variety of techniques you'll find yarns from lightly speckled to rich jewel tones alonside brights, neutrals and semi solids.

Sophie loves dyeing fade sets, of various sizes, perfect for your shawl, garment and blanket projects.

Quack Yarn is hand dyed for crafters who love colour!

Textile Artist Alison White’s business, Sheepythings, offers hand-crafted Sheep inspired products all made from British Fleece. Perfect gifts to treat yourself or for any Knitter, Spinner, Weaver or anyone who loves sheep!

At Simple Crafted Life, you will find modern punch needle kits for beginners and beyond. Form her home in South East London, Sarah-Jane creates designs inspired by nature and abstract art. Alongside punch needle kits, SCL also stocks high quality, tried and tested supplies for punch needle.

Sincerely Louise is an award winning independent knitting brand, specialising in taxidermy inspired knits. Based in Sheffield, Louise Walker designs a range of fun and quirky knitting kits, patterns and books. From highland cows to hot dog dogs our designs are sure to make you smile.

Skein and the Stitch specialises in carrying a full range of luxury bases to suit any of your creative projects, from lace to chunky. In addition to hand dyed yarn, Jess also curates genuine gemstone stitch markers and one of a kind project bags to add a colourful touch to your WIPs.

Skein Queen are artisan hand dyers based near Newbury, Berkshire. We are passionate about dyeing unique colourways on high quality yarn bases. We enjoy working with a variety of natural fibres including Merino, Silk and Cashmere as well as more unusual breeds of sheep. Our exclusive custom spun yarns are 100% British and available in weights including fingering, DK and Aran.

What's in a name? Well, the Soft in Soft Accents UK is because I love fabric, especially cottons, linens, velvets, silks….the list is endless. I also love colour and pattern, the more vibrant the better. Mostly, I love the feel of fabric….it’s so tactile, it’s so cool to touch and oh just so wonderfully soft.

I love the idea of taking a beautiful piece of cloth and mulling over what I can do with it; cut & shape, fold, pleat gather, mix, match or contrast. The possibilities are only limited by my imagination.

Stitched by Mrs D is a very small, one woman business based in Norfolk specialising in one of a kind project bags and baskets in all shapes and sizes.

Stitchers Tees are a sibling run small business, who create merch for creatives. Screen printing t-shirts, hoodies, sweats and bags with your crafty slogan.

Hand-dyed colours inspired by literature, captured on British heritage wools. Telling Yarns is based on our regeneratively farmed 4th generation family farm in Bedfordshire. Offering low pooling semi-variegated colourways on a range of interesting bases including non-superwash.

Temporal Spin specialises in geeky yarn, fibre and accessories. All their colourways are inspired by sci-fi, fantasy and popular culture. If you're a Whovian or a Trekkie then this is the place for you. With yarn from galaxies far and near you're sure to find something that sends your knitting into hyperdrive or your crochet to another dimension.

The Button Box - Devon started in 2011 and now has an extensive and ever growing range of buttons, ribbons and trims. We sell more or less anything to compliment your creations. Our recycled and rescued buttons sewn onto playing cards always prove popular with our customers and we have been described as a calorie free sweet shop of treats and temptations. We take care to ensure that the products that we provide have been sourced from reputable suppliers and have recently started to introduce sustainable buttons to our range.

Hannah, the dyer behind The Camel's Yarn, is based along the North Coast of Cornwall. She takes inspiration from her surroundings to bring you gorgeous hand dyed yarn in her unique colour palette.

The Corner of Craft is a business of 2 parts. One is the delicate, beaded stitch markers - made by sewing tiny glass beads together one by one. The other is Chromatic Yarns. Hand dyed yarn in colours inspired by spells and monsters in the table top RPG, Dungeons & Dragons!

The Crafty Bird is best known as The Pom Pom Lady! I hand make super fluffy faux fur pom poms, as well as hand dying gorgeous squishy yarn. I also make my own unique project bags, design crochet patterns and make hand finished stitch markers.

With simple but ingenious designs, interesting construction, techniques and join as you go methods, Diana figures out new ways to explore the craft of crochet.

Diana’s original patterns and kits help you from your first steps, to being a confident crocheter.

Checkout her original garments or shawls, clever blanket and quirky toy designs, Pick up a book, pattern, kit or yarn pack and Crochet today!

Beautiful ethically sourced yarns hand dyed in a purpose built studio in the Somerset countryside. Dyed in small batches often taking inspiration from folklore, music, books and nature our yarns are perfect for knitting, crochet and weaving projects.

Georgie & Ben from The Fibre Fox dye their yarns from their garden based studio in the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds. Their yarns are heavily inspired by nature, music, literature, tv and film. As well as hand dyed yarn, they stock handmade project bags in all shapes and sizes, knitting and crochet books and notions galore!

The Little Grey Girl creates high quality handmade products for the modern crafter. Featuring project bags in modern and contemporary fabrics. TLGG bags come in a range of styles, shapes and sizes suitable for all projects. The recent TLGG rebrand has seen an expansion into hand-dyed yarns with minis, semi-solids and irresistible self stripe yarns you’ll need to cast on immediately.

The Lost Sheep Wool Shop is a family run yarn business based in the heart of the Norfolk Broads we pride ourselves on stocking something for everyone, with a wide variety of yarns, needles and notions, books, patterns and so much more.

The Slow Yarn Spinner is all about celebrating the sustainability of natural yarns and the joy that comes from creating them the slow way. Living lightly on the planet is at the heart of all Ruth’s handmade yarns, spinning kits, workshops and courses.

Hand Spinning is a joy to experience. It offers relaxation, creativity and fun and at The Spinning Barn you can be assured of a warm welcome and simplistic but effective tuition to guide you through each step to achieve your spinning goals. Spend a day or two learning the basic principles to create a totally unique yarn, or build on your current skills to adapt your technique to produce a whole range of yarn designs to enhance your knitting, crochet or weaving.

The Threshing Barn are your one stop woolly shop, a veritable Aladdin's cave of colour and texture. The home of Spinning, weaving and dyeing equipment, stockists of Ashford, Louet, Lendrum, Majacraft, Gaywool Dyes and Ply Magazine. They stock a variety of yarns, fibres, craft equipment, kits, books and tools.

Helen @thewoolkitchen is based in East London, where she performs colour alchemy in her garden shed! Helen creates yarns that you truly want to knit, working with subtle base tones and hits of bright pops on luxury bases - creating beautiful variegated yarn that won’t disappoint. Meaning there is always something special for your needles and hooks!

The Yarn Badger is a well established business producing brightly coloured hand dyed self striping rainbows and seasonal palettes on a variety of bases perfect for sock knitting. With longer length repeats of upto 20 stripes available on twin sets to reduce wastage for matching socks.

Just an hour’s train ride from London, near the North Kent Coast, nestled in the heart of a medieval market town, you will find The Yarn Dispensary. Built in 1240 and originally Britain’s oldest pharmacy, this grade 2* listed building is now home to our award-winning, family-run, local yarn store.

With both plant-based and protein-based yarns, from baby to luxury, there’s something for every taste and budget. We welcome all fibre artists and have an array of other fibre crafts including punch- needle and macrame.

TillyFlop designs is where yarn and graphics meet: you’ll find a range of greeting cards, textiles, temporary tattoos, bumper stickers, air fresheners, wrapping paper and more gifts that celebrate knitting, stitching and fibre crafts with gentle humour and a strong design aesthetic. Everything is designed and sourced by Julie, a graphic designing, sewing and knitting crafter who set up TillyFlop designs in 2009 when she couldn’t find a greeting card she liked to send to a friend: there were 12 greeting cards then – now there are over 100 to choose from!

Tine is a hand spinner and indie dyer and passionate about all things sheepy and wooly (and about Border Collies). Part of her wool come from farms where she trains her Border Collie, Floyd. She enjoys blending fibres in batts which are suitable for spinning and felting. Some of her yarns are hand spun by her and she also undertakes spinning and dyeing commissions. Tine and Floyd are dealers for SpinOlution wheels and also sell a variety of Turkish spindles, dealgans, niddy noddies, spindle support bowls, nostrepinnes and knitting kits. She also writes knitting patterns and teaches spinning and continental style knitting.

TOFT is a luxury British yarn brand established in 2006 based in rural Warwickshire, founded by Kerry Lord the now best-selling crochet author and creator of Edward’s Menagerie.

Travelknitter yarns are all hand dyed by Larissa in small batches in East London. Colourways are rich and saturated, inspired by adventures and travels. Having lived in both Australia and the UK, Larissa's colourways reflect the differences in these environments. Yarn weights range from laceweight to 4ply and DK, perfect for accessories and garments. Tanami baby camel and silk (in lace and 4ply) is a particular customer favourite! Customers love the depth of colour combined with the stories of place that inspire the yarns.

Ches of Treble Maker Designs uses her love of puns and all things rainbow to create unique and eye catching stitch markers, notions, and trinkets that are perfect for any yarn lover.

Under the Olive Tree is an online knitting website where you'll find colourful hand dyed yarns, knitting patterns, kits, needles and notions.

Hand dyed fibre & yarns in all the colours of the rainbow. Something for everyone from springy Down breeds to luxurious silk blends, with blended fibre collections & handmade batts

Vicki Brown is a crochet designer and yarn dyer with a particular fondness for colour and socks.

Hand-painted yarn in over 600 colourways of Alpaca, Silk, Camelhair, Mohair, Yak and Cashmere, plus quality Wools and blends, from British flocks and/or spun in the UK when possible. We also supply kits and patterns for our own exclusive knit and crochet designs, plus project bags and stitch markers.

Hannah and Lydia are the two sisters behind Weku Yarn. Their yarn is inspired by their Ghanaian heritage, particularly the beautiful and bright traditional outfits and patterns. At Weku you’ll find lots of bright variegated yarns but also some more subtle semi-solids and pastels, something for everyone!

Wensleydale Longwool produce high quality wool in Aran, DK and 4ply in natural colours and our "Shades of the Dales" , also selling combed tops, kits, patterns, notions, and garments.

Kitey is the Indie Dyer behind Yw (Yarn Whisperer), dyeing vibrant and delicious collections inspired by nature, food and the Universe, and he is SUPER EXCITED to be at his first East Anglia Yarn Festival!

He will be showing his popular Tarot Collection and his HUGE 500g Guernsey 5 play hanks, along with many of his favourite colourways - and will be bringing some new exciting products to share with us too!

YarnTings is brought to you by multidisciplinary artist Charmaine Wombwell. A theatre maker and musician, Charmaine started dyeing yarn and fibre as a creative outlet and extension of her fine art painting practice in 2020. This then led to a deep dive into batt making and spinning! As a result, YarnTings is a place of bold and playful colour, with a strong understanding of how different fibres absorb colour and how they are best used. Charmaine's speciality is designing bespoke colourways - 'Story Threads' where your memories, dreams and special occasions are translated into yarn or fibre for that special item!