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good wool shop

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warthog · 08/07/2006 18:52

hi,
does anyone know of a good wool shop in london? i need a shop that sells lots of different colours of the same type of wool, not a shop that sells lots of different types of wool in very few colours iyswim. i've tried john lewis, liberty, peter jones and am just fed up! i want to crochet a blanket with seven different colours, so i need to find somewhere with LOTS of different colours. it's impossible to find more than 3 colours that match ime...
tia

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NotQuiteCockney · 11/07/2006 23:43

warthog, our dodgy local yarn shop has a wide range of cheap synthetics, all the same kind, but in different (horrible) colours.

God knows, I have a good collection of mismatched synthetics in my stash, that I will never use. Probably not enough colours for your needs, though, as they're all different weights.

NotQuiteCockney · 11/07/2006 23:43

Should have said, I'm in E3, as is our dodgy local shop. Texere is no doubt better, though.

phillip · 12/07/2006 10:25

hiya warthog, this is the woolshop near to me (it doesn't look like that btw ) they have heaps of acrylic in big balls plus lots of the latest Rowan and other yarns. they also do nice wooden needles/hooks as well as metal ones. it's pay/display parking round there but i'd check if they're open first, i remember meeting a woman who'd fed a meter only to find they'd got a sign up saying they were out for a bit...

warthog · 12/07/2006 16:48

thanks phillip. will pop in there when i'm next in the area.

i'm pretty impressed with texere though. i think that's probably my best bet.

thanks for all the help!

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